Part II: In Their Own Words
This section features the extended comments and biographies of the 35 individuals interviewed for this report. Their views on the ramifications of a military strike against Iran are shaped by… ...
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July 25, 2011
Part I: Key Reflections on the Military Option
This section of the report extracts the dominant concerns of most of the interviewees, distilling their recurring and most notable conclusions. Many of the insights and analytical points offered by… ...
July 19, 2011
Right to Education Council: Banning Students From Education Is A Crime
…and to facilitate the return of starred and banned students to their education. The Council asserted that banning students from their higher education is a criminal act according to Iranian… ...
May 27, 2011
Lawyer’s ‘Nationalism’ on Par with Apostasy Says Deputy Prosecutor
Lawyer and human rights activist Mohammad Ali Dadkhah faced new charges in a trial court hearing held on Saturday, 21 May, including a charge on the same level as apostasy,… ...
May 23, 2011
Government Attacks Baha’i Online University, Detains 30 Instructors
…least 30 Baha’is in a series of coordinated raids in Tehran, Karaj, Isfahan, and Shiraz, targeting a community initiative to provide higher education to Baha’i students barred from university admission…. ...
May 18, 2011
Imprisoned Student Activist’s Mother: “I Don’t Know Why They Are Keeping Him”
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Roghieh Jafarian, mother of imprisoned student activist Ashkan Zahabian, spoke about her son who has been in detention… ...
May 12, 2011
Six Iranian Asylum Seekers in London End 38-day Hunger Strike
On 11 May 2011, six Iranian asylum seekers (Ahmad Sadeghi Pour, Morteza Bayat, Keyvan Bahari, Kiarash Bahari, Mahyrar Meyari and Mehran Meyari) ended their 38-day hunger strike. The asylum seekers,… ...
May 10, 2011
Prisoner of Conscience Hashem Khastar Describes Illegal Treatment of Prisoners
In an open letter to the Head of the Judiciary and Minister of Intelligence, Seyed Hashem Khastar, retired teacher and prisoner of conscience who has been in prison for close… ...
April 15, 2011
EU Finalizes Sanctions for 32 Individuals in Iranian Government Who Violated Human Rights
The names of 32 individuals to be sanctioned by the European Union (EU) was announced today. Reports indicated that 80 Iranian officials had been reviewed by EU officials. After a… ...
April 1, 2011
Campaign for the Release of Imprisoned Student Activist Bahareh Hedayat
A group of student, women, and human rights activists have formed a campaign in support of student activist Bahareh Hedayat, who is currently serving a nine and a half year… ...
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 24, 2011
Iran’s Student Movement Makes A Strong Appearance At The UN Human Rights Council Session
With several prominent members from Iran’s student movement, former political prisoners, and expelled or banned students in attendance, challenging Iran’s official delegation and the state-supported NGO members, the United Nations… ...
March 23, 2011
So-Called NGOs that Support Torture and Child Executions
Geneva, Switzerland — Of all the countries whose human rights conditions are currently on the agenda of the Human Rights Council (HRC) or about whom there is criticism in various… ...
March 18, 2011
Cross-Regional Groups Call on Muslim Countries to Support a UN Human Rights Monitor on Iran
(18 March 2011) Human rights organizations working across the Muslim world have urged member states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to support a resolution at the United… ...
March 18, 2011
Letter to Foreign Ministers of OIC members
We, the undersigned independent human rights organizations, take the liberty to appeal to members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to support a Resolution in the United Nations… ...
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 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 7, 2011
Right to Education – Distortion & Disinformation
The claim about expelling of some of these students is… Limitations against some of these Baha’i university students have nothing to do with their religious beliefs. This limitation is because… ...
March 7, 2011
Freedom of Religion – Distortion & Disinformation
Authorities have detained hundreds of members Shia sufi order, Nematollahi Gonabadi over the past few years, sentencing many to imprisonment, fines, and floggings including Gholam-Abbas Zare-Haqiqi,who authorities sentenced to four… ...
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… ...
February 28, 2011
Commentary: President Dilma; Please Keep Your Promise
Oped by Parvin Ardalan and Hadi Ghaemi published in Brazilian newspaper, Estado de Sao Paulo…. ...
February 22, 2011
Ebadi: “The Murders on 14 February Were Carried Out by Government Forces”
…the point where their neighbors file complaints about the actions [of the demonstrators] which keep them from resting, but when students want to demonstrate, it is considered illegal?” Ebadi said…. ...
February 19, 2011
More Than 200 Arrested In Mashad; Fate Of Five Student Activists Unknown
An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that in addition to arrests of hundreds of people during the 14 February demonstrations in Tehran, more than… ...