Publications
Publications
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…
Witness Statement of Amjad Hossein Panahi
May 3, 2012
Witness Statement of Amjad Hossein Panahi
With one brother dead and two imprisoned--one of whom is on death row--Amjad Hossein-Panahi recounts the experiences of a Kurdish…
On the Margins: Arrest, Imprisonment and Execution of Kurdish Activists in Iran Today
April 12, 2012
On the Margins: Arrest, Imprisonment and Execution of Kurdish Activists in Iran Today
(11 April 2012) – For decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has led a targeted campaign of repression against Kurdish…
Haunted Memories: The Islamic Republic’s Executions of Kurds in 1979
April 11, 2012
Haunted Memories: The Islamic Republic’s Executions of Kurds in 1979
This report provides a detailed account of the unlawful summary trials and executions that took place in the Kurdish regions…
The Question of "Stoning to Death" in the New Penal Code of the IRI
February 28, 2012
The Question of "Stoning to Death" in the New Penal Code of the IRI
In this legal essay, Iranian lawyer Mohammad Hossein Nayyeri explains why, contrary to popular reports, the silence of Iran's new…
Infographic of the number of executions in Iran in 2012
February 24, 2012
Infographic of the number of executions in Iran in 2012
The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to execute people at an alarmingly high rate including those convicted for drug trafficking,…