An informed student activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that two Mazandaran Province political student activists were expelled from university. The students are Kaveh Daneshvar, a… ...
Following publication of news about Nasrin Sotoudeh’s hunger strike in prison and her interrogations under duress, Shirin Ebadi, head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, told the International Campaign… ...
Diane Sawyer of ABC’s ‘World News Tonight’ Interview with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad December 22, 2009 DIANE SAWYER: The three American hikers who say they accidentally wandered into Iranian territory while looking… ...
Ahmadinejad’s Interview with Larry King – CNN September 26, 2009 KING: Your country has, you’ve said, rather, that 40 million people participated in the June elections. Iran uses paper ballots…. ...
…and journalists were arrested, badly beaten, and tortured. One woman, 27 year old Neda, as you know, was shot to death while protesting and her death was captured on a… ...
Ahmadinejad’s Interview with Kim Bildsoe of Dutch TV January 8, 2010 KIM BILDSOE: There has been protestors on the street, some have called them also lately, traitors, that they don’t… ...
Next: Interviewers and Human Rights Issues Discussed Back to Page 1 of Suggested Questions 8. Question on allegations of forced confessions Question: How do you respond to allegations by former… ...
Page 2 of Suggested Questions 1. Question on former Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi Question: Former Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi has been indicted by a special Judges Court within the Iranian… ...
In the Name of God Ayatollah Khamenei The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran During one of my days in detention at Evin prison, I had the opportunity to… ...
Hajar Rostami appeals to international community to help find her daughter’s murderer…. ...
…“The last meeting I had with my son was two Saturdays ago…the next day Kouhyar and 16 others started their hunger strike. Three days later, the families of protesting prisoners… ...
(11 August 2010) The Iranian state-controlled radio and television, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), has acted as an arm of intelligence and security agencies implicated in gross human rights… ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Zoleikha Moussavi, mother of blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, discussed her son’s poor prison conditions. She told the Campaign… ...
In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: 17 prisoners of conscience go on hunger strike to protest poor treatment, lack of health facilities, and suspension of family visits; marking the one… ...
Hundreds of people gathered last Saturday in several cities around the world to protest the year-long imprisonment of three young American hikers. The three individuals, who according to Iranian authorities… ...
Shadi Sadr, Iranian human rights lawyer and activist, published the following open letter regarding the case of persecuted lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaee: Honourable Chair of Iran Bar Association, Honourable members of… ...
The nine year prison sentence for student activist Bahareh Hedayat was recently upheld by an appeals court in Tehran. Hedayat is a member of the Central Council and spokesperson of… ...
…with her husband during last year’s Ashura protests (27 December 2009). “My client was found guilty of illegal assembly and conspiracy to take action against national security in Branch 28… ...
Student activist Zia Nabavi’s lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that despite her client’s denial of relations with the Mojahedin-E Khalgh Organization (MEK) and… ...
Seven women and three men are sentenced to death for adultery Everyone has a date marked on their calendar, be it a birthday, wedding anniversary or even the beginning of… ...
…Iran, Sima’s father confirmed his son’s dry hunger strike, saying, “He is on a dry hunger strike to protest his baseless arrest. He was going somewhere with his sister when… ...
(Blog-Report from Inside Prison)- Evin Prison’s Ward 350, or Correctional Facility 3, which houses political prisoners has turned into the most crowded corner of the prison post-elections, suffering from poor… ...
(20 May 2010) The continuing sentencing of activists to long prison terms by the Iranian Judiciary, in politically-motivated trials and based on unfounded charges, should be immediately halted and all… ...
Prominent Iranian film director, Jafar Panahi, has gone on a hunger strike since Sunday, 16 May 2010, to protest abuse and ill-treatment as well as continuous threats against his family… ...
…News Agency, also confirmed the names and the latest situation of eleven post-election protesters prosecuted on charges of Moharebeh [enmity towards God], which is punishable by death under Iranian law…. ...
