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Tag : Lawyer Facing Prison

October 9, 2018

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Charged With National Security Crimes For Anti-Compulsory Hijab Activism

Sotoudeh’s Sister Threatened With Arrest Imprisoned Iranian attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, Reza Khandan, has been charged ...

October 4, 2018

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Lawyers Sue Judge Moghiseh For Unlawful Sentencing

Judge Moghiseh Notorious in Iran for Issuing Politically Motivated Sentences Payam Derafshan and Mohammad Moghimi, the lawyers representing detained human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, have sued Judge Mohammad Moghiseh, the head of Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, ...

September 25, 2018

Nasrin Sotoudeh Sends Heart-Breaking Apology to Son For Missing First Day of School

Detained human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has written a letter to her 12-year-old son, Nima, explaining ...

September 17, 2018

Nasrin Sotoudeh Sacrifices Family Visits To Protest Prosecutor’s Demand She Wear Full Hijab

Detained human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has given up her family visitation right in protest against a ...

September 4, 2018

Husband of Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer, Arrested for Speaking Out, Must Be Released Immediately

State Harassment, Arrest of Family Members to Silence Dissent Intensifies in Iran September 4, 2018—Reza Khandan, the husband of imprisoned human rights lawyer ...

August 27, 2018

Detained Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Refuses to Appear in Court, Begins Hunger Strike

Sotoudeh Facing Seven “National Security” Charges as Judiciary Continues to Build Case Against Her Prominent defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has gone on hunger strike and ...

August 24, 2018

Fourth Human Rights Lawyer Slapped With National Security Charges in Iran

Arash Keykhosravi, a lawyer representing the family of an Iranian Canadian man who recently died under suspicious circumstances in state custody, has been slapped with national security charges, making him the fourth defense attorney detained under this pretense in Iran ...

August 23, 2018

Intelligence Agents Raid Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Home, Taking Pins as Evidence  

“They’re going to use the pins as criminal evidence, as if they had found bombs” Iranian security agents raided the homes of ...

August 16, 2018

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Lawyer: “They Came After Her From Three Directions”

Iranian defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has been detained in Evin Prison under national security charges since June 13, 2018. Prominent ...

August 2, 2018

Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Facing Prison For Criticizing Judiciary

Iranian attorney Mostafa Tork Hamadani has been charged for criticizing the judiciary for barring him and other defense lawyers from defending ...

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