Amnesty International (AI) often marks significant days, such as birthdays, for various detained activists. As student activist Zia Nabavi spends...
Female Kurdish Prisoner’s Death Sentence Overturned
The Supreme Court has reduced the death sentence of Zeinab Jalalian, a Kurdish prisoner of conscience, to life in prison. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran Jalalian’s lawyer Mohammad Sharif said that prison authorities had previously informed Jalalian of the change. “Two weeks ago, when Zeinab called me, she said that she had been summoned…
Watch a video tribute and take action for Human Rights Day 2011!
Dear Friends, United4Iran wishes you a Happy International Human Rights Day! Sixty-three years ago, today, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
Spotlight on Human Rights in Iran: December 10, 2011 (Chicago, IL)
Saturday, December 10, 2011 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Baha’i House of Worship Foundation Hall 100 Linden Ave, Wilmette, IL 60091 Parking available on...
“His Continued Detention Is Neither Moral Nor Legal,” Says Soltani’s Wife
Massoumeh Dehghan, wife of human rights lawyer and founding member of Defenders of Human Rights Center Abdolfattah Soltani, who has been inside Evin Prison’s Ward 209 for the past two months, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about her husband’s condition. “Last Thursday I was able to see Mr. Soltani for about ten minutes. He had lost some…
Kurdish Cultural Figures Receive Prison Sentences for ‘Acting Against National Security’
A source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that eight literary and cultural figures from Gilan-e Gharb in Kermanshah...
Continued Detention of Photojournalist Inside Evin’s Ward 209
Despite the completion of his interrogation, reporter and photojournalist Reza Entesari remains detained inside Evin Prison’s Ward 209. “The...
Katayoun Shahabi and Mehran Zinatbakhsh Released
According to a report by Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) website, Katayoun Shahabi, an Iranian documentary film distributor and Mehran Zinatbakhsh, a documentary filmmaker, who were arrested along with several other documentary filmmakers on 17 September on the charge of collaborating with BBC Television, were released on bail on Wednesday, 9 November. Ataollah Hayati…
Take Action! Urge Iranian authorities to halt the execution of Iranian-Kurdish citizens
Write to Iranian authorities and embassies worldwide expressing concern over the execution sentences of two Kurdish citizens, Zanyar Moradi and Loghman Moradi. Both were sentenced to death by public hanging on December 22, 2010. The verdict was passed down by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, presided over by Judge Salavati, after a trial which reportedly lasted only 20-mintues. Both men faced dubious charges of moharebeh (enmity against god), for alleged involvement with the murder of the son of the Friday Prayer Imam in Marivan, and for membership in the Komala Party. On October 12, 2011 it was reported that the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the execution sentences.
Days Before Release, Christian Pastor’s Prison Sentence Extended
On 18 October, 3 days prior to his scheduled release, Iranian judicial authorities extended the prison term for Pastor Behnam Irani by five years,...