Authorities Responsible for Death of Imprisoned Dissident on Hunger Strike
(13 June 2011) The Iranian Judiciary and prison officials are responsible for the death of Hoda Saber, a prominent dissident who died of a heart attack on 10 June, the… ...
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June 10, 2011
Rape and Torture: Legacy of the Post-Election Crackdown
…arrest. Her forceful testimony challenges the Iranian authorities’ official narrative, which denies widespread use of torture and rape by security forces against ordinary protestors. “Rape is one of the worst… ...
June 6, 2011
Held in Solitary Confinement, Imprisoned Teacher Unaware of Mother’s Death
Rassoul Badaghi, an imprisoned teacher, has been on a dry hunger strike for the past two weeks in protest of his prison conditions at Rajaee Shahr Prison. As he remains… ...
May 22, 2011
Blogger Refuses to Defend Himself in Court in Protest of Unjust Proceedings
At his court session held at the Revolutionary Court on Saturday, 14 May, blogger Payman Roshan Zamir did not present a defense for himself in protest to the unjust proceedings… ...
May 16, 2011
Only One Month to Find, Sentence and Execute Suspects, Says Ahwazi Activist
Yousef Azizi Banitorof, Secretary of the Center for Combating Racism and Discrimination Against Arabs in Iran, who currently resides in London, spoke with International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran… ...
May 12, 2011
Six Iranian Asylum Seekers in London End 38-day Hunger Strike
…seekers, who had sewn their lips together with fishing line to protest their deportation from the United Kingdom, ended their hunger strike outside the offices of Amnesty International in London…. ...
May 9, 2011
Dervishes in Gonabadi Order Summoned and Sentenced to Lashes, Prison, and Exile
A lawyer close to the case of dervishes from Gonabad described the status of those arrested for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “On Wednesday, 13 April, eight… ...
May 4, 2011
Student Activist and His Family Harassed and Threatened for a Full Year Before Arrest
A friend and other sources close to Ashkan Zahabian, a banned student and human rights activist who was arrested after appearing at the Intelligence Office of Sari on 3 May… ...
May 3, 2011
Iranian Association of Scholars Calls for Support of Asylum Seekers on Hunger Strike
…The Association’s statement comes after six Iranian asylum seekers have publicly sewn their lips together with fishing line to protest the U.K. government’s denial of asylum. The Association stressed that… ...
May 3, 2011
Prominent Journalist Ends Own Life to Protest Persecution
Siamak Pourzand, a long-time journalist and former prisoner of conscience, has died at age 80 in Tehran, having been unable to see his wife and children for a decade due… ...
May 1, 2011
Shirkoo Moarefi’s Lawyer Says His Execution Orders Have Been Issued
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Saeed Sheikhi, political prisoner Shirkoo Moarefi’s lawyer, said that his client’s death sentence, issued on charges of “acting… ...
May 1, 2011
Statement By Seven Labor Organizations on International Labor Day Harshly Criticizes the Iranian Government
…all over the world, the workers’ show their joy and passion and will to fight on 1 May, and their free million-strong protests against their living conditions shake the world,… ...
April 13, 2011
Top PEN Prize to Honor Nasrin Sotoudeh, Jailed Iranian Lawyer, Writer, and Women’s Rights Advocate
New York City, April 13, 2011—PEN American Center today named Nasrin Sotoudeh, a writer, lawyer, and leader of the women’s and children’s rights movement in Iran, as the recipient of… ...
April 7, 2011
Report of UN Secretary General on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran at the Human Rights Council in Geneva
Report of the UN Secretary General – September 2010 Download PDF of this report United Nations General Assembly Human Rights Council, Sixteenth session 28 March 2011 Document A/HRC/16/75 Annual report… ...
March 28, 2011
Banned Iranian Students at Human Rights Session in Geneva
Mostafa Khosravi and Nariman Mostafavi, two students who have been banned from continuing their education in Iran, are now continuing their studies abroad. Both were among the student activists who… ...
March 28, 2011
International Organizations Call for Immediate Reforms in Syria
…the legitimate rights of its citizens, and avoid further bloodshed. The text of the statement is below: March 28, 2011 Over the past 12 days, peaceful protests in Syria have… ...
March 17, 2011
Family Members of Prisoners Beaten Outside Evin Prison
A human rights activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that dozens of family members of political prisoners who had gone to Evin Prison hoping to receive… ...
March 16, 2011
180 Activists Ask of Brazil’s President: Show The World You Object to Human Rights Violations in Iran
In a letter to Dilma Rousseff, the President of Brazil, 180 Iranian women’s rights activists asked her to show women in Iran and around the world, through any mode of… ...
March 10, 2011
Labor Leader’s Sister Asks for His Release to Treat Three Blocked Arteries
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, labor activist Mansour Osanloo’s sister, Fereshteh Osanloo, reported her brother’s dangerous health condition in prison and said he… ...
March 10, 2011
Increased Pressure on Activists in Babol: Forced Confessions, Mistreatment, and Torture
A local source in Babol told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that several activists arrested in the northern city during recent protests on 14 and 20 February… ...
March 7, 2011
Faculty Member Dismissed for Publishing Articles
Seyed Hossein Javdani, a history lecturer at Payame Noor University, who was banned from teaching in the university for writing critical articles, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in… ...
March 6, 2011
A Brief History of “House Arrests” and Detentions in “Safe Houses”: What Will Be the Fate of Disappeared Leaders?
This briefing paper provides a review of the “house arrest,” or detention in a “safe house,” of other prominent critics of the Islamic Republic during the past three decades. This… ...
March 4, 2011
Freedom of Expression and Association – Distortion & Disinformation
Despite Larijani’s assertions, authorities routinely suppress free speech, undermine press freedom, and punish public criticism of the government and high-ranking state officials. Dozens of newspapers and websites have been banned… ...
March 4, 2011
Arbitrary Detention of Government Critics – Distortion & Disinformation
Mass Post-Election Detainees Nobody is jailed because of the protest. The only reason for jailing is the violence which was attached with the protests, a violence which got the life… ...
March 4, 2011
Executions – Distortion & Disinformation
As of December 2010, Iran has been engaged in an execution binge. In December 2010 authorities executed 48 people. In January 2011, official media reported 85 executions, averaging one execution… ...