by Sadra | Feb 14, 2013 | Blog
(February 14th, 2013) – Two years ago, Iranian authorities placed prominent opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, and their wives on house arrest, in violation of their most basic human rights. The Government detained these individuals...
by Sadra | Jan 23, 2013 | Blog
Five Ahwazi Arabs have been sentenced to death in Iran. Thirty international organizations have signed the following letter, calling in the Islamic Republic of Iran to halt the executions. (January 23, 2013) – The undersigned human rights organizations strongly...
by Sadra | Dec 24, 2012 | Blog
United for Iran began in the summer of 2009 as a cry from the heart. During the events following the disputed presidential elections, the world witnessed the heroic struggle of a people who ventured their all in the hope of gaining the freedoms fundamental to every...
by Sadra | Dec 21, 2012 | Blog
NEW YORK – (December 21, 2012) – Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to condemn the Iranian Government for “serious ongoing and recurring human rights violations” in the country. Member states deplored abuses against the Iranian people,...
by Sadra | Dec 4, 2012 | Blog
Iranian human rights attorney, Nasrin Sotoudeh, has ended her hunger strike at Evin Prison after 49 days. Sotoudeh, who is serving a six year sentence for “spreading propaganda against the government and acting against national security,” was...
