Police investigators next to a car splashed with acid that was reportedly thrown at a woman in the central Iranian city of Isfahan. Iranian officials said they are investigating a series of acid attacks on women that occurred in the historic city of Isfahan in recent days. The official IRNA news agency quoted police official […]
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Iran Bans Human Rights Lawyer From Practicing Law
A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer says she has been banned from practicing her profession for three years. Nasrin Sotoudeh said October 19 that a Tehran court made the decision based on the demand of a court based at Evin Prison, where she was released last year after serving half of a six-year sentence […]
Honeymooning With All Factions
While it is true that the president represents all Iranians, including those who did not vote for him or those who perpetually undermine his policies. But trying to satisfy all factions and groups is not only meaningless but also not doable. Hassan Rouhani’s story is turning into a situation in which he has to […]
Ahmad Montazeri summoned after defending opposition leaders
Ahmad Montazeri, whose late father Ayatollah Montazeri was a chief critic of the Islamic Republic regime, has been summoned by the Special Court for the Clergy. The Kaleme opposition website reports that Ahmad Montazeri appeared in court on Saturday, but so far nothing has been confirmed about the charges against him. Last week, Ahmad […]
Human Rights Official: Ahmad Shaheed Not Allowed to Visit Iran for Biased Reports
Secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani said Tehran has banned visits by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, Ahmed Shaheed, because he has only parroted the allegations made by Iran’s enemies, but Tehran will welcome independent rapporteurs if they prove no to be pursuing a biased attitude towards the Islamic […]
Arash Sadeghi still under detention
The authorities do not allow Arash Sadeghi to get regular phone calls and visits with his family although he is in detention since 40 days ago. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Arash Sadeghi was arrested nearly forty days ago and he is still held in a solitary confinement […]
MPs push bill to crack down on immodest attire, satellites
A number of Iranian MPs have introduced a bill to punish violations of hijab (the Islamic dress code) with fines and the possession of satellite receivers with prison terms. The Etemad daily reported on Thursday October 16 that the bill titled “Preservation of Chastity and Decency” has been signed by 36 representatives so far. […]
Retrial Granted for Omid Kokabee, Raising Hope for His Release
Nuclear Scientist’s Ten-Year Sentence Not Upheld by Supreme Court The request for a retrial for the imprisoned young scientist, Omid Kokabee, has been accepted by Branch 36 of the Supreme Court, according to Kokabee’s lawyer, Saeed Khalili, who posted the update on his Facebook page. “Acceptance of the retrial request means that the top […]
Amnesty International: Ex-political prisoner detained, risks torture
Former prisoner of conscience Arash Sadeghi has been held in Tehran’s Evin Prison since 6 September. He is believed to be in solitary confinement without access to a lawyer and he has yet to be charged. He may be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Arash Sadeghi, a former student activist at Allameh […]
Professor Majid Samii named world top neurosurgeon
The world renowned Iranian scientist in neurological surgery Professor Majid Samii has garnered the 2014 Golden Neuron Award. The award was announced during a ceremony held at the biannual meeting of the World Academy of Neurological Surgery in Vienna on October 11. Many leading scientists and neurological surgery scholars have flocked to the […]