In a letter addressed to Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s President, Human Rights Watch and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expressed appreciation for the draft Citizenship Rights Charter, but expressed deep concern over the consultation and preparation phases of the draft, its contents, and its enforcement. The letter details the ambiguities present in […]
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Iranian judicial figure accuses Ahmadinejad of lying in office
The head of Iran’s Court of Administrative Justice has called former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a “liar.” Mohammad Jafar Montazeri was quoted on all major Iranian news agencies saying: “The former president would lie and openly violate laws.” “When people see the highest executive position is violating laws, whom can they trust?” Montazeri said […]
Journalist slams Rohani government for continued press chill
Iranian journalist Mashallah Shamsolvaezin has criticized the new administration for failing to take any effective steps toward freedom of the press. Shamsolvaezin says: “In the media field, there has been no change with the arrival of the new government.” Shamsolvaezin, the editor in chief of Neshat daily, which has been blocked from publishing, told […]
The Father of Jailed Dervish, Had a Heart Attack and Stroke
The father of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes, Hamid-Reza Moradi and Saleh Moradi, has had a heart attack with severe cerebral apoplexy due to the stress caused by his son’s incarceration.Mr. Khalil Moradi, who his son, Hamid-Reza Moradi, the administrator of Majzooban Noor website, has been sentenced to ten and a half years in prison by […]
Sadegh Larijani’s Polite Response to Critics
Last week after the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly issued its resolution on human rights violations in Iran, the head of Iran’s judiciary branch of government ayatollah Sadegh Larijani said during a speech, “One of the roots of the assertions made regarding human rights is related to the difference in principles between […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (23-12-2013)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. Ali Motahari reported the secrete listening of all parliamentarians of Iran by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran using their mobile phones. This MP added that the security institutions have become sensitive towards the activities of his office, and have planned twice […]
Journalists group says it’s cleared to reopen
The head of the Association of Iranian Journalist has announced that the association will soon reopen. Badrolsadat Mofidi told the Payam-e No website that she met with the minister of culture and guidance last Saturday as well as the minister of labour, and both ministers have promised to facilitate the reopening of the association, […]
Prisoners refuse food to support sugarcane workers
Two Iranian political prisoners have begun a hunger strike in support of the protest movement by Haft Tapeh Sugarcane Company workers. Shahrokh Zamani and Khaled Hordani announced that as of Tuesday December 24, they are refusing food in solidarity with the Haft Tapeh workers, Kordpa reports. Those workers have begun a series of protests […]
Burn victims’ families take grievance to president’s office
The families of 12 burn victims from the Sheenabad school fire disaster staged a sit-in together with students in front of the president’s office to protest the lack of financial support for their children’s medical bills. The father of one of the victims told Kordpa website that the Ministry of Education has not met […]
Reporters Without Borders: Press freedom violations recounted in real time (from 1st Jan 2013)
20.12.2013 – Six more arrests in continuing crackdown Reporters Without Borders has been told that Alireza Darvish, a journalist working for the weekly Amrdad, was arrested at his Tehran home on 9 December by plainclothes policemen, who carried out a search. It is not yet known why he was arrested or where he is […]