May 17, 2022

Protesters Killed While Iran’s Government Blocks Internet and Media Coverage

May 17, 2022 – At least five protesters are dead amid a violent state crackdown on street demonstrations in Iran, while the authorities have blocked internet access in protest hot zones, pressured domestic media not to cover ...

March 18, 2016

Iranian Political Activist Exiled Following Four Years of Imprisonment

Saeed Madani, a political activist and academic, was exiled to the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on March 16, 2016 after serving four years of ...

December 1, 2015

Five Prison Inmates on Hunger Strike to Protest Knife Attack against Two Political Prisoners

Prison Officials Refuse to Remove Attackers from Ward Two political prisoners, Saeed Madani and Saeed Razavi ...

October 6, 2015

Supreme Court Refuses to Grant Imprisoned Activist a Retrial

Saeed Madani The political activist and university professor Saeed Madani, imprisoned in Iran since January 2012 for his ...

June 28, 2012

Kept in Solitary as Punishment, Says Imprisoned Activist’s Wife

Saeed Madani, 74, remains in Evin Prison’s Ward 209 after having completed his interrogations. Mansoureh Ettefagh, Madani’s wife, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he has likely undergone torture during his detention. She also said that his interrogators are keeping Madani ...

March 21, 2012

In Solitary Confinement for 65 Days, Political Activist Gets Only One Phone Call

Researcher and sociologist Saeed Madani, who was arrested by security forces on 7 January 2012, remains in solitary confinement and has only been allowed to contact his family once since his detention began, his wife Mansoureh Ettefagh told the International Campaign for Human Rights in ...