The Iranian Judiciary reportedly ordered the Rasht court last week to postpone a verdict in the apostasy trial of Christian Pastor and convert Youcef Nadarkhani.
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Transfer of lawyers and Majzooban Noor’s administrators to the section 350 of Evin prison
Lawyers and administrators of Majzooban Noor Website were transferred from security section No. 209 to section 350 of Evin prisonto this morning.
General Assembly voices concern over Iranian human rights record
UN News Centre – United Nations Member States today expressed deep concern at reports of human rights violations in Iran, including torture, the use of cruel punishments such as flogging and amputations and “pervasive gender inequality and violence against women,” and called on Tehran to strengthen its national human rights institutions.
UN denounces human rights violations in Iran
The Associated PressUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution denouncing serious human rights violations in Iran ranging from flogging and amputations to frequent use of the death penalty.
Saudi says its security targeted, urges Gulf unity
Reuters – King Abdullah said on Monday the security of Saudi Arabia and its Arab neighbors was being targeted, in an apparent reference to regional rival Iran, and he called for Gulf Arab states to close ranks in a “single entity.”
‘Upcoming elections illegal and unfair’ says Green Council
GVF — Iran’s pro-democracy Green Movement is set to boycott the forthcoming parliamentary elections in March 2012, according to a statement released by the Coordination Council of the Green Path of Hope on Monday.
Report: Iranian reformists will run in March 2012 parliamentary elections
The Washington Post – A report quotes Iran’s former president as predicting pro-reform figures will run in the next election. The report by the semiofficial Mehr news agency Monday quoted Mohammad Khatami as saying reformists will not boycott the March 2012 parliamentary elections. Khatami has emerged as a leader of the reform movement.
The Attack on the Embassy, a British Plot
Even with the passage of more than two weeks since a group of Basij official-militia attacked the British embassy in Tehran, and the aftermaths of the event, Principlists (the ruling hardliners in Iran who proclaim loyalty to the ideals of the 1979 revolution) continue to make contradictory statements over the issue.
Yalda History and Traditions in Iran
Yalda, a Syric word imported into the Persian language by the Syric Christians means birth (tavalud and melaad are from the same origin). It is a relatively recent arrival and it is refereed to the “Shab e Cheleh Festival” a celebration of Winter Solstice on December 21st.
Joint Action for internet freedom is at this stage symbolic, lacking vision and strategy
The formation of a triangular coalition of companies, governments and NGOs as a much-needed step towards establishing a free internet was the focus of two recent international conferences, held in San Francisco in October and in The Hague in December.