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World must condemn appalling deterioration of human rights in Iran

Amnesty – The international community must publicly condemn the deterioration in Iran’s human rights record during the country’s upcoming review session at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 8 November, Amnesty International said today. The organization urges states taking part in Iran’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to denounce the widespread human rights violations and make concrete recommendations for …

Iran’s Rouhani offers to talk with Saudi, Bahraini leaders

Al-Monitor- Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei has confirmed that President Hassan Rouhani has sent letters to the Saudi and Bahraini kings in an effort to resolve tensions with the two Arab countries. At a weekly press briefing in Tehran on Nov. 4, Rabiei said the letters embodied Iran’s strategy of “seeking peace and stability” in the region. The Iranian official noted that US …

Renowned Persian Poet Mazaher Mosaffa Dies At 87

PayvandNews – Persian poet Mazaher Mosaffa, mostly famous for his odes, died of natural causes at his home in Tehran on Thursday October 31, 2019. He was 87. Persian poet Mazaher Mosaffa He was buried in his hometown of Tafresh on Friday, his daughter Golzar told the Persian service of ISNA.He received his primary school education at the Hakim Nezami School …

Iran Lawmakers Discuss Rouhani Assuming ‘Acting Executive’ Powers

Radiofarda – A senior member of Iran’s parliament has confirmed ongoing discussions about President Hassan Rouhani assuming the role of an acting executive on behalf of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. In recent days there were reports and rumors of the possibility that Rouhani could be delegated executive powers by Khamenei to cope with the country’s pressing problems. Although Rouhani …

The UN Should Reconsider Its Policy On Iran’s Human Rights Record

Radiofarda – The United Nation has since 2011 appointed three special rapporteurs for Iran to monitor and report on the human rights situation in the country. They have never been allowed to visit the Iran while according to their annual reports, arbitrary arrests, torture and daily executions have significantly increased since then. Iran’s regime is notorious for public executions as …

iranintl – Iran is ramping up its control of domestic cyberspace with a closed new state-run i…

iranintl – The UN nuclear watchdog’s chief warned Tuesday that a standoff with Iran over inspe…

iranintl – As Iranian security forces carried out a deadly crackdown on protesters, a media wa…

iranintl – After returning from Iran to Canada, Mona Bolouri said the unity and size of protes…

Iranwire – An eyewitness has spoken to IranWire about the killing of Alireza Rahimi, a 26-year…

Iranwire – Three weeks after the start of nationwide protests in Iran, information received by…

Iranwire – IranWire has obtained information indicating that Mohammad (Milad) Gholami, a 25-ye…

Iranwire – According to IranWire, two protesters killed during the January protests in Isfahan…

Iranwire – According to IranWire, Ali Moradi, a 42-year-old protester from Karaj’s Sarjoub-e H…

Iranwire – While his family was blowing up balloons and preparing a surprise party for his 18t…

gatestoneinstitute.org – What is not in dispute is that, despite Trump’s claim that regi…

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Twenty-four days since the start of the nationwide protests in Ir…

Iran-HRM – World Must Know What Happened in Iran Field Accounts of an All-Out War against Unar…

alarabiya – Iranian lawmakers warned on Tuesday that any attack on the country’s supreme leade…

iranintl – The Islamic Republic’s resort to the deadliest crackdown on protestors in its…

iranintl – Vignettes of horror on Iran’s streets were trickling past a state-imposed int…

Iranwire – IranWire has learned that Farid Ramezani, a protester in Tehran, was killed by gove…

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic has portrayed the January protests as a pre-planned “sedition”…

Iranwire – Human rights lawyer Sina Yousefi reported on social media on Monday, January 19, on…

Iranwire – Ebrahim Azizi, head of Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission…

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