NIAC Condemns Spate of Executions in Iran
Washington, DC – The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) released the following statement after the Iranian government carried out a spate of approximately twenty executions: “NIAC condemns the Iranian government’s recent spate of executions and reiterates its call for Iran to uphold its international human rights obligations. The execution of a teenager who was arrested as […]
Senior Reformer released in Tehran; More Victims Speak Out
Saeed Hajjarian, a senior reformer, was freed Wednesday on bail after spending 110 days jailed in Iran. He has championed the reformist cause against Iran’s hard-line clerics and survived an assassination attempt in 2000 that left him partially paralyzed. In August, Hajjarian gave a statement admitting to fomenting postelection unrest at what have been widely […]
Disrupting Discourse
On February 22, Amnesty International hosted a panel presentation and discussion titled, “Human Rights in Iran: How to Move Forward,” in Beverly Hills, California. The event was disrupted by Mohammad Parvin’s MEHR-Iran organization, various monarchist factions, and members of the outlawed Iranian Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK); and was cancelled after the opening remarks. Download Farsi […]