Iran Human Rights – Following the October 12th public executions of four young men in Khomeini Shahr, the state-run Fars News Agency published more than 20 pictures showing the hangings and the spectators. In one of the pictures a small child is seen watching the executions.
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A call to Iranians to unite in opposition to the Iranian regime
A call to Iranians to unite in opposition to the Iranian regime by Dr. Azmayesh – United Nation Human Right Council in Geneva, 17th Session, 30th May to 17th June 2011 http://www.insideofiran.org/en/news/2643-a-call-to-iranians-to-unite-in-opposition-to-the-iranian-regime.html
Iranian regime bans women from house ownership
A woman cannot own a house from the Mehr Housing Company and her husband’s name has to be registered on the house ownership papers.
Regime lashes civil activist, Shirin Ebadi says act shows weakness
The sentence of 50 lashes for Somayeh Tohidlou, a PhD student of sociology and a campaigner for Mir Hossein Mousavi, was “symbolically” carried out in Evin prison on Wednesday. The sentence had been issued against the civil activist on the charge of “Insulting the President”.
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.
Syrian forces deploy as Iran boosts regime
AP – Syrian security forces fanned out in flashpoint cities nationwide Saturday to crush protests against President Bashar Assad as the country’s powerful ally Iran warned of an unprecedented regional crisis if there is a power vacuum in Damascus.
Regime responds with brutality to environmental protests in Urmia, Tabriz
GVF — Thousands of Iranians have protested the Iranian authorities’ failure to take action to save Lake Urmia, the Middle East’s largest lake and the third largest salt-water lake in the world.
Kermanshah students sentenced to prison terms for protesting presence of regime official in university
After students of the Razi University in Kermanshah protested the presence of the former Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Safar Harandi on Student Day, the Kermanshah Revolutionary Court sentenced a number of students in this university to heavy suspended prison terms.
Iran human rights situation deplorable; Regime must improve press freedom
GVF — In a letter to Ahmad Shaheed, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, the Committee to Protect Journalists has urged action with respect to the “deplorable state of journalists” in the country, highlighting the continued violation of human rights perpetrated by Iranian authorities.
Mullahs in Iran worried about crises and infighting within the regime
Mullah Yazdi, First Deputy of the regime’s Assembly of Experts warned against intensified crises and conflicts within the defeating faction of the government, state-run Fars News agency reported on August 14.