In an unprecedented move, on 1 June 2010, Fars News Agency published a fabricated letter of resignation by Morteza Semyari, secretary of Cultural Commission of Daftar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat student organization…. ...
(2 June 2010) On the anniversary of the disputed June 2009 election and one year of unprecedented violence and repression in Iran, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran… ...
(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… ...
Iran’s government has begun to remove academics who oppose the authoritarian regime of President Mahmoud Ahmedinijad, according to human-rights activists in the country. Activists say that the dismissal this month… ...
A Tehran University student activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that there is a lot of sadness about the executions among many students. The students believe… ...
Rahmatollah Bastani, a 51-year-old professor at Sistan and Baluchistan University was dismissed from his position. Bastani taught theology and Qoranic Studies for 21 years. He was arrested in Qom on… ...
Four months after being arrested, Majid Tavakoli, an Amir Kabir University student and member of the Islamic Student Association, continues to be deprived of access to his lawyers. Three months… ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Behrouz Alavi, a student activist and member of the Islamic Association at Tarbiat Moallem University, described the condition… ...
Your Excellency, We are a diverse group of nongovernmental organizations from all parts of the world, working in the field of human rights. We write in opposition to the candidacy… ...
To read letter in Persian click here 20 April 2010 Your Excellencies, The candidacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran for membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council, an… ...
To read letter in Persian click here Open Letter to Members of the UN General Assembly By Dr Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Advocate and 2003 Nobel Laureate 20 April 2010… ...
Student activists told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Northern Iran security and judicial organizations continue their increasing pressure on activists. According to their report, last Tuesday… ...
Oped in the Daily Star of Lebanon by Ali Akbar Mousavi against inclusion of Iran on the HRC…. ...
Saba Vasefi, a former professor at Shahid Beheshti University who is a women’s movement and human rights activist is one of the faculty members who has been deprived from her… ...
Activist Kaveh Rezaei Shirazi has been summoned to turn himself in for commencement of his 1.5 year sentence in a case where Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence filed charges against him…. ...
Stopping Iran’s Human Rights Abuses Counterpunch December 19, 2013 As stated by Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, “President Rouhani has a mandate… ...
…who have different viewpoints from the government, or who have supported students during student protests. Sayed Ali Asghar Beheshti and Mohammad Shahri of Elm-va-San’at University received written dismissal notices from… ...
…of the Islamic Association at Birjand University. The two students were being held in Birjand Central Prison. Sepandar, Parvin, and Milad Garajian, also a member of the Islamic Association at… ...
…a new dimension to the campaign to dismiss faculty members who have different viewpoints from the government, or who have supported students during student protests. In a continuing trend to… ...
Quoting the General and Revolutionary Courts of Tehran, IRNA News Agency reported on Sunday that the case file of Kouhyar Goudarzi, member of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters has… ...
The latest news from student activist Mohammad Yousefi, who has been imprisoned since December 7, 2009, is that his and his family’s repeated requests for a bail ruling or for… ...
Kaveh Kermanshahi’s temporary detention extended; informed of “propaganda against the regime” charge Temporary detention orders of Kaveh Kermanshahi, human rights activist and member of the One Million Signatures Campaign, have… ...
…and to send off fellow students Iman Sedighi and Mohsen Barzegar to prison, the university’s Disciplinary Committee has issued unexpectedly heavy sentences for five students and the rulings have illegally… ...
Women’s and children’s rights activist Maryam Zia was released after three months in prison, after going on a hunger strike and being taken to the prison hospital. Zia’s sister confirmed… ...
An Appeals Court has upheld the sentence of Moshfegh Samandari, a student activist in Northern Iran. He has been sentenced to six months in prison. His charge has been stated… ...
