A former screenwriter and producer with Iran’s state-controlled television has been in jail in Tehran for the past two months. Mostafa Azizi, who moved to Canada in 2010, had returned to Tehran to visit his relatives when he was arrested in February and transferred to the notorious Evin prison. Azizi has been reportedly charged […]
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Imprisoned Journalist Denied Furlough, Remains with Hardened Criminals
Despite support from the Zanjan Province Prosecutor and prison officials, and repeated requests by family members, journalist Saeed Matinpour’s furlough for the Iranian New Year was not granted and he remains behind bars. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Matinpour’s wife, Atieh Taheri, said that officials encouraged Matinpour […]
Imprisoned Human Rights Defender Denied Furlough Again
For the fourth year in a row, the ailing prominent human rights defender Mohammad Seifzadeh was not granted furlough for the Iranian New Year (March 20-April 1). Furlough, typically granted to prisoners in Iran for a variety of familial, holiday, and medical reasons, is routinely denied to political prisoners as a form of additional […]
Journalist Remains in Prison Beyond End of Sentence
The journalist Saeed Razavi Faghih has yet to be released from prison even though he completed his one-year sentence on February 28, 2015, because he is facing new, as yet unspecified charges, his brother Massoud told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “When I followed up the reasons why my brother had […]
Father of Imprisoned Blogger Pleads for His Ill Son’s Release
The father of blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, who, prior to a six-month medical furlough granted for severe illness had been imprisoned since 2009 for his peaceful activities following the disputed 2009 presidential election in Iran, is appealing for an end to his son’s incarceration after the blogger was returned to prison. “My son has […]
Challenging Iran’s women’s rights narrative
Earlier this month, Shahindokht Molaverdi, Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, led an official delegation to the United Nations in New York to attend the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. In her March 11 speech to the commission, Molaverdi said that “the Islamic Republic of Iran has […]
With Trust and Faith in God We tolerate these Difficult Days. “The Wife of Salehedin Moradi Says”
Family of the political prisoners entered the New Year while the tolerance of the government in imparting these prisoners to have the right of leave was very minuscule in comparison with the previous years. Only a handful of political prisoners, including Ahmad Zeidabadi, Behzad Arabgul, and Maryam Shafeipour came to leave. This is while […]
Human rights in Iran the hidden truth from the outside world, by Nourhan Balian
This is an exclusive interview with Mr. Kaveh Taheri, who is Human Rights activist and a journalist from Iran who went through the Iranian prison system and lived the green movement of 2009. The interview shows the situation of human rights in Iran from insider view, it sheds a light on the real situation […]
Today is International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
On 21 December 2010, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 March as the International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims. The purpose of the Day is to: • Honour the memory of victims of gross and systematic human rights violations and […]
This week in human rights in Iran 4
Rights of religious minorities In recent months, authorities across Iran have stepped up harassment of Bahá’í citizens. On March 8, a Bahá’í man and his 17-year-old son were arrested and taken to Yazd Prison after security forces raided their home. Their family members reported that the two men have been charged with “actions against […]