Molana Abdolhamid Zahedan, a Friday Mass Imam, has written to the new head of Iran’s national broadcaster, Seda va Sima, asking that its programming show “respect” for ethnic and religious minorities and calling for “the airing of Sunni prayer call in Sunni regions of the country.” Sunni online reports that the senior Sunni cleric […]
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Students protest handling of Isfahan acid attacks on women
A group of students from the International University of Qazvin gathered to protest the recent acid throwing assualts on women in Isfahan and the authorities’ failure to arrest the culprits. Daneshjoo News reports that the students gathered in protest on Monday November 10, chanting slogans against the government’s ineffective response to the incidents of […]
Activist challenges Rohani to fulfill promises on citizen rights
Iranian activist Nargess Mohammadi has written to President Rohani protesting against the interrogation procedure she was subjected to in Evin Court. According to the Human Rights Defenders Centre website, Mohammadi has been under investigation by Islamic Republic authorities since last March for meeting with Catherine Ashton when the latter was visiting Iran as the […]
Is UN Engagement Having an Impact on Iran’s Human Rights? Absolutely.
To critics who question the ability of UN processes to change the behaviors and policies of the leadership in the Islamic Republic of Iran, an English language media interview with a top Iranian official has provided a revealing answer. In an interview broadcast last Friday, a Euronews reporter asked Mohammad Javad Larijani, the head […]
Iran Says Has Responded To ‘Some’ Obama Letters
Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, says Tehran has in “some cases” responded to letters by U.S. President Barack Obama. Shamkhani made the comments in reaction to a recent report by “The Wall Street Journal” that Obama sent a private letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last month […]
Ghoncheh Ghavami’s Lawyer Says New Charges Looming Against Her Are Illegal
New charges may be brought against Ghoncheh Ghavami, the young woman who was arrested outside a sports stadium in Tehran in June 2014 for trying to attend a volleyball match and who remains in prison. The Iranian Judiciary’s spokesperson, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, told reporters during his weekly press conference on November 10, 2014, “The […]
Family of Mostafa Daneshjou: “Judicial Authorities are Accountable for Physical Consequences”
Mostafa Danshjou a lawyer of Gonabai Dervishes, who has been suffering from serious complications from a lung infection, that whose family has been striving a lot to warn the officials about his condition, two days ago, at the morning, was sent to the hospital but then has been returned with no medical attention.Based on […]
Iran arrests 16 Sunni converts at Qur’an class in Ahwaz
16 Sunni converts from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority were arrested on Monday during a Qur’an class in the Shekara district of Ahwaz city, Iran. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the men were arrested after Iranian security forces raided the house of one of the men, Mohammad Timas Silawi, […]
Iran allows rights rapporteurs to visit country
Islamic Republic authorities have accepted a request to let two UN Human Rights rapporteurs visit Iran in the coming year. The deputy of the Iranian judiciary, who attended the Human Rights meetings in Geneva along with the Iranian delegation, told the Fars and Nasim news agencies: “We have agreed that two UN rapporteurs […]
Iran announces plan to accommodate female fans in sports facilities
The Iranian Ministry of Sports has reacted to public pressure and announced it has plans to designate a section of stadiums to female spectators. The ministry’s deputy for women’s sports, Robab Shahrian, told ISNA that the ministry will implement a new plan designating specific areas in stadiums for women to attend all athletic events. Shahrian […]