Publications
Publications
Witness Statement of Zaynab Bayazidi
September 29, 2013
Witness Statement of Zaynab Bayazidi
(September 30, 2013) -- In her first, full-length witness interview since her escape from Iran, former political prisoner Zaynab Bayazidi--a…
Witness Statement of Saied Alboghbaysh
August 23, 2013
Witness Statement of Saied Alboghbaysh
In this witness statement, Saied Alboghbaysh, a co-founder of the al-Hiwar Cultural Institute, discusses his arrest, detention and torture in…
Witness Statement of Alireza Kiani
August 22, 2013
Witness Statement of Alireza Kiani
In this witness statement, Alireza Kiani—a student activist—discusses his involvement in different student activist organizations in Iran and his arrest,…
Witness Statement of Foad Sojoodi Farimani
August 21, 2013
Witness Statement of Foad Sojoodi Farimani
(July 30, 2013) - In this witness statement, Foad Sojoodi Farimani – a former PhD student at Amir-Kabir Industrial University…
Witness Testimony of Habib Farahzadi: a student activist and law graduate
July 3, 2013
Witness Testimony of Habib Farahzadi: a student activist and law graduate
(July 3, 2013) – In this witness statement, Habib Farahzadi–a student activist and law graduate now living in exile–discusses his…
Witness Testimony of Majid Tamjidi: arrest and imprisonment of a post-June 2009 protester
June 28, 2013
Witness Testimony of Majid Tamjidi: arrest and imprisonment of a post-June 2009 protester
In this witness testimony, Majid Tamjidi—a former prisoner from Evin prison’s Ward 209 and Ward 350—discusses his efforts to organize…
Video Witness Testimony of Arian Moradzadeh: a political prisoner from the 1980s
June 27, 2013
Video Witness Testimony of Arian Moradzadeh: a political prisoner from the 1980s
Arian Moradzadeh--a former political prisoner--was arrested for being a member of a Marxist group in June 1981 in Tabriz, Iran.
Witness Statement of Farshid
June 6, 2013
Witness Statement of Farshid
In this witness statement, Farshid—a gay Iranian man—discusses his arrest and subsequent rape by the Iranian authorities, and his expulsion…
Violent Aftermath: The 2009 Election and Suppression of Dissent in Iran
May 21, 2013
Violent Aftermath: The 2009 Election and Suppression of Dissent in Iran
This preliminary report documents and analyzes the regime’s brutal suppression of dissent after the June 12, 2009 presidential elections. Hours…
Memorandum on Election Law
May 21, 2013
Memorandum on Election Law
This is a memorandum on “free and fair” election standards to determine whether the events surrounding the election in Iran…