May 9, 2017

Rouhani Slams Conservative Presidential Rivals’ Grim Human Rights Records

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, currently campaigning for a second term win in the May 19, 2017 presidential election, criticized two of his opponents’ records of human rights abuses during ...

May 8, 2017

Mehrangiz Kar: My Husband Was Tortured and Forced to Confess by Presidential Candidate Ghalibaf’s Police

Presidential candidate Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf played a key role in major human rights violations as the commander of Iran's police forces, Mehrangiz Kar, a lawyer who defended human rights ...

May 14, 2015

Cartoon 113: Evin Prison to Become A Park

Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said this week that the Tehran Municipality is prepared to enter negotiations with the Iranian Judiciary to convert the Evin Prison complex in northwestern Tehran into a public park. ...

May 16, 2013

Presidential Candidate Brags About His Direct Role in Violence and Repression

(May 16, 2013) The international community should immediately institute a travel ban and asset freeze against Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf, the current mayor of Tehran and a contender in the upcoming presidential election, due to his extensive role in gross human rights violations, the Campaign for ...