by Sadra | Mar 17, 2010 | Blog
Less than one week before the upcoming Iranian New Year’s holidays, a media activist told International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Mohammad Ali Ramin, Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, will most likely attempt to close down several...
by Sadra | Mar 17, 2010 | Blog
Saeed Leylaz, an economics analyst who was arrested after the Iranian elections was released for the Persian New Year’s Holidays on a $500,000 bail. Leylaz has been sentenced to five years in prison. Behzad Nabavi, a senior member of the Islamic Revolution Mujahedin...
by Sadra | Mar 17, 2010 | Blog
Abdolreza Ghanbari, accused of heretics (moharebeh) for participation in Ashura Day protests, has been sentenced to death by Judge Salavati. International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has been informed that Ghanbari did not have access to a fair trial and has not...
by Sadra | Mar 17, 2010 | Blog
UPDATED July 1, 2010: This campaign is no-longer active. Please see here for a list of active campaigns: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6160/p/dia/action/public/index Sending letters saves lives. Demand an immediate halt to executions by sending a letter to...
by Sadra | Mar 16, 2010 | Blog
Shirin Sadeghi Middle East Consultant and former Producer for the BBC and Al Jazeera Posted: March 16, 2010 11:42 AM On this day every year for millennia, Iranians have started fires. Big bonfires and tiny ones made of tinder. Street blazes and backyard flickers. They...
