The Iranian authorities must seize the opportunity presented by a change of leadership to fulfil the aspirations of many Iranians and undertake a complete overhaul of human rights in the country, said Amnesty International ahead of the inauguration of the new President this weekend. Hassan Rouhani, the 64-year old cleric who has been described […]
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Iran’s Rohani Takes Presidential Oath, Unveils New Cabinet
Iran’s new president, Hassan Rohani, has taken the oath of office before the country’s parliament. Iranian lawmakers and high-ranking officials and the representatives of more than 50 countries attended Rohani’s inauguration ceremony in Tehran on August 4. “In the presence of the holy Koran and before the Iranian nation, I swear to the omnipotent […]
Inhuman treatment of journalists, more efforts to cover up Beheshti case
Reporters Without Borders reiterates its deep concern about the conditions in which many Iranian journalists are being held. Mehdi Karoubi, 76, a dissident theologian, former parliamentary speaker and owner of the closed newspaper Etemad Melli, was transferred to an unknown destination on 31 July after an angioplasty operation in a Tehran hospital. It was […]
Reaction of Political Prisoners to the Dervishes Verdicts: The Most Tragic Judicial Documents
A number of Iranian political prisoners have issued a statement protesting the unjust verdict against Gonabadi Dervishes and calling for their immediate release who after unfair trial and unfounded accusations were sentenced to almost 60 years of imprisonment.Iranian political prisoners called to abandon charges and quash the verdicts which are all against the constitution […]
Security Forces Closely Watch Osanloo’s Memorial Service
The 40th-day memorial service for labor activist Afshin Osanloo, who died on June 20 of what prison authorities announced as “a heart attack,” was held at Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery, under the close watch and direction of a large number of security forces. Afshin Osanloo’s mother told the International Campaign for Human Rights in […]
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM (PART 8)
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM by Edward FitzGerald But leave the Wise to wrangle, and with me The Quarrel of the Universe let be: And, in some corner of the Hubbub coucht, Make Game of that which makes as much of Thee. ***Why, be this Juice the growth of God, who dare Blaspheme the twisted […]
Shocking Letter By Incarcerated Political Prisoner Abolfazl Abedini To Judiciary Chief
Political prisoner Abolfazl Abedini, who was illegally transferred from Evin prison to Karoon prison in Ahvaz, has written a letter to the Judiciary Chief, Ayatollah Amoli Larijani detailing his violent arrest, the hardships he has suffered during imprisonment, and his sudden transfer to Ahvaz. Following is the text of Abedini’s letter to Ayatollah Larijani: […]
Mehdi Karroubi Back in House Arrest Following a Coronary Angiography at Tehran Heart Center
Mehdi Karroubi was admitted to Tehran Heart Center on Monday July 29th for a series of tests and procedures as a result of his alarming physical condition. Karroubi’s eldest son Mohammad Hossein Karroubi describes the events of the past few days on his personal facebook page as follows: “After four and a half months of […]
“The president-elect should put an end to the unlawful conduct of state officials”
Shirin Ebadi, in her report for khordad 1392 [21 May to 21 June 2013] on the human rights situation in Iran:“The president-elect should put an end to the unlawful conduct of state officials” In her latest monthly report, Shirin Ebadi, the human rights defender and winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, has reviewed […]
No information about Maryam Shafi Pour’s condition
There is no information about Maryam Shafi Pour’s condition after three days of being under arrest. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Maryam Shafi Pour, the former student of Qazvin international university who was arrested on Saturday July 27, has had no telephone contact with her family yet. She […]