Following previous reports, it is with much regret to inform you that Lawyers Disciplinary Tribunal of Iran suspended Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh’s licence. She is barred from practicing law for three years. Nasrin Sotoudeh was previously convicted to six years imprisonment due to her work in defending political defendants and prisoners of conscience. She has […]
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Acid attacks on women highlight political divisions
Media coverage of protests against the throwing of acid and other violence against women in Isfahan and Tehran was met with resistance from government bodies, even as President Hassan Rohani called for swift action against those who throw acid. The Kaleme opposition website reports that photojournalist Arya Jafari, who heads the ISNA photo department […]
Dousing Acid in Isfahan and Tracing its Origins in Tehran: A brief look at plain-clothes agents’ dousing acid on Dr. Saberi’s car
Not long after hearing about plain-clothes agents’ dousing acid on the car of Dr. Saberi, a Nematollahi Gonabadi Sufi and university lecturer, on 13, Mehr (October, 5, 2014), did the issue of dousing acid on women in Isfahan hit the headlines. The day after two motor cyclists pursued Dr. Saberi and doused acid on […]
Iran Executes Woman For Killing Ex-Intelligence Officer
Iranian authorities have hanged a 26-year-old woman for the murder of a former intelligence official. Iran’s official IRNA news agency quoted the Tehran prosecutor’s office as saying Reyhaneh Jabbari was hanged at dawn on October 25. A Facebook page, “Save Reyhaneh Jabbari From Execution In Iran,” that campaigned for her release confirmed her execution. […]
Rohani assigns ministries to solve acid-throwing problem
President Rohani expressed serious concern regarding incidents of acid throwing in Isfahan, ordering the ministries of the interior, intelligence and justice to identify the perpetrators and keep citizens safe. IRNA reports that a cabinet meeting on Thursday October 23 culminated with an announcement of the president’s mission for the three ministries. Massoumeh […]
Forward to the Epistle of Zulfaqar (About Forbiddance of Opium Smoking)
Forward to the Epistle of Zulfaqar(About Forbiddance of Opium Smoking)Written by Haj Mulla Ali Nour Ali Shah Gonabadi IntroductionIn Irfan-e-Iran; a journal on mysticism, Vol. 8 (spring 2001), a book named Zulfaqar (About Forbiddance of Opium Smoking) written by His Holiness Haj Mullah Ali Nour Ali Shah Gonabadi was introduced. The book was recently (winter […]
Hundreds Of Iranians Protest Acid Attacks
Large crowds numbering in the hundreds have demonstrated in Tehran and Isfahan against several recent acid attacks on women that apparently occurred because they were not properly veiled. Hundreds gathered in front of the parliament building in Tehran on October 22, while eyewitnesses said hundreds came to the Justice Ministry building in Isfahan, the […]
Sotoudeh: Acid Attacks on Women Show “Plan to Promote Virtue” Must Stop
Following a spate of violent attacks on women in Iran, in which unidentified perpetrators have thrown acid in the faces of women in the city of Isfahan for their alleged improper hijab (the Islamic dress code for women), prominent human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that […]
Thousands Of Iranians Protest Acid Attacks
Thousands of Iranians have demonstrated in Tehran and Isfahan against several recent acid attacks against women accused of not being “properly veiled.” Hundreds gathered in front of the parliament building in Tehran, while eyewitnesses said a few thousand came to the Justice Ministry building in Isfahan, the central-western city where the acid attacks took […]
EU Representative: People Have Lost Hope In Rouhani’s Promises
Rooz talked with EU representative Marietje Schaake who recently visited Iran and participated in the award-giving ceremony for Iranian human rights attorney Nasrin Sotudeh. Ms. Schaake said that if the nuclear talks currently underway between Iran and the P5+1 did not result in “an accepted settlement” of the issue, then a serious crisis would […]