The Setareh Sobh weekly has been shut down by order of the Culture and Media Court for publishing Ali Motahari’s letter to the Head of the Judiciary demanding action on the house arrest of opposition leaders. Motahari, a Tehran MP, has been calling for an end to the house arrest of opposition leaders MirHosein […]
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Activists call for protection of Tehran gardens
A group of protesters gathered in front of Tehran City Hall to protest the destruction of Tehran’s gardens and orchards. The group called on the mayor to explain why no money has been budgeted for the coming year to protect gardens and orchards in the capital. The group also challenged the destruction of Madar […]
Industrial waste in Rasht polluting local waterways
Sewage and toxic waste from the Rasht Industrial District has been pouring untreated into the Anzali Lagoon and other rivers in Gilan for decades, as the city of Rasht still lacks an adequate sewage system. The head of the Gilan Department of the Environment says the Zarjoub and Gohar Roud Rivers, Anzali Lagoon and […]
MPs Move to Permanently Ban Journalists Connected to Shuttered Publications
A few days after the Iranian Judiciary ordered the reformist Mardom-e Emrooz newspaper banned, ultra conservative members of the Iranian Parliament are working on legislation to permanently ban journalists who have worked for reformist publications that were shut down by the authorities. The measure is meant to ensure that such journalists will not resurface […]
Afshin Karampour’s Medical Care Also Unfinished, Transfer of Three Dervishes’ Rights Activists to Prison in Less than One Week
Afshin Karampour, also, has been returned to the jail following the command of the prosecutor of Tehran; so, the trend of his medical care has been incomplete. Thus, less than one week three jailed activists of dervishes’ rights without any medical discharges have been sent back to prison, respectively.A report by Majzooban Noor […]
Half of Lung of Mostafa Daneshjou Incapacitated
According to the news sources of Gonabadi dervishes in Iran, Mostafa Daneshjou, the jailed lawyer and human rights activist by the order of the prosecutor of Tehranhas been sent back to prison without medical discharge, despite poor health.A report by Majzooban Noor, a news source closed to Gonabadi Dervishes, said that based on the […]
This week in human rights in Iran; 3
Activists’ rights In general, Iranian human rights groups are reporting that there has been a new wave of arrests of activists in Iran in recent months.A Revolutionary Court judge has threatened to transfer imprisoned civil and children’s rights activist Atena Daemi to Gharchak Prison unless she admits having contact with Ahmad Shaheed, the United Nations […]
Iranian Foreign Minister Summoned To Explain Walk With Kerry
Iranian state media reported on January 25 that parliament has summoned Foreign Minister Javid Zarif to appear and explain his recent stroll with U.S. counterpart John Kerry during nuclear negotiations in Geneva. Zarif, who leads Tehran’s talks with the so-called P5+1 group of nations (Britain, China, France, Russia, and the United States, plus Germany), […]
MPs slam Zarif for walking with U.S. state secretary
A number of Iranian MPs have challenged foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for strolling with his U.S. counterpart in the streets of Geneva. IRNA reports that 21 MPs have written to the minister asking for explanations for “two diplomatic errors”. “Your symbolic stroll with the U.S. Secretary of State and your trip to France […]
Monthly Report – A Review of the Human Rights Situation in Iran/ December 2014/ January 2015
The following is a monthly report summarizing the human rights status in Iran in December 2014/ January 2015 (Solar calendar month of Dey). This report has been prepared by the Office of Statistics and Publications of the Human Rights Activists Association of Iran. Considering the ongoing suppression and ban on independent human rights activist […]