Full English text of the Draft Citizenship Rights Charter proposed by President Hassan Rouhani and widely circulated for feedback By UN Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed and the Human Rights in Iran Unit at the City University of New York – Brooklyn College. Download Full Text PDF Translated by the Human Rights in Iran Unit at […]
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Student Activist Released for Five-Day Furlough After 55 Months in Jail
After 55 months in prison, most of which has been spent in exile, Iranian student activist Zia Nabavi was released on bail of approximately $168,000 for a five-day furlough today, a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Zia Nabavi is a former member of the Babol Industrial University Islamic Association, […]
Ill Journalist Could Be Released from Prison Under New Penal Code
A source close to the family of imprisoned Iranian journalist Kayvan Samimi, 65, who has been hospitalized since November, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the new Islamic Penal Code allows for his release, adding that his family hopes he can be released as soon as possible. “Mr. Samimi suffers […]
“Stop the executions” – UN rights experts alarmed at the sharp increase in hangings in Iran
The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and on summary executions, Christof Heyns, today called on the Government of Iran to urgently halt the abrupt surge in hangings in the country since the start of 2014. “We are dismayed at the continued application of the death […]
FIFA stops National Team from sporting Iranian Cheetah on World Cup shirts
A campaign by environmental activists to raise awareness of the endangered Iranian Cheetah by putting its image on the shirts of Iran’s national football team for the upcoming World Cup has been rejected by the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA). The Iranian Football Federation has received a letter from FIFA stating that it […]
U.S. State Department’s Spokesman Makes Gesture Toward Iranian Opposition
The U.S. State Department’s Persian-language spokesman Alan Eyre has sent condolences via Facebook over the death of one of the sisters of opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi. In a message in Persian posted with a picture of Karrubi, Eyre writes that it was with “with deepest regret” that he found out about the death of […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (21-01-2014)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran1. Ali Asghar-Faani, the Minister of Education, in a letter to the head of the Judiciary requested pardon of a number of teachers who are currently in detention, due to upcoming events in the near future.2. In its annual report for 2013, the international organisation “Open Doors” stated […]
UN Condemns ‘Abrupt Surge’ In Iran Hangings
United Nations human rights experts are calling on Iran to halt what they call an “abrupt surge” in hangings in the country since the start of 2014. The call is contained in a joint statement from the UN special rapporteur for human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and the UN special rapporteur on summary […]
Rohani declares Syrian talks likely to fail
Iranian President Hassan Rohani said on Wednesday January 22 that he does not see much hope for success at the Geneva 2 conference aimed at resolving the Syrian conflict. Rohani, who spoke prior to his flight to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, said today: “With the current signals, we have little hope […]
Petrochemical workers stop work over banned representative
Workers at the Fajr Petrochemical Plant refused to work on Tuesday January 21 after management refused to allow the workers’ representative to enter the plant premises. Abbas Rezai, the workers’ representative, spoke to the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA) last October about worker protests. According to an unidentified worker, management was angered by Rezai’s […]