An Appeal to the EU to Act, As Human Rights Deteriorate in Iran
(Brussels, 7 May 2008) The European Union (EU) should deny visas to Iranian officials who have participated in grave human rights abuses and freeze bank assets held in the EU,… ...
(Brussels, 7 May 2008) The European Union (EU) should deny visas to Iranian officials who have participated in grave human rights abuses and freeze bank assets held in the EU,… ...
…the head of Iran’s Judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, to review the sentencing by an appeals court of three students, Ehsan Mansouri, Majid Tavakoli and Ahmad Ghasaban to prison terms…. ...
(11 April 2008) Students at Shiraz University are refusing to respond to summonses relating to their participation in peaceful protests in March. The students are reportedly outraged that the university… ...
(9 April 2008) Hadi Ghabel, an outspoken Iranian cleric and member of the central council of the reformist Participation Front, was imprisoned on April 7, beginning a 40 month term… ...
(April 9, 2008) Iranian authorities marked the arrival of the Persian New Year with an extensive campaign of summonses and detentions of social and labor activists, the International Campaign for… ...
Morteza Khedmatloo, arrested on January 14, 2008, is a student activist. He is held in Evin prison. Khedmatloo and more than 60 other students were arrested during a nationwide sweep… ...
Behzad Bagheri, arrested on December 14, 2007, is a student activist. Intelligence agents arrested Bagheri and more than 60 other students during a nationwide sweep last November to January…. ...
Soroosh Dashtestani, arrested on January 14, 2008, is a student activist. He is held in Evin prison. Dashtestani and more than 60 other students were arrested during a nationwide sweep… ...
UPDATE: (15 March 2008) On March 11, Iranian authorities released four students detained on the previous Sunday during the violent police attack. The detainees were held at the Intelligence Ministry’s… ...
An ICHRI report on the upcoming elections in Iran and the violations that occur in Iran’s electoral process…. ...
(24 February 2008) In an unprecedented ruling, an Iranian appeals court revised a suspended sentence against Yaghoob Yadali, a novelist, to actual imprisonment. His lawyer said the court is not… ...