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Tag : Abdolreza Kouhpayeh

October 14, 2019

Death Penalty-Carrying Charge Dropped Against Four Conservationists After Supreme Leader Intervened

The charge of “corruption on earth,” which can lead to the death penalty under Iranian law, has been dropped against four detained conservationists following intervention ...

July 2, 2019

Letter: Families Cite Seven Law Violations in Cases of Detained Wildlife Conservationists 

Iran’s judiciary has violated at least seven laws in its handling of the cases of eight wildlife conservationists who’ve been detained on ...

February 19, 2019

Niloufar Bayani Absent from Trial After Protesting Prosecution’s Use of Forced “Confessions”

Authorities Interrogated Three People, Warned Them Not to Speak About Cases After protesting the prosecution’s use of false statements she had made under the threat of torture, Niloufar Bayani has been absent from three out ...

February 7, 2019

Mounting Evidence that Clears Eight Conservationists from Grave Charges, Judiciary Still Relies on Forced “Confessions”

Iran Must Guarantee Fair Trial in Upcoming Court Session on February 12 Year-long Detainment Continues while Judiciary Ignores Conclusions of Supreme National Security Council, Intelligence Ministry and Department of Environment February 7, 2019—In light of the ...

January 30, 2019

Eight Conservationists Tried in Iran on Basis of Retracted False “Confessions”

First Half of Indictment Lacks Evidence, Relies on Statements Made Under Extreme Duress January 30, 2019 – In their first trial session since being ...

January 24, 2019

Iran is Using False “Confessions” to Manufacture Cases Against Detained Conservationists

One Dead, Eight Others At Grave Risk for Harm Detainees, Jailed for 12 Months, Denied Counsel, Could Face Death Penalty January 24, 2019 – Some of the conservationists who have been imprisoned incommunicado in Iran for the ...

October 23, 2018

Iran Charges Environmentalists With National Security Crimes

Prosecutions Lacking Due Process Aimed at Deflecting Attention from Death of One of the Detainees October 23, 2018 – Nine months after a group of ...

October 8, 2018

Five Environmentalists Charged in Iran After Eight Months in Prison

* This article was last updated on October 10, 2018. October 8, 2018 – Five out of the eight environmentalists who have been detained in ...

October 3, 2018

Iran Should Free Environmentalists Detained Without Evidence

Since January 2018, at least eight environmentalists have been detained in Iran even though the country's own Intelligence Ministry has admitted there's no evidence to support the politically motivated charges the detainees are facing. They include Sam Rajabi, Niloufar ...

September 25, 2018

Families of Iran’s Detained Environmentalists Urge Supreme Leader to Release Their Loved Ones

The families of environmentalists who have been detained for nearly eight months in Iran on unsubstantiated accusations of espionage ...

August 17, 2018

Prolonged Detention of Environmentalists “None of Your Business,” Iran’s Judiciary Tells Vice President

The chief of Iran’s Department of Environment, Vice President Isa Kalantari, has told state media that the judiciary has ...

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