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Tag : house arrest

November 13, 2020

UN: Iran Must Quash Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Convictions and Ensure Her Permanent Release

Top Experts Say Her COVID-19 Diagnosis “Shows the real risks for those in detention in Iran” Top UN experts* released a statement today, welcoming the temporary release of human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh on November 7, ...

June 15, 2020

Dangerous Deterioration in Health of Opposition Leader Held under House Arrest Since 2011

Conditions Harshened for 82-year-old Mehdi Karroubi After He Criticized Supreme Leader After more than nine years under extrajudicial house arrest, the health of Iran’s 82-year-old opposition leader, Mehdi Karroubi, is deteriorating dramatically, the Center for Human Rights ...

January 11, 2019

Former Presidential Candidate Karroubi Did Not Receive Saudi Money, Son Says

False Claims Meant to Divert Attention from “Shame” of Eight Years of House Arrest Without Trial A son of the 2009 presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi has denied accusations by a senior Iranian ...

January 2, 2019

Political Activist Hengameh Shahidi Held for Six Months in Solitary Without Access to Lawyer

Imprisoned political activist Hengameh Shahidi has been held in solitary confinement for six months with extremely limited access to a lawyer since June 26, 2018, the day she was taken to Tehran’s Evin Prison. “… She ...

July 31, 2018

Conflicting Reports on Iranian Opposition Leaders’ Freedom From House Arrest

A member of Iran’s Parliament has denied reports that the country’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has ruled to end the seven-year-long house arrests of political opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi, Mir ...

June 1, 2018

Iranian Cleric Under Seven-Year House Arrest Says Only Death Will Bring Him Freedom

Former Presidential Candidate Mehdi Karroubi Detained in His Home Without Trial Since 2011 An Iranian cleric and former presidential candidate who has been restricted to his home under state surveillance since February 2011 without trial has written ...

May 8, 2018

Iranian Opposition Leader Under House Arrest Declines “Limited” Lifting of Restrictions

Zahra Rahnavard Demands Unconditional Freedom For Herself and Fellow House Arrest Detainees Zahra Rahnavard, an Iranian opposition leader who has been under house arrest since February 2011, has declined an unofficial offer for ...

January 31, 2018

Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi Urges Supreme Leader to “Create the Grounds For Reform”

In a letter written under house arrest, opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has warned Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to heed the signs of popular discontent and ...

December 8, 2017

Opposition Leader Under House Arrest Offers to Serve Remainder of Imprisoned Mothers’ Sentences

Zahra Rahnavard, who has been under extrajudicial house arrest with her husband Mir Hossein Mousavi for nearly seven years, has offered to take ...

October 19, 2017

Mousavi’s Daughters: Officials “Hoping and Planning” for Death of Opposition Leaders Under House Arrest

Former presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavian addresses a cheering crowd during the protests following Iran's disputed 2009 presidential election. In an open letter addressing Muslim religious leaders worldwide, ...

September 7, 2017

Rouhani Government Remains on Sidelines Amid House Arrest Controversy

The government of President Hassan Rouhani continues to avoid taking the initiative to resolve the six-and-a-half-year extrajudicial house arrests of ailing opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi, Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife ...

August 31, 2017

Security Forces Exit Mehdi Karroubi’s Home, As Pledged By Government

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry agents retreated from inside opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi’s home in Tehran on August 29, a day before he was discharged from hospital, his son told the Center for Human Rights in ...

August 24, 2017

Rouhani VP Reaffirms Promises to Mehdi Karroubi After Pushback by Judiciary

Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri has publicly affirmed promises made by officials of the Rouhani government to detained political leader  Mehdi Karroubi after a senior judicial official disputed them. On August 22, ...

August 22, 2017

Judiciary Contradicts Rouhani Officials’ Promise to Detained Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi

The spokesman for Iran’s judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, has publicly rejected a report that security agents will leave detained opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi’s home in northern Tehran as “total lies.” “Mr. Ejei is confusing the issue,” ...

August 16, 2017

Detained Political Leader Mehdi Karroubi on Life-Threatening Hunger Strike

August 16, 2017—The Iranian judiciary must immediately release ailing political leaders Mehdi Karroubi, who is currently on hunger strike, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard, said the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Karroubi (79), who ...

August 2, 2017

Iran Should Immediately Release Critically Ill Opposition Leaders Under House Arrest

Karroubi and Mousavi’s Health in Peril After Six Years of Forced Isolation August 2, 2017—More than six years into their extrajudicial house arrest, the health of leading Iranian political opposition leaders is in grave danger, renewing urgent calls ...

August 1, 2017

Prominent Activists Defy State Ban on Visiting Hospitalized Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi

From right to left: Amin Ahmadian, Bahareh Hedayat, Mostafa Tajzadeh and Fakhrolsadat Mohtashamipour at the Rajaei Medical Center ...

July 30, 2017

MPs Say Efforts “Continuing” to Free Opposition Leaders Amid Karroubi’s Hospitalization

Former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi has been under extrajudicial house arrest since 2011. Hospital Visit Could be “Step Towards” ...

July 27, 2017

Detained Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi Recovering From Emergency Medical Procedure

Six Years Later, Karroubi Still Awaiting First Trial Former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi, under extrajudicial house arrest since 2011, is recovering in the hospital after undergoing an emergency medical procedure on July 26, 2017. “My father was taken into the ...

March 13, 2017

Opposition Leader Under Extrajudicial House Arrest for Six Years Denied Emergency Care

An elderly opposition leader kept under extrajudicial house arrest in Tehran since 2011 is being denied access to timely emergency medical care. ...

February 15, 2017

Opposition Leader’s Son: Khamenei and Rouhani Are Responsible for Extrajudicial House Arrests

The son of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, who has been detained under house arrest without trial since 2011, told the Campaign for Human ...

February 5, 2016

Cartoon 137: “Remember the Spent Candle! Remember!”

“Tell our friends for us, remember the spent candle! Remember!" Iranian cartoonist Touka Neyestani's take on Zahra Rahnavard's message to her family, after five years under house ...

September 23, 2015

Rouhani and Undelivered Promises (Video)

When Rouhani campaigned for the presidency in June 2013, he said he had “the key” to solve Iran’s problems. Those problems included hundreds of political prisoners in Iran, some dating back to the disputed 2009 presidential election. More than two ...

September 22, 2015

Message to Rouhani: Rights Crisis in Iran Must Finally Be Addressed

Hassan Rouhani addresses the UN General Assembly in New York, 2014. September 22, 2015—When Iranian president Hassan Rouhani addresses the ...

September 8, 2015

House Arrest of Presidential Candidates, Long a Taboo Topic, Emerges as Public Issue Again in Iran

Minister of Justice, Mostafa Pourmohammadi Three days after President Hassan Rouhani suggested the possibility of a legal solution to the long-running house arrest of Iran’s former ...

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