02.07.2008 - Source:Freedom House 

"Freedom in the World 2008"

Annual survey of political rights and civil liberties 2007 [ID 99638]

18.06.2008 - Source:Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

"a-6144-2 (ACC-IRN-6145)"

Medical treatment and provisions for drug addiction (alternative treatment and its costs; charity institutions which support destitute drug addicts) [ID 99623]

26.06.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Government threat to ban Association of Iranian Journalists"

Government threatened to ban Association of Iranian Journalists [ID 99404]

30.06.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"'Israel spy' sentenced in Iran"

A 45-year-old man is sentenced to death for sending sensitive security information to Israel [ID 99300]

27.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on Urgent Action 169/08 (MDE 13/084/2008, 17 June 2008) [MDE 13/089/2008]"

Mahboubeh Karami is currently held in the women’s section of Evin Prison in Tehran; according to her mother, a member of the Campaign for Equality, said that about 90 women had been arrested; most of the women had nothing to do with the demonstration in Mellat Park which had been the trigger for the mass arrests [ID 99253]

26.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 183/08 [MDE 13/087/2008]"

Political activist Arzhang Davoodi has been prevented from appealing to the Supreme Court against a 15-year sentence handed down as punishment for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression; he has been tortured [ID 99251]

25.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on Urgent Action 171/07 (MDE 13/081/2007, 4 July 2007) and follow-ups (MDE 13/091/2007,19 July 2007; MDE 13/127/2007,1 November 2007; and MDE 13/071/2008, 21 May 2008) [MDE 13/086/2008]"

Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand has been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment; verdict followed a closed trial session; 3 previous trial sessions had been cancelled due to the non-appearance of the prosecution [ID 99087]

24.06.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Kurdish journalist gets 11-year prison sentence, Tehran daily closed for criticising Ahmadinejad"

11-year prison sentence for Kurdish journalist Mohammad Sadegh Kabovand for “activity against national security”; daily newspaper Tehran Emrooz closed after criticising president Ahmadinejad [ID 99049]

23.06.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Guarantee Fair Court Hearings for Two Kurdish Women"

HRW calls for the judicial authorities to guarantee two Kurdish women's rights activists, Hana Abdi and Ronak Safarzadeh, transparent court proceedings when their cases come up for a hearing [ID 99042]

20.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on Urgent Action 297/07 (MDE 13/130/2007, 07 November 2007) and follow-up (MDE 13/063/2008, 14 April 2008) [MDE 13/085/2008]"

Hana Abdi has been sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment, to be served in exile in West Azerbaijan province; Ronak Safarzadeh is in custody awaiting a further trial session [ID 98962]

19.06.2008 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Rights Group Condemns Tehran For Juveniles On Death Row"

According to International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, an international rights group, Iran has sentenced 177 juvenile offenders to death in last decade; 34 of them executed for crimes committed before they were 18 [ID 98900]

20.06.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"'Harassed' Iran student arrested"

Zanjan: Female student who alleged she was sexually harassed by her university's vice-chancellor is herself arrested, for publicising the crime [ID 98877]

17.06.2008 - Source:Iran Focus

" New Iranian dress code crackdown"

New police campaign against Western-style clothing and hairstyles [ID 98736]

02.06.2008 - Source:Iran Focus

" Iran jails man campaigning for women's rights-lawyer"

According to his lawyer, a court sentenced male activist for female rights to one year in prison [ID 98734]

13.06.2008 - Source:Iran Focus

"Iran executes juvenile offender"

Juvenile offender, Mohammad Hassanzadeh, aged 17 hanged; he was convicted of killing a 10-year-old boy two years ago [ID 98733]

17.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 169/08 [MDE 13/084/2008]"

Mahboubeh Karami, journalist and women’s rights defender, was removed from a bus and arrested by plain clothed security forces shortly after a demonstration; about 200 other people are known to have been arrested in connection with the demonstration [ID 98682]

19.06.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Steadfast in Protest. Annual Report 2007" , Author: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

Annual report on the situation of human rights defenders [ID 98674]

16.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Women’s Rights Activists arrested in peaceful solidarity demonstrations in Iran"

Tehran: 9 women attempting to take part in a small, peaceful seminar to commemorate a day of solidarity with Iranian women were arrested [ID 98673]

13.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 166/08 [MDE 13/083/2008]"

Foroud Fouladvand, the leader of the group Anjoman-e Padeshahi-e Iran (API), which advocates the restoration of the monarchy, may be held by the Ministry of Intelligence in Tehran [ID 98666]

11.06.2008 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Judicial Investigator Detained After Accusing Clerics Of Corruption"

A member of the Iranian parliament's Judicial Inquiry and Review Committee has been arrested after accusing several prominent clerics of corruption [ID 98635]

16.06.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"New Iranian dress code crackdown"

Police in Iran begin a fresh campaign against Western-style clothing and hairstyles among women and men; those who violate the rules can receive lashes, fines or imprisonment; anyhow, many people are continuing to ignore the authorities' warnings [ID 98607]

12.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on Urgent Action 146/08 (MDE 13/074/2008, 30 May 2008) [MDE 13/082/2008]"

Juvenile offender Mohammad Feda’i was granted a one-month reprieve, the day before he was scheduled to be executed, to allow time for his family to negotiate with the family of the boy he was convicted of killing, and to agree on financial compensation [ID 98493]

12.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on Urgent Action 114/08 (MDE 13/065/2008, 29 April 2008) and follow-up (MDE 13/066/2008, 08 May 2008) [MDE 13/081/2008]"

Juvenile offender Behnoud Shojaee was granted a one-month reprieve on 10 June, the day before he was scheduled for execution, to allow time for his family to negotiate financial compensation with the family of the boy he was convicted of stabbing to death, in exchange for a pardon [ID 98492]

11.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on Urgent Action 151/08 (MDE 13/076/2008, 30 May 2008) [MDE 13/079/2008]"

Mojtaba Hussein was released on bail; 2 others, now known to be a married couple, who had been arrested in April in the city of Amol, have also been released [ID 98487]

11.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Iran: Amnesty International deplores the execution of Kurdish boy [MDE 13/080/2008]"

AI condemns the execution of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a Kurdish boy believed to be 16 or 17 years old at the time of execution [ID 98485]