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New York, October 22, 2019 – Association of Iranian Americans in New York strongly condemns irresponsible and grossly inaccurate reporting by NBC News in an article published about the Iranian resistance on October 17, 2019. Apart from flawed reporting, the article purports to expose activities of the main Iranian opposition group, the Mojahedin-Khalgh Organization of Iran (MEK) is in fact nothing but an attempt by Iranian regime apologists intent on hiding their desire to defend the religious tyrants ruling Iran. The article quotes Daniel Benjamin and other regime apologist who have for years made baseless allegations and assertions, which have…
Reporters Without Borders | Aug 26, 2019 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed by a new wave of arrests and interrogations of women journalists since the start of August in Iran. The Islamic Republic is now the world’s biggest jailer of women journalists, with a total of ten currently held. “Already one of the world’s five biggest jailers of journalists, Iran is now holding more women in connection with their journalistic activities than any other country in the world,” said Reza Moini, the head of RSF’s Iran/Afghanistan Desk. “We call on Javaid Rehman, the UN special rapporteur on the human…
Radio Farda | June 13, 2019 Amnesty International reports that more than one million people in 200 countries have signed a petition condemning the severe prison term handed out to Iranian rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh and demanding her release. Iran has jailed the defender of women who have protested against forced hijab and dissidents in Iran, on dubious charges and two trials without safeguards. As a result, Sotoudeh has received a 38-year prison terms and 148 lashes. She was re-arrested one year ago, following a previous imprisonment years earlier. Amnesty International says it is organizing a “global handover” of the…
Amnesty International | July 1, 2019 Iran: mass secret killings of political dissidents in 1988 Between late July and September 1988, the Iranian authorities forcibly disappeared and extrajudicially executed thousands of prisoners for their political opinions and dumped their bodies in unmarked individual and mass graves. Minimum estimates put the death toll at around 5,000. Since then, the authorities have tormented the relatives by refusing to tell them when, how and why their loved ones were killed and by keeping their remains hidden. To reinforce secrecy, they have also destroyed mass grave sites and forbidden commemorations. By refusing to acknowledge…
Issues & Insights | Moe Alafchi | 6/21/2019 Thousands of Iranian expatriates are expected to gather in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 21, to demonstrate in support of a firm U.S. policy toward the dictatorship, which echoes what thousands of their fellow Iranians conveyed in Brussels last weekend. That might seem surprising to some readers, especially in light of some commentary that the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” strategy may lead to a conflict with Iran. The Organization of Iranian-American Communities (OIAC) rejects that characterization, and so do the various American policymakers and foreign policy experts who plan to participate in the rally outside…
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Amnesty International | June 3, 2019 Responding to the news that Iranian human rights lawyer Amirsalar Davoudi has been sentenced to 30 years in prison and 111 lashes for his human rights work, including publicizing violations through a channel he set up on the Telegram mobile messaging app and giving media interviews, Amnesty International’s Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Philip Luther, said: “This shockingly harsh sentence is an outrageous injustice. Amirsalar Davoudi is blatantly being punished for his work defending human rights. “Setting up a Telegram channel to expose human rights violations is not…
Center for Human Rights in Iran | May 20, 2019 May 20, 2019 – Iran must end the cruel and unlawful imprisonment of Maryam Akbari-Monfared, who has already served nearly 10 years on baseless charges and should have been eligible for release last year, and free her immediately, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) and Justice for Iran (JFI) said in a joint statement today. Not only were the charges against Akbari-Monfared never substantiated, but under Iran’s New Penal Code, her conviction should have been overturned. Even if she had been convicted of new charges again, she would have…
Iran Human Rights | May 20, 2019 Mohammad Reza Haddadi, a juvenile offender on death row in Iran, has been denied access to medical care outside prison despite suffering from severe intestinal bleeding. According to IHR sources, Mohammad Reza Haddadi, a prisoner on death row in Shiraz Central Prison (also known as Adelabad) suffers from severe intestinal bleeding. “Despite an order by prison’s doctor to transfer Mohammad Reza to a hospital for treatment by specialists, the authorities refused to grant him the permission,” one of Mohammad relatives told IHR. Mohammad Reza Haddadi, currently held at Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz,…
HRANA | May 20, 2019 Twenty-two detainees charged with robbery in Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary are afraid of cutting off their hands. The verdict of one of these prisoners is scheduled to run in the coming days. Alireza Khan Baluchi, son of Massoud, born in 1974, is one of the convicts. He says, “The sentence is due to be handed down in the coming days by sending the verdict”. This is while he has paid for the stolen property. The identity of three other defendants is Azizullah Tajik, Afghan citizen, Mohammad Bookhi, and Mohammed Fuzlordy. Currently, 19 other detainees…