UN Commissioner, concerned about imprisoned Iranian journalist, assures of taking appropriate steps

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Saturday September 20, 2014 · 1:02 PM PDT

2014/09/20 · 13:02

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights will follow the case of Mr. Tabarzadi and will take appropriate steps to draw our concerns to the attention of the Iranian authorities. Read More

Iranian imprisoned opposition leader to face new charges for speaking up

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Saturday July 19, 2014 · 3:07 PM PDT

2014/07/19 · 15:07

In his January letter to 5+1 Tabarzadi said: “The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to U.S. President Barack Obama for his “extraordinary efforts” to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. This did not mean only peace with the governments but also meant consideration for the peace and human rights of “The People” Unlike his predecessor, President George Bush who spoke in the support of later released dissident Akbar Ganji while on hunger strike, President Obama has been very silent when it comes to the human rights situation and the fate of Iranian political prisoners such as the secular democrat leader Heshmat Tabarzadi. Read More

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My Devastated Homeland

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Sunday May 11, 2014 · 9:32 AM PDT

2014/05/11 · 09:32

Which land do you know of that its government secretly and irresponsibly starts an ambitious nuclear program and as a result creates billions of dollars of expenses and losses to its people and subjects them to international sanctions while its leader (Ayatollah Khamenei), even more irresponsible than others, stubbornly persists on continuation of such anti-national policies. Read More

“No Other Option” but “unlimited hunger strike” for Iranian dissident, Heshmat Tabarzadi

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Monday April 28, 2014 · 9:03 PM PDT

2014/04/28 · 21:03

"We are on hunger strike to get everyone to hear the cry of innocence and justice. We disclose and expose the regime’s oppression. To call on the people to demand their rights and for the rights movements. To awaken the dormant conscience of those who claim to defend human rights, the dispersed groups, to reawake those in passivity and neutrality. To demonstrate to the Supreme Leader and the ruling system of oppression in Iran that the atrocities, torture, imprisonment and executions do not scare us. So that our friends are returned from solitary confinement. The injured (political prisoners) receive treatment in hospital. So that the international human rights institutions pressure the regime to allow the entry of Mr. Ahmed Shaheed to prepare an independent, report of the recent crimes in the ward 350 of Evin Prison and to Identify and punish the perpetrators for their cruelty.” Read More

Tabarzadi: The Man Who Brings Secular Democracy to Iran

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Wednesday January 29, 2014 · 6:22 PM PST

2014/01/29 · 18:22

Ardeshir Zarezadeh, is an Iranian-Canadian award winning human rights and political activist, who lives in Toronto. He is the executive director of the Toronto-based human rights organization "The International Center for Human Rights". He is a former political prisoner in Iran and founder of first student human rights organization "The Student Committee for the Defense of political Prisoners" in 1998 in Tehran. He is also the spokesperson for the Abroad Division of the Iran Democratic Front, a secular democratic opposition Front to the ruling religious regime in Iran. He recently published a blog in the Huffington Post Canada and in it he referred to an article which was also recently published in this diary, talking about a man who is still little known to the world but one day, hopefully soon, he may capture the headlines. That man is Heshmat Tabarzadi. Read More

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UN and EU's roles in executions in Iran

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Monday January 20, 2014 · 10:01 AM PST

2014/01/20 · 10:01

Iran executes more people per capita than any other country in the world. UN and Some European countries have a role in legitimizing this!

5+1 Negotiating Team and 76 million Iranians

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Sunday January 19, 2014 · 9:53 AM PST

2014/01/19 · 09:53

Note: Shortly after writing this article, Mr. Tabarzadi, was arrested by Iranian authorities on January 15, 2014. Since then, the government of Canada through its foreign minister has sent a twitter demanding the freedom of Heshmat Tabarzadi and other political prisoners in Iran. There is now a petition demanding his freedom
at: www.tinyurl.com/heshmat . Read More

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