Iranian human rights defenders have no security in terms of their lives or professions in Iran, writes Shirin Ebadi, the head of Iran’s Human Rights Defenders Centre, in a letter to Ahmed Shaheed, the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on human rights for Iran.
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Even Iran, Syria’s best friend, urges Assad to ease crackdown
The Christian Science Monitor – Iran implored Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to listen to the ‘legitimate demands’ of protesters, warning that a failure to do so could lead to the regime’s collapse and broader regional turmoil.
Ebadi urges Iranian Bar Association to support persecuted lawyers
Iran’s Nobel Peace laureate, Shirin Ebadi, has compiled a list of 41 lawyers who have been subjected to government persecution since June 2009 for carrying out their legal duties.
Grand Ayatollah Urges Boycott of Elections
On July 25, one of Iran’s most prominent dissident clerics, Grand Ayatollah Ali-Mohammad Dastgheib, issued a lengthy statement condemning the current political atmosphere in Iran and urging non-participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Iranian cleric urges prisoners to end hunger strike
Iranian senior cleric Ayatollah Bayat Zanjani has told political prisoner Mohammad Javad Mozaffar that he and other hunger strikers have a religious duty to end their dangerous protest.