Dear President-Elect Rouhani: I am writing to you to ask you to stop the astounding brutalization heaped upon a young man who has had to pay a horrible price for his mere participation in peaceful political activism. I welcome your recent statements that indicate your desire to usher in reforms that would lead to greater […]
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Student Activist Forcefully Arrested to Serve Prison Sentence
Security forces stormed the home of Ashkan Zahabian, a former Mashhad University student and member of the Daftar Tahkim Vahdat Student Organization General Council, arrested him, and transferred him to Babol’s Mati Kola Prison on May 27, a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. According to the source, the security […]
Presidential Candidate Brags About His Direct Role in Violence and Repression
The Campaign has obtained a secretly recorded two-hour audio file of Qalibaf in which he details his prominent and direct role in repressing and carrying out violence against student protesters in July 1999, July 2003, and in the 2009 post-election protests. Qalibaf, Mayor of Tehran, Should be Added to Human Rights Violators List (May […]
Incarcerated Student Activist Zia Nabavi Transferred to an Undisclosed Location
Incarcerated student activist and spokesperson for the Council to Defend the Right to Education Seyed Zia Nabavi who has been serving a 10 year prison sentence in exile at Karoon prison was reportedly taken to the Revolutionary Court in Ahvaz yesterday and later transferred to an undisclosed location.
Majid Tavakoli Wins the International Student Peace Prize
Friday, 31 Shahrivar 1391 (September 21, 2012) Majid Tavakoli has won the 2013 International Student Peace Prize. According to Daneshjoo News, Tavakoli, one of the leaders of the Iranian student movement and a member of Tahkim Vahdat (the Office for Strengthening Unity), was announced as the winner of the International […]
Student activist, Amir Chamani resident of Tabriz has been detained
Amir Chamani, student of master degree in sociology faculty of Tabriz private university, has been detained by the security forces.
Ministry of Education Has Criminal Responsibility
Lawyers Comment on Shinabad Incident Iranian news agencies reported that on Friday December 28th Saria Rasoolzadeh, another victim of the fire at a girls school died of burn wounds, following the earlier death of schoolgirl Siran Yeganeh. Last week, a fire broke out in the Shinabad village near the Kurdish-populated […]
Activists call for minister’s resignation as second student dies
Eighty Kurdish political and civil activists in Iran have called for the resignation of the Minister of Education after a fire accident in an elementary school injured scores of students and, according to reports, has so far claimed two lives.
Mark National Student Day by freeing prisoners of conscience
Dozens of student activists kept behind bars in Iran, some since 2009, must be freed immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International urged on Thursday, as thousands prepared to mark National Student Day at universities across the country.
Student activist Bahman Darolshafaei begins serving out 5 ½ year jail term
Student activist Yashar (Bahman) Darolshafaei has referred to Evin Prison to serve out his jail-term.