13.11.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on Urgent Action 74/08 (MDE 13/050/2008, 17 March 2008) [MDE 13/167/2008]"

Prisoner of conscience, Abbas Lisani, a prominent activist for the rights of the Iranian Azerbaijani minority, released from Yazd Prison after 30 months imprisonment [ID 109179]

11.11.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on Urgent Action 289/08 (MDE 13/155/2008, 21 October 2008) [MDE 13/165/2008]"

Esha Momeni was released from Tehran's Evin Prison; her bail was met by the deeds to her family's apartment [ID 109126]

10.11.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on Urgent Action 130/08 (MDE 13/069/2008, 16 May 2008) and follow-up (MDE 13/131/2008, 2 September 2008) [MDE 13/164/2008]"

Journalist and human rights defender Emadeddin Baghi was released 3 days before completing the one year sentence he was serving; he had been granted temporary leave on medical grounds [ID 108978]

10.11.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Four journalists facing national security charge are freed on bail"

4 journalists facing national security charge are freed on bail [ID 109007]

07.11.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Moderate weekly suspended a day after Ayatollah Khamenei threatens media"

Moderate weekly suspended a day after Ayatollah Khamenei threatens media [ID 109008]

04.11.2008 - Source:Iran Focus 

"Iran holds student living in U.S. on security charges"

Iranian female student, who was arrested in Tehran while visiting from the United States, is accused of acting against national security [ID 109168]

04.11.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Young offender 'hanged in Iran'"

Isfahran: Human rights groups criticises authorities for executing another juvenile offender; the 19-year-old had been punished for murder committed at 17 [ID 108613]

04.11.2008 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Iran Holds Student Living In U.S. On Security Charges"

Iranian female student, living in U.S., arrested and accused of acting against national security [ID 108721]

03.11.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Iran Hangs Seventh Juvenile Offender This Year"

HRW condemns hanging of juvenile offender on October 30, 2008; Gholamreza H.was hanged in Isfahan province at age 19 for murder he comitted at 17 [ID 108621]

02.11.2008 - Source:Iran Focus 

"Iran upholds sentence against Kurdish activist"

Appeal court upholds 11-year jail sentence against prominent Kurdish human rights activist [ID 109167]

02.11.2008 - Source:Iran Focus 

"US student held in notorious Iran torture prison" , Author: The Sunday Times

Esha Momeni, an American student visiting Iran, has been arrested and held in solitary confinement in Evin prison for daring to campaign for women’s rights [ID 108760]

31.10.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on Urgent Action 286/08 (MDE 13/152/2008, 20 October 2008) [MDE 13/160/2008]"

Khuzestan province: Jamila Nabgan, sister of a prominent member of an outlawed Arab political party, Habib Nabgan, was released 4 days after she was arrested; she now has to report every morning to the Ministry of Intelligence detention facility [ID 108501]

31.10.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Arbitrary detention of Ms. Negin Sheikholeslami [IRN 011 / 1008 / OBS 176]"

Women rights activist Negin Sheikholeslami arbitrarily detained [ID 108537]

31.10.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Iran: Intensification of repression of women’s rights activists [MDE 13/159/2008]"

AI called on the Iranian authorities to lift the travel bans and to end the harassment of women’s rights activists [ID 108554]

29.10.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Iran: Campaign for Equality - Global letter-writing marathon 2008 [MDE 13/133/2008]"

Several women rights activists of the Campaign for Equality have been arrested or tried for activities which are entirely legal, such as organising peaceful gatherings, educational workshops, or petitioning for legislative change [ID 108260]

28.10.2008 - Source:Iran Focus 

"2 hanged in south-east Iran"

South-Eastern Iran: 2  men hanged [ID 108410]

28.10.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Confirmation in appeal of the sentence of Mr. Mohamad Sadigh Kaboudvand to 11 years' imprisonment [IRN 003 / 0707 / OBS 072.2]"

Appeal court confirms 11 years sentence for journalist and human rights activist Mohamad Sadigh Kaboudvand [ID 108532]

28.10.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Attacks Escalate Against Women?s Rights Activists"

Iranian government is escalating its attacks against women activists, subjecting them to arbitrary detention, travel bans, and harassment [ID 108232]

26.10.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Concern for US woman held in Iran"

Concerns raised over fate of Iranian-American student detained in Tehran while researching status of women [ID 108090]

24.10.2008 - Source:Guardian

"Iran holds American student women's rights activist Esha Momeni"

Tehran: Momeni, female American student, member of Iranian women's movement Change for Equality, arrested and held in Evin Prison [ID 107995]

23.10.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on 269/08 (MDE 13/141/2008, 22 September 2008) Fear of torture and other ill treatment/Incommunicado detention [MDE 13/158/2008]"

5 of the 9 Iranian-Azerbaijani activists named in this Urgent Action were conditionally released in October 2008; all 9 charged with 'acting against national security'; they had been held in solitary confinement in Tehran's Evin prison; the 4 others remain in solitary confinement [ID 108083]

22.10.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on UA 33/08 (MDE 13/033/2008, 6 February 2008) Death penalty/stoning [MDE 13/157/2008]"

Zohreh Kabiri-niat and her sister Azar have had their sentence of death by stoning overturned by the head of the judiciary; their case has been sent back for reinvestigation by a lower court [ID 108079]

21.10.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on UA 151/08 (MDE 13/076/2008, 30 May 2008) and follow-ups (MDE 13/079/2008, 11 June 2008; MDE 13/138/2008, 17 September 2008)"

Mahmoud Matin and Arash Basirat acquitted of charge of apostasy; both released [ID 108001]

21.10.2008 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Iran Says No Death Penalty For Youths, Except For Murder"

Teenagers found guilty of adult capital crimes will not be sentenced to death, but those committing murder under 18 may still face execution, a judiciary spokesman has said [ID 107874]

21.10.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Imprisoned journalist ends two-week hunger strike"

Imprisoned journalist ends 2-week hunger strike [ID 107888]