A new case has been opened for Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, imprisoned labour activist, on charge of holding connection with Ahmad Shahid and one of the political groups, and he has been immediately taken to one of the wards in Rajai Shahr prison which belongs to prisoners with violent convictions. According to the report of Human […]
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Illegal Addition of New Charges Makes Death Sentence for Soheil Arabi More Likely
New Charges Seem Aimed at Avoiding Commutation of Sentence In an arbitrary and illegal act, new charges that carry a death sentence and which do not allow a pardon were added and the death sentence of Facebook user Soheil Arabi was confirmed by the Supreme Court in Iran. “In a surprising act, the charge […]
Prominent Rights Defender Faces New Charges for Her Meeting with Ashton
Narges Mohammadi, the prominent human rights defender and Deputy Head of the now-shuttered Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that new charges have been brought against her stemming from her March 8, 2014 meeting with the EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. Mohammadi was […]
Mostafa Tajzadeh Faces New Charges in Prison
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Fakhrolsadat Mohtashamipour, wife of Mostafa Tajzadeh, prisoner of conscience and political activist, said that a new case has been opened and a new indictment issued for her husband, the content of which is as yet unknown to them. Fakhrolsadat Mohtashamipour said that […]
New Charge Against Dervishes: “Terrorist Group Formed Against the Regime”
Four imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes who appeared in Shiraz’s Revolutionary Court this morning on Tir 13, 1392 (July 4 2013) faced a host of new charges including “terrorist group formed against the regime,” “participating in protests to overthrow the Islamic Republic,” “Moharebeh (“Enmity against God”) and “carrying illegal weapons”!Two years after Kavar events, following the […]