Publications
Publications
Apostasy in the Islamic Republic of Iran
September 25, 2014
Apostasy in the Islamic Republic of Iran
(July 30, 2014) – IHRDC’s latest 50-page report, Apostasy in the Islamic Republic of Iran, details the jurisprudential as well…
Mostafa Rahmani: A Witness to Non-Political Prison Wards in Iran
September 10, 2014
Mostafa Rahmani: A Witness to Non-Political Prison Wards in Iran
Mostafa Rahmani, an Iranian human rights activist who spent two months in Ghezelhesar prison in Karaj among ordinary prisoners in…
Witness Statement of Davood Irani
September 8, 2014
Witness Statement of Davood Irani
In this Witness Statement, Davood Irani, a Christian convert who led a home church in Shiraz, describes the circumstances of…
Witness Statement of Mojtaba
August 30, 2014
Witness Statement of Mojtaba
In this witness testimony, Mojtaba, a Kurdish political prisoner currently serving a 30-year sentence in Saqqez Central Prison, discusses his…
Video Witness Testimony of Ali Kalaei—witness to the attack on the funeral procession of Ezzatollah Sahabi
August 29, 2014
Video Witness Testimony of Ali Kalaei—witness to the attack on the funeral procession of Ezzatollah Sahabi
On June 1, 2011, in Tehran, a group of armed men in plainclothes attacked the funeral procession of Ezzatollah Sahabi,…
Denied Identity: Human Rights Abuses Against Iran’s LGBT Community
July 30, 2014
Denied Identity: Human Rights Abuses Against Iran’s LGBT Community
(November 7, 2013) - Since its inception, the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) has discriminated, in law and in practice,…
The Problem of Political Crimes in Iranian Law
July 24, 2014
The Problem of Political Crimes in Iranian Law
This article examines the concept of political crimes in the legal framework of Iran. While the Iranian Constitution provides special…
Life and Death: Survivor Accounts from Iran’s Kurdish Regions Post-Revolution
July 1, 2014
Life and Death: Survivor Accounts from Iran’s Kurdish Regions Post-Revolution
(July 1, 2014) – This witness statement compilation serves as a companion package to Haunted Memories: The Islamic Republic’s Executions…
Witness Statement of Ahmad Khalili
June 30, 2014
Witness Statement of Ahmad Khalili
In this witness statement, Ahmad Khalili—a member of the Ahwazi Arab ethnic minority in Iran—recalls his father’s imprisonment on political…
Witness Statement of Mother Shaheed
June 30, 2014
Witness Statement of Mother Shaheed
In this witness statement, Mother Shaheed—a Kurdish homemaker formerly residing in Mahabad—describes the execution of her daughter in 1981. Her…