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Perspective from IHRDC co-founder Payam Akhavan on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's visit to the NAM conference in Tehran.
Tehran, Opposition Jostle for U.N. Chief’s Ear By FARNAZ FASSIHI BEIRUT-The Islamic Republic of Iran and its various opposition group…
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The Execution of Women in Iranian Criminal Law: an Examination of the Impact of Gender on Laws Concerning Capital Punishment in the New Islamic Penal Code
In this legal commentary from the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, Maryam Hosseinkhah, writer and women's rights defender, examines the…
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Crimes against Children in Iran
(28 August 2012) -- In this legal commentary, Iranian human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei analyzes the practice of juvenile execution…
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Arrest of Saeed Shirzad, a children’s rights activist, while aiding earthquake victims in East Azerbaijan
(23 August 2012) – According to reports obtained by the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC), Saeed Shirzad, an ethnic…
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Don't Mistake Iran's Brutality For Strength
It cannot be denied that hatred and violence are fundamental characteristics of political power in contemporary Iran. The highest per-capita rate…
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Resumption of torture of Ahwazi Arab political prisoners from Khalafabad (Ramshir) in Khuzestan after the imposition of death sentences
(17 August 2012) — The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has learned through informed sources in Ahwaz that five…
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In Their Own Words: Human Rights Violations against Iran’s Kurdish Minority
(9 August 2012) -- The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran routinely violates domestic and international law in the…
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Witness Statement of Danial Shahri
In this IHRDC witness statement, Danial Shahri--a 21 year old son of Christian converts from Isfahan, Iran--recalls his activities with…
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Witness Statement of Kajal Sheikhmohammadi
In this witness statement, Kajal Sheikhmohammadi details the roughly five months she spent in detention while wounded and her subsequent…
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Witness Statement of Amir Ahmadi
Amir Ahmadi, a Komala member, gives a detailed account of the conditions during his nearly two-and-a-half years in the Intelligence…
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