40 Years of Failure: Official Study Reviews Iranian Lifestyles
Iranwire.com - Although the ruling clerics of Iran have been promoting their values and beliefs for more than 40 years,…
Month: December 2020
Family of Executed Athlete Arrested
Iranwire.com - The brother and father of Navid Afkari, a wrestler executed in September, have been arrested by intelligence agents.…
Iran Transfers Another Jailed Female Dissident to Harsher Prison
VOA - Iran has transferred a women’s rights activist from Tehran’s main prison to a notorious women’s jail on the…
UN General Assembly censures human rights violations in Iran
Iran-HRM - The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, censuring the grave and systematic violation…
Four Arab activists accused of secessionism for collecting aid for flood victims
Iran-HRM - Four Arab activists living in the port of Mahshahr, in southwest Khuzestan Province, have been accused of secessionism.…
Political Prisoner Mohammad Ashtiani Denied Medical Treatment in Karaj Prison
Iran-HRM - Mohammad Ashtiani has been denied medical treatment in the Central Prison of Karaj. Political prisoner Mohammad Ashtiani Araghi,…
Governments and police must stop using pandemic as pretext for abuse
Amnesty - Abusive policing and excessive reliance on law enforcement to implement COVID-19 response measures have violated human rights and in…
US sanctions companies in UAE, China over Iranian petrochemical sales
Al-Monitor - The Trump administration on Wednesday issued a new round of Iran-related sanctions, targeting four companies based in China…
Iran’s Khamenei vows ‘definite’ revenge for US killing of Soleimani
Al-monitor - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei promised to avenge the blood of his most favored military commander, Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who…
A pandemic atlas: No longer in viral denial, Iran struggles
AP - At the start, Iranian officials downplayed COVID-19 — denying the mounting toll of infections, refusing to close mosques,…