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March 13, 2013

Special Rapporteur’s March 2013 report on the situation of human rights in Iran

The present report is the second to be submitted to the Human Rights Council, pursuant to Council resolution 16/9, and communicates developments in the human rights situation of the Islamic… ...

March 6, 2013

Press Crackdown Continues: 3 Publications Banned, 3 Journalists Arrested

Today, March 6, Iranian officials banned Aseman weekly, Tajrobeh monthly, and Mehrnameh monthly, and security forces entered the Maghreb Newspaper offices and arrested the newspaper’s license holder Mohammad Mehdi Emam… ...

March 5, 2013

Iran’s Crackdown Continues: Another Journalist Arrested

Continuing the latest crackdown on journalists that began on January 26, Iranian security forces arrested Mohammad Javad Rouh on Sunday, March 3. Rouh, currently an editor at the reformist monthly… ...

February 22, 2013

Iranian Intelligence Ministry Levels New Charges Against Journalists; Reveals Potentially Forced Confessions

The Iranian Intelligence Ministry announced in its third statement on Tuesday, February 19, that in recent days more journalists have been summoned and interrogated about their relations with the “British… ...

February 3, 2013

In the Media: 2011

A Diplomatic Face Seeks to Counter Iran’s Critics New York Times – 19 November 2011 “He is someone who is quite often used as the diplomatic face of Iran,” said… ...

February 3, 2013

In the Media: 2010

Canadian blogger gets bail in Iran CBC News – December 10, 2010 The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said Thursday that Derakhshan is expected back in prison in… ...

January 31, 2013

200 Journalists Demand Swift Release of Their Colleagues Arrested in Iran

Nearly 200 Iranian journalists inside and outside Iran signed a statement, objecting to the widespread arrests of fellow journalists which began on Sunday, January 27 and has continued this week…. ...

January 28, 2013

Massive Arrests of Journalists in Tehran After Prosecutor Hints “Mouthpiece of Enemy”

Security forces raided editorial rooms of Tehran-based newspapers and publications Bahar, Shargh, Arman, Etemad, and Aseman Weekly, and arrested several journalists who worked there. According to reports, the forces entered… ...

January 3, 2013

Solitary Confinement Cause of Soltani’s Illnesses, Says Daughter

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the daughter of Abdolfattah Soltani said that her father was hospitalized two weeks ago, following a deterioration in… ...

October 3, 2012

Mohammad Ali Dadkhah Refuses to Make TV Confessions, Starts 9-Year Prison Sentence

Human rights lawyer and activist Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, who was under pressure to provide televised confessions against the Defenders of Human Rights Center, commenced his nine-year prison sentence at Evin… ...

August 25, 2012

IRGC Forces Stormed Earthquake Relief Camp, Confiscated Goods, Arrested Volunteers

At midnight on August 23, security and IRGC forces attacked a relief camp set up to help earthquake victims in Eastern Azerbaijan. Thirty five volunteer students and relief workers who… ...

July 20, 2012

Narges Mohammadi Hospitalized in Prison

…where she has been hospitalized in their Neurology Department. These are all sources of concern for us,” said Mohammadi’s husband. “We demand that Narges be allowed to have visitors and… ...

July 12, 2012

Officials Should Stop Denying the Existence of Political Prisoners

(July 12, 2012) Iranian officials should cease spreading lies and disinformation about the existence of political prisoners as they are simultaneously imprisoning hundreds for exercising their legal rights, the International… ...

June 22, 2012

Activist Imprisoned with Drug Trafficker Inmates In Zanjan

Taghi Rahmani, husband of imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that at his wife’s last visit with her family, a stammering… ...

June 8, 2012

Cartoon 7: Chains and Pains (For Narges Mohammadi)

Narges Mohammadi, a human rights lawyer and deputy director of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, began a six-year sentence on 22 April 2012 for “assembly and collusion against national… ...

May 14, 2012

“Confess on TV or Go to Prison,” Authorities Tell Dadkhah

Human rights lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he has been under immense pressure during recent days to make false televised confessions…. ...

May 7, 2012

UN STATEMENT: Independent UN Experts Urge Iran to Ensure Protection for Rights Defenders

In a statement released today, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders Margaret Sekaggya, and Special Rapporteur on the… ...

April 24, 2012

Narges Mohammadi in Undisclosed Location

Prominent human rights defender Narges Mohammadi was arrested this Sunday and is currently in an unknown location. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammadi’s… ...

March 21, 2012

“I Am Not a Criminal. I Will Not Request Pardon,” Says Narges Mohammadi

Narges Mohammadi, the deputy director of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) who was sentenced to six years in prison on 5 March by an appeals court, told the… ...

March 12, 2012

Special Rapporteur Receives Widespread Support in Human Rights Council

Iranian Delegate Responds Angrily Without Addressing Report’s Content Head of Iran’s Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani delivers his opening statements at today’s Human Rights Council (Reporting… ...

March 7, 2012

UN Report Documents “Striking Pattern of Violations”

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today welcomed the comprehensive report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran,… ...

December 31, 2011

Media – 2011

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September 28, 2011

Narges Mohammadi’s Reaction to Her Conviction for Human Rights Activities

Member of the Defenders of Human Rights Center and Nationalist-Religious activist Narges Mohammadi was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Tehran court. In an interview with the International… ...

April 18, 2011

Weekly Rights Podcast 24

…dismissed from his position due to his human rights work; Maz Jobrani sends a birthday message to imprisoned student activist Bahareh Hedayat; Iranian authorities have blocked Narges Mohammadi from contacting… ...

April 7, 2011

No Visits, Phone Calls, or Information Says Wife of Political Prisoner

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Narges Mohammadi, the wife of author and political activist Taghi Rahmani expressed concern about her husband’s conditions. “Taghi… ...

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