Iran-France Spat Over Praise For Iranian Rights Defender At UN Conference
Radiofarda - Praise for prominent jailed Iranian lawyer and human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh by France's representative to the UN's…
Month: March 2019
New ‘Evidence’ Emerges Based On Nuclear Files Israel Smuggled Out Of Tehran
Radiofarda - Institute for Science, a Washington-based think tank focused on nuclear non-proliferation has published evidence on its Twitter page,…
Iran Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Prison Sentences, Lashings Against 23 Dervishes
CHRI - Sentences Range from Six to 26 Years Including Lashes March 15, 2019 – The mass conviction of 23…
Belarus Orders Expulsion Of Christian Convert Facing Death Penalty In Iran
RFL/RE - Belarusian authorities have ordered the expulsion of an Iranian man who has converted to Christianity and is wanted…
Connecting to the Field: the Case of the Girl with the Blue Hair
Radiozamaneh - As the director of Zamaneh Media, I was asked to speak at an event about independent media and…
Iran Inches Closer to its Goal: “Wipe Israel off the Map”
gatestoneinstitute.org - As Iran's theocratic establishment believes that the Supreme Leader is Allah's representative on earth, whatever words or desires…
42 Human Rights Groups Support Renewal of UN Special Rapporteur’s Mandate on Iran
CHRI - A coalition of diverse human rights organizations have signed an open letter supporting the renewal of the UN…
UN Expert Concerned by Crackdown on Protests and Strikes in Iran
CHRI - UN, GENEVA– Worrying patterns of intimidation, arrest, prosecution, and ill-treatment of human rights defenders, lawyers, and labour rights…
Can books be used for punishment?
Al-Monitor - In an unusual development, a judge in Tehran has sentenced prominent — and aging — political activist Abolfazl…
Iranian media: Sistani’s meeting with Rouhani endorsement of ‘moderation’
Al-Monitor - President Hassan Rouhani became the first sitting Iranian president to meet with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most…