GENEVA (20 September 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, welcomed the release of a Christian Pastor charged with apostasy, but expressed deep concern over the arrest and detention of hundreds of […]
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Iranian government facing budget shortfall
The Iranian government has announced in Parliament that in the first half of the Iranian calendar year, it has taken in only 25 percent of its budgeted annual revenue.
Urgent Appeal For Kouhyar Goudarzi
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Iran.
World powers to discuss Iran in New York
The European Union’s foreign policy chief has announced that representatives of the world powers will meet next week in New York to discuss ways of pushing forward with the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.
Will more journalists lose their jobs?
Will the newspapers in Iran survive another shock of newsprint price rise? How will Iranian journalists deal with such limited resources? Should they worry about another wave of unemployment?
Iran set to launch National Internet
Reza Taghipour, the Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology, has announced that Iran’s “National Internet” will operate nationwide starting next week.
Tehran And EU Hold Nuclear Talks
Iran’s chief negotiator Saeed Jalili has held talks with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tehran’s controversial nuclear program.
Activist refuses to mount defence in court
Jailed Iranian activist Mohammad Tavasoli has protested against the charged brought against him in court by refusing to defend himself in what he called an “illegal court.”
Iranian Atomic Chief Claims Nuclear Sites ‘Sabotaged’
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani Iran’s nuclear chief has said that “terrorists and saboteurs” may have infiltrated the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in an effort to derail Tehran’s nuclear program.
EU foreign policy chief to meet Iran nuclear negotiator
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will meet Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator on Tuesday, Ashton’s office said on Monday, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel said a political solution was still possible in the stand-off over Tehran’s atomic programme.