Civil Society Activists and Campaign Staffers Arrested As Iran’s Presidential...
(June 5, 2013) -- The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has learned that several campaign staffers and members of civil society groups have been
View ArticleAn Iranian Human Rights Lawyer’s Perspective on the Forthcoming Presidential...
A member of the Fars Province Bar Association discusses the current political climate among legal professionals and ordinary citizens in Shiraz.
View ArticleRaids and harassment of activists continue in last week of Iran’s...
(June 11, 2013) -- The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has received confirmation of reports that offices belonging to the Shiraz branches of the campaigns of Hassan Rowhani and Mohammad...
View ArticleIRI authorities censor political advertisements pertaining to tomorrow’s...
(June 13, 2013) -- The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has learned that significant portions of the second documentary film produced by the campaign of Hassan Rowhani, the remaining...
View ArticleHarassment and Censorship Continue on Election Day
(June 14, 2013) – Reports coming out of Iran today highlight further incidents of the censorship and harassment of activists that have characterized this month’s presidential election campaign in the...
View ArticleCriminal Court Summons Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, No Charge Specified
(June 17, 2013) – Just days after moderate candidate Hassan Rouhani won the eleventh presidential election held in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), Iranian state press announced today that Mahmoud...
View ArticleLetter from 47 Political Prisoners to Rouhani and the Iranian People
Hassan Rouhani campaigned on the claim that he held the key to a more open society. Photo credit: Mehdi Ghasemi/ISNA (June 25, 2013) – On Monday,
View ArticleDeteriorating Conditions and Televised Confessions for Jailed Ahwazi Arab...
Ali Chobayshat in traditional local garb. (June 28, 2013) – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has received troubling reports regarding the conditions of three
View ArticleWho is Mostafa Pourmohammadi? A profile of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s...
(August 5, 2013) – Following the inauguration of Hassan Rouhani—the new president of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI)—into office this past Saturday, August 3, it was announced that Mostafa...
View ArticleAyatollah Masumi Tehrani Speaks Out against the Violation of the Human Rights...
(September 4, 2013) – A number of Bahá’í activists met with Ayatollah Abdolhamid Masumi Tehrani, a dissident Shia cleric, in his office yesterday following the
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