On the occasion of the inauguration of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran, Amnesty International is calling on the authorities to seize the opportunity to break with decades of human rights violations and pervasive impunity. To this end, the organization is presenting a ‘human rights agenda for change’. Since the 1979 Islamic […]
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Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (09/08/2013)
Reactions to the violation of Human Rights in Iran 1. Mahmood Fazli, Shahram Radmehr, Ayat (Yorosh) Mehr-Ali Bigloo, Latif Hosseini and Behbood Gholi-Zadeh are five political activists from East Azerbaijan who have gone on a hunger strike since Saturday 13th July in protest against their sentences of nine years imprisonment. It has been 21 […]
Letter from Evin Prison to Ahvaz Prison
Hossein Ronaghi expresses his support in a letter to his former cellmate Abolfazl Abedini who went on a hunger strike over 2 weeks ago when he was without warning transferred from Evin to Karoon prison. Hossein Ronaghi went on hunger strike on August 9. Following is the letter written by Hossein Ronaghi to Abolfazl […]
Mr. Rouhani, please hear our voices!
Mansoureh Behkish’s open letter to Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani On Saturday, August 3, 2013, you were confirmed as the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran and subsequently were sworn into the office. During the inaugural ceremonies, you stated that the president represented everyone in the country. As an Iranian, I find it […]
Attacks of the “Circle of religions and sects of the Intelligence ministry” against the path of followers of real Islam and to Dervishes continue
The International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights in Iran (IOPHRI) discloses new plots against the Dervishes and brings it to the attention of international human rights organisations. Mehriran.de – Following the publication of a press statement of the” International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights in Iran” on Wednesday 31th of July, about the emergence […]
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki has launched hunger strike
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, jailed activist in Evin prison has launched a hunger strike following his protest of issues including the prison condition and lack of attention to his medical needs. According CHRR, in the past weeks this political prisoner had shared with his family during visitations that in protest of the authorities’ lack of […]
Lack of Sunnis in cabinet irks religious leader
Mowlana Abdolhamid, the senior leader of the Sunni community in Zahedan, says he’s disappointed that no Sunni ministers were included in Hassan Rohani’s proposed administration. Mowlana Abdolhamid’s press office reports that in the Fetre Eid mass prayers, the Sunni Imam told worshippers that there are several “powerful and eligible” Sunni leaders that could have […]
MP foresees non-approval for one-fifth of Rohani’s cabinet choices
Conservative MP Ruhollah Hosseinian says 20 percent of the new president’s proposed cabinet members will not be approved by Parliament. In an interview with ISNA, Hosseinian said “failure to distance themselves from the sedition” of 2009 is the main reason that some of the proposed minsters will not get Parliament’s vote of confidence. […]
Group calls for release of jailed journalist brothers
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders has called for the release of Khosro and Massoud Kordpour, two jailed Iranian journalists who ran the Mukrian News Agency in Kurdistan Province. The Observatory reports that Khosro Kordpur was arrested on March 7, 2013 in Mahabad, and two days later the Ministry of Intelligence […]
Nematollahi Gonabadi Dervishes Celebrated Eid Al Fitr
Gonabadi Dervishes celebrated the Eid al-Fitr festival that ends the fasting month of Ramadan, by presence of Hazrat Haj Dr.NoorAli Tabandeh “Majzoob Ali Shah” the Grand Qutb of Nematollahi Gonabadi Order and other great shaikhs, in Amirsoleimani worship place ( Hosseiniyeh) today morning on 18th Mordad 1392 ( Aug 9 , 2013). According to […]