Iranian environmental officials say Iran’s exploitation of water resources is three times the world standard and continuing this pattern will speed the country’s desertification.Zahra Jaavaherian, the head of sustainable development and the economy for the Department of the Environment, told ISNA that half of the country’s fields have now dried out. The report goes […]
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Zarif Says Iran Doesn’t Jail People Over Their Opinions
“We do not jail people for their opinions,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in an interview with U.S. journalist and television personality Charlie Rose aired on April 27. Zarif made the comments in response to a question about the fate of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, who’s been imprisoned in Iran on […]
Iran bans magazine after ‘white marriage’ special
Zanan-e Emrouz runs foul of country’s sharia-based laws with issue about unmarried couples cohabiting. Sex outside marriage is crime in Iran, punishable by flogging. In cases of adultery, it can carry a sentence of death by stoning. Photograph: John Moore/Getty ImagesReuters in Ankara Iran’s judiciary has banned a magazine for encouraging cohabitation, according to […]
Iran Is the 7th Most Censored Country in the World
In accordance with the Annual Report of the Committee to Protect Journalists; in about 10 countries which are most censored by the government, Iran is the seventh one. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the report states that Eritrea, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Azerbaijan and Vietnam […]
This week in human rights in Iran 5
Arbitrary detention On April 5, Mostafa Tork Hamadani, lawyer of Ali Motahari, announced that Motahari’s attackers have been freed on bail and that the judiciary has summoned officials from Shiraz University. This university had organized the conference for which Motahari had traveled to Shiraz and on the way to which was attacked by plainclothesmen.Trials […]
Human Rights Situation in Iran / Annual Report 2014
The Department of Statistics and Publications of the Human Rights Activists in Iran has published an analytical report on the human rights situation in Iran during the one-year period (2014-2015). This report is the result of daily efforts of the organization and its dedicated members in the past few years based on a survey-based […]
Worsening Conditions for Women in Iran Begin to Draw Attention
Rouhani and Other Administration Officials Speak Out against Discrimination Analysis– Almost two years after his 2013 election, President Hassan Rouhani and his Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, Shahindokht Molaverdi, spoke up against discrimination against women this week, in the face of steadily deteriorating conditions for women in Iran. “The government considers it […]
Shirin Ebadi: Arrangements Should Not be Made to Conflict With People’s Interests
Rooz spoke with prominent Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace prize winner about the impact of the recent nuclear framework agreement between Iran and the five major powers in Lausanne, Switzerland. Here are the excerpts. Rooz: Do you believe that as the West and Iran come to an understanding on the nuclear program, […]
Human Rights Situation in Iran – Annual Report 2014
The Department of Statistics and Publications of the Human Rights Activists in Iran has published an analytical report on the human rights situation in Iran during the one-year period (2014-2015). This report is the result of daily efforts of the organization and its dedicated members in the past few years based on a survey-based […]
Monthly Report – An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Iran in February – March, 2015
The Department of Statistics and Publications of the Human Rights Activists in Iran has published the following monthly report on the human rights situation in Iran during the period of February- March, 2015 (Persian calendar month of Esfand, 1393). This report cannot perfectly and comprehensively reflect the details of human rights concerns in Iran […]