The Mehr News Agency reports that in reaction to the U.S. blacklisting of additional companies due to their connections with Iran, the Iranian delegation has called a halt to technical talks in Vienna with the 5+1 over implementation of the earlier Geneva agreement and returned to Iran. Mehr quotes “an informed source” saying the […]
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Hepatitis statistics show long-term decline in Iran
The head of Iran’s Hepatitis Research Network reported on Saturday December 14 that 1.6 million people in Iran carry the hepatitis virus. ILNA reports that according to the statistics presented, 1.4 million suffer from hepatitis B and fewer than 200,000 have hepatitis C. The reports indicate that 30 years ago, over seven percent of […]
Amnesty International: Jailed journalist brothers sentenced
Brothers Khosro and Masoud Kordpour, both journalists from Iran’s Kurdish minority, were sentenced on 10 November to prison terms of respectively six years and three-and-a-half years. On 10 December Masoud Korpour wrote an open letter to the Iranian authorities demanding his and his brother’s release. On 10 November, the Mahabad Revolutionary Court in the […]
Amnesty International: Death row Kurds on hunger strike
URGENT ACTION DEATH ROW KURDS ON HUNGER STRIKE Six Sunni men from Iran’s Kurdish minority have been on hunger strike since 4 November, in protest at their death sentences and the conditions they are held in. All have been suffering health problems as a result. Jamshid Dehghani, his younger brother Jahangir Dehghani, Hamed Ahmadi, […]
Iranian Professor Publicly Refutes Government Claims on Human Rights
Tehran University Political Science Professor Sadegh Zibakalam publicly challenged Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani’s recent remarks stating that Western countries’ criticism of Iran’s human rights record is in opposition to Islam. “Contrary to what is routinely said, I believe the criticisms raised against us about human rights have nothing to do with […]
Tehran Says New U.S. Sanctions ‘Against Spirit’ Of Deal
Iran’s deputy foreign minister says new U.S. measures targeting individuals and companies for supporting Tehran’s nuclear program are “against the spirit” of a deal reached in Geneva last month. Abbas Araghchi, who is on Iran’s negotiating team, said on December 13 that his government is evaluating the situation after the United States the previous […]
UN Begins Fact-Finding Mission On Alleged Iran Rights Violations
The United Nations’ special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran has started a fact-finding mission that involves questioning members of the Iranian diaspora in European countries. Ahmed Shaheed on December 13 started a nine-day tour of Amsterdam, Berlin, and Paris to gather information about past and present rights abuses in Iran from […]
No Iranian Leader at the World’s Largest Gathering of Freedom Lovers
Even though Iran’s former two-time pro-reform president Mohammad Khatami failed to leave the country to attend Nelson Mandela’s memorial ceremony, president Hassan Rouhani too did not attend the gathering in Johannesburg – reported to have been the largest influx of world leaders – as nor did foreign minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif. Rouhani and Khatami did […]
Karoubi, Mousavi and Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela died on December 6th, 2013 while the whole world lauded him for his struggle for freedom and human values, not just for his country but for all humanity. Ever leader of the world has called him a great human being. Britain and the US lowered their national flags at half staff for […]
Speaking About Mandela
Nasrin Sotudeh It is not easy to talk about Mandela. But not just because of the pain he suffered during his 27 years of prison. It is hard to talk about him also because he spread great ideals around the world. These ideals were tested one by one in thought and deed as they […]