On Mother’s Day last year (May 9, 2010), Iran’s Revolutionary Court announced that five prisoners had been executed: teacher & activist Farzad...
Azadi Square – Blog Post by AIUSA’s Iran Country Specialist
Written by: Elise Auerbach, Iran & Jordan Country Specialist, Amnesty International USA Shortly after the Iranian Revolution in 1979,...
Join Amnesty & United4Iran for a Virtual Protest In Iran’s Azadi Square
Get Involved! The Azadi Square action, a joint effort with United4Iran, is part of Amnesty’s campaign for imprisoned student activist Majid...
Global Toronto, April 30: “A Living Hell” – Two Men From Canada Await Execution in Iran
Please take action for Saeed Malekpour after reading and watching! (Report ends at 9:08) The article is below. The video report can be seen here....
Campaign to Free Bahman Ahmadi Amouee: Spotlight on Iranian Prisoners of Conscience
A group of friends and colleagues of prominent Iranian journalist Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, a prisoner of conscience who has spent almost two...
Shirkoo Moarefi’s Lawyer Says His Execution Orders Have Been Issued
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Saeed Sheikhi, political prisoner Shirkoo Moarefi’s lawyer, said that his...
Next Court Session For Three Americans Scheduled For 11 May; Sarah Shourd Must Return To Iran
The next trial session for the three Americans who were arrested on 31 July 2009 on Iran’s western border will be held on 11 May. Sarah Shourd, one...
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...
Union Leader’s Dangerous Health Conditions: Immediate Surgery Needed
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Parvaneh Osanloo, bus worker union leader Mansour Osanloo’s wife,...