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Tag : Payam Derafshan

October 20, 2021

Detained Lawyer of Iranian Instagram Star Tortured, Bit Off Tongue After Unidentified Injection

More Political Prisoners Could Die in Custody without Urgent International Action October 20, 2021 – A prominent defense attorney in Iran bit off part of his tongue after being forcibly given an injection that brought on seizures while ...

August 18, 2020

Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer in Poor Health, Needs Hospitalization

New Law Reduces Derafshan’s Sentence By 6 Months, Must Still Serve Two Years Sentence Reductions at Judge’s Discretion in “National Security” Cases Imprisoned human rights attorney Payam Derafshan is in poor health and in need of hospitalization, his lawyer Saeed ...

June 23, 2020

List of Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran for Defending Human Rights (Updated)

At least five defense lawyers are currently imprisoned in Iran for supporting human rights ...

May 11, 2020

Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to Prison Without Access to Counsel

Four Defense Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran in Less Than Two Years Human rights attorney Payam Derafshan was denied access to counsel while being tried for the charge of “insulting the supreme leader,” for which he was sentenced ...

April 16, 2020

Detained Teen Instagram Star With COVID-19 on Ventilator After Judge Refused to Release Her

Judge Mohammad Moghiseh, Who Could Authorize Her Release, Has Been Unreachable Detained teenage Instagram celebrity Fatemeh Khishvand is currently on a ventilator at Sina Hospital in Tehran after contracting COVID-19 in state custody, while the judge who holds ...

April 16, 2019

Hijab Protester Vida Movahedi Remains Detained Despite Eligibility for Release

Movahedi Has Served Five Months of Her One-Year Prison Sentence Vida Movahedi, the woman whose public display of peaceful protest against Iran’s compulsory hijab law was captured in a viral photo...

January 28, 2019

Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi Facing 19 Years Behind Bars in Iran

Najafi Jailed for Demanding Justice for Detainee Who Died in State Custody Imprisoned human rights attorney Mohammad Najafi was sentenced to two more years in prison in Iran on January 22, 2019—bringing the total number of years he has been condemned ...

December 26, 2018

Imprisoned Attorney Mohammad Najafi Facing More Jail Time for Criticizing Supreme Leader

Mohammad Najafi has been in Arak Central Prison since October 2018 serving a three-year sentence (currently being appealed) for informing media outlets that a local police station had tried to ...

November 15, 2018

Banning Imprisoned Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh From Seeing Her Children is Cruel and Unlawful

Nasrin Sotoudeh smiles for a picture with her two ...

October 30, 2018

Iran Must Stop Imprisoning Lawyers for Defending Their Clients

Mohammad Najafi is the Seventh Attorney to Be Sent to Prison in Last Six Months, Six Remain Behind Bars October 30, 2018—Iran’s sentencing of attorney Mohammad Najafi to three years in prison and 74 lashes for “disturbing ...

September 5, 2018

Iran’s Assault on Legal Profession Intensifies with Three More Attorneys Arrested

Seven Lawyers Now Behind Bars with More Summoned or Banned from Work *On September 6, after publication of this article, the lawyers Payam Derafshan and Farrokh Firouzan were released on bail of 110 million tomans ($26,100 ...

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 Human Rights Attorney Facing Five-Year Prison Sentence and Three Other Charges ...

August 14, 2018

Judiciary’s Intensifying Crackdown on Defense Attorneys in Iran Must End

Seven Human Rights Lawyers Detained or Blocked from Working in Iran in Less Than a Year August 14, 2018—An intensifying state crackdown on human rights defenders in Iran, in which the authorities have denied attorneys the ability to represent their ...

June 27, 2018

Widow Hospitalized After IRGC Storms Home of Iranian Canadian Who Died in Iranian State Custody

Tehran Prosecutor Ordered Raid to Gather Footage For a “Film” The widow of an Iranian Canadian environmentalist who recently died in state custody in Iran has been hospitalized in Tehran after being interrogated for hours by agents who ...

May 12, 2018

Rouhani Commission on Detainee Deaths in Iran Fails to Produce Results Three Months After Formation

The fact-finding commission set up by President Hassan Rouhani to investigate the recent spate of detainee deaths in Iran has produced no results since it was formed nearly three months ...

March 14, 2018

Detained Human Rights Lawyer Forced to Choose Counsel From Judiciary’s Approved “List”

Iranian human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi is facing eight charges for daring to speak up about a client he believes was killed in custody. Security Agents Create “Climate of Fear” Around ...

February 14, 2018

Lawyer: IRGC Film of Seyed-Emami’s Prison Cell Does Not Show Act of Suicide

Film Shows Detainee Visibly Agitated Before Disappearing From Camera’s View A lawyer representing the family of Kavous Seyed-Emami, who died under interrogation in Evin Prison on February ...

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