At a time when the president has failed, or has not wanted, to lift the securitized atmosphere in the country and has not succeeded in stopping the military-men from interfering in the political and cultural affairs as a way to uphold the civil rights of the Iranian people, his first deputy, Eshagh Jahangiri, last […]
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Sanctions and Regime Policies Cause Growing Crisis in Iran
New Study Exposes Deterioration of Economic and Social Rights (April 29, 2013) The international community should target sanctions more effectively to impose costs on the Iranian government and not its citizens, and the Iranian government should end its policies that worsen the crisis in access to medicines, foods, and other essential imports, the International […]
Iran ends rescue effort after Bushehr earthquake kills 37 people
Iran stopped its rescue efforts as the death toll rose to 37 after a 6.1 earthquake struck Bushehr province, home to a nuclear plant, state media said. More than 850 people were injured yesterday when the quake hit the town of Kaki, 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the plant, and about 800 houses were […]
Execution in the eye’s of people
Carrying out executions before the public eye has become the norm in the Islamic Republic (IR). Every year individuals convicted of different crimes including drug-related crimes, theft, murder or rape, are hanged in public in various Iranian cities.
“Dialogues on freedom” – Why we engage for people in Iran…
“Fighting for respect of human rights in Iran is not only about supporting and helping the people of Iran but it is also about preservation and protection of our own human rights and our democracy.”
Brave People Supported Gonabadi Dervishes in Recent Events in Shahrekord
After repeated threats by municipality and intelligence forces to demolish Gonabadi dervishes worship-place in Shahrekord, some brave people in a letter signed, announced their supports of Gonabadi dervishes.
Removal of Subsidies Will Destitute People
While until quite recently the supreme leader of the Islamic republic, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his supporters boasted the Subsidy Reform Plan as an accomplishment of the regime, some Majlis representatives now not only publicly the uncontrollable inflation but even proclaim that a government decision to talk the implementation of the second phase of […]
Sanctions on Iran: ‘ordinary people are the target’
Iranian civilians bear the brunt of western-imposed sanctions in terms of medicine and food shortages, and money problems.
Sanctions on Iran punish its people, not its leaders
The embargo on oil imports and sanctions against the central bank won’t stop Iran’s rulers pursuing their nuclear ambitions.
The Crust and the Core of Rule by the People
A wretched judiciary is tyranny’s strength and a strong judiciary makes for wretched tyrants, and today the weakest and most wretched branch of power in Iran is the judiciary.