Toronto, Ontario 16 December 2014- The International Center for Human Rights (ICHR) announced today that Mr. Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, received the ICHR’s prestigious human rights award for 2014. Although he is currently imprisoned the award recognizes his efforts to defend the right of Iranian Kurds under persecution. After a careful review of nominations, ICHR’s […]
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Activist in jail for nearly two months without charges
Iranian activist Mahdieh Golroo has been under temporary arrest since October 21 and has not been charged with any formal offence, her family and lawyer report. Golroo, a prominent women’s rights activist, was arrested in 2009 and released after 30 months in jail. She was arrested again about two months ago after she took […]
Minister says administration powerless to end house arrests
Iran’s Justice Minister says the administration has no jurisdiction over the opposition leaders’ continued house arrest, and this issue can only be decided by the National Security Council. ILNA reports that Mostafa PourMohammadi, referring to the house arrest of MirHosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra Rahnavard, said: “I have no particular responsibility regarding this […]
Government says Iran could cope without oil revenue
A spokesman for the Iranian government says the country can be managed without oil. Meanwhile, Iran’s revenues from oil were down by 11 percent in November. The Mehr News Agency reports that government spokesman Mohammad Bagher Nobakht referred to the fall in oil prices, saying: “Oil and oil products account for one third of […]
Reports of former administration’s corruption called “tip of iceberg”
The head of Iran’s Expediency Council said on Tuesday December 16 that the administration cannot fully report on the depth of the problems it has inherited from the former administration, adding that only “the tip of the iceberg of corruption” has been revealed so far. ISNA reports that Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani said that despite […]
Ex-U.S. Marine Held In Iran To Start Hunger Strike
The family of a former U.S. Marine imprisoned in Iran says he is going on a hunger strike. Sarah Hekmati said in an e-mail to the Associated Press that her brother, Amir, told the family by phone on December 16 about the hunger strike. Hekmati, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, was arrested in 2011 and […]
This week in human rights in Iran (December)
Political rights On November 30, Mehdi Karroubi, one of the leaders of the Green Movement, asked Ali Motahari to pursue his case in a public court. Motahari had recently expressed disagreement with the Supreme Leader over the treatment of Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi, labeling their ongoing house arrest since 2011 as unjust.On Student Day […]
Tensions, Slogans During Speech By Hard-Line ‘Kayhan’ Editor
Tensions were reported at a December 15 speech by Hossein Shariatmadari, the editor of the ultra-hard-line daily “Kayhan” who spoke at an event at Tehran University about the 2009 antigovernment protests. Iranian news agencies reported that students chanted against and in support of the feared Shariatmadari who claimed that the idea of imposing sanctions […]
Behnam Ebrahimzadeh Faces New Charges
A new case has been opened for Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, imprisoned labour activist, on charge of holding connection with Ahmad Shahid and one of the political groups, and he has been immediately taken to one of the wards in Rajai Shahr prison which belongs to prisoners with violent convictions. According to the report of Human […]
Human Rights Documents Lack Islamic Logic: Iran Official
Chief of the Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani complained about the Islamic logic’s exclusion from the international documents on human rights. The world needs a worldwide idea on human rights by taking into account the diverse cultures, Larijani said on Monday, addressing an international conference on the negative impacts of economic […]