Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Just shy of obtaining his associate’s degree in industrial mold making, Baha’i student Nikan Shaydan Shidi has been expelled from Tehran Technical University for refusing to denounce his faith.
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University of Tehran Student Soha Mortezaei Sentenced to Six Years’ Imprisonment
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Graduate student in humanities and Secretary of Tehran University Central Student Union Soha Mortezaei– who was among those arrested amid the 2018 “January protests”– has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment and a two-year ban on membership in political parties, groups, and gatherings by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, presided by …
Read More »Rouhani Should Be Called to Account for Human Rights Abuses in Iran at UN Gathering
CHRI —As President Hassan Rouhani comes to NY to attend the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) urges the international community to directly address the worsening human rights situation in Iran with the Iranian president.
Read More »Iran’s rich, influential religious singers eclipse clerics
Al-Monitor – In the Islamic calendar, the month of Muharram marks a special time for Iranians when they dress in black and attend mourning ceremonies to pay tribute to the second Shiite imam and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
Read More »Mandatory hijab hunger strike enters 50th day
Al-Monitor – Iranian activist and physician Farhad Meysami marked the 50th day of his hunger strike, causing alarm among activists and social media users about his health.
Read More »Iranians lash out at preferential treatment of pilgrims
Al-Monitor – The decision by Iranian authorities allowing pilgrims who wish to visit holy sites in neighboring Iraq to pay visa fees at the rate afforded to importers on the secondary foreign currency market has sparked criticism from both religious and non-religious segments of Iranian society. The controversy is partly fueled by the government’s parallel adoption of policies that seem to …
Read More »U.S. Ambassador Says Volkswagen Agrees To Pull Out Of Iran
RFL/RE – The U.S. ambassador to Germany has told Bloomberg News that automaker Volkswagen has agreed to comply with U.S. sanctions and suspend most of its operations in Iran. “We are pleased with this decision because Iran diverts its economic resources away from its people to spread violence and instability across the globe,” Ambassador Richard Grenell said on September 19.
Read More »Satirist Keyomars Marzban Arrested by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Held Incommunicado, No Access to Lawyer
CHRI – Keyomars Marzban, a 26-year-old satirist, has been held incommunicado in Tehran’s Evin Prison and without access to counsel since the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) arrested him on August 26, 2018.
Read More »Envoy: US Seeking to Negotiate Treaty With Iran
VOA – The United States is seeking to negotiate a treaty with Iran that will cover both its ballistic missile and nuclear programs, the U.S. special envoy for Iran said on Wednesday ahead of U.N. meetings in New York next week.
Read More »Instagram posts by kids of Iran’s political elite stir outrage
observers.france24.com – Selfies with a pet tiger, a Ferrari, or a $3800 handbag… the Instagram pages of children of the Iranian political elite are causing controversy back home, where the currency has lost 70% of its value in the past year and prices are skyrocketing.
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