Heavy Bail Amounts Are Not in Accordance With Law: Abdollah Momeni’s Bail at $800,000

The judge in the case of student leader Abdollah Momeni, who was arrested after the Iranian elections and has been in prison for more than eight months now, has issued an $800,000 bail order for his freedom. Bail is a cautionary measure which must maintain a reasonable relation to the suspect’s charges. Quoting his wife, Kalame web site says about the case of the Spokesperson for the Islamic Iran Alumni Association (Advar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat) that his family are not able to post his bail. Prior to his arrest, Abdollah Momeni was a teacher. He lost his job after his arrest and he has no other source of income. During the time he has been in prison, his wife and two children have faced severe financial problems. His family have filed a request with the courts for reduction of his bail amount, but court authorities have not yet replied to this request.

Possibility of Mahsa Jazini’s Release on Bail– Charges: “Being a Feminist.”

A source close to Mahsa Jazini told International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Jazini is in detention at the Dastgerd Prison of Isfahan for the past 15 days. Mahsa Jazini,a women’s rights activist and a journalist with Iran Newspaper in Isfahan, was arrested on January 7, 2010 at her home. The source said that despite repeated visit by her attorney, Ali Amani, to Baharestan Judiciary Branch, no clear information has been provided about her situation.

Defenders of Human Rights Center Warns the UN High Commissioner: Prevent Total Destruction of Iranian Civil Society

A prominent non-governmental organization dedicated to defense of Iranian political prisoners, Center of Defenders of Human Rights in Iran, whose members are some of the most distinguished attorneys in the country, has sent a letter to United Nation’s High Commission on Human Rights, asking her to interfere and prevent the destruction of Iranian civil society. Shirin Ebadi, head of the Center, and attorneys such as Abdolfattah Soltani, Mohammad Seifzadeh, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, and Nasrin Sotoodeh are some of the attorneys affiliated with the Center who have been arrested or have faced obstacles in their work through pressure from security forces over the past several months.

Iran’s ‘Excruciating’ Human Rights Record – Council on Foreign Relations

Rudi Bakhtiar, a journalist and spokesperson for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, says the country “continues with its own agenda,” since the government has been “arresting, torturing, and killing people ruthlessly.” She says that “hundreds of people who were arrested during the post election violence are still missing.” The result, she adds, is that the government has lost all legitimacy and “Iranians will continue their protests through creative means, and not just by going back to streets.”

Video of Attack on Tehran University Dormitories: Police and Plainclothes Forces Responsible for Brutal Abuse of Students

BBC Persian television station aired a video clip today which was taped by the attackers of Tehran University dormitories on June 15, 2009 during the post-elections protests. The video which has been recorded by attackers themselves clearly demonstrates that police and plainclothes forces made the attack in complete coordination and brutally beat, insulted, and arrested the students.

Judicial Authorities Evade Setting Kahrizak Court Date

The Iranian Judiciary’s First Deputy said on Sunday that the trial court of those responsible for Kahrizak Detention Center events will be held as early as late March. Seyed Ebrahim Raeesi refrained again to provide clear information about the trial date, even though the case investigations are complete and the case obviously is of utmost [...]

Imprisoned Student Reveals Details of Unfair Prosecution

(22 February 2010) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has obtained a copy of a letter by an imprisoned student, sentenced to 15 years, which demonstrates the utter lack of evidence against him as well as the arbitrary nature of the show trial convicting him. The letter, by Seyed Zia Nabavi, is written to the head of Judiciary, Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani from inside Evin prison’s ward 350, demanding a fair appeals hearing.

“This document provides significant evidence of how Iranian Judiciary doles out lengthy and unjust prison sentences for young people, without any evidence against them,” said Hadi Ghaemi, the Campaign’s spokesperson.

Eye witness provides details of December 30, 2009 attack on Mashad University

A student activist and eye witness has provided details to International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the paramilitary forces’ attack on Mashad Azad Univesity students on December 30, 2009. He talks about arrests and sentences which have followed the incident. He says the gathering was a memorial gathering to pay respect to Ashura. This eye witness says about 1,000 Azad University students were having a respectful silent gathering when they were attacked by pro-government plainclothes forces and a group referred to as Ansar. Ansar members attacked the students and some university employees with arms such as knives, daggers, sticks, and pepper spray. He believes the way in which the students were attacked and the attackers’ possession of cold arms demonstrates that this was a pre-planned attack. He believes this was done to intimidate the students in order to make them stop student gatherings. Similar gatherings were held on the days following this incident at Mashad’s Azad, Ferdowsi, Sajjad, and Khayyam universities.

Ambiguity in Kahrizak case–no judges have been suspended

Alireza Avaee has stated that so far the judge related to Kahrizak case has not been suspended. In an interview with ISNA News Agency, when asked about the suspension of judges associated with the Kahrizak case, the Ministry of Justice’s Chief Officer said that so far no suspensions have taken place. Previously it had been [...]

16 separate charges and continued pressure on Bahareh Hedayat for televised confessions

An informed source who is a student activist told International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that over the past few days, student activist Bahareh Hedayat has been informed of 16 separate charges against her. The Tehran Prosecutor Jafari Dowlatabadi has described Bahareh Hedayat’s charges “very heavy.” Some of the charges are: “Propagation against and blackwashing of the regime,” “Active participation in gatherings after the elections,” “interviews with and news propagation to foreign press,” “insulting the Leader,” “insulting the President,” “Mutiny and congregation and actions against national security.” Hedayat was arrested on December 31, 2009.