On November 13, Tanya St.Arnauld a victim of acid attack appeared in the courthouse of Longueuil courthouse in Quebec Canada. . Her face, back, neck and arms, suffered from a second and third degree burn in the 2012 attack of her ex-boyfriend Nikolas Stefanatos. He pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and according to prosecutor […]
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Majlis Summons Minister of Intelligence Over Report
In an unprecedented and bold move, fifteen Majlis representatives summoned Hassan Rouhani’s minister of intelligence over the publication of a report on the activities of the Revolutionary Guards’ Intelligence Agency. The representatives are all close to the conservative hardliners commonly known as the principlists who are critics of the current administration. Fars news agency, […]
Monthly Report – A Review of the Human Rights Situation in Iran (3)
The following is a monthly report summarizing the human rights status in Iran in October / November (Solar calendar, month of Aban), 2014. This report has been prepared by the office of Statistics and Publications of the Human Rights Activists Association of Iran. Considering the ongoing suppression and ban on independent human rights activist […]
Human Rights Watch: Honors for Persecuted Writers
Five Iranians are among 35 writers to win the prestigious Hellman-Hammett award for courage and conviction in the face of political persecution. The other 30 winners come from 11 countries. Security and judicial authorities in Iran have continued their crackdown on free expression despite hopes that Hassan Rouhani’s election as president in 2013 would […]
Death Sentence Upheld For Iranian Internet Activist
Iranian opposition websites are reporting that an appeal court in Iran has confirmed the death sentence for an Internet activist who allegedly insulted Prophet Muhammad. Soheil Arabi was reportedly arrested last year by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps over his posts on Facebook, where he is said to have been active under different names. […]
Iran’s next budget adjusted for continued sanctions, low oil price
Iran’s Minister of Economics has announced he is prepared to present the country’s budget to Parliament now that the outcome of Iran’s nuclear talks has determined that international sanctions will persist. The budget for the coming year reportedly assumes an oil price of $70 per barrel. One day after parties agreed on extending the […]
Doubts cast on purported safety of Tehran city water
Despite reassurances from the Ministry of Health, water supply experts still maintain that the case of polluted water in Tehran is not closed and needs further investigation Last week, the head of Tehran Health and City Services announced that the capital’s tap water has a high level of nitrites and must not be used […]
Tehran transit drivers protest over housing subsidy
Tehran’s transit bus drivers gathered in protest on Monday November 24 in front of Tehran City Hall to grieve the mishandling of their benefits. Two hundred Sherkat-e Vahed bus drivers maintain that they were supposed to receive a one-time subsidy to pruchase housing but the fund has been mishandled, ILNA reports. According to the […]
Iran Nuclear Talks Extended Until July
Iran and six world powers have agreed to extend talks on Tehran’s nuclear program after failing to seal a deal before a midnight deadline on November 24. Diplomats said that under the terms of limited agreements reached after six days of high-level talks in Vienna, a political accord is to be completed by March […]
Mohammad Ali Taheri on Hunger Strike to Protest Three Years of Solitary Confinement
A student of Mohammad Ali Taheri, the founder of Interuniversal Consciousness Theory, who has been in prison since 2011, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Taheri has embarked on a dry hunger strike (refusing both food and water) since last week to protest 3.5 years in solitary confinement inside the […]