Iranian security forces crack down on protest marking women’s day
Al-Arabia - Dozens of women gathered in front of the Iranian Ministry of Labor on Thursday, which coincided with Women's…
Month: March 2018
Seyed-Emami Family: Iran is “Trying to Prevent Us From Rebuilding Our Lives”
Al-Monitor -Upon arriving in Vancouver, Canada, on March 8, 2018, the sons of Kavous Seyed-Emami–the Iranian-Canadian academic who died in…
Iran Blocks Women’s Day Gathering, Detains Participants
Radiofarda - Several women who had attempted to gather in Tehran to mark International Women’s Day have been detained, reports…
The Leader OF Dervishes Is Under House Arrest
Radiofarda - Without directly using the term “house arrest,” the leader of the Gonabadi dervishes says he has been confined…
Ahmadinejad Branded As ‘Full-Fledged Counter-Revolutionary’ For His Defiant Remarks
Radiofarda - Former hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticized “the closed circle of Iranian leadership,” in a strongly worded commentary…
Dancing School Girls Anger Conservatives
Radiofarda - Iran’s prosecutor-general has officially called for those responsible for a ceremony celebrating Women’s Day in Iran to be…
Negotiating Iran’s Missile Program Will Not Be Easy And Quick, Says Expert
Radiofarda - As the fresh deadline set by US President Donald Trump to amend the Iran nuclear deal is approaching,…
Iran’s Attorney General Ordered Action Against Women’s Day Event Organisers
Iran-HRM - Iran’s top legal attorney general seeks to take action against organisers of a Women’s Day event in Tehran,…
Iran: Kurd Civil Rights Activist Tried In Saqez
Iran-HRM - On Tuesday, March 6, Najibeh Salehzadeh, a Kurd civil rights activist in Saqez, was tried by the 1st Branch…
Tehran University Student Sentenced To 6 Years Of Prison And Banned From Leaving Iran
Iran-HRM - Leila Hosseinnejad, an anthropologist student at Tehran University, was sentenced to six years of prison and was banned…