Despite reassurances from the Ministry of Health, water supply experts still maintain that the case of polluted water in Tehran is not closed and needs further investigation Last week, the head of Tehran Health and City Services announced that the capital’s tap water has a high level of nitrites and must not be used […]
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Tehran transit drivers protest over housing subsidy
Tehran’s transit bus drivers gathered in protest on Monday November 24 in front of Tehran City Hall to grieve the mishandling of their benefits. Two hundred Sherkat-e Vahed bus drivers maintain that they were supposed to receive a one-time subsidy to pruchase housing but the fund has been mishandled, ILNA reports. According to the […]
Iran Nuclear Talks Extended Until July
Iran and six world powers have agreed to extend talks on Tehran’s nuclear program after failing to seal a deal before a midnight deadline on November 24. Diplomats said that under the terms of limited agreements reached after six days of high-level talks in Vienna, a political accord is to be completed by March […]
Mohammad Ali Taheri on Hunger Strike to Protest Three Years of Solitary Confinement
A student of Mohammad Ali Taheri, the founder of Interuniversal Consciousness Theory, who has been in prison since 2011, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Taheri has embarked on a dry hunger strike (refusing both food and water) since last week to protest 3.5 years in solitary confinement inside the […]
Authorities Use National Security Charges to Punish Ghavami for Attending Sporting Event
Message to Women to Not Challenge Gender Restrictions On November 23, 2014, Ghoncheh Ghavami was released from prison after posting bail of one hundred million toman ($35,000). She was released after a lower court issued a one-year prison sentence and a two-year travel ban for “propaganda against the state” and other national security-related charges […]
Some optimism shown as nuclear talks move into overtime
The sixth meeting between the Iranian foreign minister, the EU’s top nuclear negotiator, Catherine Ashton, and U.S. State Secretary John Kerry ended on a positive note in Vienna, and some reports indicate the negotiations will continue for another 48 hours. The Austrian News Agency reported on Sunday November 23 that according to Ashton, there […]
Security forces stop ceremony for slain dissidents
Islamic Republic security forces prevented the commemoration ceremony for Daryoosh and Parveneh Forouhar and arrested a number of attendees. The sixteenth anniversary of the death of the couple was to be commemorated on Saturday November 22 at their home, where they were stabbed to death by assailants who entered under the guise of students […]
Qavami on bail until appeal court reviews sentence
Activist Ghoncheh Qavami has been released on bail from Evin Prison in Tehran. Qavami was recently sentenced to one year in jail and a two-year ban on traveling abroad for the charge of “propaganda against the regime”. Qavami was first arrested for trying to enter a stadium with a group of women to watch […]
Students received heavy punishments by Disciplinary Committee
Mohammad (Koroush) Tavangar and Mohsen Moslehi, two students at Shahr-e-Kord University received heavy punishment from the Disciplinary Committee because they expressed their mind and believes at the “Freedom of thinking seat” summit. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), two students at Shahr-e-Kord University received heavy disciplinary sentences from the […]
Zibakalam: The Resolution of the Nuclear Issue Will Help Human Rights Conditions
In Exclusive Interview With RoozBy Sara Samavati As the November 24th deadline for nuclear talks between Iran and the so called P5+1 major powers draws near, Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani’s latest remarks speak of optimism if the West reduces its demands while the British foreign minister Philip Hammond is not “optimistic” about the talks […]