In the direction of dissolution of the ward 350, Omid Behroozi, the lawyer of Gonabadi Dervishes, has been transferred to ward 7, a non-political ward. This was ordered by the deputy of Tehran’s prosecutor in an unlawful decision. According to Majzooban Noor, having resisted due to the illegal order of transferring to the non-political […]
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Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran 15th July 2014
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. The United Nation Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, said: punishment by hanging should no longer exist in the twenty-first century. Mr Ban Ki-moon requested all countries to take serious steps in abandoning the punishment by hanging. 2. On Thursday 3rd July 2014, Navi Pillay, the United Nation High […]
Journalist jailed for sending letters to father in prison
Sajedeh Arabsorkhi, an Iranian activist and journalist, has been transferred to Evin Prison to serve out a one-year prison sentence. According to the Kaleme website, she is accused of propaganda against the regime for writing letters to her father, Feizollah Arabsorkhi, a political prisoner at the time. Feizollah Arabsorkhi, a prominent reformist figure, was […]
Iran wants more time to seal nuclear deal
Iran’s foreign minister says more time is needed to reach a lasting agreement with the 5+1. At a press conference held in Vienna on July 15, Mohammad Javad Zarif said: “As we stand now, we have made enough headway to be able to tell our political bosses back home … it’s worth it to […]
Iranian fighter jet crashes during training
Two people were killed when an Iranian fighter aircraft crashed in Fars Province during military training. IRNA reports that a military spokesman said the F4 jet was from the Bandar Abbas Flight Base and the reason for the crash has not been determined. The pilot and co-pilot were killed in the accident, the report […]
The House of Gonabadi Dervish in Nahavand Was Searched
Yesterday morning, Tuesday 24 Tir 1393(July 15 2014) some officers, dressed in plainclothes barged into the house of Gonabadi Dervish, Abdollah Yaghoubi in the city of Nahavand, searched his home and confiscated some items of his personal property.According to Majzooban Noor, around 10:50 yesterday morning some some security forces dressed in plain clothes without […]
New Study Shows Leading Iranian Figures Support Nuclear Negotiations
July 16, 2014— In a study released by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today, Voices from Iran: Strong Support for the Nuclear Negotiations, prominent members of Iranian civil society expressed their strong support for the P5+1 nuclear negotiations between Iran and the world powers. Download PDF copy of the Study The Campaign’s […]
Two Iranians Flogged Publicly For Eating During Ramadan
Two men were flogged in public in the south-central Iranian city of Shiraz for eating during fasting hours in the holy month of Ramadan. Fasting in Ramadan is considered a religious duty for Muslims. The police chief of Iran’s Fars Province, Ahmad Ali Goudarzi, was quoted by Iranian media on July 13 as saying […]
They Arrested My Husband on a Warrant From Mohseni Ejhei
Abdol-Hossein Harati Arrested After Return to IranIn an open letter to Mehdi Karoubi four years ago, Abdol-Hossein Harati called the 1980s in Iran “The Terror Hallway of Iran’s History” that is associated with the founder of the Islamic republic ayatollah Khomeini. Through the letter he objected to Karoubi’s and Mir-Hossein Mousavi’s constant praise of […]
Youth at risk of hanging amid disturbing rise in juvenile executions
Press release – The Iranian authorities must halt the execution of a young man who was still a child at the time of his alleged crime, and reverse a disturbing rise in the execution of juvenile offenders which has resulted in at least eight individuals being put to death in the first half of […]