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Tag : saeed malekpour

February 8, 2019

“Ten Years is Enough:” Mother of Canadian Resident Imprisoned in Iran Seeks Pardon

The mother of Saeed Malekpour, a Canadian resident imprisoned in Iran since 2008, sent a letter to Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi on February 1, 2019, requesting that ...

December 3, 2018

Open Letter by Six Families of Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran

The following open letter was written and signed by six families of dual and foreign nationals who have been imprisoned in Iran.  December 3, 2018 An Open Letter to ...

October 26, 2018

Iran’s Judiciary Should Release Ailing Prisoner Saeed Malekpour on Medical Grounds

Imprisoned in Iran's Evin Prison since 2008, Canadian permanent resident Saeed Malekpour was hospitalized for a "heart attack" at the age of 43, according to his sister. Peaceful Prisoner, Convicted Without ...

January 13, 2017

Revolutionary Guards Blocking Temporary Release of Canadian Resident Imprisoned in Iran

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are blocking the granted furlough (temporary release) request of Saeed Malekpour, an Iranian-born Canadian resident who has been in imprisoned in Tehran since 2008, his ...

February 1, 2016

Call for Prime Minister Trudeau to Secure Release of Imprisoned Iranian-Canadian

February 1, 2016— Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should extend all efforts to obtain the release of Saeed Malekpour, a Canadian resident and web develop imprisoned in Iran since 2008 on false charges, three prominent human rights ...

October 1, 2015

Sister of Saeed Malekpour Says Family Hopes for a Pardon for Imprisoned Web Developer

Saeed Malekpour Prisoner of Conscience, Serving Life Sentence, is Finally Allowed In-Person Family Visits after a Year Prisoner of conscience Saeed Malekpour, serving a life sentence for blasphemy, has been ...

May 14, 2012

Malekpour Family Allowed Visit After Three Months

The family of Saeed Malekpour, an Iranian-Canadian who was sentenced to death in January 2012, was finally allowed to see him after three months of not being able to visit him. His sister, Maryam Malekpour, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that ...

March 12, 2012

Malekpour’s Sister Fears Execution Imminent

Expressing grave concern about her brother’s conditions, Maryam Malekpour told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her family has had no news about her brother Saeed Malekpour, whose death sentence was forwarded to the Iranian Judiciary’s Sentence Enforcement Unit in February 2012. ...

February 10, 2012

Saeed Malekpour Under Renewed Pressure to Make Televised Confessions

Security forces have renewed the pressure on Saeed Malekpour, the web programmer and Canadian resident whose death sentence was upheld by the Iranian Supreme Court last month, to make a televised confession, his sister Maryam Malekpour told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. ...

February 1, 2012

Revoke Execution Sentence of Web Programmer

(1 February 2012) Iran should immediately suspend the death sentence for web programmer and Canadian resident Saeed Malekpour and investigate allegations of his torture, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. ...

October 27, 2011

Appeals Court Upholds Verdicts of Panahi, Malekpour, Tajik

The death sentence of Saeed Malekpour, a Sharif Industrial University graduate who was arrested in 2008 by IRGC’s Cyber Army on the charge of “managing pornographic websites,” was upheld for the second time last week. According to BBC Persian, though Malekpour’s death sentence was overturned ...

February 23, 2011

EU Should Blacklist Human Rights Violators

(24 February 2011) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomed the addition of two Iranian officials by the United States government today to its list of human rights offenders, as well as reports that six European Union (EU) member states have called for ...

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