The International Center for Human Rights (ICHR) announced today that Mr. Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, Iranian political leader and prisoner, is receiving a prestigious human rights award from ICHR for his human rights activities. Five other prisoners also won the awards in the realms of student, labour, culture, human rights and legal advocacy. The International Center […]
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Iran to install security cameras in classrooms to further control students
Fatemeh Qorban, the aid to the Minister of Education for Elementary School Education said, “Currently we use closed circuit cameras [security cameras] in school cafeterias and public places to control students but in the future these cameras will be taken inside of classrooms to better control educational actions in the classrooms”. (ISNA state-run News […]
Ship carrying asylum seekers sinks off Indonesia; more than 200 people missing
The Washington Post – Rescuers battled high waves Sunday as they searched for 200 asylum seekers still missing after their wooden ship sank off Indonesia’s main island of Java. So far only 33 people have been plucked alive from the choppy waters.
Moulana Rumi sayings and quotes
About Religion and God Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged.
South Korea announces new sanctions on Iran
SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea Friday joined a fresh multinational effort to press Iran to scrap its suspected nuclear weapons programme, adding more than 100 names to a financial blacklist of Iranian firms and individuals.
German trade with Iran shows sanctions hit—and miss
Wall St Journal – When the United Nations Security Council blacklisted Iran’s Sepanir Oil & Gas Engineering Co. last year, the company’s main German intermediary terminated their trading relationship, the German firm says—an apparent victory for international sanctions.
Russian Customs Seize Iran-Bound Radioactive Material
The Russian customs service says it has seized radioactive material in the luggage of a passenger bound for Tehran at a Moscow airport.
On International Human Rights Day, Norwegians Support Sotoudeh
To mark the occasion of Human Rights Day, dozens of Iranians gathered in outside of the location Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremony in Oslo, demanding the freedom of political prisoners such as Nasrin Sotoudeh.
Revolutionary Guard Confiscated Confidential Footage to Fabricate Film, Says Nourizad
Following the release of a private and confidential film about his personal life, renowned filmmaker and journalist Mohammad Nourizad spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the illegality of its release.
Student Activist Expelled for “Disobedience”
According to a source who spoke to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, women’s rights and student activist Setareh Elyasi has been expelled from university.