Requirement to Comprehensive Observance of Ethnic Minorities’ Rights by Iranian Officials Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Defender and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, in continuation of her monthly reports, has reviewed the human rights situation in Iran in Dey 1391 [December 31, 2012- January 20, 2013].
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Iran’s Evin prison: Jail or ‘hotel’?
On Monday, a group of Iranian MPs who visited the notorious Evin prison described Iran’s biggest jail for political prisoners as a “hotel”!
UN Working Group Calls on Iran to Release the Opposition Leaders
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has issued an opinion “request[ing] the Government [of Iran] to release Hossein Mossavi, Mehdi Karoubi, [and] Zahra Rahnavard,” calling their detention “arbitrary (and thus prohibited).
Iran virtuoso violinist Homayoun Khorram dies at 82
Iran’s virtuoso violinist Homayoun Khorram has died of cancer at the age of 82 in a hospital in the capital city of Tehran.
Regime in Iran continues campaign to destroy Gonabadi dervish gathering houses
Two residents of a house in Shahr-e-kord could not believe their eyes when agents of the regime forced access to their property over a locked gate on 15 January 2013 and were destroying a large tent in the courtyard.
Syrian Foreign Minister Visits Ally Iran
Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi is due later on January 15 to visit Iran, a key regional ally of isolated Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.
Iran unable to get life-saving drugs due to international sanctions
Western measures targeting Tehran’s nuclear programme have impeded trade of medicines for illnesses such as cancer.
Iran’s sets tough conditions for Reformist Congress
A senior reformist figure says the Reformist Congress that was scheduled for later this month will not take place.
Two airlines suspend Iran flights as economy weakens
Two European airlines said on Saturday they were halting services to Iran, a sign of the crumbling purchasing power of Iranians as their economy buckles under the weight of Western sanctions.
IAEA chief not hopeful on Iran inspection progress
The UN nuclear chief Friday said he was not hopeful of striking a deal with Iran next week that would see Tehran address allegations of past nuclear weapons research and grant access to controversial sites.