Ali Shakouri Rad, a member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front, was arrested on Tuesday 12 October 2010. He had gone to the Revolutionary Court...
Details of Veteran Politician’s Detention Unknown
A one-month detention order has been issued for Ebrahim Yazdi, Secretary General of Freedom Movement of Iran, but details of the order have not been...
“Mortazavi Must Apologize To Me,” Says Persecuted Human Rights Lawyer
As judicial and security pressures on lawyers from Defenders of Human Rights Center continue, lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah has been summoned to the...
Fruitless Efforts to Reduce Shahidi’s $600,000 Bail
A source close to journalist and prisoner of conscience Hengameh Shahidi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that despite her...
The Arrest of Mehdi Khazali: Continued Pressure On Critics
Mehdi Khazali, an ophthalmologist, writer, and critical blogger, was arrested on Wednesday, 13 October 2010, while he was traveling. According to...
Seifzadeh in Court: ‘My Charge Was Establishing the Defenders of Human Rights Center’
On 9 October 2010, Mohammad Seifzadeh, a lawyer and one of the founders of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), was tried at Branch 15 of...
Weekly Rights Podcast 13
In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi speaks out over the recent decision by Nokia Siemens to halt sales...
What Was My Husband’s Crime Other Than Expressing His Opinion?
Following remarks by Head of the Judiciary Sadegh Larijani, who recently stated, “those who were arrested post-elections and are currently in...
Shirin Ebadi’s International Appeal to Help Nasrin Sotoudeh in Prison
Following publication of news about Nasrin Sotoudeh’s hunger strike in prison and her interrogations under duress, Shirin Ebadi, head of the...
Long Prison Sentences Continue – Fifteen Years for Blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki
Following long-term prison sentences for political and social activists, this week the Revolutionary Courts sentenced blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki...