Iranian Civil Society Asks Obama to Remove Crippling Sanctions
A group of Iranian political and human rights activists, academics, and students inside and outside Iran wrote a letter this week to US President Barack Obama asking him to engage… ...
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June 14, 2013
Election Day: News Networks Blocked, Campaign Workers Limited, Universities Closed
As Iranians cast their votes for president today, authorities are blocking foreign Persian-language television stations, shutting down university campuses, and denying permissions and visas to some poll workers and foreign… ...
June 5, 2013
Even on Death Row, Sunni Prisoners Mistreated for Religious Beliefs
At Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, 20 Sunni prisoners, facing charges such as “acting against national security” for their proselytizing activities, have been convicted of “moharebeh” [enmity with God], a… ...
May 21, 2013
Podcast 59: Nayereh Tohidi on Women and Higher Education in Iran
Our guest today is Dr. Nayareh Tohidi, Professor of Gender & Women Studies at California State University, Northridge, talking about Iranian government restrictions on women in higher education…. ...
May 20, 2013
Three Months after Crackdown in Mahabad, Three Remain in Custody
Several Mahabad citizens arrested in February have been released on bail from Mahabad Prison over the past several weeks, a local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in… ...
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 15, 2013
400 Candidates Disqualified for City Councils in Iran, 90 of them in Tehran
Hossein Tala, Head of the High Elections Oversight Committee for Islamic Tehran Province City and Village Councils told Iranian Students News Agency(ISNA) that so far, 90 candidates who have been… ...
May 8, 2013
Hadi Ghaemi on Brazil, Iran, and Human Rights
In an interview at the 2013 National Meeting of Foreign Relations Students (ENERI) conference in Brasilia, Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, speaks… ...
April 29, 2013
The Professional Middle Class, Small Business Owners, and Bazaaris
A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians’ Economic and Social Rights The Professional Middle Class, Small Business Owners, and Bazaaris Signs of contraction in the… ...
April 29, 2013
The Rafsanjani Period (1989–1997)
A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians’ Economic and Social Rights The Rafsanjani Period (1989-1997) With the exception of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-proliferation Act, which… ...
April 29, 2013
The Khomeini Period (1979–1989)
A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians’ Economic and Social Rights The Khomeini Period (1979-1989) During the time that Ayatollah Khomeini was ruling Iran, sanctions… ...
April 29, 2013
Iran’s Economic Malaise from 1979–2012
A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians’ Economic and Social Rights Iran’s Economic Malaise from 1979–2012 This section will assess the impact of sanctions on… ...
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 13, 2013
End arbitrary house arrests of Mousavi, Karroubi, and Rahnavard; free all prisoners of conscience
(February 13, 2013) The Iranian authorities should immediately release from arbitrary house arrest two former presidential candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi, his wife Zahra Rahnavard, author and political… ...
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… ...
February 1, 2013
Scientists Call for Release of Imprisoned Iranian Physics Student
Two years since the arrest and subsequent imprisonment of Iranian physicist and student Omid Kokabee, scientific societies are redoubling their efforts to secure his release. Students from the University of… ...
January 29, 2013
Iranian Artists Depict the “Agony of Contemporary Iran” in New Book
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran is proud to announce the publication of a groundbreaking new book at the crossroads of art and human rights: Sketches of Iran:… ...
January 22, 2013
Cartoon 41: Executions in the Public Eye
Though public executions are nothing new in the Islamic Republic of Iran, two executions carried out over the past week have received a lot of attention due to their time… ...
January 21, 2013
Lawyer and Women’s Rights Activist Hopes Discriminatory Passport Law Does Not Pass
Lawyer and women’s rights activist Farideh Gheirat told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the new Passport and Exit Law bill, which will make it mandatory for… ...
January 20, 2013
Photo of the Day: Public Execution in a Sports Stadium in Iran
On Wednesday, January 16, Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported of the public execution of a man charged with rape in the city of Sabzevar in Khorasan Province. Although there… ...
October 25, 2012
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October 2, 2012
Nobel Laureate Stresses the Plight of Imprisoned Teachers in Exclusive Interview
In an exclusive interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, 2003 Nobel laureate and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi spoke about a new teachers’ rights initiative and… ...
August 28, 2012
From Security Charges to Moldy Bread: Details of Earthquake Camp Raid and Arrests
Two days after police and plainclothes forces attacked the earthquake relief camp and arrested 35 relief workers on Thursday, August 23, ten detainees (all of the female and three of… ...