The website of conservative Iranian lawmaker Ali Motahari has been filtered by Iran’s judiciary, according to the hard-line Fars news agency. The report says no official explanation has been provided for the decision to block Motahari’s website, which is also inaccessible from outside the country. The official IRNA news agency says “unconfirmed reports” suggest […]
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This week in human rights in Iran; 3
Activists’ rights In general, Iranian human rights groups are reporting that there has been a new wave of arrests of activists in Iran in recent months.A Revolutionary Court judge has threatened to transfer imprisoned civil and children’s rights activist Atena Daemi to Gharchak Prison unless she admits having contact with Ahmad Shaheed, the United Nations […]
Monthly Report – A Review of the Human Rights Situation in Iran/ December 2014/ January 2015
The following is a monthly report summarizing the human rights status in Iran in December 2014/ January 2015 (Solar calendar month of Dey). This report has been prepared by the Office of Statistics and Publications of the Human Rights Activists Association of Iran. Considering the ongoing suppression and ban on independent human rights activist […]
UN Body Warns Governments about Health Hazards of Jamming Signals
A new United Nations resolution warning member states about their responsibility to protect the health of their citizens against electromagnetic waves, including satellite jamming signals, was approved at the UN’s Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s Plenipotentiary Conference which took place between October 20 and November 7, 2014, in Busan, South Korea (Resolution 176, pg. 277). The […]
Official Claims of Smart Internet Filtering Overblown, but Efforts to Monitor Users Grow
Despite recent claims by state officials that the government has developed the ability to selectively block “inappropriate and illegal” content and that smart filtering would be installed on the country’s Internet gateways, and their assertion that they have already implemented such smart filtering on social networks such as Instagram, research by the International Campaign […]
Iran’s Rohani Condemns Violence Committed In Name Of Islam
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has denounced violence committed in the name of Islam, in an apparent reference to a deadly attack on the office of a French satirical newspaper. Iranian media quote Rohani as saying those who carry out extremist acts in the name of religion or Islam “provoke Islamophobia.” Rohani appeared to be […]
Monthly Report – A Review of the Human Rights Situation in Iran (November / December 2014)
The following is a monthly report summarizing the human rights status in Iran in November / December 2014 (Solar calendar month of Azar). This report has been prepared by the Office of Statistics and Publications of the Human Rights Activists Association of Iran. Considering the ongoing suppression and ban on independent human rights activist […]
Iran’s Rohani Says International Isolation Harming Economy
Iran’s president has said his country cannot have “sustainable” economic growth as long as it is internationally isolated. During a January 4 televised speech to leading economists on January 4, Hasan Rohani called for reduced state involvement in the economy and greater transparency in order to end Iran’s international isolation. “Our economy will not […]
Nuclear Program Has ‘Hurt Iran More Than Iraq War’
Iran’s nuclear activities and ambitions faced rare, blunt criticism at a roundtable at Tehran University, where one of the speakers said the damage done by the nuclear program was greater than that by the 1980-88 war with Iraq, which left tens of thousands dead and caused much devastation. “The imposed war [with Iraq] did […]
UN resolution voices global concern over human rights violations in Iran
Yesterday the UN General Assembly strongly expressed its concerns over ongoing human rights violations in Iran. “Unfortunately, as today’s resolution demonstrates, Iranians do not enjoy even basic human rights, such as freedom of assembly or religious belief, and it is their own government that is the chief violator of their rights,” said Bani Dugal, […]