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This is the official website of Roxana Saberi, a journalist, author, speaker, and human rights advocate. Her book Between Two Worlds tells the story of her 2009 arrest and captivity in Iran.

Photos from the Hope Concert for the People of Iran, in Berlin, Germany

June 8th, 2013 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I’m very grateful that artists from all over the world donated their time and talents last night to The Hope Concert for the People of Iran.

These artists came together to show solidarity, love, and support for people in Iran who are pursuing basic human rights. … Stay tuned for more photos and videos (including one of me having the honor of playing the piano accompanied by the house band)!

Az inke khanandehaye keshvarhaye mokhtalefe donya tu Concert-e Omid sherkat kardand, khaili sepas gozaram. Az tariqe in concert, khaastim hambastegiyemun ba mardome Iran neshun bedim va begim ke dar … Read the rest

RSF: ADVICE FOR FOREIGN REPORTERS TRYING TO COVER CENSORED ELECTIONS IN IRAN

June 6th, 2013 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Some very useful advice for journalists who will cover Iran (or for anyone concerned about communications security) – from Reporters Without Borders.

June 6, 2013
(In Farsi)

Media freedom has been crushed and, aside from websites that support the Supreme Leader, Internet access has been blocked, including sites belonging to senior government officials. And to top it all, the authorities are now trying to discourage foreign journalists from coming to Iran.

200 visa requests “closely examined”

Last week, culture and Islamic guidance minister Mohammad Hosseini asked the intelligence ministry to “closely examine visa applications by foreign journalists wanting to … Read the rest

CNN: Iran aims to keep stoning as punishment for adultery, rights group says

June 5th, 2013 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off
By Ashley Fantz, CNN
June 3, 2013
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • A judicial panel has reinserted a stoning provision into a draft law, Human Rights Watch says
  • The group says Iranian authorities are holding at least 10 people who face stoning
  • The U.S. State Department cites unconfirmed reports of bodies of four women apparently stoned
  • Officials in Iran have denied the reports

(CNN) – Stoning remains the way Iranians — overwhelmingly women — are punished for committing adultery, Human Rights Watch said Monday. The international group blasted a judicial council in Iraq, made up of 12 religious jurists, for inserting a stoning

… Read the rest

My op-ed in today’s Daily Beast

June 4th, 2013 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The Daily Beast
Silenced in Iran: The Plight of Bahai Prisoners of Conscience
by Roxana Saberi Jun 4, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

While I enjoy the start of my fifth year of freedom, two of my former cellmates have just finished their fifth year in Iran’s prisons.

Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Sabet
Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Sabet. (Bahá’ís of the United States)

Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, along with five jailed male colleagues, form the Yaran, a national-level body that tended to the needs of Iran’s minority Bahai community. With 20-year prison terms, the Yaran are serving the longest sentences of all current prisoners … Read the rest

ICHRI: US Lifting of Tech Sanctions Welcomed

June 3rd, 2013 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
June 3, 2013

(In Farsi)
The US Treasury Department issued a general license on May 30, 2013, “authorizing the exportation to Iran of certain services, software, and hardware incident to personal communications.” (Photo: The Treasury Annex, credit LobeLob/AgnosticPreachersKid cc)

Legal Payment Channels Still Needed

(June 3, 2013) Private sector technology companies should take immediate steps in facilitating and ensuring the availability of personal communications items to Iranians following the US administration’s issuance of a general export license for such items, the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.

In addition, … Read the rest

ICHRI: UN Experts Decry Discrimination Against Women Candidates, Imprisonment of Journalists

May 29th, 2013 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
May 29, 2013

In a statement released today, five United Nations human rights experts warnedthat Iran is seriously violating international law by its continued discrimination against women presidential candidates and the ongoing suppression of the press, as well as its violations of freedoms of association and assembly. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomes the statement and urges Iranian authorities to adhere to international law and release all journalists and prisoners of conscience.

The five UN experts denounced the restrictions on the rights of Iranian citizens, especially women, to political

… Read the rest

See who will perform at the June 7 Hope Concert for Iran

May 27th, 2013 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

See who’s performing at the Hope Concert for the People of Iran, scheduled for June 7 in Berlin:… Read the rest

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