Human rights

CHRI – “He’s Just a Businessman Who Has Done Nothing Wrong”

Radiofarda – While Iran is mourning the tragic death of four pre-school girls in a classroom blaze, the Islamic Republic’s Minister of Education says, with the budget allocated to his department, it will take seven to eight years to replace dangerous oil heaters with safe heating systems.

Radiofarda – Afif Na’imi, a leader of Iran’s Baha’i community, has been released from prison after completing a ten-year sentence.

Iran-HRM – Iranian authorities took repressive measures against steel and sugarcane workers after weeks of protests over delays in salaries.

VOA — Iran faces new criticism from Baha’i activists for its delayed release of an ailing Baha’i leader imprisoned for a decade and for its threat to jail a Baha’i woman for 11 years.

HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on December 20th, 2018 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

CHRI – Iranian political prisoner Narges Mohammadi has written an open letter calling on Jafari Dowlatabadi, the prosecutor general of Tehran, to stop denying her medical treatment.

HRW – Systematic Failure to Investigate Deaths in Detention

HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on December 19th, 2018 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

Al-Monitor – A blaze on Dec. 18 at a girls’ school in the southeastern Iranian border town of Zahedan — the capital of Sistan and Baluchistan province — that killed at least four 6-year-old girls has thrown the nation into deep mourning. According to official reports, the fire erupted after one of the students accidentally tripped an old oil heater while playing with others …