Publications
Publications
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
August 28, 2012
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…
Crimes against Children in Iran
August 28, 2012
Crimes against Children in Iran
(28 August 2012) -- In this legal commentary, Iranian human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei analyzes the practice of juvenile execution…
In Their Own Words: Human Rights Violations against Iran’s Kurdish Minority
August 9, 2012
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…
Witness Statement of Danial Shahri
August 9, 2012
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…
Witness Statement of Kajal Sheikhmohammadi
August 8, 2012
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…
Witness Statement of Amir Ahmadi
August 8, 2012
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…
Witness Statement of Mala’ekeh Alamhooli
August 7, 2012
Witness Statement of Mala’ekeh Alamhooli
Mala'ekeh Alamhooli shares the story of her niece, Shirin Alamhooli, who was arrested in April 2008, charged with complicity in…
Witness Statement of Kaveh Tahmasebi
August 2, 2012
Witness Statement of Kaveh Tahmasebi
The environmental activism of Kaveh Tahmasebi gave rise to three separate prosecutions and 22 months' imprisonment. He was questioned by…
Witness Statement of Nasser Golparipour
June 26, 2012
Witness Statement of Nasser Golparipour
Nasser Golparipour, a former IRGC member and the father of Kurdish Iranian death row prisoner Habibollah Golparipour, discusses his son's…
Witness Statement of Fatemeh Goftari
June 6, 2012
Witness Statement of Fatemeh Goftari
Along with her own experiences in detention, Fatemeh Goftari, Yaser Goli's mother, sheds light on the arrest, detention and subsequent…