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 […]
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Letter from the Paris Bar association in support of Iranian lawyers
As part of a campaign to support Iran’s independent legal profession in calling for the cancellation of the “Bill of Formal Attorneyship”, a bill that in essence transfers total supervisory control over lawyers to a quasi-judicial body, the Paris Bar association has sent a letter to Iranian authorities expressing its concerns over the proposed Bill. […]
Hanover, Paris, Stockholm, Granada – Freedom for Nasrin and Dervishes
Last Sunday evening, 21April, members of the International Organization to Preserve Human Rights in Iran met at the main station in Hanover, playing music on a Persian frame drum Daf along with violin and loudly demanded the release of Nasrin Sotoudeh and the dervishes internet personnel and laywers, imprisoned in Evin prison in Tehran, […]