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Arrest of Saeed Shirzad, a children’s rights activist, while aiding earthquake victims in East Azerbaijan
(23 August 2012) – According to reports obtained by the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC), Saeed Shirzad, an ethnic…
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In Their Own Words: Human Rights Violations against Iran’s Kurdish Minority
(9 August 2012) -- The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran routinely violates domestic and international law in the…
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Witness Statement of Kajal Sheikhmohammadi
In this witness statement, Kajal Sheikhmohammadi details the roughly five months she spent in detention while wounded and her subsequent…
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Witness Statement of Amir Ahmadi
Amir Ahmadi, a Komala member, gives a detailed account of the conditions during his nearly two-and-a-half years in the Intelligence…
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Witness Statement of Mala’ekeh Alamhooli
Mala'ekeh Alamhooli shares the story of her niece, Shirin Alamhooli, who was arrested in April 2008, charged with complicity in…
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Witness Statement of Kaveh Tahmasebi
The environmental activism of Kaveh Tahmasebi gave rise to three separate prosecutions and 22 months' imprisonment. He was questioned by…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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