Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. Ali Motahari reported the secrete listening of all parliamentarians of Iran by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran using their mobile phones. This MP added that the security institutions have become sensitive towards the activities of his office, and have planned twice […]
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Yalda Festival (Shab e Cheleh)
Yalda means birth and like other major Iranian celebrations is deeply rooted in Zoroastrianism, the pre-Islamic religion of Iran. Ancient Iranians celebrated seven obligatory feasts, six of them were known as gahanbar (appointed time) and the last was Norouz, the Iranian New Year. The names of the six gahanbars in the late Zoroastrian […]
Obama To Veto Any New Iran Sanctions
The White House has vowed that President Barack Obama will veto any legislation imposing new U.S. sanctions on Iran. The threat was issued December 19 after 26 senators – or more than one-quarter of the Senate – introduced new Iranian sanctions legislation. The measure, backed by 13 Republicans and 13 lawmakers from Obama’s Democratic […]
Amnesty International: Charter of Citizens’ Rights must enshrine human rights for all
A draft Iranian human rights charter being consulted on this month by the Office of the President should be amended to address major gaps in the protection of human rights, Amnesty International urged today. The organization has written to the President’s Deputy on Legal Affairs to welcome the initiative, but called on the authorities […]
CPJ: Turkey, Iran, China Lead World In Jailing Journalists
Turkey, Iran, and China are the top jailers of journalists, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) media watchdog. More than half of all the imprisoned reporters, bloggers, and editors in the world are in those three countries, the CPJ said. Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan also made the top 10 […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (16-12-2013)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1 .The group known as Reporters-Without-Borders issued a statement in which it condemns what is now classified as the “new wave of persecutions of activists spreading news and information”3. During the past week, Esrafeel Soltaniyan, a prisoner of section 209 of Evin prison, who suffers from disabilities […]
RSF Denounces Censorship In Name Of Religion
In a new report, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) documents censorship that is being exercised in the name of religion and God. In the report released on December 13, the Paris-based group says news and content providers in “far too many countries” constantly face what it calls this “very special and formidable form of censorship.” […]
European Parliament Sending Delegation To Iran
The European Parliament has announced that it will send a delegation to Iran for the first time since 2007. The head of the five-person delegation, Finnish member of the European Parliament Tarja Cronberg, told RFE/RL on December 11 that the delegation will be in Iran for a week and is due to meet with […]
Now is the time to engage Iran on human rights
Al Monitor Dr Ahmed Shaheed 10 December 2013 On Dec. 10, the United Nations and its members will celebrate Human Rights Day in observance of the 65th anniversary of the presentation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which reaffirms “faith in fundamental human rights” and “in the dignity and worth of the […]
Iran faces a top contender in World Cup groupings
With less than six months to the 20th World Cup, hosted by Brazil, last night’s draw to determine the competing groups placed Iran in Group F along with Argentina, Bosnia Herzegovina and Nigeria. Argentina is one of the top contenders in the games, and Nigeria is among the strongest African teams. This is Bosnia’s […]