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

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