The family of Sattar Beheshti, the blogger who died under torture by his prison interrogator, is refusing to participate further in the court proceedings against his killer, Giti Pourfazel, the lawyer representing Sattar’s family, said in an interview, in protest against the charge of “unintentional murder” brought against the interrogator who caused his death. […]
Author: admin
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (07-04-2014)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. On Friday 25th March 2014, during the conference of UN Human Rights Council, Ahmad Shahid was voted by the majority of UN members to carry on as the rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran for the following year 2014-2015. Ahmad Shahid’s mandate of […]
Dismissal of Gonabadi Dervishes from Governmental Departments Continues
Gonabadi Dervish, resident in the city of Damqan and an employee of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee, Ali Moazzami Fard dismissed from his government job due to dependence to the Gonabadi Dervishes Order.According to Majzooban Noor, Mr. Ali Moazzami Fard who is responsible for holding Dervish ceremonies in his house, was fired after many […]
EU Opens a new Chapter
The repeated international negative reports on the appalling conditions of human rights in Iran have gradually turned into a judgment of Hassan Rouhani and his administration. First UN Secretary General Banki Moon announced to the Security Council that Rouhani has not taken any effective steps in addressing human rights issues despite his promises on […]
Court prevents lawyer from accessing files of five Sunni prisoners
Branch 28 of the Revolutionary court in Tehran has prevented a lawyer from accessing the files of five Sunni prisoners sentenced to death in Iran, under the pretext that the cases are ‘secret and confidential’. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the families of the prisoners had tried to […]
Congress Backs Bill To Deny Visa To Iran’s UN Envoy
The U.S. Congress has passed a measure that, if signed by the president, would effectively deny a visa to Iran’s choice of ambassador to the United Nations. The House of Representatives passed the bill unanimously on April 10, four days after the Senate did the same. The measure now goes to President Barack Obama […]
UN experts urge Iran to give political prisoners medical care
United Nations human rights experts called Thursday on Iran to provide urgent medical care to two political prisoners, warning the seriously ill men risked dying in detention. The UN’s special rapporteur on the rights situation in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and other experts voiced alarm at Tehran’s alleged denial of medical care for blogger Mohammad […]
Official Makes Rare Admission of Baha’is’ Equal Rights in Domestic Media
In a rare statement to the Iranian media on April 6, 2014, Javad Larijani, Head of the Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council, admitted Baha’is in Iran are entitled to full and equal constitutional rights. Iranian officials, most notably Javad Larijani, have often made similar statements to foreign audiences, claiming that the persecution and […]
MP requests permit to let U.S. scholar be buried in Iran
Ali Motahari, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s Cultural Commission, has called on the government to issue a permit to allow Richard Nelson Frye, the recently deceased American scholar and expert on Iranian and Central Asian Studies, to be buried in Isfahan. Ali Motahari addressed Parliament on April 10, calling on the administration of […]
Russia Says Deal With Iran To Follow UN, Not U.S. Rules
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov says that a possible barter agreement between Moscow and Iran would follow UN sanctions rules and not U.S. rules. Siluanov said on April 11 in Washington, where he is attending an International Monetary Fund/World Bank meeting, that Russia acts on “the basis of decisions made by the UN that […]