Former Political Prisoner Arrested at “Cyrus Day” Celebration
The tomb of Cyrus the Great, a UNESCO protected world heritage site, is located southwest of ...
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January 27, 2012
Imprisoned Student Activist Transferred To Psychiatric Ward
A source close to the family of Abolfazl Tabarzadi, 24, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the imprisoned student was transferred ...
November 28, 2011
Student Activist Denied Prison Leave to Take Exam
Reza Tabarzadi, father of imprisoned human rights activist and student Abdolfazl Tabarzadi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the Ahvaz Prosecutor denied his son permission to leave prison for a few hours last Wednesday to take a graduate admission test. “I ...
August 29, 2011
Dozens of Post-Election Political Prisoners Released; Is there a Chance for Hundreds More?
Last Saturday, Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi announced that on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will pardon 100 political prisoners. According to various sources, more than 30 inmates have been released over the ...
July 18, 2011
Weekly Rights Podcast 30
In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: more than 50 officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran have been put on visa restriction lists by the US and UK; the son of political prisoner Heshmatollah Tabarzadi tells the Campaign of concern for Tabarzadi’s health; Hossein Ronaghi ...
July 12, 2011
Heshmatollah Tabarzadi’s Son: ‘My Father Says Furlough is Impossible’
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, political prisoner Heshmatollah Tabarzadi’s son, Hossein Tabarzadi, told the Campaign that his father is in poor condition and his family is concerned about his health. “Our family’s last visit with my father was ...
April 28, 2011
Prisoners in Karaj Demand Visit by UN Special Rapporteur to Address Poor Prison Conditions
Following a hunger strike by political prisoners at Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, Ali Tabarzadi, son of political prisoner Heshmatollah Tabarzadi spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his recent visit with his father. “I had a booth visit with my ...
April 1, 2011
Increasing Pressure Placed on Political Prisoners
In recent months, Iranian judicial authorities have imposed numerous limitations on some political prisoners' phone call use, family visitation rights, and prison leave. Ali Tabarzadi, son of imprisoned political activist Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran of the plight ...
March 7, 2011
Tabarzadi Appeals Court Sentenced Him to 7 Years in Absence of His Three Imprisoned Lawyers
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammad Tabarzadi, son of Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, Secretary General of Democratic Party of Iran, said he learned from news websites that an appeals court sentenced his father to seven years in prison. “My father’s ...
October 25, 2010
Veteran Political Prisoner Demands Trial of Supreme Leader
In a letter written from prison, political prisoner Heshmatollah Tabarzadi asked international courts to review his grievance against Iran’s Supreme Leader, Seyed Ali Khamenei. From Rajaee Shahr Prison, Tabarzadi called on Iranian lawyers, most of whom are currently in prison, free on bail, or have ...
October 6, 2010
Court Defense of Heshmatollah Tabarzadi
“During my interrogation, I was under duress and torture. As I point out in the enclosed defense bill, I was informed of my charges in an illegal manner. My arrest and the location where I was detained were both illegal. I was in a solitary ...
April 9, 2010
Intelligence Agents Pressure Judiciary for Harsh Sentences
(10 April 2010) The Iranian Intelligence Ministry is manipulating the judicial process by forcing the issuance of harsh and long sentences for activists regardless of the lack of credible evidence against them, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The attorney for jailed ...