Latest Victim of Repressed Iranian Protests Identified as 24-Year-Old Man From Karaj
“They Buried Him Like He Was a Criminal” Hassan Shahin Tarkashvand, a 24-year-old man from the city of Karaj, has been identified ...
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January 22, 2018
Iranian Protesters Who Died in Custody Accused of Being Drug Addicts
Iranian officials have accused two Iranian protesters who died in custody of committing suicide and of being drug addicts. But a prominent human rights lawyer and a reformist MP from ...
April 3, 2017
Hunger-Striking Political Activist Detained Without Charge Writes Will in Evin Prison
After 24 days on hunger strike in Evin Prison in Tehran, reformist political activist Hengameh Shahidi, detained without charge and denied legal counsel since ...
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 ...
November 30, 2009
Violations of Law and Due Process Standards in the Conviction of Atefeh Nabavi
(30 November 2009) Judicial authorities should review the arrest, trial and conviction of Atefeh Nabavi, a 28-year-old woman sentenced to four years in prison for her participation in peaceful demonstrations following disputed presidential elections in June, appealed the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “The ...
June 21, 2009
Injured Demonstrators Arrested at Hospitals
(20 June 2009) Numerous Iranians beaten and injured by security forces as they tried to stage peaceful demonstrations have been arrested and detained when they sought medical treatment in hospitals, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today. Heavily armed Iranian police and ...
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 arrested on 16 June 2009. Hajjarian was an advisor to former president Mohammad Khatami and ...
June 16, 2009
Videos and Pictures from Iran
Live Twitter Updates ------------ Amateur photographer's collection of demonstration photos Collection of pictures from Iran Video of Police Beating Protester -- Graphic http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8099943.stm ------------ ------------ "At 1:41 one ...
June 16, 2009
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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 but comes from reputable Twitter accounts ---------------------- 4:50 PM EST 17 June ...
June 16, 2009
End Violence against Peaceful Protests
(15 June 2009) The Iranian government should immediately end its violent repression of largely peaceful nationwide protests following last Friday’s presidential elections, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and Human Rights Watch said today. The two human rights organizations said that state security forces ...
June 14, 2009
An Appeal to Iranian Authorities to End Restrictions on Civil Liberties and Violence against Demonstrators
(14 June 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today appealed to Iranian authorities to withdraw security and Special Guards from public places, allow peaceful demonstrations, halt violence against citizens, and to release without charge numerous opposition leaders, journalists, and demonstrators who have ...
June 13, 2009
Withhold Recognition of Iranian Presidential Election Results
(13 June 2009) The international community should not recognize the results of Iran’s 12 June 2009 presidential election, which gives all signs of having been manipulated by government authorities to produce a massive victory for incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to the International Campaign for Human ...
June 13, 2009
Iran Election Update: Concerns for Violence Against Moussavi Supporters Grow
(13 June 2009) [As of 1:30 PM Tehran Time] The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expressed its serious concerns for the growing crisis in Tehran and the possibility of a violent crackdown against the opposition candidate, Mir Hossein Moussavi, and his supporters. According to ...
June 13, 2009
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June 13, 2009
Iran Election Update: Reformist Candidate’s Headquarters Seized and Locked
(13 June 2009) [As of 7 am Tehran time] After a disputed election, the offices of two reformist candidates, Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi were seized and locked by intelligence and security forces. As the government controlled Interior Ministry is declaring Ahmadinejad as the ...