New UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman Requests Entry to Iran
CHRI - UN SRs on Human Rights Banned From Visiting Since 2005 The new special rapporteur on the situation of…
Month: October 2018
Civil Rights Activist Farhad Meysami Barricades Himself in Evin Prison Clinic
CHRI - Meysami Intensifies Hunger Strike and Calls For Release of Reza Khandan (more…)
Iran Should Immediately Free Political Prisoner Arash Sadeghi on Medical Grounds
CHRI - Denial of Medical Care to Political Prisoners Routine in Iran . Iranian authorities should immediately free political prisoner Arash…
How the Rouhani administration can contain excess liquidity
Al-Monitor - Inflation is quickly rising in Iran on the back of a continuous and uncontrollable growth of liquidity. Two basic factors explain the…
Iran launches missile, drone attacks on militants in Syria
Al-Monitor - The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has responded to the Sept. 22 terrorist attack in the southwestern city of…
Foreign Minister Zarif Says Seven European Central Banks Will Assist Trade With Iran
PayvandNews - Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says seven European central banks have agreed to create a special payment…
Prosecutors Threaten Truckers With Death Penalty As Strike Enters Second Week
Radiofarda - Iran’s striking truck drivers have been threatened with execution by some of the country’s top prosecutors. (more…)
More Than 2,200 Doctors and Activists Sign Letter To Save Political Prisoner
Radiofarda - More than 2,200 physicians and civil rights activists have sent a letter to the Ministry of Culture and…
Iran, U.S. In Tense Wait For World Court Sanctions Ruling
Radiofarda - The International Court of Justice will hand down an eagerly awaited decision this week on Iran's demand for…
Family of Iran cleric: Revolutionary Guards hid explosives in Hajj pilgrim bags
Al-Arabia - The family of a prominent late Shiite cleric Hossein Ali Montazeri said that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards were…