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Unleashed Violence: Repression of Protests in Kurdish Areas of Iran
Reader advisement: Some of the information and imagery in this report is very graphic and some people might find…
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A Tour of Ward 2A of Evin Prison
Ward 2A of Evin Prison is under the control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The ward is primarily…
Read More » - Inside Iran
Protests against Acid Attacks on Women in Isfahan
(October 22, 2014) — Following several acid attacks targeting women in Isfahan, which has caused panic in Iran’s third largest…
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English Translation of Regulatory Code on Sentences of Qisas, Stoning, Crucifixion, Execution, and Flogging
The first complete English translation of the Regulatory Code on Sentences of Qisas, Stoning, Crucifixion, Execution, and Flogging, which sets…
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Witness Statement of Gelawij Heidari
In this witness statement, Gelawij Heidari—a Kurdish homemaker from Paveh—recounts the Iranian central government’s military attack on the Kurdish region…
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Witness Statement of Farhad Sarhangi
In this witness statement, Farhad Sarhangi—a former Kurdish peshmerga—recalls his numerous arrests and imprisonments in Iran in the early 1980s.…
Read More » - Aadel Collection
Letter of Abbas-Ali Alizadeh to the Head of the Majlis
Alizadeh’s letter to the head of the Majlis (the Islamic Consultative Assembly) dated 2/24/82. Any action or speech can constitute…
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English Translation of Books I & II of the New Islamic Penal Code
(April 8, 2014) – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) is pleased to release the first-ever comprehensive English translation…
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IHRDC’s Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review
On March 15, 2014, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) submitted an analysis of the new Islamic Penal Code…
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Special Rapporteur’s March 2014 report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN…
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