In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, lawyer, head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, and Nobel Peace...
Statement by Women’s Rights Activists in Protest of the Escalation of Violence Against Women in Iran
Full English Text of Statement Five hundred women’s movement activists and supporters have issued a statement demanding an end to violence on women...
Prominent Lawyer Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison & Ten Year Ban on Legal Practice
Lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, co-founder and spokesperson for the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), was sentenced by Branch 15 of the Islamic...
Pressure on Sotoudeh Continues: In-Person Visits With Children Prevented
Evin Prison authorities have once again prevented imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh from visiting her children in person in order to...
Shirin Ebadi Says Deaths of Political Prisoners is Systematic
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Noble Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi discussed the hunger strike...
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...
Sotoudeh’s Handcuffed Transfer To Bar Association Uncalled For, Says Husband
The first court session for disbarring prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was held at the Iranian Bar Association on 29 May, though she...
Remembering Five, One Year Later
On Mother’s Day last year (May 9, 2010), Iran’s Revolutionary Court announced that five prisoners had been executed: teacher & activist Farzad...
Lawyer Arrested Based On Revoked Sentence
Mohammad Javad Sholeh Saadi, son of lawyer and former Member of the Parliament Ghassem Sholeh Saadi, who was arrested on 3 April, spoke with the...
Weekly Rights Podcast 25
In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: lawyer Mohammad Seifzadeh is taken back to prison; Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi speaks out against the...