On July 25, one of Iran’s most prominent dissident clerics, Grand Ayatollah Ali-Mohammad Dastgheib, issued a lengthy statement condemning the current political atmosphere in Iran and urging non-participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
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Official Child Laborers More Than 600,000 in Iran
Official reports from Iran indicate that there are more than 600,000 Iranian children who have left school in order to enter the job market. As a result, these children are abused in a variety of ways by their families and profiteers.
US General Warns Iran on Iraq Militia Attacks
VOA – President Barack Obama’s pick to become the top United States military officer has warned Tehran not to underestimate American resolve in responding to Iranian-sponsored attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq.
“Perpetrators” in social insecurity were introduced
Some of Iran’s most powerful officials are blaming foreign elements and the media for a rising crime rate and a lack of public safety.
Three Ahl-e Haqq Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Yazd
Three prisoners who belong to a religious minority commonly known as Ahl-e Haqq began their hunger strike in Yazd Central Prisoners on Sunday, July 24, 2011.
UN Special Rapporteur should intervene to stop suppression of lawyers in Iran
8 April 2011 – Karim Lahidji, Vice-president of International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and President of the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI), said today: “Arresting and persecuting lawyers is another dimension of the total disregard of the Iranian authorities for due process, and standards of fair trial.
Women’s rights activist arrested in Qom
Maryam Bigdeli (Bidgoli), an Iranian women’s rights activist and a member of the One Million Signatures Campaign to End Discriminatory Laws, has been arrested in Qom to serve out a prison term she has challenged as illegal.
Senior cleric blames police, military for lack of safety
Senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah AliMohammad Dastgheib says security and military forces are creating insecurity in the country, and he accused the judiciary of blindly following their orders.
About the man who assassinated in Tehran
Iranian Says Assassinated Man Was A Graduate Student Not Nuclear ScientistIranian media report that Daryoosh Rezainejad, the man assassinated at 24/7/2011 in Tehran, was not a nuclear scientist as earlier suggested, but rather a graduate student in the electronics department of Khajeh Nasireddin Toosi University in Tehran.
Iranian schools persist in rejecting Afghan children
Afghan children are still being denied entry into Iranian schools, says Afghan Ministry representative in Iran, despite the recent directive from the president’s office that removed all enrollment restrictions for foreign school-age children without status.