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Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (05/10/2013)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran1. On Saturday 28th September 2013, some of members of The World Organisation on Human Rights in Iran, by organizing gathering on humanity and peace, demanded the freedom of all political and ideological prisoners in Iran. This human loving move, which lasted for half a day was first […]
Iran Should Halt Executions as Rate of Hangings Accelerates
The Iranian authorities should impose an immediate moratorium on executions in Iran given the alarming rise in the use of the death penalty in recent weeks, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center said today. As World Day Against the Death Penalty approaches on October 10, […]
Soltani’s Wife Sentenced for Accepting Human Rights Award on his Behalf
Massoumeh Dehghan, retired teacher and wife of imprisoned human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her one-year prison sentence for accepting her husband’s human rights award has been upheld. Branch 54 of Tehran Appeals Court has upheld her lower court ruling in full, sentencing her to […]
Iran To Mull Unblocking Social-Media Sites
Iran’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology is to set up a working group to consider a decision on unblocking Facebook and Twitter. The ministry posted the announcement on its website on October 8. Information Minister Mahmud Vaezi was initially quoted on October 7 as saying Iran does not plan to unblock the popular […]
Rouhani Cabinet Sends Mixed Messages About Facebook and Twitter
Just a few hours after the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported that Iran’s Minister of Communications Mahmoud Vaezi told reporters today that Facebook and Twitter will remain blocked in Iran, his ministry released an official statement saying that the unblocking of social networks is still under review and no final decisions have been […]
Intelligence Office Summons Family Members of VOA Reporter
Journalist and blogger Arash Sigarchi, who works as a reporter for Voice of America’s Persian Service, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that his family has been summoned and threatened by Gilan Province Intelligence Office forces. “On Monday, September 9, they contacted my mother from the Gilan Intelligence Office and asked […]
Case of detained opposition leaders processed by council
Iran’s minister of justice has announced that the case against MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, who challenged the 2009 presidential election results, is being processed by the Supreme National Security Council. Mostafa Pour Mohammadi told Iran daily: “The issue of pardons is a serious and fundamental matter in our country, and we are not going […]
Iran triumphs at Asian volleyball championship
Iran won the Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship in Dubai today, Sunday October 6, by beating South Korea 3-0. That was Iran’s seventh consecutive victory in this year’s championship. Iran had reached the final by toppling powerhouse Japan on Saturday in another 3-0 victory. The Iranian team prevailed over Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Japan, Lebanon and […]
Iranian FM Calls For ‘New Approach’
Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran and world powers must come up with a new approach in their negotiations over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. In an interview broadcast on CNN on October 6, Javad Zarif said there is a need to put an end to what he termed a “lose-lose situation.” Zarif described meetings […]