The 40th-day memorial service for labor activist Afshin Osanloo, who died on June 20 of what prison authorities announced as “a heart attack,” was held at Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery, under the close watch and direction of a large number of security forces. Afshin Osanloo’s mother told the International Campaign for Human Rights in […]
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Shocking Letter By Incarcerated Political Prisoner Abolfazl Abedini To Judiciary Chief
Political prisoner Abolfazl Abedini, who was illegally transferred from Evin prison to Karoon prison in Ahvaz, has written a letter to the Judiciary Chief, Ayatollah Amoli Larijani detailing his violent arrest, the hardships he has suffered during imprisonment, and his sudden transfer to Ahvaz. Following is the text of Abedini’s letter to Ayatollah Larijani: […]
Mehdi Karroubi Back in House Arrest Following a Coronary Angiography at Tehran Heart Center
Mehdi Karroubi was admitted to Tehran Heart Center on Monday July 29th for a series of tests and procedures as a result of his alarming physical condition. Karroubi’s eldest son Mohammad Hossein Karroubi describes the events of the past few days on his personal facebook page as follows: “After four and a half months of […]
“The president-elect should put an end to the unlawful conduct of state officials”
Shirin Ebadi, in her report for khordad 1392 [21 May to 21 June 2013] on the human rights situation in Iran:“The president-elect should put an end to the unlawful conduct of state officials” In her latest monthly report, Shirin Ebadi, the human rights defender and winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, has reviewed […]
No information about Maryam Shafi Pour’s condition
There is no information about Maryam Shafi Pour’s condition after three days of being under arrest. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Maryam Shafi Pour, the former student of Qazvin international university who was arrested on Saturday July 27, has had no telephone contact with her family yet. She […]
Prisoners protest transfer of witness in Beheshti case
Forty-four Iranian political prisoners at Evin Prison have issued a statement protesting the transfer of Abolfazl Abedini to Ahwaz Prison in southern Iran, calling for his immediate return. The Kaleme Website reports that the signatories have denounced the actions against Abedini and described them as a reaction to his efforts to support the investigations into […]
U.S. House Of Representatives Passes Tough New Iran Sanctions
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would impose new sanctions on Iran. Just days before Iran’s new president is sworn into office, the House voted 400 to 20 on July 31 to approve the bill. The legislation would tighten sanctions and result in cutting Iran’s oil exports by around 1 […]
Foreign Dignitaries Attending Rouhani’s Inauguration Should Demand Visit to Detained Opposition Leaders
Foreign dignitaries invited to attend the inauguration of Iran’s president-elect, Hassan Rouhani, should use the occasion to demand a visit to opposition leaders under house arrest, and publicly call for their immediate release, the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. According to the Iranian media, Javier Solana, former EU foreign policy chief, and […]
Security Forces Harass Family and Friends of Blogger
Peyman Roshanzamir, a blogger and web designer from Ahvaz who was sentenced to 17 months in prison in 2011, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that security forces went to search for him at his father’s house last week, aiming to take him to Karoon Prison. “Last week, the forces went […]
Our Quarrels are Internal
The conservative group Society of Combatant Clerics (Jame Rohaniyate Mobarez) did not support Hassan Rowhani’s presidential bid in 2013, even though the group remains the president-elect’s choice of party affiliation. Seyed Reza Akrami was the only JRM member who publicly endorsed Rowhani’s presidential candidacy and in fact accompanied him to the ministry of interior […]