When Iran’s new president nominated Mohammad Javad Zarif, a U.S.-educated former United Nations diplomat, to be foreign minister, some observers described the move as a possible “olive branch” to the West. But within Iran, it appears that’s not necessarily a good thing. At an August 13 parliamentary hearing convened to consider President Hassan Rohani’s […]
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The Supreme Court Has Overturned The 10 Imprisonment Sentence Of Political Prisoner Emad Bahavar
The ten year imprisonment sentence of political prisoner Emad Bahavar has been overturned by the Supreme Court, and the case has been sent back to the Appeals Court. After Bahavar’s defense attorneys presented their case to the Supreme Court, the Court ruled in favor of the defense, overturning the ten year imprisonment sentence and […]
Hossein Ronaghi And Abolfazl Abedini’s Mothers: Our Son’s Lives Are In Serious Danger
Following is translation of an interview conducted by Roozonline with mothers of on hunger strike political prisoners Hossein Ronaghi Maleki and Abolfazl Abedini. It has been more than two weeks since political prisoner Abolfazl Abedini launched a hunger strike protesting his illegal transfer to Karoon prison in Ahvaz, a hunger strike that has not […]
Amnesty International: Human Rights Agenda for Change
On the occasion of the inauguration of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran, Amnesty International is calling on the authorities to seize the opportunity to break with decades of human rights violations and pervasive impunity. To this end, the organization is presenting a ‘human rights agenda for change’. Since the 1979 Islamic […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (09/08/2013)
Reactions to the violation of Human Rights in Iran 1. Mahmood Fazli, Shahram Radmehr, Ayat (Yorosh) Mehr-Ali Bigloo, Latif Hosseini and Behbood Gholi-Zadeh are five political activists from East Azerbaijan who have gone on a hunger strike since Saturday 13th July in protest against their sentences of nine years imprisonment. It has been 21 […]
Rosatom Ready To Hand Bushehr Nuclear Plant To Iran
The head of Russian nuclear regulator Rosatom has said that state company will soon sign documents transferring operational control of the Bushehr nuclear power plant to Iran. “Bushehr is currently operating at 100-percent capacity and the process of preparing it for transfer to the project originator is concluding,” Rosatom’s Sergei Kiriyenko said. The “project […]
Iran’s Musavi Reportedly Discharged From Hospital
An Iranian website says the country’s main opposition leader, Mir Hossein Musavi, has returned home from hospital after several days of treatment. The opposition Kaleme.org website reported that Musavi, who has been under house arrest since 2011, was discharged from a Tehran hospital after receiving treatment for a heart problem. No further details were […]
Rohani Says Iran Ready For ‘Serious’ Nuclear Talks
Iran’s President Hassan Rohani says his country is ready to engage in “serious negotiations” with Western nations over the country’s disputed nuclear program. Rohani was speaking in Tehran in his first news conference since officially taking office. “We are ready, in all seriousness and without wasting time, to engage in serious negotiations,” he said. […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (03/08/2013)
Reactions to the violation of Human Rights in Iran 1. The criticism of Mahmood Vahid Niya, a student activist, in the presence of the Supreme Leader On Sunday 28th of July, during a meeting between more than thousand students and Ayatullah Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mr Niya questioned Mr […]
Iran’s Rohani Takes Presidential Oath, Unveils New Cabinet
Iran’s new president, Hassan Rohani, has taken the oath of office before the country’s parliament. Iranian lawmakers and high-ranking officials and the representatives of more than 50 countries attended Rohani’s inauguration ceremony in Tehran on August 4. “In the presence of the holy Koran and before the Iranian nation, I swear to the omnipotent […]