This interview was originally conducted in Persian. It has been translated to English by NCPDA volunteers
Interview was primarily in Farsi, and was later translated to English by NCPDA’s volunteers.
The following interview was performed at 9:30pm Sat Dec. 27th and was broadcast live for one hour. The sound byte of this interview is available on VOA’s […]
NCPDA Statement – May 21, 2004
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May 21, 2004
Intensified Repression and Public Executions as Uprising Anniversary Nears
As Iran nears the students uprising anniversary, the government there intensifies its repression to contain and control protests.
The judiciary people have chosen torture and public execution as the only means to deal with protesters. The daily conducts of the […]
NCPDA Statement – May 10, 2004
May 10, 2004 by
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National Coalition of Pro-Democracy Advocates
May 10, 2004
Prison Sentences for University Students
Mohades (a member of the University Disciplinary Committee): A great majority of students’ offenses have been political offenses.
In recent days, a large number of students have been arrested, imprisoned, or interrogated in Tehran, Ghazvin, Karaj, Zanjan, and Yazd.
In […]
NCPDA Press Release – April 24, 2004
April 24, 2004 by
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National Coalition of Pro-democracy Advocates
April 24, 2004
The European lead appeasement of ruling dictatorship let Iran off the hook
Regretfully, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in its annual session in Geneva has failed to fulfill her fundamental function of protection of basic human rights of people of Iran and condemn the most […]
NCPDA Statement – March 17, 2004
March 17, 2004 by
NCPDA Statement
March 17, 2004
Human Rights Activists Sacrificed in Political Deals
While Iran under the religious dictatorship has one of the worst human rights records and is the leading sponsor and supporter of terrorism and fundamentalism, the fate of the political prisoners there are ignored during political deals.
On a daily basis, press reporters are jailed, Iranian youths […]
NCPDA Statement – March 9, 2004
March 9, 2004 by
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March 9, 2004
Iran continues to be the largest prison for the media reporters.
Reports of arrest and harassment of the press reporters and writers have become a common news in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
ISNA news: Circuit court 26 has sentences Mr. Saeed Madani, a writer for Iran Farda, […]
NCPDA Press Release – March 7, 2004
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March 7, 2004
NCPDA calls teachers’ societies, unions and NGOs in different countries to support Iranian teachers’ strike
On Saturday March 6, 2004 large groups of teachers across the country will stage a strike and not teach classes. The National Coalition of Pro-Democracy Advocates hails Iranian teachers across the country […]
NCPDA Statement – February 17, 2004
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NCPDA supports House Resolution 501
We are a group of distinguished scholars and intellectuals, democracy and human rights activists, and concerned students and individuals united to promote democracy, human rights, and socio-economic justice in Iran.
Parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place in Iran on Friday, February 20th. This exercise, however, is far from being democratic, free […]
