This article examines the concept of political crimes in the legal framework of Iran. While the Iranian Constitution provides special procedural safeguards for those charged with such crimes, i.e. public hearing in the presence of a jury, secondary laws of Iran provide no definition for such crimes. Executive Summary This article examines the concept […]
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Iran denies U.S. accusation of religious discrimination
A spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has rejected a U.S. report about religious discrimination and restrictions in Iran. Marzieh Afkham said the U.S. State Department report about religious freedom in the world, including Iran, lacks credibility and is nothing but a “tool to pressure other countries.” The report, published on Tuesday July 28, puts […]
Labor Ministry opposes Tehran’s proposal for gender segregation
Iran’s Labor Ministry has warned that the separation of the sexes in Tehran’s municipal administration could provoke an international backlash. Iran’s Labor Ministry has sent a letter to Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf expressing its misgivings about the proposed segregating of the sexes at municipal offices. Deputy Labor Minister Mohammad Taghi Hosseini wrote to the mayor and […]
Control by Principlists Will Result in the Devastation of the Country
Efforts by Ghom Hardliners to Take Control of the Press Even with its relatively small number of cadre, the Steadfast Front (a grouping of several hardline conservative ideologues) which has thrown the most obstacles at Hassan Rouhani’s administration in the last year, is now working parliamentary politics to confront the measures of the administration. […]
Extension of medical furlough denied for Bahareh Hedayat despite kidney stone surgery
Bahareh Hedayat was summoned back to prison by the prosecutor’s office despite her need for aftercare after undergoing kidney stone surgery. According to Kaleme, political prisoner Bahareh Hedayat was finally granted medical furlough for surgery last week but was summoned back behind bars by the prosecutor’s office despite presenting medical documents stating her need […]
Gravely ill political prisoners kept from hospital
Civil activists in Iran are seriously concerned about the lack of medical facilities and services for political prisoners in Iran. Six political prisoners in Oroumiyeh Prison are said to be in a grave state of health. The Kurdish political prisoners suffering from serious health problems are: Ali-Ahmad Soleyman, Mostafa Ali-Ahmad, Haman Hassazadeh, Ali Afshari, […]
Reformist Iranian newspaper under fire for Gaza cartoon
An Iranian newspaper is under fire for a cartoon depicting Palestinian civilians as being “neutral” victims in a war between two sides, which some have interpreted the depicted conflict as being between Israel and Iran. Iranian Reformist newspaper Arman Daily has been criticized for running a cartoon depicting the two sides in the current […]
Iran is world’s leading jailer of female journalists and netizens
Ten women who work in the media are currently behind bars in the Islamic Republic The arrest on 22 July of two journalists and a photographer, including the Tehran correspondent of the Washington Post and his Iranian wife, brings to 65 the number of news providers behind bars in Iran. They include 10 women, of […]
Situation deteriorates for Iran’s religious minorities, experts say
A year after Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration as Iran’s president, the human rights situation in the country has deteriorated for many human rights defenders and especially for Baha’is and Christian converts as a result of what some experts describe as a hard-line counteroffensive against the pro-Rouhani pragmatist/Reformist camp. Rouhani has devoted most of his efforts […]
Situation deteriorates for Iran’s religious minorities, experts say
A year after Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration as Iran’s president, the human rights situation in the country has deteriorated for many human rights defenders and especially for Baha’is and Christian converts as a result of what some experts describe as a hard-line counteroffensive against the pro-Rouhani pragmatist/Reformist camp. Rouhani has devoted most of his efforts […]