The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran says that he has confidence in his report, adding that he sent the report to Iranian authorities three weeks ago and they have not responded.
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Rights rapporteur issues report on Iran
Ahmad Shaheed, the special UN rapporteur, has published his first report on the state of human rights in Iran.
UN Report Documents Iran’s Human Rights Crisis
The Iranian government should immediately allow access to the UN appointed Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed to address Iran’s ongoing human rights crisis, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today, following the release of Shaheed’s interim report.
A Moving Letter from Dr. Maleki to UN Special Rapporteur
Dr. Mohammad Maleki, the first president of Tehran University after the revolution, has written an open letter to Dr. Ahmad Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Senior Iranian Activist Says Revolutionary Courts ‘Illegal’
A founding member of the opposition Freedom Movement of Iran has written an open letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling for the dissolution of the country’s revolutionary courts, Radio Farda reports.
Wife Raises Health Alarm Over Jailed Iranian Religious Scholar
The wife of a jailed Iranian religious scholar says she is shocked at his poor state of health after five weeks in prison, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
Iran lawmaker says Tehran should not back Syrian regime
By Ramin Mostaghim and Ellen Knickmeyer, Los Angeles TimesSeptember 2, 2011Reporting from Tehran and Beirut—In a sign that Syria’s crackdown on dissent is fraying one of its few alliances in the region, an Iranian lawmaker said in an interview published Thursday that his nation should be supporting the protesters and not the Syrian regime.
Committee to Protect Journalist: Iran must work toward improving press freedom
The Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) has sent a letter to Ahmed Shaheed,U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, to provide him with an assessment of the country’s situation of press freedom ahead of his report on human rights in Iran to the U.N. General Assembly in September, the CPJ’s […]
Kindergartens Teaching Dance Will be Shut Down
Ahmad Esfandiari, the head of Welfare Department, has said that kindergartens teaching children how to dance will lose their operating permits.
Iranian ambassador to Damascus prepares to leave Syria, sources say
GVF — In a new blow to the Syrian dictatorship, Iran’s ambassador to Damascus has informed his Syrian hosts of his plans to leave the country as criticism of the regime’s use of brute force against protesters grows.