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Iran’s presidential election on June 14 will be neither free nor fair…. ...
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May 29, 2013
Student Activist Forcefully Arrested to Serve Prison Sentence
Security forces stormed the home of Ashkan Zahabian, a former Mashhad University student and member of the Daftar Tahkim Vahdat Student Organization General Council, arrested him, and transferred him to… ...
May 21, 2013
Kurdish Political Prisoner Sews Lips on Hunger Strike in Orumiyeh Prison
…a hunger strike on May 19 to protest Orumiyeh Central Prison officials’ lack of attention to his request for transfer to Naghadeh Prison, a local source told the International Campaign… ...
May 20, 2013
Kurdish Death Row Prisoner Transferred, His Lawyer Arrested
A Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death has been transferred back to Orumiyeh Central Prison after spending 15 months inside the Semnan Central Prison, a local source told the International… ...
May 16, 2013
Presidential Candidate Brags About His Direct Role in Violence and Repression
(May 16, 2013) The international community should immediately institute a travel ban and asset freeze against Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf, the current mayor of Tehran and a contender in the upcoming… ...
May 13, 2013
Kurdish Political Prisoner Transferred to Undisclosed Location, in Danger of Imminent Execution
Habibollah Golparipour, a Kurdish political prisoner on death row, was summoned by the Semnan Central Prison officials on May 9 and informed that he must prepare himself for transfer to… ...
May 5, 2013
Refugee Iranian Photojournalist In Turkish Security Prison
…Moghimi, Salmanzadeh’s close friend and former colleague, Salmanzadeh embarked on a dry hunger strike for five days to protest his arrest and his detention inside the Ankara Security Detention Center…. ...
May 3, 2013
Dervish Issued Harsh Sentence to Intimidate Others
Kasra Nouri, 22, a Gonabadi Dervish imprisoned at Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, has been sentenced to four years and four months in prison in part to intimidate other youth… ...
April 29, 2013
Medicine and Healthcare
A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians’ Economic and Social Rights Medicine and Healthcare Crucially, the combination of sanctions and mismanagement has also reduced the… ...
April 29, 2013
The Ahmadinejad Period (2005–Present)
A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians’ Economic and Social Rights The Ahmadinejad Period (2005-Present) Even before the imposition of the 2012 sanctions, however, the… ...
April 26, 2013
2013 Elections: Former MP Arrested for a Political Meeting That Never Happened
Former Member of Parliament Hossein Loghmanian and four reformist activists from Hamadan Province were arrested while on their way to Tehran to meet former president Mohammad Khatami on March 16,… ...
April 19, 2013
Political Prisoners Protest Cell Search with 72-hour Hunger Strike
Political prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj are currently undergoing a 72-hour hunger strike in protest of degrading treatment by Special Guard forces, a local source told the International… ...
April 18, 2013
Public Outcry in Kurdish City After Male Suspect Paraded in Female Clothing
A group of Kurdish activist women from Marivan, along with a few citizens of the city, held a demonstration April 16 on the main streets of the city in protest… ...
April 16, 2013
Dervish Lawyers in Dire Health at Evin Prison
Seven Dervish lawyers being held at the Intelligence Ministry’s Ward 209 at Evin Prison have not had access to light in months and have developed various illnesses, the wife of… ...
March 28, 2013
Death Row Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Iran
Six Arab-Iranian prisoners have been on hunger strike at Ahvaz’s Karoon Prison since March 3 in protest of the judicial process in their cases and their extreme sentences, a cousin… ...
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… ...
February 10, 2013
In the Media: 2008
Iran : Pour une réouverture de l’organisation de Shirin Ebadi News Press, 23 December 2008, 892 words, (French) Human Rights Watch Le raid illégal mené le 21 décembre 2008 à… ...
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 22, 2013
Sotoudeh Swiftly Returned to Prison, More Political Prisoners Furloughed
Authorities had earlier told Sotoudeh that she would be granted a long furlough, but she was summoned to Evin Prison after only three days. Several other political prisoners have also… ...
January 11, 2013
Photo of the Day: Free Amir Hekmati
…Sarah Hekmati, and her husband, Ramy Kurdi, participated in a silent protest outside of the Permanent Mission to the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN in New York City…. ...
January 3, 2013
“Allow My Husband Medical Furlough,” Asks Union Activist Reza Shahabi’s Wife
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Robabeh Rezaei, the wife of imprisoned labor activist Reza Shahabi, spoke about her husband’s hunger strike in protest… ...
January 3, 2013
Cartoon 39: The Cyclist in the Cell
Prisoner of conscience Faezeh Hashemi, an outspoken women’s rights activist and former Member of Parliament, was placed in solitary confinement at Evin Prison on December 29, 2012. Her voice, which… ...
December 30, 2012
Five Kurdish Political Prisoners Face New Charges
Along with several other political prisoners, the five Kurdish men had been transferred to the Intelligence Office Detention Center on several occasions during the past year, where they had been… ...
December 11, 2012
Are Family Punishments a Coincidence? Nasrin Sotoudeh Explains Reason for Strike
Nasrin Sotoudeh, the imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer who just ended her 49-day hunger strike to protest the travel ban on her 12-year-old daughter, has written a letter addressed to… ...