Mostafa Danshjou a lawyer of Gonabai Dervishes, who has been suffering from serious complications from a lung infection, that whose family has been striving a lot to warn the officials about his condition, two days ago, at the morning, was sent to the hospital but then has been returned with no medical attention.Based on […]
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Iran arrests 16 Sunni converts at Qur’an class in Ahwaz
16 Sunni converts from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority were arrested on Monday during a Qur’an class in the Shekara district of Ahwaz city, Iran. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the men were arrested after Iranian security forces raided the house of one of the men, Mohammad Timas Silawi, […]
Iran allows rights rapporteurs to visit country
Islamic Republic authorities have accepted a request to let two UN Human Rights rapporteurs visit Iran in the coming year. The deputy of the Iranian judiciary, who attended the Human Rights meetings in Geneva along with the Iranian delegation, told the Fars and Nasim news agencies: “We have agreed that two UN rapporteurs […]
Iran announces plan to accommodate female fans in sports facilities
The Iranian Ministry of Sports has reacted to public pressure and announced it has plans to designate a section of stadiums to female spectators. The ministry’s deputy for women’s sports, Robab Shahrian, told ISNA that the ministry will implement a new plan designating specific areas in stadiums for women to attend all athletic events. Shahrian […]
Rohani lauds new transparency rules for government spending
President Hassan Rohani’s communications adviser announced that blocking cellphone social networking websites has not been approved, adding that on Wednesday November 12, cabinet adopted new regulations to allow free access to information regarding government spending. President Rohani referred to the new regulations, saying: “In a democratic system, the public has the right to be […]
Ebadi Says No Change To Iran’s Human Rights Record
Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi says human rights in Iran are bad or even worse under President Hassan Rohani than they were under former President Mahmud Ahmadinejad. Ebadi said the difference is that Ahmadinejad worked to limit human rights, while Rohani has vowed to ease restrictions of expression and eliminate discrimination against women […]
Administration reports no progress in probe of acid attacks
The president’s adviser on women’s affairs announced today that there has been no progress in the investigations regarding acid assaults on women in Isfahan. Shahindokht Molaverdi told reporters that the ministers of the interior, intelligence and justice have delivered their reports to the president. She added that the reports indicate there are “no clues” […]
Rohani administration called powerless to end house arrests
President Rohani’s adviser Ali Younesi says the administration does not have the authority to end the house arrest of opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi, adding: “We can only try to lay grounds for their release.” Speaking to reporters on Tuesday November 11 on the sidelines of the Media Fair in […]
Advisor of President: Dervishes’ issue is being solved
Ali Younesi, advisor of president on tribal affairs and minorities, in a brief interview with reporters in the press exhibition, said that the dervishes’ issue is being solved.Based on Majzooban Noor, the former minister of information, in his short words and no more explanations, did not determine any specific date to solve what he called […]
Officials linked to Kahrizak deaths must return to court
Saeed Mortazavi and Ali Akbar Heydarifar, two of the judiciary officials linked to the torture and death of detainees in Kahrizak Prison in 2009 have been summoned to court once again because of renewed complaints filed by Abdolhossein Ruholamini, father of Mohsen Ruholamini, one of the victims. ISNA reports that according to Ali Akbar […]