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Confirmation of Prison Sentence for Bahá'í Youth in Shiraz
Photo Credit: HRANA (October 2, 2014) – Amid harsh reprisals against religious minorities and individuals deviating from the Shi’a orthodoxy…
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Witness Statement of Hamid Nasseri Basati
In this witness statement, Hamid Nasseri Basati, an Ahwazi Arab convert from Shi’a to Sunni Islam, provides testimony regarding his…
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Apostasy in the Islamic Republic of Iran
(July 30, 2014) – IHRDC’s latest 50-page report, Apostasy in the Islamic Republic of Iran, details the jurisprudential as well…
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Joint Letter from 26 Human Rights Organizations to President Rouhani Encouraging Compliance with UN Special Procedures
September 24, 2014 To: Dr. Hassan Rouhani President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Tehran CC: Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Supreme Leader;…
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Arrest and Release of Mohsen Shoja’
(September 18, 2014) — According to a source close to the case, Mohsen Shoja’, a 31-year old Iranian artist, was…
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New Reports of Difficult Conditions for Sunni Prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Prison
Keykhosrow Sharafipour in Rajaee Shahr Prison (Photo credit: HRANA) (September 11, 2014) – In an interview with the Iran Human…
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Mostafa Rahmani: A Witness to Non-Political Prison Wards in Iran
Mostafa Rahmani, an Iranian human rights activist who spent two months in Ghezelhesar prison in Karaj among ordinary prisoners in…
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Witness Statement of Davood Irani
In this Witness Statement, Davood Irani, a Christian convert who led a home church in Shiraz, describes the circumstances of…
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Witness Statement of Mojtaba
In this witness testimony, Mojtaba, a Kurdish political prisoner currently serving a 30-year sentence in Saqqez Central Prison, discusses his…
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Video Witness Testimony of Ali Kalaei—witness to the attack on the funeral procession of Ezzatollah Sahabi
On June 1, 2011, in Tehran, a group of armed men in plainclothes attacked the funeral procession of Ezzatollah Sahabi,…
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