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 Mehr 1391 [September-October 2012].
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UN Investigator Hits Iran on Human Rights
The United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Iran says the Islamic republic continues to execute hundreds of people each year, and conditions are worsening in the country for religious and ethnic minorities and women.
Jailed Blogger Ronaghi Maleki Denounces the Mishandling of the Azerbaijan Earthquake In an Open Letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader
In an open letter addressed to Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, incarcerated human rights activist and blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki beaten and rearrested while on medical furlough and volunteering to help the victims of the recent earthquake in Eastern Azerbaijan province, asks the Supreme Leader to respond […]
Authorities detain members of ‘house’ churches in southern Iran
Members of four house churches have been arrested in Iran, according to Iranian media reports.
Iran sanctions ‘putting millions of lives at risk’
Western sanctions hitting import of medicines for diseases including multiple sclerosis and cancer, charity warns
Iran’s Hero Pilot Says He’s Being Forced Into Early Retirement
Houshang Shahbazi, the Iranian airline captain who saved the lives of more than 100 passengers and crew by making an emergency landing in Tehran, says he’s been forced into early retirement.
Sanctions putting patients’ lives in danger
Head of Iran’s Special Diseases Foundation says international sanctions are threatening the lives of 6 million patients suffering from special diseases.
Iran prepared to halt uranium enrichment
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has announced that it is prepared to negotiate a stop to its uranium enrichment program if it could receive from elsewhere the necessary fuel for its research reactor.
Iran urged to stop executions
Three senior UN human rights rapporteurs have called on Iran to stop the execution of 11 prisoners set to be hanged today, October 13.
Deadly floods wreak havoc in northern Iran
Heavy rains have flooded large sections of Mazandaran province in northern Iran, causing severe damage and some fatalities.