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HomeHuman rights breaches in Iran

Human rights breaches in Iran

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Column : Why Did Protests Erupt in Iran?

January 2, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

By: Ahmad Sadri* The Islamic Republic of Iran is the platypus of humanity’s political evolution. Episodic Iranian unrest, from the focused, reformist uprising of 2009 (led by middle-class protesters of Tehran) to the current, wildly [ More … ]

Will Britain move to protect its detained citizens in Iran prisons?
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Iran: British-Iranian charity worker sentenced five years in jail

April 26, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Iran’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal on a five-year jail sentence for a British-Iranian charity worker who has been in prison in Iran for about a year is suffering fatal health conditions, while the British government [ More … ]

Will Britain move to protect its detained citizens in Iran prisons?
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Will Britain move to protect its detained citizens in Iran prisons?

March 5, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

A British mother who has been in prison in Iran for about a year is suffering fatal health conditions, while the British government do nothing to protest the situation of its citizen and keeps normal relations [ More … ]

Political prisoners in Iran send letters in support for Aleppo
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Political prisoners in Iran send letters in support for Aleppo

December 25, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

The end of Aleppo battle resembled a new step for Iran in its plan to control the region is done. Iran’s regime policy relies on prohibiting any opposition movement inside its own borders, and expansion [ More … ]

Update: Iran 2 sentences Iranian-Americans 10 years for 'spying'
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Update: Iran sentences 2 Iranian-Americans 10 years for ‘spying’

October 19, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-American businessman and his elderly father to 10 years in prison and fined $4.8 million, on charges of cooperating with the US, Iranian media reported on Tuesday. Iran Iran’s [ More … ]

Khamenei: Iran won’t coordinate with US in Syria
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Canada: Restoring ties with Iran easier said than done

October 3, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

News of a Canadian-Iranian academic’s release from Iranian prison has raised fresh hopes for a detente in Canada’s glacial relations with Iran but a Canadian expert says restoring relations with the Islamic Republic is far [ More … ]

Iran: 10-Year Sentence for Human Rights Defender
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Iran: 10-Year prison Sentence for Human Rights Defender

October 2, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Iran’s revolutionary court has confirmed a 10-year prison sentence for a prominent human rights defender. Authorities have held the rights defender, Narges Mohammadi, who suffers from a severe medical ailment, in Evin prison in Tehran [ More … ]

Iran executes at least 10 Sunni prisoners
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Column: Iran, The Mullah republic of the gallows

August 14, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

What triggers resentment and disapproval at the same time is the Persian ambivalence represented in investing religion to build a profound religious state based on oppression and suppression of the internal elements and the export [ More … ]

Iran: Women’s rights activists treated as "enemies of the state"
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Iran: Women’s rights activists treated as “enemies of the state”

August 10, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Iranian authorities have intensified their repression of women’s rights activists in the country in the first half of this year, carrying out a series of harsh interrogations and increasingly likening any collective initiative relating to [ More … ]

Column: Is Iran open to negotiating on human rights?
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Column: Is Iran open to negotiating on human rights?

August 6, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

The head of Iran’s judiciary, Sadegh Larijani, made an interesting proposition to European countries during a speech Aug. 3 on the occasion of Human Rights Day in Iran. He said Iran is willing to hold [ More … ]

Iran executes at least 10 Sunni prisoners
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Iran executes at least 10 Sunni prisoners

August 3, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Iran has executed at least 10 Sunni Muslim prisoners held on terror charges in spite of claims they were subjected to forced confessions and did not have a fair trial. The Norway-based Iran Human Rights, [ More … ]

Column: Iran's Destruction of Satellite Dishes and Launching of Channels
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Column: Iran’s Destruction of Satellite Dishes and Launching of Channels

July 29, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

The least that can be said about the Iran’s authorities destroying 100,000 satellite dishes on the grounds that they breach regulations and threaten moral, cultural and social values is that this act is ridiculous. It [ More … ]

Iranian regime hangs 18 people over the weekend
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Iranian regime hangs 18 people over the weekend

July 18, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Iranian regime hanged 18 prisoners over the weekend, including two cases in public. A woman was among those hanged on Sunday. Eleven prisoners were hanged en masse in Qezelhesar Prison in Karaj, northwest of Tehran, [ More … ]

Iranian opposition escalates its moves, Iranian regime responds
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Iranian opposition escalates its moves, Iranian regime responds

July 18, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (DPIK) called for a popular strike on Wednesday in a new step against the Mullah regime, which became a reality on ground, while Tehran recalled the French Ambassador to protest [ More … ]

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Economy: Lawmakers, activists slam companies dealing with Iran

July 12, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

In letters obtained by POLITICO, dozens of firms express reticence and eagerness to jump into the Iranian market a year after the nuclear agreement while lawmakers and activists criticized their moves. Iran When Nokia received a [ More … ]

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