Iran has carried out a total of 40 executions since the beginning of 2014, with at least 33 carried out in the past week alone, said Amnesty International today. “The spike in the number of executions carried out so far this month in Iran is alarming. The Iranian authorities’ attempts to change their international […]
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Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (13-01-2014)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran1. On Saturday 4th January 2013, the political/ideological prisoners of the section 350 of Evin prison who had refused to eat food in objection to the transfer of four of their cellmates to the solitary confinement in section 240, found out that the prison officials had broken their […]
Iran arrests studying abroad student on charges of spying
Hamid Babaei was a PhD student at the University of Liege, in Belgium. Shortly, after returning to Tehran to visit his family, he was summoned to the Intelligent Service of Iran for questioning in July 2013. When he refused to cooperate in passing information about Iranians in Belgium he was arrested and transferred to […]
EU’s Ashton Invited To Visit Iran
Iran has invited EU foreign-policy chief Catherine Ashton, who has been closely involved in the Iranian nuclear negotiations, to visit the Islamic republic. Iran’s Mehr news agency on January 11 quoted a deputy of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as saying Ashton had been invited to visit Tehran whenever she wants. The invitation was […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (06-01-2014)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran1. On Sunday 29th December 2013, nine political prisoners held in section 350 of Evin prison who were prevented from taking part in master’s degree examinations in Payame Noor University by the prosecutors and prison officials, filed a complaint to the Government Employees Court against the officials who […]
Rights Lawyer Says Iran Needs Existing Laws Enforced, not a New Charter
Lawyer and member of the Defenders of Human Rights Center Mahnaz Parakand discussed necessary steps for implementing human rights protections in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “Before thinking to design a Citizenship Rights Charter, we must implement the Iranian Constitution, even with all its shortcomings. Many of the […]
Imam Reza (AS) quotes
He who knows his Self, knoweth his Lord – Prophet Muhammad Shia Muslims across the globe are commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Reza, the 8th Shia Imam and rightful successor to Prophet Mohammad. In Iran, especially in the holy city of Mashhad, millions of mourners have gathered at the holy shrine of Imam […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (30-12-2013)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran1. A number of political prisoners of Gohar Dasht in the city of Karaj wrote a statement about the family of Peyman Arefi, a political prisoner who passed away when returning after visiting Peyman Arefi. These political prisoners gave their condolences to Peyman Arefi and his family, […]
Iran increases role of clerics in public schools
Social activists are worried about a new policy that will station clergy in an expanding circle of public schools in Iran. The Council of Cooperation between the Ministry of Education and the seminaries has reported an agreement according to which a group of public schools in Tehran province will be managed under the supervision […]
Fifteen Percent Illiteracy in Iran is a Disaster
About 10 million of Iran’s 67 million people who are over the age of six can neither read nor write, according to a literacy official. Also, according to UNESCO, Iran’s 86th among the world’s 164 countries in literacy. The head of Iran’s literacy program announced these figures and added, “15 percent of Iranians continue […]