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    Witness Testimony
    June 11, 2018

    Witness Statement of Mahmoud Salehi

    This statement was prepared pursuant to an interview with Mahmoud Salehi. There are 31paragraphs in the statement. The views and opinions of the witness expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center.
    Witness Testimony
    December 21, 2016

    Witness Statement of Abbas Maroufi

      Name:  Abbas Maroufi Place of Birth:  Tehran, Iran Date of Birth:  1957 Occupation:  Author and Publisher     Interviewing Organization:   Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) Date of Interview:  August 3, 2015 Interviewer:   IHRDC Staff   This statement was prepared pursuant to an interview with Abbas Maroufi. There are 60 paragraphs in the statement. The views and opinions of the witness…
    Witness Testimony
    March 17, 2016

    Video Witness Statement of Popak Akhtari Rad

    In this video witness statement, Popak Akhtari Rad, an Iranian author and artist, describes his experiences with censorship in Iran.  Among other examples, Akhtari Rad recounts how a children’s book that he once wrote was rejected by publishers because it was deemed to be critical of gender segregation in contemporary Iran.
    Witness Testimony
    June 26, 2015

    Witness Statement of Ahmad Hamid

    In this witness statement, Ahmad Hamid, an Ahwazi Arab attorney who served as counsel to defendants in cases related to the April 2005 protests in Ahvaz and the 2005-06 bombings in the same city, discusses the violations of due process that characterized the cases and goes on to share his general experiences as a lawyer in Khuzestan Province.
    Witness Testimony
    April 15, 2015

    Video Witness Statement of Ahmad Batebi

    Ahmad Batebi is one of the most famous Iranian political prisoners of the post-revolutionary era. Batebi, a student activist at the time, was jailed for his participation in the 1999 student demonstrations at the University of Tehran. At the height of the protests, a photograph of Batebi made its way onto the cover of The Economist magazine. But the high visibility…
    Witness Testimony
    April 14, 2015

    Witness Statement of Shaykh Mohammad Kazem Khaqani

    Shaykh Mohammad Kazem Khaqani is an Ahwazi Arab Shi’a cleric and religious scholar and the son of Ayatollah Mohammad al-Shobeir Khaqani, a highly influential cleric in Khuzestan during the Revolution of 1978-79.
    Witness Testimony
    April 14, 2015

    Witness Statement of Isa Savari

    In this witness statement, Isa Savari, an Ahwazi Arab civic and political activist, discusses his years as target of government surveillance, house raids, and multiple arrests, and shares experiences from his prison terms in Karun and Sepidar Prisons in Khuzestan Province.
    Witness Testimony
    March 5, 2015

    Witness Statement of Siamak Ghaderi: Accounts from a Journalist in Evin Prison

    Siamak Ghaderi, a journalist and blogger, was arrested in 2010 on charges of participating in post-election protests. In addition to receiving four years’ imprisonment, he was sentenced to 60 lashes after demonstrating that former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s claims that there were no homosexuals in Iran were false by publishing reports on gay Iranians. He recounts his trial and detention in this…

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