Thousands Denied Refugee Rights, Summarily Deported The 124-page report, “Unwelcome Guests: Iran’s Violation of Afghan Refugee and Migrant Rights,”documents how Iran’s flawed asylum system results in a detention and deportation process with no due process or opportunity for legal appeal. Iranian officials have in recent years limited legal avenues for Afghans to claim […]
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Detained opposition leader gets another hospital visit
Fatemeh Karroubi, the wife of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, reports that her husband was allowed another hospital visit. Mehdi Karroubi has been under house arrest since February 2011 and, according to reports from his family, he is suffering from deteriorating health due to his confinement. Saham News reports that Fatemeh Karroubi said on […]
Evin Prisoners Need Medical Care
After months of effort by imprisoned journalist Saeed Matinpour’s family to obtain medical treatment for him, the Prosecutor’s Office has maintained its silence, his wife told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “The prisoners at Evin face a gradual death under prison conditions, and the officials apparently don’t hear our pleas. Poor […]
Stimulant in rainfall sends hundreds to hospital
Ahwaz health officials say 1,500 people ended up in emergency rooms last night due to respiratory problems brought on by rain. The Mehr News Agency reports that officials claim the presence of a stimulant in the rain water has been causing the widespread shortness of breath. The officials report that continued rain will result […]
UN Shows Strong Support for Human Rights in Iran with 83-to-36 Vote
http://www.iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Iran-countries-Nov-19-2013.png (November 19, 2013) – The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomes the United Nations General Assembly’s Third Committee vote today overwhelmingly supporting human rights in Iran, and urges the Iranian government to comply with UN human rights mechanisms and take concrete steps to address the ongoing violations in the country. Resolution A/C.3/68/L.57 […]
Doctors Call on Rouhani to End House Arrest of Mousavi, Karroubi, Rahnavard
In an open letter addressed to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, 193 faculty members of Iranian medical universities have demanded his serious efforts to end the house arrests of Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard, and Mehdi Karroubi. Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, two 2009 presidential candidates, and Zahra Rahnavard, Mousavi’s wife, have […]
Factory workers protest over feared job cuts
More than 800 workers at the Isfahan Polyacryl Factory staged a demonstration against the governor’s failure to live up to his promises. One of the protesters told ILNA that the government had promised to halt the policy of downsizing the factory, which had led to a pause in the protests. However, today the government […]
Unpaid Tabriz factory workers also lose insurance coverage
Three hundred workers at Tabriz Tractor Manufacturing Company have not been paid in more than four months. ILNA reports that on top of the unpaid wages, the workers’ insurance is not being renewed by Social Security office. The factory’s debts to the Social Security Fund have increased sharply, which has led to withdrawal of […]
Physicist Omid Kokabee must be released
Amnesty International has launched a campaign calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Omid Kokabee, a 31-year-old Iranian physicist pursuing a PhD in the USA, serving a 10-year prison sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison. The organization considers Omid Kokabee a prisoner of conscience, held solely for his refusal to work on military projects […]
UK prime minister phones Iran’s president
Prime Minister David Cameron contacted Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday ahead of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program in what Downing Street says was the first such conversation between the leaders of the two countries in more than a decade. The telephone call comes a day before Britain, the U.S. and four other world […]