Hunger Strike Day 12 resulting in kidney & gastrointestinal bleeding. Hossein Ronaghi Maleki addressed a letter to President Rouhani. Part of the letter reads, “In the opinion of Your Excellency, who has given such comprehensive powers to the military, Intelligence and Security agencies, allowing them to take this land in their clutches and create […]
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Rohani vows government to be more inclusive of various groups
At the inauguration ceremony for Iran’s new administration, President Hassan Rohani announced that the executive will enlist the power of Iran’s ethnic and religious minorities as well the country’s women and youth. Iranian media report that the new president emphasized that all groups have equal rights in the eyes of the government and no official […]
Reza Akvanian under severe pressure in Evin prison
Reza Akvanian, writer and human rights activist who was accused of organizing protests, was detained across the parliament building on August 13 by security agents. He is held in Evin prison and under severe mental and physical pressure. According to CHRR, Reza Akvanian was among a group who were staging a peaceful sit-in in […]
Intensified Pressure On Political Prisoners Pezhman Zafarmand And Akbar Amini To Force Confessions
Father of political prisoner Pezhman Zafarmand said his son contacted the family. He is still in solitary confinement at Ward 240 of Evin prison and is under psychological pressure to extract a false confession. Zafarmand has not been permitted a family visit yet and has only had two phone contacts since his arrest. According […]
CIA Admits It Was Behind Iran’s Coup
Well that only took six decades. The CIA has finally admitted its participation in a 1953 coup that ousted Iran’s prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. The U.S.- and British-orchestrated coup influenced years of anti-American sentiment. Now, almost 60 years to the day later, the CIA released a version of “The Battle for Iran” internal […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (17/08/2013)
Reactions to the violation of Human Rights in Iran1. On Friday the 9 August, Hossein Ronaghi, a political prisoner and blogger, retstarted a hunger in protest of his poor condition in prison. The mother of this political prisoner expressed her concerns about her son’s hunger strike to the International Campaign for Human Rights in […]
Aftershocks Of Iran’s 1953 Coup Still Felt Around The World, 60 Years Later
Sixty years ago, on August 15, 1953, Iranian military officers backed by U.S. and British intelligence agencies initiated a coup d’etat whose aftershocks can still be felt around the globe. The coup toppled Iran’s first democratically elected government and its popular prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, and is widely credited with fueling the hostility against […]
New foreign minister promises active role for Iran
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s new foreign minister, says the events in Egypt will be at the top of his ministry’s agenda. The Mehr News Agency quotes Zarif saying that maximum consultation must take place to prevent further spilling of blood and to allow the peaceful coming together of different groups in Egypt. Zarif said […]
Parliament rejects three of Rohani’s proposed ministers
Three of Hassan Rohani’s proposed cabinet members have been rejected by the Iranian Parliament. Mohammadali Najafi, Jafar Mili Monfared and Masoud Soltanifar, who were respectively proposed for the ministries of education, science and sports, failed to receive majority votes in Parliament and will not join Rohani’s cabinet. At a parliamentary session that stretched into […]
Hunger-striking prisoner in poor health, says mother
Abolfazl Abedini, an Iranian political prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 20 days, is in grave health, his mother reports. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports that Abedini’s mother visited him on Wednesday August 14 and saw his severe weight loss. She reports that he has refused to end his […]