Iranian human-rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani was arrested in Tehran earlier this month—re-arrested, actually.
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UN’s Special Rapporteur To Iran ‘Fully Aware Of Daunting Task Ahead’
September 20, 2011By Courtney BrooksA career politician from the Maldives who was a key architect of the remote archipelago’s democratic reforms has taken on an extraordinarily daunting task: acting as the UN’s first special rapporteur on human rights to Iran since 2002.
Iran frees US hikers held as spies
Iran has freed the two Americans held as spies for over two years on bail of $1m after Iraq and Oman mediated for their release.
Religious Activists Barred From Leaving Iran
Iranian authorities have imposed a travel ban on several prominent religious activists, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
Photos: The underprivileged people of Kerman
These are snapshots from the lives of people in the southern parts of Kerman, Iran. These people live in the most primitive conditions and are deprived of proper housing, water, sanitation, education and health care.
US Again Slams Iran Over Nuclear Aims
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu criticized Iran Monday for its nuclear activities, accusing the Islamic Republic of “denial, deceit and evasion.”
Iran Detains Filmmakers While Ahmadinejad is in New York
Iranian authorities should end the ongoing intimidation and arrest of filmmakers and journalists accelerated by the recent detention of six documentary filmmakers, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.
Head of Central Bank denies stolen billions transferred out of Iran
Mahmoud Bahmani, the head of Iran’s Central Bank, has denied rumours that $2-billion has already been transferred out of the country as part of a $3-billion embezzlement.
DERVISHES AND LAWYERS ARRESTED IN IRAN
AmnestyAmnesty International – URGENT ACTION – Over 60 individuals, mostly dervishes (members of a religious order), were arrested in the Iranian cities of Kavar, Tehran and Shiraz between 3 and 14 September. At least three lawyers who represent the group were also arrested on 4 September. All are currently held in Evin Prison in Tehran […]
Iran’s “Nader and Simin, a Separation” goes for an Oscar
Iran has submitted “Nader and Simin, a Separation”, an acclaimed film by director-writer Asghar Farhadi, to the 84th Annual Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Films category in 2012.