Urgent call to stop imminent executions of five political prisoners in Ahvaz
Middle East Forum for Development (MEFD) expresses grave concern over reports that five political prisoners held in Sheiban Prison in…
Nasrin Sotoudeh persecuted for her human rights work
Middle East Forum for Development (MEFD) is appalled by news that prominent arbitrarily detained Iranian human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh,…
Amnesty: Iran executing Sunni men after forced confessions
Officers and officials of the Police Force met Ayatollah Khamenei, Commander and Chief of the armed forces London, Middle East…
Rashid Kouhi executed despite international outcry
London, MEFD – 36 year-old Rashid Kouhi was hanged in prison in the morning of 9th April 2016, in Rasht, the…
Iran: MEFD strongly condemns execution of Six Sunni prisoners
London, MEFD – Six Sunni prisoners from Iran’s Kurdish minority were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in the city of…
Amnesty International on Human Rights in Iran
Amnesty International – The authorities restricted freedoms of expression, association and assembly, arresting, detaining and prosecuting in unfair trials minority…
October 2014 report of Dr Shaheed on the situation of human rights in Iran
Dr Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran. Photo courtesy: shaheedoniran.org London, MEFD -…
MEFD strongly condemns the execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari
We have been informed that the Iranian authorities have executed Reyhaneh Jabbari in the city of Karaj this morning….
Gholamreza Khosravi executed in Iran following an unfair trial
Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani We have been informed that Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani has been executed by the Iranian authorities this morning…
MEFD condemns execution of Iranian poet Hashem Shaabani
London, 12 Feb. (MEFD) Middle East Forum for Development condemns in the strongest terms the execution of Hashem Shaabani, an…