During one of the most “alarming” months under jurisprudence in Iran, as 40 executions were carried out in the region since the start of the new year in 2014, jailed activist Maryam Shafi’Pour is still waiting for a stay on her case of incarceration. Shafi’Pour has been imprisoned since July 2010, outline human rights […]
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Part 1-2-3 – Introducing Sufism & Gnosticism in a simplified language by Dr Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh
Published on Jan 23, 2014Part 1 – Introducing Sufism & Gnosticism in a simplified language by Dr Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh.Being introduced to Sufism and Gnosticism; in the coming programs we aim to discuss and explore the area on Sufism and Gnosticism.The focus of this program is to identify in depth the discovery of the […]
Shirin Ebadi: Untold truths about the nuclear issue
A new round of “Zamaneh Debate” will take place on February 15 in Amsterdam with Shirin Ebadi, Sohrab Razaghi and Mehran Mostafavi focussing on the nuclear issue. In anticipation of the event, Zamaneh interviewed Ms. Ebadi, Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate and legal expert and the force behind the National Dialogue on Nuclear Energy, an […]
English Translation of Draft Citizenship Rights Charter
Full English text of the Draft Citizenship Rights Charter proposed by President Hassan Rouhani and widely circulated for feedback By UN Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed and the Human Rights in Iran Unit at the City University of New York – Brooklyn College. Download Full Text PDF Translated by the Human Rights in Iran Unit at […]
Student Activist Released for Five-Day Furlough After 55 Months in Jail
After 55 months in prison, most of which has been spent in exile, Iranian student activist Zia Nabavi was released on bail of approximately $168,000 for a five-day furlough today, a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Zia Nabavi is a former member of the Babol Industrial University Islamic Association, […]
Ill Journalist Could Be Released from Prison Under New Penal Code
A source close to the family of imprisoned Iranian journalist Kayvan Samimi, 65, who has been hospitalized since November, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the new Islamic Penal Code allows for his release, adding that his family hopes he can be released as soon as possible. “Mr. Samimi suffers […]
“Stop the executions” – UN rights experts alarmed at the sharp increase in hangings in Iran
The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and on summary executions, Christof Heyns, today called on the Government of Iran to urgently halt the abrupt surge in hangings in the country since the start of 2014. “We are dismayed at the continued application of the death […]
FIFA stops National Team from sporting Iranian Cheetah on World Cup shirts
A campaign by environmental activists to raise awareness of the endangered Iranian Cheetah by putting its image on the shirts of Iran’s national football team for the upcoming World Cup has been rejected by the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA). The Iranian Football Federation has received a letter from FIFA stating that it […]
U.S. State Department’s Spokesman Makes Gesture Toward Iranian Opposition
The U.S. State Department’s Persian-language spokesman Alan Eyre has sent condolences via Facebook over the death of one of the sisters of opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi. In a message in Persian posted with a picture of Karrubi, Eyre writes that it was with “with deepest regret” that he found out about the death of […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (21-01-2014)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran1. Ali Asghar-Faani, the Minister of Education, in a letter to the head of the Judiciary requested pardon of a number of teachers who are currently in detention, due to upcoming events in the near future.2. In its annual report for 2013, the international organisation “Open Doors” stated […]