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 […]
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Pope Urges Dialogue with Islam, Says World Must Do More for Poor
Pope Francis urges interfaith dialogue in speech to diplomats Pope Francis urged the West on Friday to intensify dialogue with Islam, and also appealed to the world to do more to combat poverty. The new pontiff made his appeal in an address to diplomats accredited to the Vatican, sending a message through them to […]
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.
Cost of living more than doubles in five years
The average gross annual cost of running an urban Iranian household has doubled in the past five years, according to the latest statistics released by the Islamic Republic Central Bank.
Kidneys for sale: poor Iranians compete to sell their organs
Would-be sellers advertise their kidneys by writing their blood type and phone number on posters or walls of the street close to several of Tehran’s major hospitals.
Female Political Prisoners In Evin Prison, Suffering From Illness And Are In Poor Health Condition
Female political prisoners in Evin prison are suffering from illness and are in poor health.
Female Political Prisoners In Evin Prison, Suffering From Illness And Are In Poor Health Condition
Female political prisoners in Evin prison are suffering from illness and are in poor health. According to the families of political prisoners who met on Monday with women prisoners, during the last week most were sick and proper medical care was not provided to them.
Do you know what it means to be destitute?
Akbar Falahzadeh describes the deteriorating situation for workers in the Islamic Republic with ever-rising inflation, the decline of the manufacturing sector and mismanagement of the economy.
Life In The Fast Lane For Iran’s Well-Connected Super-Rich
By RFE/RLIranian financiers suspected of growing rich through links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are flaunting their wealth through the import of exclusive fast cars, an investigation backed by the European Union has found.
Iran’s rich eat ice cream covered in gold as poor struggle to survive
Gold-flecked ice cream wasn’t part of the picture that Shiite Muslim clerics painted during the Iranian Revolution, when they promised to lift the poor by distributing the country’s vast oil income equally across society.