Mehrangiz Kar: My Husband Was Tortured and Forced to Confess by Presidential Candidate Ghalibaf’s Police
Presidential candidate Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf played a key role in major human rights violations as the commander of ...
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April 18, 2016
Imprisoned Young Physicist Stricken with Cancer after Years of Denied Medical Care
April 18, 2016—Prisoner of conscience Omid Kokabee, the young physicist who has been imprisoned in Iran for over five years for his refusal to work on ...
August 24, 2015
Former Tehran Prosecutor Acquitted of Charges in Kahrizak Murders despite Overwhelming Evidence
Saeed Mortazavi, The former Tehran Prosecutor Mortazavi Verdict Shows Officials Still Enjoy Impunity even in Cases of Torture and Death of Prisoners. The former Tehran Prosecutor, ...
August 17, 2015
Amputations Do Not Prevent Crime, Legal Expert Says
The Iranian Judiciary’s continued practice, under the direction of Sadegh Amoli Larijani, of carrying out amputations as a routine punishment, is not only in direct conflict with ...
August 10, 2015
Three Hanged in Public in Karaj
Three people found guilty of rape were executed in public in the Golshahr neighborhood of the ...
August 3, 2015
Cartoon 121: Justice Through Amputation
The Iranian Judiciary carried out a double limb amputation sentence on August 4, 2015, where a convict's foot and fingers were amputated for ...
August 11, 2014
Carton 90: “Dastardly and Unfair,” Says Sattar Beheshti’s Mother of Murderer’s Sentence
Almost two years after the death of dissident blogger Sattar Beheshti under torture while in police detention, Cyber police interrogator Akbar Taghizadeh was sentenced to three years in prison, two years in ...
March 14, 2014
Abdollah Momeni Released After Completing Five Year Term Without Furlough
Photo from Mr. Momeni's Facebook page shows him among friends and family immediately after release on March 13, 2014. Abdollah Momeni, former Spokesperson for the nationwide ...
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. ...
August 2, 2011
Public Letter to Supreme Leader about Torture in Prison Brings Abdollah Momeni New Trial Instead of Justice
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Fatemeh Adinehvand, wife of student activist and political prisoner Abdollah Momeni, expressed surprise for his new summons to court. “The last time I visited Abdollah on Monday, 25 July, he told me that ...
July 12, 2011
“Another Kidney Infection and My Son Will Die,” Says Imprisoned Blogger’s Father
Following a deterioration in the condition of Hossein Ronaghi Maleki’s health in prison, his father, Ahmad Ronaghi Maleki, shared his concern with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “My son’s interrogators told us that they would kill Hossein and now they are delivering ...
June 24, 2011
“I Saw Prison Abuse,” Says Mohammad Nourizad
In an interview with the International Campaign with Human Rights in Iran, Mohammad Nourizad, a filmmaker, journalist and prisoner of conscience currently on furlough, provided details about his own case as well as the abuse of other prisoners. “I saw a young man who had ...
June 10, 2011
Rape and Torture: Legacy of the Post-Election Crackdown
Video Testimony from a Young Woman Raped in Detention, Most Detailed Account to Date (10 June 2011) On the second anniversary of the disputed June 2009 election and the ensuing repression, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today released video testimony from a ...
March 15, 2011
Iranian-Canadian on Death Row Faced Torture and Unfair Trial
Hamid Ghasemi-Shall an Iranian and Canadian citizen, was arrested on 24 May 2008, and eventually charged with espionage and contact with the Mojahedin-e Khalgh Organization. Ghasemi-Shall spent 18 months in solitary confinement. For the first eight months of his detention he had no access ...
October 13, 2010
Amputations and Floggings on the Rise
(13 October 2010) The Iranian Parliament and Judiciary should immediately abolish cruel and inhumane punishments, such as limb amputation, stoning, and flogging, consistent with Iran’s international obligations, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. In recent days Iranian officials have acknowledged that amputations ...
February 10, 2009
Four Journalists Sentenced to Prison, Floggings
(10 February 2009) The sentencing of four Tehran bloggers by Iran’s Judiciary Court on February 3, 2009, to prison terms, fines and flogging, despite the head of the judiciary’s admission that they had been coerced into confessing, violates their right to a fair trial, Human ...