After the Iranian Presidential elections of 12 June 2009 which was accompanied by widespread political arrests, the visitation pattern of political...
BBC News: Iranian film director Jafar Panahi arrested
2 March 2010 Police in Iran have arrested internationally acclaimed filmmaker Jafar Panahi and his family. Plainclothes police broke into Mr...
Vahid Poorostad: Possiblity of Release?
27 Feb 2010 Vahid Poorostad, journalist, author, and lawyer who was arrested on February 9th, along with many other journalists and political...
Six-Year Prison Sentences for Omid Montazeri and Hengameh Shahidi
Only a few days after being re-arrested, it was announced that Hengameh Shahidi’s six-year prison sentence has been upheld in an appeals court and...
Prime Minister of Spain Urges Respect for Human Rights in Iran
In a response to a request by the Campaign for solidarity in demanding human rights in Iran to the Prime Minister of Spain, the Director of the...
After 8 Months in Prison and Pressure for Forced Confessions, Jahanbakhsh Khanjani Was Released
26 Feb 2010 Jahanbakhsh Khanjani, former advisor to Iran’s Minister of Interior, was released on Wednesday night after spending more than eight...
Saeed Nour Mohammadi’s Ambiguous Case After 5 Months in prison
A source close to Saeed Nour Mohammadi, a youth campaigner for Mir Hossein Mousavi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that...
Possibility of Mahsa Jazini’s Release on Bail. Charges: “Being a Feminist.”
24 Feb 2010 A source close to Mahsa Jazini told International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Jazini is in detention at the Dastgerd Prison...
Heavy Bail Amounts Are Not in Accordance With Law: Abdollah Momeni’s Bail at $800,000
The judge in the case of student leader Abdollah Momeni, who was arrested after the Iranian elections and has been in prison for more than eight...
Iran’s ‘Excruciating’ Human Rights Record – Council on Foreign Relations
23 Feb 2010 Interviewee:Rudi Bakhtiar, Director of Communications, International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran Interviewer:Bernard Gwertzman,...