For decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has led a targeted campaign of repression against Kurdish activists within Iran’s borders. Today, this persecution is particularly acute, with an estimated 14 Kurdish activists currently on death row in Iran. The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center’s latest 70-page report, “On the Margins: Arrest, Imprisonment and Execution […]
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Gender Inequality and Discrimination: The Case of Iranian Women
Today, on this year’s International Women’s Day, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) is pleased to release “Gender Inequality and Discrimination: The Case of Iranian Women”, a 60+ page legal commentary from Iranian lawyer Mohammad Hossein Nayyeri. In his commentary, Nayyeri analyzes the impact of discriminatory laws, as written and as applied, on […]
Moderate Earthquake In Northwest Iran
Iran’s state-run television says a moderate 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattled a small town in the country’s northwest on April 18. It says the quake shook the town of Tasooj, which is about 600 kilometers northwest of the capital, Tehran. There were no immediate reports of any damage or casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey put the […]
Political prisoners put reformist agenda ahead of own freedom
A group of Iranian political prisoners has written to former president Mohammad Khatami, urging him to run in the presidential election should the right conditions present themselves. The letter, dated April 17 and published on the Kaleme website, does not set out the release of political prisoners as a precondition. In fact, the political […]
IMF Says Iran’s Economy Shrank In 2012
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Iran’s economy shrank by 1.9 percent in 2012 and is expected to contract by 1.3 percent this year as it reels from the impact of Western sanctions. The IMF says in its annual “World Economic Outlook” released on April 16 that Iran’s economy is forecast to grow next […]
Political Prisoner Ends Hunger Strike as Orumiyeh Intelligence Pressures Other Prisoners
Political prisoner Adel Jalali ended his 11-day hunger strike on March 28 after prison officials at Orumiyeh Central Prison agreed to cooperate with him, a local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. The source added that the Prison Intelligence Unit has been pressuring four other political prisoners at Orumiyeh, repeatedly […]
Fariborz Raisdana released from prison
Prominent economic analyst Fariborz Dana was released from prison. According to CHRR, Fariborz Raisdana, imprisoned economic analyst, former university professor and member of the Iranian Writers’ Association, was released on April 15th after serving his prison term. On December 21, 2010, Raisdana was arrested following his criticism of the “targeted subsidies initiative” calling it a […]
Tehran Prosecutor Denies Furlough to Abdolfattah Soltani
Despite the family’s presentation of a property deed as collateral, Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi refused to grant furlough to imprisoned lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani, the latter’s daughter told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Maedeh Soltani told the Campaign that the Prosecutor refused her father’s furlough request two days before Persian New […]
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Eyesight Is Deteriorating in Prison
Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s eyesight is deteriorating in prison, but she has not been granted any leave to visit an ophthalmologist, her husband Reza Khandan told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “Each time I see her, she is using eyeglasses that are thicker than the last time. So far, no […]
Dervish Lawyers in Dire Health at Evin Prison
Seven Dervish lawyers being held at the Intelligence Ministry’s Ward 209 at Evin Prison have not had access to light in months and have developed various illnesses, the wife of one of the lawyers told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Sedigheh Khalili, the wife of imprisoned lawyer Hamidreza Moradi, added that […]