Journalist Mahsa Amrabadi’s mother, Maryam Amrabadi, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran after her daughter was arrested...
Human Rights Watch – Iran: Allow Women’s March for Equality
(New York) - The Iranian authorities should respect protesters' right to assemble peacefully and express their demands for change, Human Rights...
Ebadi Calls for March Demanding Gender Equality; Urges Constitutional Change
Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate and Director of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, has called on Iranians to hold public rallies on...
New Round of Pressure On Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned Iranian lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, today told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran of disturbing...
“I Vehemently Deny His Being A Basiji,” says Sane Jaleh’s Close Friend
Reza Sajadi, Secretary of Tehran Arts University’s Islamic Association, and a close friend of Sane Jaleh, a victim of the 14 February...
Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi and Rights Groups Demand Moratorium on Executions
(Paris, 14 February 2011) – Other nations and the UN should speak out against a wave of executions in Iran, the Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi...
Activist’s Wife Hospitalized After His Arrest
Taghi Rahmani, a member of the Nationalist Religious Activists Council, was arrested on Wednesday, 9 February. His mother, Zahra Rahmani, told the...
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Court Session Postponed Due to Her Absence In Protest
An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Nasrin Sotoudeh’s trial, on charges of “lack of Islamic hejab,” was...
Distraught, Bahrami’s Daughter Demands: “How is it possible that she was executed?!”
A shocked and emotional Banafsheh Nayebpour, daughter of Iranian-Dutch citizen, Zahra Bahrami, who, according to a Fars News Agency report, was...
Motion for Resolution: European Parliament resolution on Iran, the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh
The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on Iran, notably those concerning human rights, and in particular those of 10...