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Iran: Further information: Iranian man at risk of imminent ...
19 October 2012

Saeed Sedeghi, a shop worker due to be executed on 13 October for a drugs offence in Iran, has been granted an apparent stay of execution. However it is not clear ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/066/2012

Iran: Brother of death row prisoner feared arrested for giving ...
11 October 2012

Iran must release Majid Sedeghi, who was arrested before his brother Saeed Sedeghi had been expected to be executed, Amnesty International said.

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Iran: Eleven men face imminent execution | Amnesty International
10 October 2012

Iran is urged to immediately commute the death sentences of 11 men who are at imminent risk of execution after being transferred to Tehran's Evin Prison.

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Iran must release human rights defender Mohammad Ali Dadkhah ...
1 October 2012

Iranian human rights defender and lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah must be immediately and unconditionally released, Amnesty International said.

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Iran: Write for Rights: Narges Mohammadi
30 September 2012

Narges Mo hammadi. Iran Write for Rights 7-16 December 2012. Make a difference. Human rights activist Narges Mohammadi. has been sentenced to six years'. ...

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Iran: Rights defender at risk of five years in prison: Kouhyar ...
24 September 2012

On 16 September, Kouhyar Goudarzi, a member of the Committee for Human Rights Reporters (CHRR), had his five-year prison sentence upheld by an appeals court. He ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/063/2012

Students in Iran face growing clampdown as academic year begins ...
21 September 2012

With the academic year about to begin in Iran, the authorities have escalated a clampdown on students.

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Iran: Naderkhani acquittal shows urgent need to allow religious ...
11 September 2012

The acquittal of Pastor Yousef Naderkhani in a re-trial in Iran's northern Gilan province demonstrates just why the Iranian authorities must guarantee the rights ...

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Iran TV “confessions” breach suspects' rights
10 September 2012

Iranian businessman Mazyar Ebrahimi and 11 others have been held incommunicado since their arrest in June 2012. On 6 August the five women and seven men appeared ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/062/2012

Iran must release prisoner of conscience Zhila Bani-Yaghoub ...
4 September 2012

Iranian authorities must release prisoner of conscience Zhila Bani-Yaghoub, an award-winning journalist and women's rights activist, Amnesty International said.

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