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Witness Statement of Faegh Rourast
Faegh Rourast, a law student and brother-in-law of women's rights activist and current political prisoner Zaynab Bayazidi, was arrested in…
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Time for Brazilian solidarity with the people of Iran
(29 May 2012) -- Opinion Editorial from IHRDC Founder Payam Akhavan in Brazilian Newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo
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Update on the Condition of Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand in Evin Prison
(24 May 2012) – After weeks of receiving reports about the hunger strike taken by Kurdish political prisoner Mohammad Seddigh…
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Voice of America Kurdish interview with IHRDC Executive Director Gissou Nia on May 13, 2012
In this Voice of America Kurdish interview, Gissou Nia – IHRDC Executive Director – discusses her remarks at the 24th…
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The case of Kurdish Iranian death row prisoner Behruz Alakhani
(21 May 2012) — The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has learned from an informed source close to the…
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Witness Statement of Jahangir Abdollahi
Former Tehran University student activist Jahangir Abdollahi shares the story of his arrest and detention for organizing a peaceful protest…
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Transfer of a Kurdish political prisoner in a dire health condition to an unknown location
(7 May 2012) – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has received reports from former prisoners at Rajaee Shahr…
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Iran Human Rights Presents: Annual Report On The Death Penalty In Iran – At Least 676 Executions In 2011
Iran Human Rights, March 1: As the Iranian authorities continue the crackdown of the dissidents and the civil society, Iran…
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Understanding the Rushdie Affair: Blasphemy and Extrajudicial Killing in Shi’a Islam (May 2012)
Despite its multifaceted impact—on geopolitics, human rights, and ordinary lives—nearly twenty-five years on, the central impetus behind the Salman Rushdie…
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VOA Persian interview with Gissou Nia on April 13, 2012
In this VOA Persian interview, Gissou Nia, Executive Director of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, discusses her presentation at…
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