Press Statements
The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Welcomes Gissou Nia as Executive Director
November 15, 2011 NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Gissou Nia as its new ... Read more
IHRDC Releases Report On The Islamic Republic's Executions Of Kurds In 1979
September 29, 2011 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center today released a report documenting the Islamic Republic’s executions of Iranian Kurds in ... Read more
The IHRDC Is Concerned About Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2011 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) is very disturbed by the June 12 ruling ... Read more
Press Release: IHRDC Publishes Report On Rape In Iranian Prisons
June 10, 2011 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT – In commemoration of the second anniversary of the post-election violence and crack-down on dissent orchestrated by the Islamic Republic ... Read more
Campaign For The Protection of Women Prisoners
Campaign For The Protection Of Women Prisoners At Qarchak Varamin Prison ... Read more
IHRDC Mourns the Death of Siamak Pourzand
April 29, 2011 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT – IHRDC mourns the death of Siamak Pourzand who died in Tehran today. A journalist in the 1970s, Pourzand was ... Read more
IHRDC Translates First Three Parts of the Rome Statute into Persian
March 30, 2011 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT – Adopted on July 17, 1988 by 120 countries during a conference in Rome, the Rome Statute established the International ... Read more
IHRDC Urges Iran to Release Opposition Leaders
March 1, 2011 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) is concerned about the safety of opposition leaders Mir Hussain Mousavi, his ... Read more
IHRDC Urges Iran to Release Opposition Leaders
March 1, 2011 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) is concerned about the safety of opposition leaders Mir Hussain ... Read more
The IHRDC Urges U.N. High Commissioner For Human Rights To Visit Iran
February 22, 2011 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT – The Islamic Republic of Iran executed at least ten people last week – at the same time its ... Read more

