International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – 2010

Archive for March, 2010

Saeed Leylaz and Behzad Nabavi: Released for Nowruz Holidays

Saeed Leylaz, an economic analyst who was arrested after the Iranian elections, was released for the Persian New Year’s Holidays on $500,000 bail. Leylaz has been sentenced to five years in prison. Behzad Nabavi, a senior member of the Islamic Revolution Mujahedin Organization, has also been released until the end of the Persian New Year holidays in order to pursue his medical treatment.

17th March 2010

Karroubi’s Home Vandalized by Plainclothes Forces Supported By The Government

e attack on Karroubi's home and spraying its walls with red paint happens only a few weeks after his son Ali Karroubi was arrested during the February 11, 2009 gatherings to commemorate Islamic Revolution.

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expresses its deep concern about an attack on the home of Mehdi Karroubi, which is a clear sign of the spread of violence and hate by plainclothes forces who, unfortunately, enjoy the support of security and police structures. Spraying red paint on former Parliament Speaker Mehdi Karroubi’s home is a direct and hateful threat containing the message that if his activities continue, his or his family’s blood will be shed.

16th March 2010

More Publication Closures On The Horizon?

Less than one week before the upcoming Iranian New Year’s holidays, a media activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Mohammad Ali Ramin, Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, will most likely attempt to close down several publications before the holidays. The heads of several publications who have had to visit the Ministry of Culture have said that Chelcheragh Weekly and Nasim Monthly are two of these publications.

15th March 2010 - 1 Comment »

No News About Youth Party Leader Alireza Falahati

One month after the arrest of Alireza Falahati, there is no news of his whereabouts. Falahati was a campaign head for the Islamic Iran Participation Front in Babol and a member of the party’s Mazandaran Province youth branch. A source close to Falahati’s family said that his family does have any information about his conditions or his charges.

15th March 2010

Arrests of Political and Student Activists in Babol

In the continuation of pressure on students and political activists in the province of Mazandaran, Ali Akbar Soroush, a member of the Mazandaran Participation Front Central Council, and two other students of Babol Noshirvani Industrial University, Mohammad Reza Massoumian and Mohammad Maleki, were arrested.

15th March 2010

Report from Geneva: United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution on Iran Unlikely

Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) are virtually certain not to vote on a resolution dealing with the human rights crisis in Iran in the March Session of the Council, based on numerous meetings between diplomats and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.

14th March 2010 - 3 Comments »

$800,000 Bail For a Two-Week Leave for Kian Tajbakhsh

While the release of some political prisoners is underway before celebrations of Persian New Year (Nowruz) begin, Iranian Judiciary authorities continue to issue heavy bails for political activists. In the last round of heavy bail orders, Iranian scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, who was arrested eight months ago after Iran’s June presidential elections, was released Saturday night after posting an $800,000 bail.

14th March 2010

Blogger Mohammad Esmaeelzadeh Transferred to Babol Prison General Ward

Mohammad Esmaeelzadeh, a blogger from Mazandaran, was transferred to the General Ward of Babol Prison. He is serving a 91 day prison sentence for insulting the Supreme Leader. A source close to Esmaeelzadeh told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that his request for a few days furlough leave has been rejected by Judge Akbarzadeh, the Deputy Prosecutor of Babol who is in charge of most of the case files of detained political and students activists in Babol.

13th March 2010 - 1 Comment »

Birjand University Student Activists Arrested Again

Four Birjand University student activists, Ali Sepandar, Behzad Parvin, Amin Ostadi, and Milad Garajian were arrested again last week for the second time since the Iranian elections. The students are members of the Central and General Councils of Islamic Association of Birjand University. They have been transferred to an unknown detention center in the City of Birjand in Eastern Iran.

13th March 2010