Interview

An Interview with Hadi Ghaemi, the spokesman for the International Campaign of Human Rights in Iran (Part 2 )

A. I don’t know whether they have more tolerance but it has certainly evolved. Most of them occupied key positions of power in the 1980's. They were ministers, military commanders, intelligence and security chiefs, etc. They had very little executive experience, but they were determined to defend and preserve the newly-created Islamic system by any means possible, including through the use of extreme violence.

An Interview with Hadi Ghaemi, the spokesman for the International Campaign of Human Rights in Iran (Part 1 )

Note: As part of our special series, “Human Rights in Iran: Thirty Years,” RADIO ZAMANEH has been conducting interviews with leading human rights experts and activists. In this interview, RADIO ZAMANEH seeks to clarify whether human and civil rights...

An Interview with Abdol-Fattah Soltani, a founding member of the Center for the Defense of Human Rights

Note: The violation of and defense for human rights both have a long history in Iran. As part of our special series, “Human Rights in Iran: Thirty Years,” RADIO ZAMANEH delves more deeply into this subject by taking a...

"The Special Court for Clergy is Illegal"

Note: In Iran, violations of human rights have been institutionalized not just through the passage of discriminatory rules and legislation. It has also flourished through discriminatory practices such as issuing unjust verdicts and meting out disproportionate punishments. These are issued by the judiciary, as well as by intelligence and security authorities. As part of its special series, “Human Rights in Iran: Thirty Years,” RADIO ZAMANEH delves deeper into the subject by examining the history, formation and operation of these institutions.