The head of the Women’s Observation and Research affiliated with the Central Management of the Sister’s Religious Seminaries said, “The existence of an equal educational system for girls and boys will lead to a change in their sexual identity”.
Author: admin
Activist arrested on National Student Day
Iranian authorities arrested another student activist yesterday, as the country marked National Student Day.
CPJ Says Mideast Bad, Iran ‘Worst’ Journalist Jailer
The Committee To Protect Journalists (CPJ) says the number of journalists jailed around the world has increased to its highest level since the mid-1990s and Iran is “the world’s worst jailer.”
Egypt’s Islamists claim most seats in run-off vote
Reuters – The Muslim Brotherhood said on Wednesday it had won most seats in an opening round of run-offs in Egypt’s staggered parliamentary vote, consolidating its lead over rival liberals and hardline Salafi Islamists.
Women banned from working as secretaries in Bushehr offices
The Bushehr Governor cited the ban on the use of female secretaries for [company] managers and said, “The plan for gender segregation for office employees in Bushehr will be carried out”…
Issuing bail of several million tomans for Gonabadi Dervishes’s lawyers
Inspector of Gonabadi Dervishes’s lawyers has issued surety and bail for them which cost several hundred million tomans .
Mehdi Karrubi, Under House Arrest, Meets With His Family
Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi, who has been under house arrest for some 10 months, met with his family over the weekend.
Syria’s Assad denies he ordered crackdown
Reuters – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied ordering a crackdown against anti-government protesters, telling ABC News that most people who died in the unrest were his troops and supporters.
Milk and Sugar (On the Pretext of Religious Intellectualism )
It would appear that religious intellectualism has turned into a weight, otherwise they wouldn’t be sending their henchmen into the ring to knock it down.
Call for Solidarity with Iranian Women’s Movement: Coming Together with The Butterflies for Peace
The following statement has been endorsed by over 160 prominent Iranian women’s rights advocates, activists and scholars living abroad. This was meant to show solidarity with women’s rights activists inside Iran and echo their voices internationally.