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HRAI was founded in 2006 by a small group of Iranian activists who gathered to organize their protests against Iranian human rights violations. Beginning with a focus on defending political prisoners, and with no resources other than those freely available within Iranian society, the group grew and attracted more members and financial support.
Kourosh Sehati (کوروش صحتی in Persian) (born April 7, 1978, in Tehran, Iran), is a journalist, one of the well-known human rights activists and former leaders of the students’ movement in Iran.
Maryam Shafipour is an Iranian human rights activist. Following seven months of pre-trial detention in Evin Prison, including more than two months in solitary confinement, Shafipour was sentenced in March 2014 to seven years in prison for her political activities. Human rights organization have called for her release and condemned her ...
One of Iran's most prominent human rights activists, Mohammadi, 51, worked as an engineer and a columnist for various newspapers following her studies. She was first arrested in 2011 for assisting ...
Iran is moving to head off a possible repeat of unrest ahead of the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, arresting women’s rights activists and family members of people killed during ...
Abdi took part in the 2006 One Million Signatures women's rights campaign. [1] In 2009, Abdi was a participant in the Iranian Green Movement while a student at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. [2] He was able to avoid arrest, and in September he left Iran after obtaining a student visa. [2]
Pages in category "Iranian human rights activists" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Tavaana produces video interviews with Iranian and international activists, such as Vaclav Havel and Azar Nafisi, and case studies on civic movements for human rights, democracy, and Internet freedom worldwide, including the Velvet Revolution and the Civil Rights Movement. There are also translations of democracy classics and texts written by ...