May 12, 2022

Activists Urge UN Rep to Meet Them During Trip to Iran

Government’s Refusal to Allow UN Human Rights Experts into Country Condemned May 12, 2022 -- A group of prominent civil rights activists in Iran has called on UN representative Alena Douhan, who will be visiting Iran shortly to assess ...

January 11, 2022

Imprisoned Journalist Keyvan Samimi is Being Led to His Death

The life of veteran journalist and political activist Keyvan Samimi is in danger as he continues to be unlawfully kept behind bars in Tehran’s Evin Prison despite state officials’ recommendations that he be released to receive treatment for serious health problems ...

August 24, 2020

Veteran Journalist Reporting to Prison To Serve Three-Year Sentence

Keyvan Samimi Sees Worsening Fear and Repression in Iran The veteran journalist and political activist Keyvan Samimi must report to Evin Prison to begin serving a three-year prison sentence for his peaceful activism and reporting. On August 21, ...

August 26, 2011

Imprisoned Journalist in Need of Emergency Medical Treatment

A source close to the family of imprisoned journalist Keyvan Samimi, who is in his 60s, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that a tumor found in Samimi’s liver has caused grave concern to his family and he must be immediately hospitalized ...

August 4, 2010

Release Prisoners of Conscience on Hunger Strike

(4 August 2010) The Iranian Judiciary should immediately release seventeen prisoners of conscience who have been on hunger strike for the past ten days and whose health is deteriorating daily, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The seventeen prisoners include prominent student ...