Interview with Zahedan’s Friday Prayer Leader, Molavi AbdolhamidZahedan’s Friday prayer leader and the leader of the Sistan and Baluchistan province’s Sunni community, Molavi Abdolhamid, describes the Sunni community’s demands from the new administration in an interview with Rooz. Reports recently released by social media networks indicated that Hassan Rohani received the highest margin of […]
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Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (05/07/2013)
Reactions to the violation of human rights in Iran1. Giti poorfazel, the lawyer representing Sattar Beheshti’s family, the web-logger who passed away in prison said that one of the Iranian intelligence agents, who had interrogated his client, was the main cause of Mr Beheshti’s death. On Wednesday 26th June, Mrs Poorfazel criticised the authority […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (29/06/2013)
Reactions to the violation of human rights in Iran1. On 21st and 22nd June, 11 prisoners from Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, in protest against the beatings of the prisoners, insulting and humiliating them, deprivation of having phone calls, lack of time given for fresh air, poor food quality, presenting problems especially for private […]
President-Elect of Iran Says He Will Engage With the West
Iran’s president-elect, Hassan Rouhani, said Saturday that he would engage with the West and fulfill his electoral promises to allow more freedom for the Iranian people. Mr. Rouhani, who calls himself a moderate, won the June 14 presidential election by a large margin, surprising many who expected Iran’s governing establishment to block any candidate […]
Tough US sanctions on Iran hit Monday
Sanctions on Iran by the U.S. signed into law in January, and implemented and expanded via executive order in early Junecome into effect on Monday. The sanctions affect a vast array of interests engaging the Iranian economy, just weeks after a presidential election in the Persian Gulf country. Senior Obama administration officials said earlier […]
President-elect says all must bow to voters’ wishes
Iran’s president-elect Hassan Rohani says the majority of Iranians voted for “moderation, reason, collective wisdom, moving along expert paths and refraining from extremism and arbitrariness”, and the future administration will work within this framework. ISNA reported on Saturday June 29 that Hassan Rohani stressed that all must surrender to this vote, adding: “The future […]
Yazd residents protest against growing number of shrines
Many residents of the historic city of Yazd are objecting to the growing number of religious shrines that the government is building there. While protestors gathered outside the local branch of the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization (ICHO) and local municipal offices, their spokesperson told an ICHO representative that the authorities were forcibly evicting people […]
Letter from 47 Political Prisoners to Rouhani and the Iranian People
On Monday, June 17, 2013, forty-seven political prisoners from Evin and Rajaee Shahr prisons presented a letter of congratulation to President-Elect Hassan Rouhani and the people of Iran following the June 14 elections. The signatories of the letter, who at the time of signing were all serving prison terms in connection with the post-election […]
Message of Mohammad Nurizad to Nelson Mandela
Your Excellency: Greetings Perhaps you would agree with me that happiness has been the lost property of mankind throughout history. So to reach the summit of happiness many have had to trample upon the heads of others with their feet and resorted to bloodshed and destruction. In the pursuit of greater happiness, many have […]
MPs warn of cancer “wave” from air pollution
The head of the Environmental Affairs Committee of Iranian Parliament has warned about a new wave of cancer caused by air pollution particles. The Mehr News Agency reports that committee officials have raised alarms about the effects of these air particles on the health of the public, adding that the Environment Organization needs to […]