Senior European Union diplomats gave their preliminary approval to new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program on Friday, including major measures against the Islamic Republic’s banking sector and industry, an EU diplomat said on Friday.
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New UN Report on Iran: Systematic Violations of Human Rights and a Culture of Impunity
UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Immediate Release of All Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience, and a Moratorium on Executions.
EU’s Ashton appeals to Iran to stay activist’s execution
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday urged Iran to stay the execution of activist Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani, sentenced for allegedly supporting the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran.
Health Ministry to study effects of interference waves
The Iranian Health Ministry has announced it is setting up a committee to monitor the effects of satellite waves on human health.
Activist demands justice from head of judiciary
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, a detained Iranian human rights activist, has called on the head of the Iranian judiciary to prosecute the officials who beat him and other aid workers last month at a relief camp for earthquake victims in northwestern Iran.
Media watchdog accuses Iran of intimidating journalists
A leading media watchdog has accused Iran of trying to cow journalists into silence and self-censorship, adding to international pressure on Tehran over its treatment of activists and the press.
The U.N. human rights deeply worried of Iran’s cracking down on human rights activists, lawyers and journalists
The UN human rights agency on Tuesday voiced deep concern over the arrest and imprisonment of a number of prominent human rights and political activists, lawyers and journalists in Iran over the past two weeks.
Tehran Clashes Reported As Iran Rounds Up Moneychangers
Tehran’s Grand Bazaar has reportedly closed as authorities crack down on black-market currency traders in the Iranian capital with the rial plummeting against the dollar.
Iran Must Release Human Rights Defender Mohammad Ali Dadkhah
Iranian human rights defender and lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah must be immediately and unconditionally released, Amnesty International said, after he was called to begin a 9 year prison sentence at Tehran’s Evin prison on Saturday.
Iran’s Currency Drops Again Vs. U.S. Dollar
The value of the Iranian rial has plunged by at least 9 percent to a new record low against the U.S. dollar.