Publications
Publications
Witness Statement of Ehsan
September 30, 2013
Witness Statement of Ehsan
(September 30, 2013) – In this witness statement, Ehsan—a homosexual Iranian—describes how the authorities discovered his sexual orientation after he…
Witness Statement of Karim Dahimi
September 30, 2013
Witness Statement of Karim Dahimi
In this witness statement, Ahwazi Arab activist Karim Dahimi discusses his two arrests in 1992 and 2005, and the general…
Witness Testimony of Omidreza Pourmohammadali Farashah
September 30, 2013
Witness Testimony of Omidreza Pourmohammadali Farashah
(September 30, 2013) - In this witness statement, Omidreza Pourmohammadali Farashah – a blogger and Green Movement activist – discusses…
Witness Statement of Zaynab Bayazidi
September 29, 2013
Witness Statement of Zaynab Bayazidi
(September 30, 2013) -- In her first, full-length witness interview since her escape from Iran, former political prisoner Zaynab Bayazidi--a…
Witness Statement of Saied Alboghbaysh
August 23, 2013
Witness Statement of Saied Alboghbaysh
In this witness statement, Saied Alboghbaysh, a co-founder of the al-Hiwar Cultural Institute, discusses his arrest, detention and torture in…
Witness Statement of Alireza Kiani
August 22, 2013
Witness Statement of Alireza Kiani
In this witness statement, Alireza Kiani—a student activist—discusses his involvement in different student activist organizations in Iran and his arrest,…
Witness Statement of Foad Sojoodi Farimani
August 21, 2013
Witness Statement of Foad Sojoodi Farimani
(July 30, 2013) - In this witness statement, Foad Sojoodi Farimani – a former PhD student at Amir-Kabir Industrial University…
Witness Testimony of Habib Farahzadi: a student activist and law graduate
July 3, 2013
Witness Testimony of Habib Farahzadi: a student activist and law graduate
(July 3, 2013) – In this witness statement, Habib Farahzadi–a student activist and law graduate now living in exile–discusses his…
Witness Testimony of Majid Tamjidi: arrest and imprisonment of a post-June 2009 protester
June 28, 2013
Witness Testimony of Majid Tamjidi: arrest and imprisonment of a post-June 2009 protester
In this witness testimony, Majid Tamjidi—a former prisoner from Evin prison’s Ward 209 and Ward 350—discusses his efforts to organize…
Video Witness Testimony of Arian Moradzadeh: a political prisoner from the 1980s
June 27, 2013
Video Witness Testimony of Arian Moradzadeh: a political prisoner from the 1980s
Arian Moradzadeh--a former political prisoner--was arrested for being a member of a Marxist group in June 1981 in Tabriz, Iran.