President Rohani has said he will ease restrictions on artists. Iran’s Writers Association says security officials have prevented the group from holding its monthly advisory meeting. In a recently issued statement, the group says the meeting was due to be held on January 14 at the home of one of the members. But according to the […]
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A political prisoner is exiled to Mashhad
Doctor Hani Yazarloo, the political prisoners in Evin Prison in Tehran was exiled to Vakil Abad prison in Mashhad.According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the officials of Evin prison made an excuse to deployed Doctor Hani Yazarloo to Evin court from ward 350 then they declared to the Master […]
Iran to meet with 5+1 by next month
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced on Saturday January 25 that he and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton have agreed to set up a meeting between Iran and the 5+1 delegation by the end of February. The two met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos. Zarif reports […]
Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Eligible for Release If New Code Enforced
The daughter of imprisoned Iranian lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani, who is serving a 13-year prison sentence, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that if the new Islamic Penal Code is implemented, her father will be eligible for release, along with several other prisoners of conscience. “We are surprised why this law’s enforcement […]
Iranian writers group complains of government pressure
The Iranian Writers Association says government officials prevented the group from holding its monthly discussion meeting. In a statement, the association says the meeting was scheduled to be held at the home of one of the members on Tuesday January 21. That member was summoned by officials from the ministry of intelligence and forced […]
Rohani tells forum Iran welcomes foreign investment
The Iranian president told the World Economic Forum at Davos that Iran is open for foreign investment. Hassan Rohani spoke as the first guest speaker following greetings from Klaus Schwab, the forum founder. “We intend to reopen trade, industrial and economic relations with our neighbours,” Rohani said, adding that “Iran’s economy has the potential […]
Press Freedom Violations Recounted in Real Time January 2014
23.01.2014- Newspaper owners held arbitrarily since 2011 Mehdi Karoubi, a 77-year-old newspaper owner who has been under house arrest since February 2011, was taken to an unknown place of detention of 17 January after undergoing two back operations – a laminectomy and discectomy – at Tehran’s Arad Hospital. A dissident theologian, former parliamentary speaker […]
Human rights denied to prisoner/activist Ms. Maryam Shafi’Pour
During one of the most “alarming” months under jurisprudence in Iran, as 40 executions were carried out in the region since the start of the new year in 2014, jailed activist Maryam Shafi’Pour is still waiting for a stay on her case of incarceration. Shafi’Pour has been imprisoned since July 2010, outline human rights […]
Part 1-2-3 – Introducing Sufism & Gnosticism in a simplified language by Dr Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh
Published on Jan 23, 2014Part 1 – Introducing Sufism & Gnosticism in a simplified language by Dr Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh.Being introduced to Sufism and Gnosticism; in the coming programs we aim to discuss and explore the area on Sufism and Gnosticism.The focus of this program is to identify in depth the discovery of the […]
Shirin Ebadi: Untold truths about the nuclear issue
A new round of “Zamaneh Debate” will take place on February 15 in Amsterdam with Shirin Ebadi, Sohrab Razaghi and Mehran Mostafavi focussing on the nuclear issue. In anticipation of the event, Zamaneh interviewed Ms. Ebadi, Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate and legal expert and the force behind the National Dialogue on Nuclear Energy, an […]