In his first full report to the Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed calls upon the Iranian government to comply with its international human rights obligations by bringing its laws into conformity with international human rights standards. In a 36-page report Shaheed repeats his request for the immediate release of all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience.
United for Iran is deeply concerned about the escalating crackdown by the Iranian government on expression and assembly ahead of the March 2 parliamentary elections. Since the start of 2012, more than 100 Iranian citizens have been detained for non-violent political activism surrounding the elections and two have reportedly died in custody. Opposition parties, high profile political…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2012 Media contact: Dokhi Fassihian, United4Iran Senior Advisor, dokhi@united4iran.org, (703) 261-9479 ...
Zahra’s Paradise Written by Amir & Illustrated by Khalil Release Date: September 13, 2011 First Second Publications B&W Hard Cover Graphic...
Last Saturday, Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi announced that on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of...
August 17, 2011 It appears that water fighting and water guns are becoming sensitive issues in Iran. Earlier this month, a number of young people...
July 25th, 2009 marked the first Global Day of Action, during which tens of thousands of people across a hundred cities came together in solidarity...
Written by: Elise Auerbach, Iran & Jordan Country Specialist, Amnesty International USA Shortly after the Iranian Revolution in 1979,...
The Green Wave is a documentary about the 2009 protests in Iran. Amy Costello talks to Ali Samadi Ahadi about the film, which is playing at the...
The Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency (IRNA) reported on the execution of two political prisoners, Jafar Kazemi and Mohammad Ali Haji Aghaee. One...