A new United Nations resolution warning member states about their responsibility to protect the health of their citizens against electromagnetic waves, including satellite jamming signals, was approved at the UN’s Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s Plenipotentiary Conference which took place between October 20 and November 7, 2014, in Busan, South Korea (Resolution 176, pg. 277). The […]
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MP complains of thwarted speech about house arrests
Two days after Parliament fell into turmoil when Tehran representative Ali Motahari took the stand to speak out against house arrests, Motahari has issued a statement condemning his treatment in Parliament. This comes as a number of MPs announced their plan to hold a demonstration against Motahari following this week’s Friday Mass Prayers. ILNA reports […]
Khabar-on-line rebuked for blog posting about corruption
The Iranian judiciary announced that the Khabar-on-line website has been charged with provoking public anxiety by publishing an article about corruption in the Revolutionary Guards Corps. The Deputy Prosecutor General told the Fars News Agency on January 13 that the Cyber Crimes Supervisory Committee has acted very leniently by merely giving a warning to […]
Iran denounces Charlie Hebdo’s latest depiction of Prophet
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has spoken out against the cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad on the latest cover of Charlie Hebdo, declaring that in the West there is abuse of freedom of speech. The Fars News Agency reports that on Wednesday January 14, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said that Iran firmly condemns any terrorist […]
Official Claims of Smart Internet Filtering Overblown, but Efforts to Monitor Users Grow
Despite recent claims by state officials that the government has developed the ability to selectively block “inappropriate and illegal” content and that smart filtering would be installed on the country’s Internet gateways, and their assertion that they have already implemented such smart filtering on social networks such as Instagram, research by the International Campaign […]
Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh on the State of Human Rights in Iran
Nasrin Sotoudeh, the Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, was jailed in Iran from 2010 to 2013 for the charge of “acting against national security”. During her imprisonment, she went on several hunger strikes to force the authorities to accept her legitimate demands. Her second hunger strike, which lasted 49 days, was aimed at lifting […]
Parliament erupts over talk of detained opposition leaders
Iranian Parliament fell into turmoil when Ali Motahari stood up to question the house arrest of MirHosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra Rahnavard, and the session was finally brought to an end by the order of the deputy speaker. Ali Motahari began his speech saying “I consider the house arrest of Mousavi, Karroubi and […]
Security Forces Prevent Sunni Friday Congregational Prayers
Iranian security forces barred Sunni worshipers from entering a Sunni prayer site in Tehran on Friday 9 January 2015, preventing them from holding congregational Friday prayers. According to the report published by “Saham” Website, security forces were deployed Friday morning in the Pounak neighborhood of Tehran, where they blocked roads leading to the Sunni […]
In Memory of His Holiness Noor Ali Shah Gonabadi
His noble name was Ali and spiritual title (Nour Ali Shah), son of His Holiness Sultan Ali Shah, born in Baydukht; his illustrious birth date was on the 17th Rabi- a-thani 1284 AHL. His mother was the daughter of the late Hajj Mulla Ali Baydukhti who, father after father were famous for their knowledge […]
Iran’s Rohani Condemns Violence Committed In Name Of Islam
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has denounced violence committed in the name of Islam, in an apparent reference to a deadly attack on the office of a French satirical newspaper. Iranian media quote Rohani as saying those who carry out extremist acts in the name of religion or Islam “provoke Islamophobia.” Rohani appeared to be […]