End Politically Motived Executions

(26 April 2010) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expressed serious concern today regarding the issuance of death sentences for...

Family Unfairly Sentenced to Death

(20 April 2010) Death sentences issued to three family members and two of their close associates after a politicized, unfair trial, at which only...

Iran’s Silent Spring

Hedayat represents a new generation of young women educated within Islamic Iran who demand full partnership in their society. Some 60% of University students in Iran are female and as they educate, they are empowering themselves to stand up for their rights. Back in 2006, she became an active member of the One Million Signature Campaign, a grassroots effort demanding that the government change discriminatory laws against women. She actively promoted this demand for change among female university students across Iran.