Open Letter by Former Cellmates of Imprisoned Conservationists in Iran
Former female cellmates of a group of wildlife conservationists who’ve been unjustly imprisoned in Iran since January 2018 penned the following letter ...
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August 5, 2021
Musician Marjan Farsad’s New Song Pays Tribute to Iranian Political Prisoners
“My Song is About Stars That Go Missing Every Night” August 5, 2021 – Iranian American musician and songwriter Marjan Farsad released a new song today about political prisoners in Iran, a country where people ...
August 5, 2021
Q&A with Musician Marjan Farsad: “My Hope is for All Political Prisoners to Be Freed”
Editor’s Note: The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) conducted the following interview with Iranian American musician Marjan Farsad ahead of the release of her new song, “Mahtab” (Moonlight), which was produced by ...
March 25, 2021
Interrogations in Iran’s Judicial Systems: Law vs. Reality
Iran’s judicial system allows detainees and prisoners to be subjected to harsh and inhuman interrogations without access to counsel and with impunity ...
April 17, 2020
UN Urges Iran to “Immediately Release” Political Prisoners and Dual, Foreign Nationals
April 17, 2020 - UN human rights experts today called on Iran to expand its temporary release of thousands of detainees to include prisoners of ...
March 5, 2020
Families Urge Judiciary Chief to Include Jailed Conservationists In Mass Prisoner Release
56,000 Temporarily Freed from Iran's Overcrowded Prisons Amid Coronavirus Outbreak The families of eight conservationists imprisoned in Iran on trumped-up charges have called on Iranian Judiciary Chief ...
February 20, 2020
“Torture” and “Sexual Threats” Detailed in Letters by Jailed Former UN Environment Consultant
Conservation Scientist Niloufar Bayani: "Every time I... sought help from the authorities, the pressures, threats, and acts of torture increased." Appeals Court Upheld Prison Sentences Against Conservationists on Baseless Charges and Coerced “Confessions” February 20, 2020 – ...
December 12, 2019
Jailed Under Lengthy Sentences, Iran’s Conservationists Suffer Ongoing Rights Violations
Detainees Punished for Complaining That They Were Forced to Make False Statements, Says Lawyer Iranian authorities are refusing to transfer imprisoned conservationist Sam Rajabi to the hospital to treat a serious medical condition, and are continuing to ...
November 20, 2019
Six Conservationists Sentenced to Long Prison Terms in Iran After Two Years Behind Bars
Preliminary Sentences Range Between 6 and 10 Years, Two Still Awaiting Ruling No Evidence of Wrongdoing Ever Found *Update: Two conservationists were sentenced on November 23: Sam Rajabi was sentenced to six years in prison and Abdolreza ...
November 7, 2019
Conservationists Slapped with New Charge 22 Months After Being Arrested by Revolutionary Guards
Fate of Detainees Unclear Despite Intervention by Supreme Leader Nearly two years after they were first detained in Tehran, eight conservationists have been charged with “cooperation with U.S. and Israeli enemy states against the Islamic Republic of Iran for the ...
October 14, 2019
Death Penalty-Carrying Charge Dropped Against Four Conservationists After Supreme Leader Intervened
The charge of “corruption on earth,” which can lead to the death penalty under Iranian law, has been dropped against four detained conservationists following intervention ...
August 8, 2019
Detained Conservationists Niloufar Bayani and Sepideh Kashani on Hunger Strike
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July 2, 2019
Letter: Families Cite Seven Law Violations in Cases of Detained Wildlife Conservationists
Iran’s judiciary has violated at least seven laws in its handling of the cases of eight wildlife conservationists who’ve been detained on ...
March 13, 2019
Widow of Dual National Who Died in Iranian Custody Sues Judiciary for Banning Her from Travel
The widow of an Iranian Canadian academic who died under suspicious circumstances in Tehran’s Evin Prison has sued a judicial official ...
March 5, 2019
UN Environment Calls on Iran to Guarantee “Fair, Transparent” Trial for Eight Conservationists
In a statement published March 5, 2019, the highest ranking agency in the United Nations on the environment has called on Iran to guarantee a fair, transparent and independent trial for eight conservationists detained there ...
February 27, 2019
Families Denied Access to Secretive Trial of Iran’s Detained Conservationists
International Outcry Against Rampant Denials of Due Process Detained conservationist Morad Tahbaz was summoned to two closed-door sessions February 24-25, 2019, in Tehran’s ...
February 25, 2019
26 European MPs Call on President Rouhani to Free Conservationists
Twenty-six members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have urged Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to free eight conservationists who are currently being ...
February 11, 2019
Iranian Agents Tried to Frame Detained Conservationists by Staging Scenes to Falsely Implicate Them
Three Major State Agencies Rejected Charges of Espionage, Indictment Based on Retracted False “Confessions” February 11, 2019 – Amid eight conservationists’ closed-door trial in Iran’s revolutionary court system, the Center for ...
February 7, 2019
Mounting Evidence that Clears Eight Conservationists from Grave Charges, Judiciary Still Relies on Forced “Confessions”
Iran Must Guarantee Fair Trial in Upcoming Court Session on February 12 Year-long Detainment Continues while Judiciary Ignores Conclusions of Supreme National Security Council, Intelligence Ministry and Department of Environment February 7, 2019—In light of the ...
January 30, 2019
Eight Conservationists Tried in Iran on Basis of Retracted False “Confessions”
First Half of Indictment Lacks Evidence, Relies on Statements Made Under Extreme Duress January 30, 2019 – In their first trial session since being detained ...
January 24, 2019
Iran is Using False “Confessions” to Manufacture Cases Against Detained Conservationists
One Dead, Eight Others At Grave Risk for Harm Detainees, Jailed for 12 Months, Denied Counsel, Could Face Death Penalty January 24, 2019 – Some of the conservationists who have been imprisoned incommunicado in Iran for the ...
October 23, 2018
Iran Charges Environmentalists With National Security Crimes
Prosecutions Lacking Due Process Aimed at Deflecting Attention from Death of One of the Detainees October 23, 2018 – Nine months after a group of environmentalists ...
October 8, 2018
Five Environmentalists Charged in Iran After Eight Months in Prison
* This article was last updated on October 10, 2018. October 8, 2018 – Five out of the eight environmentalists who have been detained in Iran ...
October 3, 2018
Iran Should Free Environmentalists Detained Without Evidence
Since January 2018, at least eight environmentalists have been detained in Iran even though the country's own Intelligence Ministry has admitted there's no evidence to support the politically motivated charges the detainees are facing. They include Sam Rajabi, Niloufar ...
September 25, 2018
Families of Iran’s Detained Environmentalists Urge Supreme Leader to Release Their Loved Ones
The families of environmentalists who have been detained for nearly eight months in Iran on unsubstantiated accusations of espionage ...