by Sadra | May 9, 2011 | Blog
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammad Taravatrooy, lawyer for Shiraz University student Loghman Ghadiri Goltappeh, said that his client’s “temporary detention” has been extended for a third time. “Loghman Ghadiri has been...
by Sadra | May 9, 2011 | Blog
Abdolali Madadzadeh, father of imprisoned student activist Shabnam Madadzadeh, spoke recently with the international Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his daughter’s transfer from Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, to Gharchak Prison in Varamin, on Tuesday evening...
by Sadra | May 9, 2011 | Blog
A lawyer close to the case of dervishes from Gonabad described the status of those arrested for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “On Wednesday, 13 April, eight dervishes by the names of Abdolreza Kashani, Shokrollah Hosseini, Alireza Abbasi, Ali...
by Sadra | May 9, 2011 | Blog
On Mother’s Day last year (May 9, 2010), Iran’s Revolutionary Court announced that five prisoners had been executed: teacher & activist Farzad Kamangar and activists Ali Heidarian, Farhad Vakili, Shirin Alam-Holi, and Mehdi Eslamian. This was, and remains, an...
by Sadra | May 5, 2011 | Blog
Written by: Elise Auerbach, Iran & Jordan Country Specialist, Amnesty International USA Shortly after the Iranian Revolution in 1979, authorities renamed a large public square in Tehran Meidan-e Azadi, or Azadi Square. This square was the site of...
