Wednesday, June 30, 2010
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran - Weekly Podcast
Member of the One Million Signatures Campaign continues to be held without bail
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Resolution in the House
Salman Sima Arrested on June 12
Christian Convert Ali Golchin Detained
Human rights violations read aloud in the U.N. Human Rights Council
Western nations slam Iran over human rights record
Friday, June 11, 2010
12June.org
12June.org is organizing demonstrations around the globe. To see where they are and how to get involved, visit their website at 12June.org.
A Year Later: Suppression Continues in Iran -Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Mohammad Reza Naqdi
Born: Hometown: Positions:
1953 Najaf, Iraq
Deputy Director of Intelligence, Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards and Head of Basij
“Those groups that chant slogans against the revolution’s values ... should know that they will be confronted by Basij.”
Known as the “Tyrant of the Campus,” Mohammad Reza Naqdi was born in Najaf, Iraq but moved to Iran following the revolution in 1979. In 1993, he became Deputy Director for intelligence of the “Quds Force,” a branch of the Revolutionary Guards tasked with exporting the Islamic Revolution. During 1997 and 1998, Naqdi was allegedly involved in the imprisonment and torture of Tehran mayor Qolam-Hossein Karbaschi as well as other prominent city officials. He is reported to be a “key figure” in the organization and financing of Ansar-i-Hezbollah, a group that was involved in the 1999 attacks on students at Tehran University.
Journalist and former Basiji, Amir Farshad Ebrahimi, claims that Naqdi was present during torture of protesters at Kahrizak prison in the summer of 2009. On January 5, 2010, Naqdi told the hard-line daily Kayhan “[a]nyone who objects to this [Islamic] revolution or the rule of the Just Jurisprudent is making futile efforts to bring the establishment to its knees. These people are either morally or financially corrupt or are drug addicts, and it is rare to find someone who has objections [to the establishment and the Supreme Leader] to have a healthy personal life.” He has blamed the demonstrations following the June 12, 2009 election on the United States.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
President Obama Addresses the Human Rights of Iranian
"Saturday will mark one year from the day that an election captivated the attention of the world -– an event that should have been remembered for how the Iranian people participated with remarkable enthusiasm, but will instead be remembered for how the Iranian government brutally suppressed dissent and murdered the innocent, including a young woman left to die in the street.
Actions do have consequences, and today the Iranian government will face some of those consequences. Because whether it is threatening the nuclear non-proliferation regime, or the human rights of its own citizens, or the stability of its own neighbors by supporting terrorism, the Iranian government continues to demonstrate that its own unjust actions are a threat to justice everywhere."
Sanctions not for Human Rights
Golnaz Esfandiari reports on the need for unrestricted internet access in Iran
Remembering the year since the June 12 elections
1 Year Later, Iran's Opposition Still Relies On Internet - NPR
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Men of Violence
1. Hossein Taeb - Commander of the Basij Forces at the time of June election
2. Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei - Minister of Intelligence at the time of election
3. Ismail Ahmadi Moghadam - Head of the Iranian Police
4. Saeed Mortazavi - Tehran’s prosecutor General at the time of June election
5. Sadeq Mahsouli - Minister of the Interior time of June election
6. Abolghassem Salavati - Presiding judge of Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Courts
7. Seyed Hassan Firouzabadi - Chief of Staff of the Joint Armed Forces
8. Mohammad Ali Jafari - Commander of IRGC
9. Mohammad Moghisseh - Head of Branch 28 of the Islamic Revolutionary Courts
10. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati - Secretary General of the Guardian Council
11. Yadollah Javani - Head of the IRGC Political Office
12. Rouhollah Hosseinian - Member of Parliament
13. Ali Saeedi - Representative of Supreme Leader in IRGC
14. Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi - Member of the Assembly of Experts
15. Hossein Shariatmadari - Managing Editor of Kayhan Newspaper