Human Rights & Democracy for Iran
A project of the Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation

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Authorization Denied: The high cost of the public expression of dissent in Iran

2009: “In the most savage attack, which occurred on the evening of Sunday, June 13, the forces of Ansar, plainclothes militia, and the guards began a widespread and well-coordinated attack on the Tehran University campus...”.

-Statement by one of the Iran's Student Unions, June 16, 2009.

Following the June 12, 2009, presidential elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a new episode of massive human rights violations unfolded before the world.

Students were among the first to protest these election results. They were also the first to be targeted by government forces.

This is not the first time students have been punished for expressing their views or for protesting in public. Ten years ago today (July 9th, 2009)...

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A Story from the Memorial

Azematollah Fahandej

Occupation: security forces

Religion: Baha'i

Nationality: Iran

Ayatollah Khomeini, Founder of the Islamic Republic* “The Qur’an recognized only the People of the Book as religious communities. Others are pagans. Pagans must be eliminated.” Iranian Attorney General, Seyed Moussavi-Tabrizi** “The punishment for a... (read more...)

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