Amnesty – The arrest of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, is an outrageous attack on a brave and prolific human rights defender, Amnesty International said today. Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested at her home in Tehran this morning and transferred to the prosecutor’s office of Evin prison, according to her husband, Reza Khandan. In an interview earlier today …
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Kurdish Political Activist Writes Open Letter Protesting Grim Prison Conditions
Iran-HRM – Kurdish political activist Zeinab Jalalian, who has been serving a life sentence, wrote an open letter protesting the authorities denying her access to medical treatment. In her letter she describes how the authorities denied her access to medical treatment, yet fabricated a medical case and published their fake documents in the state media. Zainab Jalalian called the allegation …
Read More »Iran Officials Ban Kurdish Clothes And Language In Public Places
Iran-HRM – Iran officials ban Kurdish clothes and language in public places Kurdish people are banned from wearing their traditional dress in public.
Read More »Sunni Prisoner Deprived Of Family Visit
Iran-HRM – Sunni prisoner Hamzeh Darvish who has been on hunger strike protesting his illegal transfer to another ward, at Rajaei Shahr Prison, is currently banned from any visit. He does not even allowed to use the prison phone to contact his family.
Read More »After Al Arabiya English report, Trump admin condemns Iran role in 9/11 attacks
Al-Arabia – The United States State Department has condemned Iran’s role in facilitating the September 11, 2001 attacks after a report by Al Arabiya of an Iranian official’s a Farsi language interview.
Read More »White House Moves To Defend Iran-Sanctions Deal With China’s ZTE
RFL/RE – The White House is moving to defend U.S. President Donald Trump’s deal allowing Chinese telecom giant ZTE to stay in business despite violating sanctions against Iran and North Korea.
Read More »Assad Says He Needs Iranian, Hizballah Forces To Stay In Syria
RFL/RE – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he needs the assistance of Iranian and Hizballah forces in Syria and they will stay for as long as they deem necessary.
Read More »Iranian Authorities Respond to Labour Protests with Scores of Arrests
Radioamaneh – Fifty protesting workers of Ahwaz Steel National Industrial Group participating in protests on Monday June 11 were arrested by the authorities. Reportedly another group of workers who had gathered on Tuesday to protest the arrest of their colleagues were also arrested. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) their reporters were at the protest location on Monday …
Read More »EP Vice President and Chair of Subcommittee on Human Rights call for immediate release of Sakharov laureate Nasrin Sotoudeh
Iran Human Rights – Following the arrest of Ms Nasrin Sotoudeh, EP Vice-President Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA, FI) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), stated: “Yesterday Ms Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested in her home in Tehran, Iran, and was reportedly transferred to Evin prison. We strongly condemn her arrest and call on the …
Read More »How Russia-Israel engagement is benefiting Iran
Al-Monitor – On June 9, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s annual summit in the Chinese city of Qingdao. Among the issues discussed in the meeting, the two sides touched upon their regional cooperation, especially in Syria, calling it effective in preserving regional stability. According to Rouhani, “The …
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