Statment by International Coalition against Violence in Iran (ICAVI) in condemnation of recent public executions 2010-05-27 In a time that the increasing number of countries have abolished capital punishment, cases of executions are on...

Women's Learning Partnership | Human Rights Program | Advocacy Campaigns | Human Rights Alerts Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) May 19, 2010 http://www.learningpartnership.org/en/advocacy/alerts/IranAhari Shiva Nazar Ahari, a young...

June 12 is on the horizon and the Iranian regime whose president stole people's votes in an election-coup last year on this date is creating an atmosphere of terror and intimidation by executing prisoners, detaining their lawyers and...

Mrs Navanethem PillayUnited Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsPalais des NationsCH-1211 Geneva 10Switzerland Friday, 14 May 2010 Your Excellency Mrs Navanethem...

Fereshteh Ghazi Roozonline Daily It is a long-standing tradition that when some one is due for execution they inform them the night before so they write their will and say farewll to their families and friends. At 10 PM on Satuarday 8...

Recently, female political prisoner Shirin Alam hoei was sentenced to death in Iran for allegedly being a member of the Kurdish opposition organization PJAK. Below is the translation of her letter from prison which was written on...

In the morning of 10 May we woke up by the horrible news of the execution of 5 Kurdish prisoners in the notorious Evin prison in our country. One woman, Shirin Dehlovi and four men: Farzad Kamangar, a teacher who was arrested in 2007...

April 30, 2010 Neda Agha-Soltan’s Mother in Interview with Rooz: Fereshteh Ghazi Hajar Rostami-Motlagh, Neda Agha-Soltan’s mother, told Rooz in an interview that her daughter’s open eyes have driven her mad. According to the Time...