Human rights

HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on January 6th, 2019 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

Al-Monitor – The labor struggles of teachers in Iran have expanded simultaneously with the establishment of a modern educational system in the country.

Radiofarda – The complaint of a labor activist that he was tortured in prison have led to members of parliament pursuing the case and student groups demanding a debate with Iran’s intelligence minister.

Radiofarda – In a January 5 statement, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi accused UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt of “hasty” and “absurd” remarks against Iran.

HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on January 5th, 2019 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

Radiofarda – Prominent Iranian labor activist Esmail Bakhshi has called on the intelligence minister for a debate concerning torture, persecution, and maltreatment at the country’s prisons.

Radiofarda – Ahmad Alamolhoda, the ultraconservative Friday Prayer leader of Mashahd in northeatern Iran, says some people are trying to undermine the importance of compulsory hijab, the head to toe cover for women.

HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on January 4th, 2019 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

CHRI – Held Without Access to Lawyer, Bakhshi Beaten During 25-Day Detention

CHRI – Yekta Fahandej Sa’di was sentenced to 11 years and nine months in prison for her Baha’i religious beliefs by a preliminary court in the city of Shiraz in south-central Iran on December 30, 2018, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned.