The International Federation for Human Rights on Thursday raised the alarm over what it termed the deliberate denial of medical care to sick political prisoners in Iran. “Iranian authorities deny prisoners access to medical care on purpose,” Karim Lahidji, president of the Paris-based FIDH, said in a statement. “They punish prisoners of conscience twice: […]
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Weekly Report on Human Right Violation in Iran (25-02-2014)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran1. According to the new ranking of the organisation of Reporters without Borders on freedom of media, Iran currently hold 173rd in world ranking. This organization which supports freedom of journalists, expressed their concerns about the impact of armed conflicts on media.2. 14th February was the third anniversary […]
International Mother Language Day: Lessons for Iran
The international community today celebrates UNESCO International Mother Language Day. On this occasion UNESCO aims to raise awareness of the benefits of multilingual education, particularly in the early years of childhood development. Studies, research, and UNESCO reports demonstrate the importance of mother and local language instruction in building strong foundations for reading comprehension in […]
OHCHR Press Briefing Note on Iran, 21 February 2014
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina ShamdasaniLocation: Geneva We are deeply concerned about the reported spike in executions in Iran since the beginning of this year. In just over seven weeks, at least 80 people have been executed. Some reliable sources indicate the figure could be as high as 95. […]
U.K., Iran Reestablish Diplomatic Ties
Britain and Iran have officially restored diplomatic ties, which were severed by London after a group of Iranian hard-liners stormed its Tehran embassy in 2011. “The U.K. has agreed with Iran that from today [February 20] bilateral relations will be conducted directly through non-resident charge d’affaires and officials,” a Foreign Office spokesman was quoted […]
Weekly Report on Human Right Violation in Iran (18-02-2014)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. Following a series of protests in European capital cities, on Sunday afternoon 9th February 2014, the International Organization to Preserve Human Rights in Iran held another protest by the Brandenburg Gate in the city of Berlin. The participants of this protest had masks of Mir-Hossein-Mousavi, Mehdi […]
Iran Asks Pakistan for Help in Political Hostage Crisis
The abduction of five Iranian border guards by a violent political group in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan Province last week is growing beyond Iran’s borders into an international issue. “We are not dealing with this group,” said Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission. “We will be dealing with the […]
Gap Between Employer and Employee Wages: 1.5 Million Toman
While labor activists in Iran believe that the poverty line in the country will rise to over 2 million Toman within a year, the administration plans to raise the wages of workers by only about 100,000 to 120,000 Toman for the new Iranian calendar year which begins next month on March 21, 2014, resulting […]
Iran Nuclear Talks To Continue In Vienna
Senior officials from six world powers and Iran are holding a second day of nuclear talks in Vienna on February 19. The two sides described talks on February 18 as “substantive.” Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif — who is leading his country’s delegation at the talks in Austria — said he’s hopeful Iran and […]
Ministry is in Debt; Budgets are Insufficient
In addition to their health issues, Iranian patients in recent years have had to deal with other issues: shortage of certain medicine, exorbitant treatment costs, a shortage of facilities, the black market for medicine, fake medicine, etc. Many specialists believe that the major cause for these was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad administration’s mismanagement. Today, patients have […]