The head of Iran’s nuclear program is expected on November 11 to finalize a deal with Russia to build two nuclear power plants. Ali Akbar Salehi is due to sign the agreement during a scheduled visit to Moscow. According to Iranian media reports, the two nuclear plants would be built by Russia near Iran’s […]
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Iran slams EU renewing sanctions on University
The Iranian judiciary’s Human Rights Commission has denounced the European Union’s decision to once again impose sanctions on one of Iran’s top universities, Sanati Sharif, describing it as a “violation of international rights.” IRNA reports that the Human Rights Commission has issued a statement claiming the EU move is a sanction on science and […]
Minister blocks release of film about expelled student
After persistent pressure from conservative factions in Parliament, the Ministry of Culture and Guidance announced that Reza Darmishian film, I am not Angry was finally blocked from screening through direct intervention of the Culture Minister Ali Jannati. The spokesman for the ministry told the Shargh daily that although official orders to make changes to […]
Son of Sunni shaykh arrested & taken to unknown location
Najeeb Raisi, the son of a Sunni scholar in Iran, was arrested by plain-clothed officers from the Iranian security forces on 5 November 2014, before being taken to an unknown location. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Najeeb is the son of Shaykh Dost Mohammad Raisi, the Imam of […]
Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2014 (November 2014)
03.11.2014 – ISNA photographer released on bail Reporters Without Borders has learned that Arya Jafari, a photographer with the ISNA news agency, was released on bail on 1 November. Plainclothesmen arrested him after searching his home in Isfahan on 23 October because he covered a demonstration by about 100 people outside the lawcourts in […]
Reporters Without Borders: Acid attacks on women – new grounds for harassing journalists
Embarrassed by a public outcry about a spate of acid attacks on women in the central city of Isfahan since the start of October, the Iranian authorities have been threatening news media and arresting journalists and netizens. After at least seven women had been the victims of acid attacks, scores of demonstrators gathered outside […]
Acid Attacks On Girls’ Faces, The First Pace For Enjoining Good
Defenders for Human Rights Centre Publishes Report on Iran’s Human Rights Situation in Month of Mehr 1393: Acid attacks on young women; a precursor to enforcement of “Enjoining Good, Proscribing Vice” Law Friday 2 Aban 1393, 24 October 2014 In continuation of its monthly reports, the Defenders for Supporters of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), […]
Attorneyship Bill Challenges the Independence of Lawyers
The Government’s recent decision to resume the process of adopting the Formal Attorneyship Bill, by presenting it to the parliament, has reignited concerns among Iranian lawyers and jurists over the potential impact of the proposed bill in further undermining the independence of lawyers in Iran. In my October 2012 report to the UN General […]
Iran prepares to launch more selective internet censorship
The Ministry of Communications announced on Sunday November 9 that within six months it will implement “smart filtering” on the internet. Communications Minister Mahmoud Vaezi announced that the first step of this “smart filtering” will be implemented within a month. Smart filtering is supposed to be a more targeted form of censorship that blocks […]
Basij forces given go ahead to enforce hijab compliance
Iranian Parliament has approved a bill allowing Basij forces to give verbal warnings to people in public regarding their compliance with the Islamic dress code. ISNA reports that the Basij organization now has official permission to proceed to the “verbal warning” level in enforcing the Islamic dress code in public. The Rohani administration has […]