Four Iranian Sunni prisoners in Qezel Hessar Prison have ended their hunger strike after 75 days. The Human Rights Reporters News Agency reports that the four prisoners began their hunger strike to protest their death sentences and to question the fairness of the proceedings against them. The prisoners report that they ended their hunger […]
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Rights group calls on Iran to spare condemned Arab activists
Amnesty International is urging Iran to end human rights violations against Arab minorities in Iran. In a statement issued on Thursday January 16, Amnesty International welcomed the Iranian president’s latest statement that “The government will not tolerate any form of discrimination against ethnic minorities.” Amnesty International is calling for a number of condemned Arab […]
Families join condemned prisoners’ hunger strike
The families of four Iranian political prisoners sentenced to death say they are starting a hunger strike in support of their kin. The Mukrian News Agency reports that the four Sunni prisoners, Kamal Mollayi, Hamed Ahmadi, Jamshid Dehghani and Jahangir Dehghani, have been on their own hunger strike for 65 days to protest their […]
Sadegh Larijani’s Polite Response to Critics
Last week after the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly issued its resolution on human rights violations in Iran, the head of Iran’s judiciary branch of government ayatollah Sadegh Larijani said during a speech, “One of the roots of the assertions made regarding human rights is related to the difference in principles between […]
Rohani’s aide slams execution of Kurdish reformists
The president’s special aide for ethnic and religious minority affairs, Ali Younesi, expressed disappointment and concern regarding the recent executions in Kurdistan. The Rooz website reports that Younesi told a meeting of Kurdish reformist figures and other ethnic minority representatives that the executions were carried out “by extremists.” The report indicates that the […]