Press release In an announcement to the state press, Malek Azhdar Sharifi, the Prosecutor for East Azerbaijan, has said that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has been given leave from prison to attend her mother’s funeral. He added that there are no new developments in her case. Malek Azhdar Sharifi said that Sakineh is incarcerated in Tabriz [...]
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Press Release 6 For Immediate Release 8 July 2011 According to a recent report received by the International Committee against Stoning, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani remains in Tabriz Central Prison. Ashtiani and her family, namely her son, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, are not permitted to have contact with International media outlets. After arresting her son, Sajjad, and her [...]
Dear friends 11 July, the International Day against Stoning, will soon be here. As you know Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is still languishing in prison. The authorities recently mentioned her case saying that no final decision had yet been reached on her stoning sentence and that Sakineh must remain in prison. Falsely accused of murdering her [...]
Dear Mr. Luis Moreno Ocampo During the past thirty two years, the hands of the Islamic regime in Iran have been stained with the blood of tens of thousands of people. We have already presented some documents on these crimes to the ICC. In the last two months alone, the regime has executed more than [...]
PR 123 May 5, 2011 A delegation of International Committee Against Execution (ICAE), consisting of Mina Ahadi and Patty Debonitas (also Spokesperson of Iran Solidarity) met with the Millenium Institute based in Rio de Janeiro today with a series of politicians of the Brazilian government to discuss the human rights violations in Iran, specifically stoning [...]
Urgent Action: Iran Call to save the life of lawyer Houtan Kian and Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani 2 March 2011 The Islamic Republic of Iran has sentenced Houtan Kian, the lawyer of Iran stoning case Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, to death by hanging. He had received four consecutive death sentences. Three were revoked; the fourth has been [...]
According to the news we have received Ayub and Mosleh, 20 and 21 years old, are in danger of execution by stoning in the city of Piranshahr in the province of Kurdistan. The two young men are currently imprisoned in the city of Orumieh. They have been accused of having and filming homosexual relations. Pictures [...]
Let’s Bring an End to Executions Free all Political Prisoners in Iran The history of the Islamic regime of Iran is known to many; it is a history of darkness and suppression; This is a regime of: · Imposition of sexual apartheid · Public lashing, torture and executions of its opponents and prisoners · Imposition [...]
10 December 2010 On 8 December 2010 a delegation from the International Committees against Stoning and Execution met with European parliament and commission officials to empower an independent board of jurists to examine the court documents pertaining to the Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani case and interview Ms Ashtiani, her son, lawyer and others. The delegation consisted [...]
10 December 2010 Sakineh, Sajjad, Houtan and the two German journalists must be immediately and unconditionally released The Islamic Republic of Iran has announced that it will again broadcast ‘interviews’ with Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and her son, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, via its English language station, Press TV, today, on 10 December, International Human Rights Day. Press [...]
9 December 2010 On 8 December 2010, the International Committee against Stoning received reports of the impending releases of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and Sajjad Ghaderzadeh. On 9 December photographs of Sakineh and her son Sajjad were released by Press TV (one of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s media outlets) and was picked up by a [...]
PR No. 102, 22 November 2010 The hope of saving Sakineh’s life is higher than ever The International Campaign to “Save Sakineh” continues in full force Today, Mohammad Javad Larijani, the head of human rights council in the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran, announced via Press TV that there is a good chance [...]
To Free Sakineh, Shahla Jahed, Sajjad, Hootan and the imprisoned lawyers To Free the two German journalists Demonstrations in Germany, Saturday Nov 20 Shahla Jahed is a young woman that the regime has decided to execute after 8 years imprisonment, on Wednesday Dec. 1. Shahla�s lawyer says that her file includes 10 legal discrepancies. Islamic [...]
PR No. 88 4 November 2010 A response to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s deceptions regarding Sakineh’s impending execution An immediate and worldwide public outcry followed an urgent press release by the International Committees against Stoning and Execution giving notice of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s imminent execution. Shortly thereafter more than half a million people sent [...]
