The U.S.-based rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Iranian civil society has been subjected to a “campaign of repression” since the contested reelection of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad in 2009.
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Cleric wants protesters barred from election
Senior Cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati says those who protested against the 2009 presidential election result in Iran should not be allowed to participate in the 2013 election.
Iranians to pay much more for electricity
Iran’s deputy power minister warns electricity rates will skyrocket in the coming year, because the current prices can no longer be sustained.
UN Nuclear Inspectors Visit Iran, Seek Access to Parchin Military Base
The delegation headed by Herman Nackaerts, the deputy head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has expressed hope that the group will be allowed to visit Parchin Military Base, a point of recent dispute with Iran.
An Insider Father And His ‘Deviant’ Son
They are like day and night. Ayatollah Abolghassem Khazali is an insider. He is a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, the body that is tasked with monitoring the work of the country’s supreme leader, Mr Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Sattar Beheshti’s 40th Day Passing Memorial Services Raided, His Mother Beaten And Injured
Attendees at Sattar Beheshti’s 40th day passing memorial services were beaten and several were arrested.
Dervishes are accused to Moharebeh by the regime
Wednesday December 12th of 2012 Six dervishes of the city of Kavar have been appealed to the second section of the revolutionary- court of Shiraz.
A Letter From Prison: Interrogator Told Wife of Political Prisoner to Divorce Husband
In a letter addressed to Sadeq Larijani, Head of the Iranian Judiciary, political prisoner Abolfazl Ghadyani asks him to stop the Intelligence Ministry interrogators’ “harassment and the corruption” of the families of political prisoners. The letter, published on Kaleme website on Tuesday, December 11, directly addresses the interrogator of […]
No Celebration of 2012 World Human Rights Day in Iran
Every year on December 10, countries around the world honor World Human Rights Day. This year, the United Nation’s focus was the right to all people “to make their voices heard in public life and be included in political decision-making.
Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi – winners of the 2012 Sakharov Prize
Two Iranian activists, lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and film director Jafar Panahi, are this year’s joint winners of the European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. They were chosen by President Schulz and political group leaders.