The representative of Iranian judiciary commission on human rights visited the religious minorities section of Shiraz’s AdelAbad prison which is known as Ebrat Ward.According to Majzooban Noor, Thursday morning (Tir 6, 1392/ Jun 27, 2013) Mr. Seifi, the representative of Iranian judiciary commission on human rights visited the section of religious minorities and political […]
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President-elect says all must bow to voters’ wishes
Iran’s president-elect Hassan Rohani says the majority of Iranians voted for “moderation, reason, collective wisdom, moving along expert paths and refraining from extremism and arbitrariness”, and the future administration will work within this framework. ISNA reported on Saturday June 29 that Hassan Rohani stressed that all must surrender to this vote, adding: “The future […]
Case against official’s son still being prepared
The case against Mehdi Hashemi, the son of Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, is still being cleared of a number of deficiencies, says Judge Nasser Seraj. The Mehr News Agency reports that according to Judge Seraj, once the case is prepared it will be sent to court. He maintained that more time is […]
Yazd residents protest against growing number of shrines
Many residents of the historic city of Yazd are objecting to the growing number of religious shrines that the government is building there. While protestors gathered outside the local branch of the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization (ICHO) and local municipal offices, their spokesperson told an ICHO representative that the authorities were forcibly evicting people […]
Reformist candidate, president-elect explore new party
Mohammadreza Aref, the reformist candidate who withdrew from the 2013 presidential election in favour of the winner, Hassan Rohani, announced today that they are examining the establishment of a national party. ILNA reports that Mohammadreza Aref said: “I have been given a proposal to create a national party, and the necessary preliminaries of such […]
Acknowledge Sattar Died In the Hands of His Interrogator, Demands Beheshti Lawyer
The lawyer for Sattar Beheshti, a blogger who died in November 2012 while in the custody of the Iranian Cyber Police (FATA), said her client’s case has not been forwarded to court and objected to the eight-month delay in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “The Investigative Judge does […]
Letter from 47 Political Prisoners to Rouhani and the Iranian People
On Monday, June 17, 2013, forty-seven political prisoners from Evin and Rajaee Shahr prisons presented a letter of congratulation to President-Elect Hassan Rouhani and the people of Iran following the June 14 elections. The signatories of the letter, who at the time of signing were all serving prison terms in connection with the post-election […]
Message of Mohammad Nurizad to Nelson Mandela
Your Excellency: Greetings Perhaps you would agree with me that happiness has been the lost property of mankind throughout history. So to reach the summit of happiness many have had to trample upon the heads of others with their feet and resorted to bloodshed and destruction. In the pursuit of greater happiness, many have […]
Four Years Later, Still No Justice for Neda’s Murder
On the fourth anniversary of the death of Neda Agha Soltan in the aftermath of the 2009 presidential elections, her mother told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, “There was supposed to be a court trial held, but in the past four years there hasn’t been a trial. The case file is […]
Prisoner of Conscience Said To Be Alive, Though No One Has Seen Him In Prison
Following rumors that prisoner of conscience Arash Sadeghi had died in prison, his former lawyer told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he is alive, though the lawyer refused to answer questions about whether Sadeghi had been beaten in prison. Sadeghi’s former cellmate told the Campaign no prisoners have seen him, […]