On Tuesday morning, security forces entered the home of Massoud Shafiee, the lawyer representing the recently released Americans, and after several hours of searching his home and offices, transferred him to Evin Prison. “Yesterday at 7:00 a.m., five security forces entered my home with my ...
Massoud Shafiee, lawyer of the two imprisoned Americans, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the two prisoners are only one signature away from freedom. “The judge, whose signature is required, will be on vacation until Tuesday and so we must wait ...
The appeals court reviewing the case of the three Americans arrested more than two years ago on charges of “illegal entry into Iran” and “espionage,” has not yet issued its ruling, despitethe fact that more than a week has passed since the last court session. ...
Massoud Shafiee, lawyer to the American prisoners held in Iran, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that following the absence of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal at their court trial on 11 May, rumors about his clients’ hunger strike are serious and ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Massoud Shafiee, lawyer for the three American hikers detained in Iran in 2009, said that he has received a court summons on behalf of Sarah Shourd to attend the 11 May trial session ...
In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: the Campaign calls on the Iranian government to grant a permit for rallies in support of protestors in Egypt and Tunisia; the trial for three American hikers began and their lawyer Massoud Shafiee tells the Campaign he has not ...
In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: Shahla Jahed was executed after spending eight years in Evin prison on charges of stabbing the wife of soccer star Nasser Mohammadkhani; Ebrahim Yazdi, an eighty year old activist, is still in prison as the Campaign calls for his ...
On Tuesday, Tehran’s Prosecutor addressed the upcoming trial of the three American hikers, one of whom was released last month, saying that if Sarah Shourd does not return to Iran for her trial, her $500,000 bail would be confiscated. Massoud Shafiee, lawyer for the three ...
In this week’s “Weekly Rights Podcast”: the mother of Neda Agha Soltan, Hajar Rostami, seeks help from the international community to find the murderer of her daughter; Massoud Shafiee, lawyer for the three American hikers, tells the Campaign that his clients should have been released ...
