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January 16, 2016

Release of Iranian Americans Welcomed, Time to Release All Political Prisoners

  Steps Towards Reconciliation with the West Are Good but Iran Needs National Reconciliation As Well January 16, 2016—The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomes the long-overdue release… ...

January 11, 2016

2016

Iran’s Oddly Selective Crackdown on Christians Lebanese Kataeb 28 December, 2016 before she had recovered fully, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Zargaran subsequently was allowed… ...

December 8, 2015

Students Plead with Rouhani to Release Political Prisoners

President Hassan Rouhani and other senior government officials were met with students expressing frustration over the continuing repression in Iran and demanding the release of political prisoners, at a ceremony… ...

October 19, 2015

Narges Mohammadi Should Be Released Immediately and Given Medical Treatment

Narges Mohammadi October 20, 2015—The health of imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi has deteriorated, and the prominent human rights defender is now reportedly chained to a hospital bed, denied proper medical… ...

October 9, 2015

Authorities Deny Hospitalization for Ill Activist and Postpone Her Trial Again

Narges Mohammadi No Explanation Given for Third Postponement of Narges Mohammadi’s Trial Date The trial of imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has been postponed for a third time, her… ...

September 22, 2015

Message to Rouhani: Rights Crisis in Iran Must Finally Be Addressed

Hassan Rouhani addresses the UN General Assembly in New York, 2014. September 22, 2015—When Iranian president Hassan Rouhani addresses the United Nations General Assembly on September 28, 2015, his third… ...

September 17, 2015

Imprisoned Activist’s Medical Condition Worsens as Trial Date is Set

Archival photo shows Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi hospitalized during a prior imprisonment. Narges Mohammadi Remains in Prison despite Doctors’ Request for Hospitalization Imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi,… ...

August 10, 2015

Jailed Human Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Needs Urgent Medical Care

Sent Back to Prison despite Doctors’ Insistence She Be Seen by a Specialist Imprisoned rights activist Narges Mohammadi’s medical illnesses have reached a critical stage and require immediate attention, her… ...

July 27, 2015

Cartoon 120: Family Punishment for Political Activism

In a letter from prison, prominent rights activist Narges Mohammadi wrote about the pain her imprisonment has imposed on her 8-year-old twin children. In a part of the letter she… ...

July 13, 2015

Intelligence Ministry Seeking “Maximum Punishment” for Prominent Human Rights Activist

Narges Mohammadi Awaits Trial in Prison The Intelligence Ministry has made a written request to impose the maximum punishment on human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, her husband Taghi Rahmani told… ...

May 13, 2015

Husband of Jailed Activist Narges Mohammadi Asks Rouhani’s Minister to Review Her Case

250 Activists and Journalists Sign Statement Calling for Her Release Iranian Judiciary authorities have advised the family of detained human rights activist Narges Mohammadi that her May 5, 2015 arrest… ...

May 5, 2015

Leading Activist Arrested Ahead of Her Trial for Peaceful Civil Activities

Narges Mohammadi is Transferred to Evin Prison Civil rights activist and Deputy Director of the banned Defenders of Human Rights Center, Narges Mohammadi, was arrested at her home in Tehran… ...

May 1, 2015

Prominent Activist Charged with National Security Crimes for Her Peaceful Civic Activism

…head of the banned Defenders of Human Rights Center, Narges Mohammadi, with crimes against national security for her peaceful activism. Narges Mohammadi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in… ...

April 16, 2015

Worsening Conditions for Women in Iran Begin to Draw Attention

Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, Shahindokht Molaverdi. Rouhani and Other Administration Officials Speak Out against Discrimination Analysis- Almost two years after his 2013 election, President Hassan Rouhani… ...

April 10, 2015

Prominent Activists Optimistic on End of Ban on Women at Sports Stadiums

Two prominent Iranian human rights defenders have expressed optimism over the recent moves in Iran to amend the laws banning women from sports stadiums, but note that real and permanent… ...

March 5, 2015

Introduction

In 2014, a series of acid attacks on women in public places occurred in the Iranian city of Isfahan. The attacks involved unidentified men flinging acid into the faces of… ...

February 23, 2015

2015

Iranian Activist’s Health Worsens in Prison As She Awaits Appeal Hearing Brazil Business Today – EIN News 31 December, 2015 Source: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran A prolonged… ...

January 28, 2015

Prominent Human Rights Activist Detained and Kept from Seeing Vice President of German Parliament

Human rights activist Narges Mohammadi Human rights activist Narges Mohammadi was detained by security agents for several hours as she tried to meet with the Vice President of the German… ...

November 7, 2014

Narges Mohammadi Summoned to Evin Prison Court on Unspecified Charges

Narges Mohammadi, the prominent human rights defender and Deputy Head of the now shuttered Defenders of Human Rights Center, has been summoned to the Evin Prison Court following a moving… ...

October 24, 2014

Protesters Deploring Acid Attacks against Women Are Beaten and Arrested

…human rights activist Narges Mohammadi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Sources also told the Campaign that plainclothes agents used batons and tear gas to disperse the… ...

June 11, 2014

Prominent Rights Defender Faces New Charges for Her Meeting with Ashton

Narges Mohammadi, the prominent human rights defender and Deputy Head of the now-shuttered Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that… ...

March 15, 2014

Activist Who Met With Ashton Decries Defamation by Hardliners

…20 years but never a gun… I strongly deny these false allegations and confidently say that they have nothing to back their accusations.” Human rights activist Narges Mohammadi who has… ...

March 14, 2014

Human Rights Activist Rejects Criticism of her Meeting with Ashton

“I and a number of women’s rights activists were formally invited,” to meet Ashton, Mohammadi said. “I saw nothing wrong with the invitation and therefore I accepted it. But what… ...

March 12, 2014

Paper Close to Revolutionary Guards Doctors Ashton Photo to Erase Image of Torture Victim’s Mother

Almost immediately after EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met with a group of activists in Tehran, Iranian authorities unleashed a barrage of angry remarks and insults about her visit…. ...

December 31, 2013

Prominent Activist Cites Numerous Omissions in Citizen Rights Charter

In a interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Narges Mohammadi, human rights activist and spokesperson for the Defenders of Human Rights Center, acknowledged that the Citizen… ...

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