Iranian hardliners have criticized the foreign ministry for a meeting between the European Parliamentary delegation and Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi. Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, and Panahi, an Iranian filmmaker, were both jailed following the Iranian election protests of 2009. Last year, the two also became recipients of the European […]
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Environment official notes Iran’s dismal performance
The head of Iran’s Department of the Environment says Iran has fallen 63 spots in the Environmental Performance Index in recent years. IRNA quoted Massoumeh Ebtekar as saying that many of the current problems are due to the bad policies of the former administration, adding: “Now President Rohani is putting special emphasis on environmental […]
Six Sunni Kurdish prisoners banned from having visitors
Mokhtar Rahimi, Shahram Ahmadi, Kaveh Vaisi, Kaveh Sharifi, Taleb Maleki and Behrouz Shanhnazari, six of Sunni prisoners in ward 350 of Evin prison have been banned from being visited by their families since four months ago. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), these prisoners who are sentenced […]
Iranian Official: EU’s Ashton Reassures Tehran On Nuke Deal
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says EU foreign-policy chief Catherine Ashton has reassured Iran that world powers are committed to an agreement reducing Tehran’s nuclear activities in exchange for easing sanctions against Iran. Araghchi made his comments in Brussels after talks with Ashton. He said technical talks between the world powers and Iranian […]
More Detained Social Network Users: Forced Confessions Feared
The IRGC Intelligence Unit has arrested two individuals active on Facebook, in a continuing wave of arrests against Internet and social media users and professionals. Mohammad Amin Akrami and Mehdi Rayshahri Tangestani are the latest detainees of IRGC, according to Kaleme Website. Over the past two weeks there have been numerous arrests of IT […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (16-12-2013)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1 .The group known as Reporters-Without-Borders issued a statement in which it condemns what is now classified as the “new wave of persecutions of activists spreading news and information”3. During the past week, Esrafeel Soltaniyan, a prisoner of section 209 of Evin prison, who suffers from disabilities […]
Dr. Azmayesh: Religion in Iran’s History
Religion in Iran’s History, Chapter 1, with Farsi Subtitle Dr. Mostafa Azmayesh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GTz5tvkh7c Monolithic religion in Iran, the first Universal Declaration of Human Rights During the Achaemenid dynasty, especially at the time of Cyrus the Great. http://dorrtv.listen2myradio.com/http://dorrtv.org/https://www.facebook.com/DORRTVcontact us Info@dorrtv,org
Response of Majzooban Noor to the Reply by the Islamic Republic to the SR’s Report/ By Resorting to Lies and a Policy of Deceit
Hou 121 The Islamic Republic of Iran representative’s reply to 2nd annual report of Mr. Ahmed Shaheed:On UN special envoy’s report on the breach of human rights on Muslim minority’s rights like; Nematollahi Gonabadi Dervishes by justice department of the Islamic Republic of Iran who has prepared and presented , has had a great negative […]
Iran to continue Geneva talks despite U.S. blacklisting
The Iranian foreign minister announced that while Washington’s move to blacklist new companies for their dealings with Iran is an “inappropriate” move, Iran will continue to push ahead with the Geneva talks. Mohammad Javad Zarif said on his Facebook page on Sunday December 15: “In the past days, inappropriate actions have been taken by […]
Leading reformist confident Rohani working to free opposition leaders
Prominent Iranian reformist Saeed Hajjarian has told reporters that the Rohani administration is hard at work trying to secure the release of the Iranian opposition leaders who have been under house arrest since February 2011. The senior member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front told ISNA that Rohani can be effective as the head […]