The opposition website Kaleme reported on Thursday June 26 that Tooti Soltani, the missing mother of political prisoner Mohsen Qashqaizadeh, was found to have been killed in a road accident. Soltani went missing on May 19 after leaving the Evin Prison Visitors Hall. The report adds that Soltani’s remains were transferred to the coroner’s […]
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UN Criticizes Iranian Executions Of Juvenile Offenders
The UN’s high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, has spoken out against the large number of executions in Iran, specifically mentioning the planned execution of a minor in the Islamic republic. In a June 26 statement, Pillay brought up the case of Razieh Ebrahimi, who was convicted of killing her husband when she […]
Health Minister challenges law against birth control
According to Radio Zamaneh, Iran’s Minister of Health has challenged the new legislation passed by Parliament to criminalize vasectomies and tubectomies, saying the legislation is in violation of citizens’ rights. ISNA reports that Mohammad Esmail Motlagh, the ministry’s head of population, family and school health, was commenting on the new legislation passed in Parliament […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (24-06-2014)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. On Friday 13th June 2014, The United Nation Human Rights Council meeting was held in Geneva, focusing mainly on the two issues of “Freedom of speech, association and assembly” and “Evaluation of the death penalties in Iran.” 2. Around 50 relatives of the four prisoners who […]
A political prisoner transferred to solitary confinement
Dr. Asadollah Asadi, the Azeri cultural activist, has been transferred to solitary confinement in ward 240 of Evin prison after starting dry hunger strike. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Dr. Asadollah Asadi (64 years old) has served four years in prison and during this period he has been […]
Twice As Many Depressed Woman as Men
Following the publication of a Gallup poll that put the psychological state of Iranians second only to Iraq placing them as the second most depressed peoples, domestic statistics support and compliment that and speak of unprecedented levels and spread of depression. According to an official of the country’s psychology association for every four Iranians […]
Filling Prisons with Journalists
The last two days witnessed a new round of court summons and arrests of media and civil activists in Iran. Mashaollah Shamsolvaezin (a prominent journalist and member of Association of Iranian Journalists) was summoned and banned from leaving the country, Reyhane Tabatabai (another journalist and former reporter for pro-reformist Shargh newspaper) was arrested and […]
End the Pressure on Activists
A new round of pressure tactics have been launched against civil and political activists. The merciless attack on Ward 350 of Evin Prison and the arrest of a number of civil activists and journalists, and the execution of Gholamreza Khosravi, a political prisoner who was executed amid wide domestic and internal protests by human […]
Water shortage forces rationing in Karaj
According to a report by Radio Zamaneh, following the announcement of water shortages in 12 large Iranian cities, water rationing has begun in Karaj. Officials in Alborz Province have announced that with the start of the warm season and a rise in water consumption, they have had to shut off the water supply or […]
Reporters strike at national broadcaster in Ardebil
According to a report by Radio Zamaneh, a strike by reporters for Iran’s national broadcaster Seda va Sima in Ardebil Province has gone into its third day as they protest a withheld wages and their lack of insurance. Sabalaneh reports that it is now the third day that freelance reporters from Ardebil Seda va […]