The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) says an Iranian trade union leader was freed on parole today after spending almost four years...
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...
“Rumors of Hunger Strike by American Prisoners are Serious,” Says Lawyer
Massoud Shafiee, lawyer for the American hikers imprisoned in Iran, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that following the...
Prisoners of Conscience Will Not Be Transferred to Gharchak Prison, Says Sotoudeh’s Husband
While all female political prisoners at Evin Prison were transferred to the prison’s Methadone Ward and told they would soon be moved to Gharchak...
Protestants Acquitted of Political Charges, Recognized Under Iran’s Constitution
On 14 May 2011 the Revolutionary Court of the northern city of Bandar Anzali acquitted twelve Protestant Christians of the specific charge of...
Transfer of Prisoners Is Against The Law, Says Lawyer
Following the transfer of several female prisoners to Gharchak Prison in Varamin, Iranian lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah told the International...
Remember Majid Tavakkoli On His Second Birthday Behind Bars
By: Elise Auerbach, Amnesty International USA's Iran & Jordan Country Specialist May 18, 2011 at 10:44 AM On May 22 one young man will turn 25....
Iran Supreme Court approves death sentence for political prisoner
Iran’s Supreme Court has approved the execution sentence for political prisoner Habibollah Latifi, the Campaign to End Capital Punishment in Iran...
Prisoner of Conscience Hashem Khastar Describes Illegal Treatment of Prisoners
In an open letter to the Head of the Judiciary and Minister of Intelligence, Seyed Hashem Khastar, retired teacher and prisoner of conscience who...
Student Activist Abruptly Transferred From Rajaee Shahr Prison Along With 200 Others
Abdolali Madadzadeh, father of imprisoned student activist Shabnam Madadzadeh, spoke recently with the international Campaign for Human Rights in...