Publications
Publications
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…
Witness Statement of Lotfollah Lotfollahpour
June 6, 2012
Witness Statement of Lotfollah Lotfollahpour
During the most recent of Lotfollah Lotfollahpour's arrests by the Islamic Republic, Kurdish political prisoner Ehsan Fattahian, who was executed…
Witness Statement of Amir Babakri
June 5, 2012
Witness Statement of Amir Babakri
Schoolteacher Amir Babakri was not only sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment for human rights activism, but also suffered professional sanctions…
Witness Statement of Khalegh Hamedzadeh
May 31, 2012
Witness Statement of Khalegh Hamedzadeh
Khalegh Hamedzadeh was affiliated with a cultural organization that became a target of the Ministry of Intelligence, which accused him…
Witness Statement of Saber Kakehassan
May 30, 2012
Witness Statement of Saber Kakehassan
Filmmaker Saber Kakehassan was arrested four separate times for attempting to pursue his profession, serving a total of one year…
Witness Statement of Yaser Goli
May 30, 2012
Witness Statement of Yaser Goli
Student activist Yaser Goli was arrested twice--in 2006 and 2007--and subjected to torture at the Intelligence Office of Sanandaj. His…
Witness Statement of Faegh Rourast
May 29, 2012
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…
Witness Statement of Jahangir Abdollahi
May 10, 2012
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…
Understanding the Rushdie Affair: Blasphemy and Extrajudicial Killing in Shi’a Islam (May 2012)
May 7, 2012
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…