Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation
for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran

Newsletter/updates

Iran executes peaceful civil rights advocate Ya'qub Mehrnahad

In recent years, Iran has witnessed the birth of a peaceful democratic civil rights movement spearheaded by women, students, and ethnic and religious minorities. Civil rights activists, free from politics, refer only to universal human rights principles; this is a new and unprecedented phenomenon in this country and a necessary development for future peace and stability in the region. The emerging pattern of death sentences against peaceful advocates indicates the government's resolve to annihilate Iran’s newly born civil rights movement.

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Reported executions

This year (2008): 280

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A Story from the Memorial

Ebadollah Ebadi

Religion: Presumed Muslim

Nationality: Iran

The execution of Mr. Ebadollah Ebadi, son of Asadollah, and known as Mr. Buick, along with Mr. Safar Ali Eskandari, was announced in the Kayhan... (read more...)

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