The proposed minister for the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology told ILNA that universities must expand the humanities branch of study and work toward increasing students’ volunteer contributions to society. Describing the humanities as the most essential field of human knowledge, Jafar Mili Monfared added: “Research and analysis in any aspect of the […]
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Hossein Ronaghi And Abolfazl Abedini’s Mothers: Our Son’s Lives Are In Serious Danger
Following is translation of an interview conducted by Roozonline with mothers of on hunger strike political prisoners Hossein Ronaghi Maleki and Abolfazl Abedini. It has been more than two weeks since political prisoner Abolfazl Abedini launched a hunger strike protesting his illegal transfer to Karoon prison in Ahvaz, a hunger strike that has not […]
Rohani defends cabinet choices in Parliament
Iran’s new president, Hassan Rohani, spoke in defence of his choices for cabinet on Monday August 12 in Parliament. Iranian media report that the president said the people’s vote in the presidential elections “is not just an endorsement of a single person as the president but a vote for the proposed plans and the […]
Zanjan protesters link cancers to factory emissions
Zanjan citizens staged a widespread protest on Sunday in front of the governor’s office and the office of the Friday Imam, denouncing the pollution spewed by lead and zinc factories near the city. The Mehr News Agency reports that protesters challenged the procedures used by the lead and zinc factories located 15 kilometres outside […]
Amnesty International: Human Rights Agenda for Change
On the occasion of the inauguration of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran, Amnesty International is calling on the authorities to seize the opportunity to break with decades of human rights violations and pervasive impunity. To this end, the organization is presenting a ‘human rights agenda for change’. Since the 1979 Islamic […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (09/08/2013)
Reactions to the violation of Human Rights in Iran 1. Mahmood Fazli, Shahram Radmehr, Ayat (Yorosh) Mehr-Ali Bigloo, Latif Hosseini and Behbood Gholi-Zadeh are five political activists from East Azerbaijan who have gone on a hunger strike since Saturday 13th July in protest against their sentences of nine years imprisonment. It has been 21 […]
Letter from Evin Prison to Ahvaz Prison
Hossein Ronaghi expresses his support in a letter to his former cellmate Abolfazl Abedini who went on a hunger strike over 2 weeks ago when he was without warning transferred from Evin to Karoon prison. Hossein Ronaghi went on hunger strike on August 9. Following is the letter written by Hossein Ronaghi to Abolfazl […]
Mr. Rouhani, please hear our voices!
Mansoureh Behkish’s open letter to Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani On Saturday, August 3, 2013, you were confirmed as the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran and subsequently were sworn into the office. During the inaugural ceremonies, you stated that the president represented everyone in the country. As an Iranian, I find it […]
Attacks of the “Circle of religions and sects of the Intelligence ministry” against the path of followers of real Islam and to Dervishes continue
The International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights in Iran (IOPHRI) discloses new plots against the Dervishes and brings it to the attention of international human rights organisations. Mehriran.de – Following the publication of a press statement of the” International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights in Iran” on Wednesday 31th of July, about the emergence […]
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki has launched hunger strike
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, jailed activist in Evin prison has launched a hunger strike following his protest of issues including the prison condition and lack of attention to his medical needs. According CHRR, in the past weeks this political prisoner had shared with his family during visitations that in protest of the authorities’ lack of […]