by Sadra | Jan 27, 2011 | Blog
Mostafa Tajzadeh’s wife was recently able to visit with him after he was banned from having visitors and making telephone calls for 56 days. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, his wife, Fakhrolsadat Mohtashamipour reported of...
by Sadra | Jan 26, 2011 | Blog
Following prison sentences for three lawyers representing the Gonabadi dervishes, the pressure mounts on lawyers representing human rights cases. The three lawyers, Mostafa Daneshjoo, Farshid yadollahi, and Amir Eslami, have been found guilty of “propagating lies and...
by Sadra | Jan 26, 2011 | Blog
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, daughter of imprisoned Iranian-Dutch citizen, Zahra Bahrami who is facing the death sentence on charges of drug trafficking, expressed that the charges waged against her mother are not true, and...
by Sadra | Jan 26, 2011 | Blog
Imprisoned teacher Hashem Khastar, 57, was transferred back to Mashad’s Vakilabad Prison on Tuesday, only 24 hours after undergoing surgery at Mashad’s Imam Reza Hospital. Eight soldiers escorted Khastar back to prison, despite prison authorities’ prior promises to...
by Sadra | Jan 24, 2011 | Blog
The 19 January executions of 10 drug trafficking suspects brings total number of executions to an alarming 97 in one month (19 December to 19 January), a trend that continues despite the questions and skepticism surrounding several of the political and drug-related...
