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From a hillside, Kamal Saadat looked forlornly at hundreds of potential customers, knowing he could not take them for trips in his boat to enjoy a spring weekend on picturesque Oroumieh Lake, the third largest saltwater lake on earth.

Protestants acquitted of political charges, recognised under Iran’s constitution

On 14 May 2011 the Revolutionary Court of the northern city of Bandar Anzali acquitted twelve Protestant Christians of the specific charge of “forming a society with the intent of disrupting national security.”

Dervishes in Gonabadi order summoned and sentenced to lashes, prison, and exile

A lawyer close to the case of dervishes from Gonabad described the status of those arrested for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.

Omid Kokabee

Iranian student from Texas in Evin prison

An Iranian student from the University of Texas at Austin is being held in Iran’s notorious Evin prison, according to reports.

Message to imprisoned Iranian workers from 24 leading academics

'Dignified workers and masses of Iran shall not fail to act'

GVF — 24 prominent academics have signed a message of solidarity to all persecuted Iranian workers “like Mansour Osanloo, Ebrahim Madadi, Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, Reza Shahabi and others, [who] have languished in prison with many dark years still ahead simply for defending workers’ basic human rights.”

'Sanctions aimed at officials, not people,' says MEP

EU names 32 Iranian officials sanctioned for human rights abuses

The European Union has released the names of 32 Iranian officials sanctioned for their role in human rights abuses in the country. The 27-nation bloc has imposed visa bans and asset freezes on the 32 individuals ranging from judiciary judges to military, security and police officials.

32 Iranian officials enter black list

EU to impose Iran sanctions over human rights

The European Union has agreed to impose sanctions on 32 Iranian officials for human rights abuses.

FIDH VP Karim Lahidji

UN Special Rapporteur should intervene to stop suppression of lawyers in Iran

Karim Lahidji, Vice-president of International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and President of the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI), said today: “Arresting and persecuting lawyers is another dimension of the total disregard of the Iranian authorities for due process, and standards of fair trial. The authorities are punishing the human rights lawyers and trying to ...

Amnesty: Iranian Baha'i leaders hit by 'vindictive' sentence extension

The reimposition of 20-year jail terms on seven leaders of Iran's Baha'i religious minority is “outrageous”, Amnesty International said today as it made a renewed call for their immediate release.

Human rights activist Karim Lahidji:

'UN Human Rights Council showed it cares about Iranian victims'

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Iranian League for Defense of Human Rights (LDDHI) have welcome the adoption of the resolution appointing a special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran.