Detailed Eyewitness Account of Tehran Protest on 20 June 2009
A detailed eyewitness account from Tehran regarding the protests of 20 June and the extreme violence visited upon protesters… ...
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June 26, 2009
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POLITICAL PERSONALITIES Abbas Pourazhari, in Tabriz Abdolah Momeni, member of the central council of the Advar organization and its spokesperson, was arrested on 21 June Abdolfatah Soltani, a human rights… ...
June 23, 2009
Human Rights Organization Provides the Names of Prominent Detainees, Calls for Their Release
…detained persons, including 29 who were detained and then released, as well as 102 political figures, 23 journalists, 79 university students, and 7 university faculty who are still in detention…. ...
June 23, 2009
Killed and Detained Since 12 June
Last Updated: 2 September 2009 Here is the list of those killed and detained in Iran, updated as information becomes available. The list is by no means comprehensive and does… ...
June 19, 2009
UN Human Rights Chief Expresses Serious Concerns
19 June 2009 UN human rights chief concerned about manner of arrests, and possible use of excessive force in Iran GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi… ...
June 17, 2009
Mass Arrests and Detentions Signal Increasing Repression
(17 June 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today that several dozen notable figures including Saeed Hajjarian, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Behzad Nabavi, and Abdolfattah Soltani were… ...
June 16, 2009
Live Twitter Updates from Iran
Videos and Pictures ———————- *Disclaimer: As media and news are increasingly restricted the Campaign is providing these updates as a random sample – this information has not been independently verified… ...
June 16, 2009
End Violence against Peaceful Protests
…bullets against protesters, with possible fatalities, on university campuses in Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz. According to unconfirmed reports by student-run websites, two female and three male students died in Tehran…. ...
May 28, 2009
Alaei Brothers, Silva Harotonian, and Mohammad Ehsani Court Rulings — English
English text of the court ruling against the Alaei brothers, Silva Harotonian, and Mohammad Ehsani. Original documents in Farsi…. ...
May 28, 2009
Court Documents Show Obsession with Alleged US Intelligence Actions Led to Unfair Convictions
(28 May 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has obtained copies of court rulings against four individuals prosecuted and sentenced to prison terms because they allegedly worked… ...
May 26, 2009
Detained Students Tortured and Beaten to “Fabricate Evidence”
(26 May 2009) Six students from Amir Kabir University who have been released on bail following a group of student detentions on 5 February and 24 February, have reported being… ...
April 29, 2009
Judge Accuses Eight Detained Students of Cooperation with Terrorist Organization Mojahedin-e Khalgh
(29 April 2009) The Deputy of the Security Prosecution Court, Judge Haddad, announced in a 28 April 2009 interview with the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) that eight detained students… ...
April 22, 2009
Student Activist Arrested
(21 April 2009) Masoud Dehgahn, a former member of the Students’ Union (Daftar e Tahkim vahdat) and Amir Kabir University Alumni, was arrested this morning in his home in Karaj,… ...
April 14, 2009
Students Beaten and Prevented from Entering Noushirvan University in Babol
(14 April 2009) Twenty students at Noushirvan University in Babol were prevented from entering the campus, insulted, and beaten by the University Guards and plainclothes security officers who met them… ...
April 4, 2009
Students Held in Incommunicado Detention Are At Risk of Torture
(4 April 2009) The Iranian government should immediately and unconditionally release all detained students the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The students are being held in… ...
March 25, 2009
Hana Abdi
Hana Abdi (21) is an activist in Sanandaj and was arrested on 4 November 2007 by intelligence agents. Abdi was recently ordered to pay a fine of approximately $30,000 instead… ...
March 18, 2009
Ahmad Ghasaban
On May 3, 2007, security agents arrested Ahmad Ghasaban, editor of the student publication Sahar. He was conditionally released in August 2008 but was again detained on 24 February 2009… ...
March 18, 2009
Nariman Mostafavi
Nariman Mostafavi, a student activist at Amir Kabir University, was detained on 24 February by security agents at his home. He is reportedly being held in Evin prison and is… ...
March 18, 2009
Mehdi Mashayekhi
Mehdi Mashayekhi, a student activist at Amir Kabir University, was detained on 24 February by security agents at his home. He is reportedly being held in Evin Prison and is… ...
March 18, 2009
Abbas Hakimzadeh
Abbas Hakimzadeh, a student activist at Amir Kabir University, was detained on 24 February by security agents at his home. He is reportedly being held in Evin Prison and is… ...
March 18, 2009
Majid Tavakoli
Majid Tavakoli, arrested on May 9, 2007, is a student at Tehran’s Amir Kabir University and a member of the central council of the university’s Islamic Association. After being released… ...
February 25, 2009
University Campus Violently Attacked
…called on the Iranian government to immediately release all Amir Kabir students and to end its persecution and prosecution of students. The students were protesting the burial of “unknown martyrs”… ...
February 21, 2009
Lives of Four Students on Hunger Strike Are at Risk
…at risk. The students should be released immediately and unconditionally, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The four students are among a group of around twenty… ...
February 17, 2009
Baha’i Community in Peril
(17 February 2009) Attacks on the Baha’i community in Iran have reached alarming levels, including semi-official calls for its “utter destruction,” the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said… ...
February 14, 2009
End Prosecution of Student for Exercising Freedom of Speech
…Nikounesbati graduated from Mofid University in Qom two months ago. He was the spokesperson for the Office to Foster Unity, a nation-wide students union. He has been arrested twice and… ...