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… ...
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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 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… ...
August 27, 2012
Cartoon 17: Relief Operation, Iranian Style
In the early hours of August 23, 2012, security and Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) forces attacked a relief camp set up to help earthquake victims in Eastern Azerbaijan. Thirty-five volunteer students… ...
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 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… ...
July 3, 2012
Dissident Cleric Tortured and Prosecuted: “They Told Me ‘We Will Snatch Your Wife”’
Arash Honarvar Shojayee, a dissident blogger and cleric, returned to Evin Prison on Saturday, June 30, after his furlough leave ended. Hours before returning to prison, in an interview with… ...
May 31, 2012
Joint Statement on the Right to Education and Academic Freedom in Iran
…Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, calls for Iran to uphold its obligations under international and domestic law and provide all students with the right to education and academic freedom…. ...
May 22, 2012
New Video Urges Support for Imprisoned Baha’i Educators
…teaching staff, created in response to the government’s ban on Baha’i students from Iranian universities. The BIHE has been the only university option for thousands of Baha’i students in Iran…. ...
May 17, 2012
Student Group Report Calls for End to “Educational Apartheid”
…and discrimination against university students in Iran. The report notes that this practice has become a trend since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ascension to power, and has only accelerated since: “The educational… ...
May 15, 2012
Iranian physicist sentenced to prison: Nature news and comment
(15 May 2012) Omid Kokabee, an Iranian graduate student who has been imprisoned in Tehran for the past 15 months, was sentenced to 10 years on Sunday for allegedly conspiring… ...
May 2, 2012
VIDEO: Iran’s Future Held Captive
…This video stands in solidarity with a call by the Iranian student association Daftar Tahkim Vahdat and alumni association Advar Tahkim Vahdat, and Speak Out for Imprisoned Iranian Students, a… ...