(11 January 2012) The Iranian Judiciary should withdraw the Ministry of Culture order to shut down House of Cinema, the country’s leading independent film association, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. Authorities should end the unlawful attacks on independent civil society organizations and on freedom of expression and association, the […]
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Judiciary spokesman says boycotting future elections is a crime
http://isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1923440[In a press conferecen] Hojatel Islam Val Moslemin Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejeyi cited those who bring up the issue of boycotting the elections and said that “if the statements of these people endanger security and these people invite others to seditions naturally this measure is a crime”…
Reformist figure rejects court’s legitimacy
Ebrahim Yazdi, Secretary General of the reformist Freedom Movement group, announced yesterday that he does not recognize the legitimacy of the Revolutionary Court to process his case.
Environmental protests ‘against God’ says judiciary official
GVF — An official in Iran’s judiciary has said that environmental protests against the drying up of Iran’s Lake Urmia were a form of protest against God.
Iranian judiciary denies release of U.S. citizens
A bail offer for two Americans convicted of spying is still under review, Iran’s powerful judiciary said Wednesday in a potentially embarrassing rejection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s prediction of their imminent release.
Family Of Dead Iranian Prisoner Complains To Judiciary Head
The family of journalist Reza Hoda Saber, who died of a heart attack last month while on a hunger strike in Iran’s Evin prison, has complained to judiciary head Mohammad Sadegh Larijani about the circumstances of his death, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
Iran rejects appointment of UN human rights investigator
Head of Iranian judiciary’s Human Rights Council says any international body that appoints a special human rights rapporteur for Iran is acting illegally.
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Letter to the Head of the Judiciary: “Your Judge Proved that Iranian Women Cannot Be Ignored!”
July 2nd 2011 – The Feminist School : Nasrin Sotoudeh , lawyer, human rights and women’s rights activist has addressed a letter to the head of Iran’s judiciary. Inspired by Paulo Coelho, Sotoudeh provides a beautiful narrative of the events that occurred after the presidential elections of June 2009.