United Nations human rights experts are calling on Iran to halt what they call an “abrupt surge” in hangings in the country since the start of 2014. The call is contained in a joint statement from the UN special rapporteur for human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and the UN special rapporteur on summary […]
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Rohani declares Syrian talks likely to fail
Iranian President Hassan Rohani said on Wednesday January 22 that he does not see much hope for success at the Geneva 2 conference aimed at resolving the Syrian conflict. Rohani, who spoke prior to his flight to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, said today: “With the current signals, we have little hope […]
Petrochemical workers stop work over banned representative
Workers at the Fajr Petrochemical Plant refused to work on Tuesday January 21 after management refused to allow the workers’ representative to enter the plant premises. Abbas Rezai, the workers’ representative, spoke to the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA) last October about worker protests. According to an unidentified worker, management was angered by Rezai’s […]
Final version of Iranian rights charter expected next month
The Rohani administration has announced that the newly drafted Carter of Citizens’ Rights will be finalized by the end of February. IRNA reports that the public still has the opportunity to submit ideas regarding the draft, adding that more than a thousand emails about the charter have been sent in so far, and they […]
China to Help Iran Implement Its Closed National Internet
The Islamic Republic of Iran and China have reportedly reached an agreement to begin cooperating on Internet operations, aiming to implement Iran’s “National Information Network,” according to a report on the website of Iran’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Nasrollah Jahangard, head of Iran’s Information Technology Organization, is quoted in the report saying […]
Human Rights Watch: Abuses Persist Under New Government
Iranians are facing serious rights abuses, despite President Hassan Rouhani’s numerous promises to respect people’s rights following his June 14, 2013, electoral victory, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2014.Authorities have released some prominent political prisoners but executions continued at high rates. Officials continued to detain many civil society activists and leading […]
Kasra Nouri’s Family Visits Him in Nezam Prison for 1st Time
Yesterday morning on 1 Bahman 1392 ( Jan 21, 2014) the family of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish, blogger and Dervish rights activist, Kasra Nouri visited him for the first time since he has been transferred to the No. 2 prison in Fars province known as Nezam prison.According to Majzooban Noor, they were allowed to have […]
Rohani administration puts minority language education on agenda
The Iranian president’s special aide for ethnic and religious minorities’ affairs has announced that the education of ethnic minorities in their mother tongue is on the government’s agenda. Ali Younesi told Mehr News Agency on Monday January 20 that a meeting was held with the minister of education, and it was agreed that a […]
EU drops some sanctions against Iran
The European Union announced that it has dropped a series of sanctions against Iran following news from the IAEA that Iran has implemented its part of the Geneva agreement and suspended its uranium enrichment at the 20 percent level. A statement released by the EU foreign ministers in Brussels says: “As part of the […]
As Sanctions Are Relaxed, Western Businesses Look To Iran
The easing of sanctions on Tehran that has just taken effect is sending Western companies rushing to seek new business opportunities in Iran. A group of senior French executives, including from the energy and automotive sectors, is heading to Tehran early next month. They follow a delegation of British lawmakers who visited this month. […]