Students Plead with Rouhani to Release Political Prisoners
President Hassan Rouhani and other senior government officials were met with students expressing frustration over the continuing repression in Iran and demanding the release ...
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October 19, 2015
Narges Mohammadi Should Be Released Immediately and Given Medical Treatment
Narges Mohammadi October 20, 2015—The health of imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi has deteriorated, and the prominent human rights defender is ...
October 9, 2015
Authorities Deny Hospitalization for Ill Activist and Postpone Her Trial Again
Narges Mohammadi No Explanation Given for Third Postponement of Narges Mohammadi’s Trial Date The trial of imprisoned human rights activist Narges ...
September 17, 2015
Imprisoned Activist’s Medical Condition Worsens as Trial Date is Set
Archival photo shows Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi hospitalized during a prior imprisonment. Narges Mohammadi Remains in Prison despite ...
August 10, 2015
Jailed Human Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Needs Urgent Medical Care
Sent Back to Prison despite Doctors’ Insistence She Be Seen by a Specialist Imprisoned rights activist Narges Mohammadi’s medical illnesses have reached a critical stage and require ...
July 27, 2015
Cartoon 120: Family Punishment for Political Activism
In a letter from prison, prominent rights activist Narges Mohammadi wrote about the pain her imprisonment has imposed on her 8-year-old twin children. In a part of the letter she wrote about the authorities' refusal ...
July 13, 2015
Intelligence Ministry Seeking “Maximum Punishment” for Prominent Human Rights Activist
Narges Mohammadi Awaits Trial in Prison The Intelligence Ministry has made a written request to impose the maximum punishment on human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, her husband Taghi Rahmani told the International Campaign ...
May 5, 2015
Leading Activist Arrested Ahead of Her Trial for Peaceful Civil Activities
Narges Mohammadi is Transferred to Evin Prison Civil rights activist and Deputy Director of the banned Defenders of Human Rights Center, Narges Mohammadi, was arrested at her ...
March 15, 2014
Activist Who Met With Ashton Decries Defamation by Hardliners
Mohammadi told the Campaign, "I have held a pen in my hand for 20 years but ...
March 14, 2014
Human Rights Activist Rejects Criticism of her Meeting with Ashton
"I and a number of women's rights activists were formally invited," to meet Ashton, Mohammadi said. "I saw nothing wrong with the invitation and therefore I accepted it. But what I ...
March 12, 2014
Paper Close to Revolutionary Guards Doctors Ashton Photo to Erase Image of Torture Victim’s Mother
Almost immediately after EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met with a group of activists in Tehran, Iranian authorities unleashed a barrage of angry remarks and insults about her visit. ...
June 22, 2012
Activist Imprisoned with Drug Trafficker Inmates In Zanjan
Taghi Rahmani, husband of imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that at his wife’s last visit with her family, a stammering Mohammadi appeared with a bruised face. “During the Saturday, 16 June visitation, Narges’ face was ...
June 8, 2012
Cartoon 7: Chains and Pains (For Narges Mohammadi)
Narges Mohammadi, a human rights lawyer and deputy director of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, began a six-year sentence on 22 April 2012 for “assembly and collusion against national security,” “membership in the Defenders of Human Rights Center,” and “propagating against the regime”–in other ...
May 14, 2012
“Confess on TV or Go to Prison,” Authorities Tell Dadkhah
Human rights lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he has been under immense pressure during recent days to make false televised confessions. “Tomorrow is my last day to either make television confessions or go to prison. I ...
May 7, 2012
UN STATEMENT: Independent UN Experts Urge Iran to Ensure Protection for Rights Defenders
In a statement released today, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders Margaret Sekaggya, and Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Gabriela Knaul condemned the Iranian government’s practice of targeting and ...
April 24, 2012
Narges Mohammadi in Undisclosed Location
Prominent human rights defender Narges Mohammadi was arrested this Sunday and is currently in an unknown location. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammadi’s husband Taghi Rahmani said that the family’s efforts to find our her location have been ...
March 21, 2012
“I Am Not a Criminal. I Will Not Request Pardon,” Says Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi, the deputy director of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) who was sentenced to six years in prison on 5 March by an appeals court, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that she did not request a pardon, ...
September 28, 2011
Narges Mohammadi’s Reaction to Her Conviction for Human Rights Activities
Member of the Defenders of Human Rights Center and Nationalist-Religious activist Narges Mohammadi was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Tehran court. In an interview with the International Campaign ...
April 18, 2011
Weekly Rights Podcast 24
In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: the Pen American Center honors Nasrin Sotoudeh with their Freedom to Write award for her human rights work; Camp Ashraf in Iraq, home to roughly 3500 members of the People’s Mujahideen, came under attack by the Iraqi military on ...
April 7, 2011
No Visits, Phone Calls, or Information Says Wife of Political Prisoner
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Narges Mohammadi, the wife of author and political activist Taghi Rahmani expressed concern about her husband’s conditions. “Taghi called home on 28 March. During the one-minute phone call, he greeted me and asked ...
March 7, 2011
Activist’s Hospital Records Stolen: “I Am Fearful For My Life; I Am Under Psychological Pressure From Security Forces”
Following news that security forces stole Narges Mohammadi’s medical records, she spoke the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about her concerns after being informed of the news. “They contacted me from the hospital and told me that security forces have visited my medical ...
February 10, 2011
Activist’s Wife Hospitalized After His Arrest
Taghi Rahmani, a member of the Nationalist Religious Activists Council, was arrested on Wednesday, 9 February. His mother, Zahra Rahmani, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that after her son’s arrest, his wife Narges Mohammadi had to be hospitalized. “I came ...
May 11, 2009
Human Rights Defenders Prevented from Leaving Iran; Women’s Rights Advocates Arrested
(11 May 2009) The Iranian government is continuing to expand its repression of women’s rights activists ahead of the 12 June presidential elections, with a new wave of travel bans, detentions, and summons, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The Campaign reported ...