Publications
Publications
No Safe Haven: Iran’s Global Assassination Campaign
February 3, 2011
No Safe Haven: Iran’s Global Assassination Campaign
Since 1979, the senior leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been linked to at least 162 extrajudicial killings…
Community Under Siege: The Ordeal of the Baha’is of Shiraz
February 3, 2011
Community Under Siege: The Ordeal of the Baha’is of Shiraz
The sentencing of twenty-two members of the Baha’i community of Shiraz to death for refusing to recant their faith in…
Murder at Mykonos: Anatomy of a Political Assassination
February 3, 2011
Murder at Mykonos: Anatomy of a Political Assassination
In September 1992 agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) murdered three leading members of the Democratic Party of…
A Faith Denied: The Persecution of the Baha’is of Iran
February 3, 2011
A Faith Denied: The Persecution of the Baha’is of Iran
This report explores how Baha’i religious practice has effectively been criminalized inside Iran. Baha’is are subjected to a level of…
Impunity in Iran: The Death of Photojournalist Zahra Kazemi
February 3, 2011
Impunity in Iran: The Death of Photojournalist Zahra Kazemi
This report explores the ways in which the 2003 death of Iranian – Canadian photo journalist Zahra ( Ziba )…
Updated Critique of Iran’s 2009 UN Human Rights Report
February 1, 2011
Updated Critique of Iran’s 2009 UN Human Rights Report
Update Report by the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center in Response to the Third Periodic Report of the Islamic Republic…
A Legal Analysis on Violation of Rights in the Post-Election Events
January 27, 2011
A Legal Analysis on Violation of Rights in the Post-Election Events
In this legal commentary, Shadi Sadr, the prominent Iranian lawyer and women’s rights activist, examines the unlawful crackdown on dissent…
Constitutional Obstacles: Human Rights and Democracy in Iran
January 27, 2011
Constitutional Obstacles: Human Rights and Democracy in Iran
In this commentary, Mehrangiz Kar lays out the operation of the Iranian political system as it stood at what seemed…
Documenting Human Rights in Iran: Evidence Collection Guide
January 12, 2011
Documenting Human Rights in Iran: Evidence Collection Guide
This is a short guide for collecting of human rights violations--how to spot violations, how to collect evidence, and what…
Witness Testimony: Parviz Dastmalchi
January 12, 2011
Witness Testimony: Parviz Dastmalchi
Murder at Mykonos: Parviz Dastmalchi, a human rights activist and expert on Iran’s political system, survived the 1992 assassination of…