Death Sentences Now Where There Would Have Been a Three-Year Sentence Only Five Years Ago, says Lawyer

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammad Sharif provided some information about the case of the Kurdish activist, Zeinab Jalalian. Mohammad Sharif is a lawyer who represents political prisoners. He is also a member of the Defenders of Human Rights Center. Mohammad Sharif told the Campaign that he does not know the source of recent news about Zeinab Jalalian’s imminent execution, stating that the most reliable sources for confirming such news would be Jalalian herself, her father, her lawyer, or the Judiciary’s Public Affairs Office. None of these sources have provided detailed information about this. He also told the Campaign that he is unable to express any opinions about the case as he is unable to have access to the contents.

Mother of Two Faces Stoning for Alleged Adultery

(3 July 2010) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran appealed to the Iranian Judiciary to halt the execution of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year old mother of two children convicted of adultery, who faces death by stoning, and for her case be reviewed or her request for a pardon be granted.

The Campaign also called on the Iranian parliament to immediately abolish the punishment of death by stoning.

The terms of the sentence under Iranian law call for Ashtiani to be killed with medium –sized stones, so she will die slowly, in great pain. She has already been punished with 99 lashes for having an “illicit relationship,” and later again charged, for the same crime, with adultery, which carries the death penalty in Iran.

Narges Mohammadi after Release: “Separation from My Sick Toddler Was Beyond Any Torture.”

Narges Mohammad, Deputy Director and Spokesperson for Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) was released on Friday, 2 July 2009. One day after her release from prison, in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammadi who is a winner of the Alexander Langer International Foundation Award, talked to the Campaign in detail about her arrest and charges. She told the Campaign that she was informed of the charge of “congregation and mutiny against the regime” four days after her arrest. “I am a human rights activist and my activities are within the legal framework of the Islamic Republic of Iran and with commitment to the laws of Islamic Republic of Iran. I am not a member of any political group. I am only a civil activist and a defender of human rights,” said Mohammadi.

I Ask Ayatollah Khamenei To Intervene In Zeinab Jalalian’s Case, Says Lawyer

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Iranian lawyer Khalil Bahramian talked about his efforts to visit Zeinab Jalalian in prison in order to have her sign power of attorney documents. Bahramian, a member of the International Committee Against Executions told the Campaign that when he appeared at Evin Prison, he was told that this prisoner is not in custody of the Iranian Prisons Organization, and that she is at Evin’s Security Ward 209. He was not permitted to visit her or complete the powers of attorney documents. “They told me to send them the power of attorney, so that they could act upon it. I was unsuccessful in the end,” he said.