A source with knowledge of journalist Massoud Bastani’s situation in Rajaee Shahr Prison, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran...
Torture at Evin Prison: Journalist’s Own Experiences and His Interviews with 19 Political Prisoners
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, journalist Saeed Pourheydar, who was arrested twice after the 2009...
Weekly Rights Podcast 27
In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: Rudi Bakhtiar of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran testifies at the United States Foreign...
Blogger Refuses to Defend Himself in Court in Protest of Unjust Proceedings
At his court session held at the Revolutionary Court on Saturday, 14 May, blogger Payman Roshan Zamir did not present a defense for himself in...
Prominent Female Journalist in Evin Prison’s Methadone Ward
A source close to imprisoned journalist Hengameh Shahidi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Shahidi spent her 36th...
Iran Must Immediately Account for Al Jazeera Reporter Deported From Syria
No Justification for Dorothy Parvaz’s Detention in Iran No Word after Deportation and Two Weeks of Detention Photo credit: Al Jazeera (12 May 2011)...
Prominent Journalist Ends Own Life to Protest Persecution
Siamak Pourzand, who committed suicide because of the bans and pressure placed on him by Iranian authorities. Siamak Pourzand, a retired prominent...
Journalist’s Family in Shock Over Harsh Sentence
On 17 April, reformist journalist Nazanin Khosravani was sentenced to six years in prison on charges of “assembly and collusion for acting against...
BBC: Freed journalist, Maziar Bahari, on the Iranian regime’s ‘information fears’
Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari was held in a Tehran jail for 118 days in 2009. His arrest came as he worked for western media outlets, including...
Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience Deprived New Year Furlough
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Fatameh Kamali Ahmadsaraei, wife of Emadedin Baghi, imprisoned journalist...