A number of labor activists have been detained in the Iranian capital as they gathered to observe International Workers’ Day on May 1. The activists were among dozens of workers who were aiming to stage a protest outside the Labor Ministry and also at another location, in western Tehran. Labor activist Davood Razavi told […]
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Yahoo Should End Restrictions on Users in Iran Say Rights Groups
In a letter to Yahoo!, nine human rights and online freedom organizations have urged the Internet giant to end its restrictions on users of its services inside Iran. As a signatory to the letter, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran calls on Yahoo! to uphold its stated mission to promote freedom of […]
Freedom House Warns Press Freedom ‘Lowest In A Decade’
Freedom House’s latest report on media freedom asserts that Eurasian countries continue to have the world’s poorest ratings, with no country in the region rated as “free.” The U.S.-based democracy watchdog released its annual report,”Freedom of the Press 2014: Media Freedom Hits Decade Low,” on May 1, assessing the situation in 197 countries and […]
Iranian Opposition Leader Returns To House Arrest After Hospitalization
Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi has been transferred to house arrest, a day after he was hospitalized due to heart problems. The opposition website Kalame, which is close to Musavi, reports that the opposition figure underwent a heart procedure before being sent home where he’s been held under arrest since February 2011. One […]
RWB publishes profiles of “100 information heroes”
For the first time ever, Reporters Without Borders is publishing a list of profiles of “100 information heroes” for World Press Freedom Day (3 May). Through their courageous work or activism, these “100 heroes” help to promote the freedom enshrined in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the freedom to “to […]
Transfer of Two Jailed Dervishes from Rajai Shahr to Evin’s Ordinary Wards
Over the past few days, two imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes, Farshid Yadollahi and Reza Entesari, from Rajai Shahr prison were separately transferred to the ordinary prisoners’s wards of Evin prison. According to reports by Majzooban Noor, Farshid Yadollahi and Reza Entesari who had been illegally transferred from Evin prison in Tehran to imprisoned exile at […]
Intelligence Minister stands up for privacy
Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi says people are entitled to feel assured that their privacy is not being invaded. ISNA reports that at a meeting to introduce the head of the Hormozgan intelligence department, Alavi said: “The people must feel there is no invasion of their privacy and that their life and property is […]
Workers injured as age bus crashes
A bus accident has injured 21 workers at South Pars Phase 12, and three are in critical condition. According to Iran’s Labour News Agency (ILNA), on Tuesday at 7 PM, the workers’ shuttle bus fell into a canal near the refinery. Eyewitnesses commented that the exceeding age of the retired bus was one of […]
Detained Opposition Leader Mousavi Undergoes Emergency Heart Procedure
Operation Done without Prior Knowledge or Consent of Family On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, an emergency heart procedure was carried out on Mir Hossein Mousavi, the opposition leader who has been held under house arrest for three years, without the prior knowledge and consent of his family. Mousavi’s daughter, Zahra, said her father, who […]
World Coalition Against the Death Penalty Condemns Execution of Juvenile Offenders in Iran
World Coalition against the death penalty (WCADP) issued a statement today condemning execution of juvenile offenders in Iran. The World Coalition also called upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to place an immediate moratorium on juvenile executions and honor its obligations under international law. It calls upon the state to ensure that juveniles currently […]