Ebrahim Yazdi, founder of the Freedom Movement of Iran and ex-foreign minister London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ebrahim Yazdi served as deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Iran in the short-lived government of Mehdi Bazargan in the immediate aftermath of the 1979 revolution.As such, he found himself close to the center of the storm that followed the […]
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More than 100 Kurds Arrested in Tehran
Iranian security forces in Tehran arrested more than 100 Yarsani activists today. The Yarsan or Ahl-e Haqq (People of Truth) faith dates back to the 14th century in Iranian Kurdistan and is estimated to have 2 million followers. Its followers are subject to systematic discrimination and oppression by the Iranian state. The activists were […]
House of Cinema Reopens in Tehran
Following a bitter struggle during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s tenure culminating in its closure, Iran’s House of Cinema reopened today in Tehran, with hundreds of jubilant cinema folks in attendance. The reopening was welcomed by many who see it as delivery on one of the many promises Hassan Rouhani made during his presidential election campaign. “Starting […]
One hundred years old trees have been cut in Tehran
Right after cutting the trees in Vali’asr St. and the resultless protests there are reports about cutting the old trees of Evin area in Darakeh in Tehran. According to a report of IRNA, just in two nights around 100 trees with more than 40 years old have been cut nearby Darakeh square in Tehran […]
Tehran closes dozens of internet cafes
Tehran Police have shut down 67 internet cafes, citing various violations of city regulations. Hossein Sajedinia, the head of the Tehran police force, told ISNA on Saturday that the internet cafes have been shut down as part of “a neighbourhood security project.” He added that 352 internet cafes were inspected in the past week […]
A toxic supplement for Rohani
Judge Salavati imposed 56 years of imprisonment to seven dervishes detained in Evin prison. For nearly two years, seven dervishes of the Nematollahi Gonabadi Order were held in Evin prison without charge. All seven were arrested in connection with attacks by regime forces on Dervishes in Kavar (Sarvestan) in September 2011. The order of […]
The Observatory for the protect of Human Rights Defenders: Arbitrary Detention and Judicial Harassment of Human Rights Defenders Continue
Paris-Geneva, July 22, 2013-The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), condemns the continuing repression of human rights defenders in Iran. According to information received on July 21, 2013, Branch 2 of the […]
Security Forces and Police Vehicles Increase Monitoring in Tehran
One day after the names of Iranian presidential candidates were announced by the Guardian Council, there was a tense security atmosphere in several areas of Tehran on May 22, following news of the disqualification of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei as candidates, several eyewitnesses told the International Campaign for Human Rights in […]
Construction workers protest in Tehran
Four hundred construction workers staged a protest at a mosque in the Tehran Pars section of Tehran. ILNA reports that Mohammad Bagheri, a board member of the Association of Construction Workers of Tehran Province, said: “Four hundred construction workers gathered to protest the government’s failure to resolve their insurance needs and the lack of […]
Tehran Overshadows Provincial Journalism
The centralization of media in the Iranian capital, Tehran, is an incontrovertible fact. As the role of provincial media is downplayed, news on minority groups and small cities are underreported and journalists residing in provincial areas are blatantly disregarded. “Iran is one of those countries whose media are excessively dependent on the capital. Therefore, […]