Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Monday called on the European and United States to ban Iran from using U.S. and European satellites to broadcast what she described as the Islamic Republic’s propaganda. Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and former judge who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her work promoting human rights […]
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Iran Executed Another Kurdish Political Prisoner Without Alerting Family nor Lawyers
Ahmad Saeed Sheikhi, one of the lawyers representing Shirkoo Moarefi, a Kurdish prisoner who was executed November 4, confirmed news of his execution and told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, “I learned about my client’s execution from news websites. I tried to contact his family many times and I was finally […]
EU Condemns Execution Of 18 Inmates By Iran
The European Union has reiterated its call for Tehran to end the death penalty, following reports that Iran executed 18 people on October 26. Sebastien Brabant, the spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, told RFE/RL this week that the European Union has a “very strong and principled position against the death penalty.” […]
IAEA, Iran Hail ‘Constructive’ Talks
The UN’s nuclear watchdog agency and Iran say they have agreed to meet again in Tehran on November 11 following productive talks aimed at easing concerns over Iran’s nuclear program. The announcement was made on October 29 following a two-day meeting in Vienna. Tero Varjoranta, the deputy director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (27-10-2013)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. On Wednesday 23rd October 2013, Ahmad Shaheed, the United Nation Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, published his first report on human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran since Hassan Rouhani came to power as a government of “wisdom and hope”. In this […]
Iran shuts down reformist newspaper for undermining Islamic values
Iran has shut down a reformist newspaper over an article that allegedly undermined Islamic values. State TV reported Monday that Iran’s media supervisory body banned the daily Bahar, citing a law authorizing media closures over articles deemed to violate Islamic values or insult Islam. Bahar published an op-ed article on Wednesday that expressed doubts […]
Iran’s Ex-FM on Assad, the US and Israel
Ebrahim Yazdi, founder of the Freedom Movement of Iran and ex-foreign minister London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ebrahim Yazdi served as deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Iran in the short-lived government of Mehdi Bazargan in the immediate aftermath of the 1979 revolution.As such, he found himself close to the center of the storm that followed the […]
“A Window of Opportunity in Iran,” Says Special Rapporteur
At the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed presented his latest interim report on the situation of human rights in Iran and answered questions from several countries’ representatives today. Although Iranian authorities have yet to allow Shaheed to enter the country, the Iranian representative to the UN met […]
U.S. Pastor Detained In Iran Reported Released
A U.S. clergyman who has been held in Iran since October 21 has told relatives he will be returning home on a flight arriving in Los Angeles later on October 23. Eddie Romero spoke to his family by telephone on October 22 from Tehran. Romero traveled to Iran in order to protet against the […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (19-10-2013)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. Last week, a group of Araki citizen held a gathering in the National Garden of the city in protest against the city’s air pollution. This protest took place despite the presence of a large number of police officers.2. The European Parliament published a statement in Strasbourg […]