November 19, 2014—The Rouhani administration should use all its authority to end the government’s initiatives to restrict Iranians’ access to the Internet, immediately cease state efforts to monitor users’ online accounts, and end the prosecution of individuals for their peaceful online activities, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. In a […]
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Gonabadi Dervish Charged with “Acting against National Security by Liking and Sharing Posts on Facebook
A Gonabadi Dervish was charged with “acting against national security” and “disturbing public opinion”, by “Liking” a news article posted by Human Rights Activists News Agency and sharing two poster on facebook about “Gonabadi Dervishes gathering” and “Black Thursday” attack on political prisoners in Ward 350 of Evin Prison.According to Majzooban Noor, based on […]
Respect Ethnic Groups and Their Culture
Sunni Cleric Molavi AbdolHamid Writes to the Head of IRIB The Friday Imam of the town of Zahidan in Iran’s Sunni-populated province of Sistan and Baluchistan, Molavi AbdolHamid sent a letter to the new director of the state-run national radio and television organization (IRIB) calling on him to respect the culture and dress of […]
Iran Lawmakers Reject Rohani’s Science Minister Nominee
Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament has rejected President Hassan Rohani’s nominee for science minister over his pro-reform tendencies. The parliament on November 18 overwhelmingly voted against the candidacy of Fakhroddin Ahmadi Danesh Ashtiani, who has called himself an “independent” figure and promised to appoint new faces as his deputies. Ashtiani, 59, had served as deputy science […]
Iran Links Jailed Iranian-British Woman To Opposition
Iran’s judiciary says a jailed Iranian-British woman has officially been charged because of her links to the opposition, not for attending a volleyball match. ISNA news agency quoted on November 18 a statement by the Tehran’s prosecutor’s office as saying Ghoncheh Ghavami was active in opposition protests abroad. It also said Ghavami was in […]
Ex-Prosecutor ‘Disbarred Over Iran Protester Deaths’
Iranian media report that the country’s supreme court has disbarred a former chief prosecutor of Tehran over his role in the death of at least three jailed antigovernment protesters in 2009. Saeed Mortazavi, an ally of former hard-line conservative President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, was also suspended from public office for five years, reports said on […]
MP slams steady rejection of Rohani’s proposed ministers
Iranian MP Ali Motahari criticized the general resistance to President Rohani’s choices for education minister, saying Parliament cannot dictate the appointment of ministers. In an interview with the Etemad daily on Sunday November 16, Motahari said parliamentarians today want to choose the minister of education, even though the legal procedure is that the administration […]
Viber, Instagram sites to be “cleansed” instead of blocked
After reports by the Iranian administration that the Viber and Instagram websites will not be blocked, despite a push by Iranian hardliners, a member of the Working Group to Determine Criminal Content in Cyber Space has been quoted as saying that the content of these social networking sites will be “cleansed.” ISNA reports that […]
Tehran Hosts Funeral For Popular Iranian Singer
The funeral of Iranian pop star Morteza Pashaei brought thousands of mourners into the streets of Tehran on November 16. Photographs and videos of Pashaei’s funeral showed large crowds of fans crying and holding his portrait while the coffin, draped with the Iranian flag, was carried from the capital’s Vahdat Hall venue toward a […]
By Interference of Security Institutions, a Gonabadi Dervish Was Dismissed from his Job
A Gonabadi Dervish, from Fars province was expelled from Kavar’s Pasargad iron foundry.According to Majzooban Noor, Mr. Salim Pourfarjam, a resident of Kavar county in Fars province who has worked for years at the Kavar’s Pasargad iron foundry, after receiving repeatedly summons from security agencies for interrogation, was fired and removed from work by […]