The women of Iran are forbidden to stand in the upcoming presidential election on June 14, and are being strangled by ever-increasing restrictions. What has happened to the courageous Iranian women’s movement of dissent that gave inspiration to the protests of the Arab Spring uprisings? A member of the Guardian Council, who vets election […]
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Visas Denied for Some Western Reporters, Others Face Difficult Reporting Conditions Inside Iran
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned that this week Iranian officials have refused the visa applications of many foreign reporters who had applied to travel to Iran for coverage of the June 14 presidential election. Four reporters from different countries told the Campaign that despite applying for visas up to […]
What non-Muslims Say about Imam Hossein (AS)
Mahatma Gandhi : My faith is that the progress of Islam does not depend on the use of sword by its believers, but the result of the supreme sacrifice of Husain, the great saint.Charles Dickens “If Husain fought to quench his worldly desires, then I do not understand why his sisters, wives and […]
Activists say “political kidnapping” hurts young women
A group of political-social activists in Shiraz has called for the release of Jamila Karimi, a women’s rights activist and member of the Reformist Coalition Council of Fars, two months after her arrest. In a statement, the activists stress that Karimi’s arrest so close to the election can only be seen as “political kidnapping” […]
Iran Accelerates Crackdown on Media and Dissidents Prior to Election
During a June 1 political rally for presidential candidate Hassan Rohani in Tehran (pictured), security forces reportedly arrested several youth campaign workers after slogans were chanted supporting the detained 2009 election opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. Photo credit: Siamak Ebrahimi/Tasnim News (June 10, 2013) Iranian authorities should immediately stop censoring newspapers and news websites, […]
Even Iran’s Conservative Media Complain Of Filtering
Pro-reform Iranians have long complained about Iran’s filtering of the Internet and crackdown on online journalists and bloggers. Reformist and independent media have been the main target of the establishment’s Internet-control efforts that aim at disrupting the free flow of information. Yet reports in recent months suggest that conservative media, including blogs and news […]
Persecution, persecution, persecution!
“Life in Iran could be different nowadays – when, instead of restricting all kinds of rights, violating all kinds of rights and human values – the power brokers of the political elite would foster human rights and respect for diversity. But they are not interested to do so!” Speech during the 23rd session on […]
The stream of love and the adherence to ancient traditions
We live in the time of global communication with access to plenty of information and still we have so little knowledge on certain subjects or because we have access to plenty information we sometimes are confused by various interpretations and deliberate misinformation. This speech contains material that resulted from more than 20 years of […]
Gonabadi Dervish Sentenced to 3 Years Imprisonment
Gonabadi Dervish, Mostafa Abdi, sentenced to three years in prison by Tehran’s Revolutionary Court.According to Majzooban reporter, judge Abolqasem Salavati presiding over Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, Branch 15, has sentenced Mostafa Abdi to 3 years in prison on charges of “gathering and colluding to disturb national security,” under article 610 of the Islamic Penal Code.Mostafa […]
Nelson Mandela in hospital as South Africans pray
Prayers have been said in churches across South Africa for former President Nelson Mandela, who has spent a third night in hospital for treatment for a lung infection. Officials have provided no update since Saturday when his condition was described as serious but stable. However, the BBC’s Karen Allen in Pretoria says relatives who […]