Month: July 2017

Iran’s Executions and Human Rights Abuses Hit 27-Year High

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The Islamic Republic hit the highest rate of executing people since 1989. The official number indicates that Iran executed nearly two times more people in 2015 in comparison to 2010 when the hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in office, as well as roughly 10 times more than the number of executions in 2005. Approximately 1000 people were executed in 2015, according to the latest report from the United Nations investigator, Ahmed Shaheed, the special rapporteur for human rights in Iran. The unofficial number is higher. The peak of the executions in 2015 was between April…

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Iran: Women Face Bias in the Workplace

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(Beirut) – Laws and policies that discriminate against women interfere with Iranianwomen’s right to work, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Women confront an array of restrictions, such as on their ability to travel, prohibitions on entering certain jobs, and an absence of basic legal protections. The 59-page report, “‘It’s a Men’s Club’: Discrimination Against Women in Iran’s Job Market,” examines in detail the discriminatory provisions and insufficient protections in Iran’s legal system that represent obstacles to women’s equal access to the job market. Over the past four…

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Iran Events of 2016

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Despite three years in his office, President Hassan Rouhani has not delivered on his campaign promise of greater respect for civil and political rights. Executions, especially for drug-related offenses, continued at a high rate. As Rouhani faces elections for a second term in May 2017, the hardline factions that dominate the security apparatus and judiciary continued to crackdown on citizens for the legitimate exercise of their rights, in blatant disregard of international and domestic legal standards. Iranian dual nationals and citizens returning from abroad were at particular risk of arrest…

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Mohammad Najafi Tried and Released on the Bail

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HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Najafi, a registered lawyer who is active in human rights related lawsuits in Shazand town, had his court hearing about the allegation of propaganda against the regime, and was then released on the bail. Mr. Najafi has three other cases against him, the first one in the armed forces’ court, the second one in the prosecution office of the town and the third one in branch number two of Evin court. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mohammad Najafi, registered…

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Authorities’ Silence towards Shutting down of 102 Baha’i Owned Businesses in Mazandaran Province

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HRANA News Agency – By passing of more than 3 weeks since 93 Baha’i businesses were shut down in the province of Mazandaran and by passing of months since 9 Baha’i businesses were shut down in Tonekabon, relevant authorities have not given any formal and legal respond to the owners of these businesses. According to verbal statements made by relevant authorities, the warrant for closing and shutting down of Baha’i’s businesses in Mazandaran has been approved by the security council of this province; However in this 3 weeks, not even…

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Deprivation of Education for Afrooz Zabihi, a Baha’i Student in Her Fifth Semester

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HRANA News Agency – Fifth Term Civil Engineering student from Shahid Beheshti University, Baha’i Afrooz Zabihi, was banned from continuing her education after completing 90 credit hours, because of her religious faith. Miss Zabihi has several achievements in the Shining Genius Test in her name. According to HRANA, a close source to Miss Zabihi said “on Dec. 19, 2016, at the same time as the publication of the President’s Bill of Rights and the beginning of final exams, she was contacted on behalf of the Education Officer of the college. Moreover,…

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4 Activists Transferred to Women’s Ward of Evin Prison

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  HRANA News Agency – Tahereh Riyahi, Masoumeh Zia, Mahsa Raj`ati, and Mehrak Karimpoor are four civil rights activists who were mainly active in the field of news coverage, and were arrested in late December and early January. They were transferred to general female ward after more than two months, from solitary confinement of ward 209. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mahsa Ra`ati, 36, was arrested on January 2, Tahereh Riyahi, 35, journalist and editor of Borna press was arrested on January 4, Masoumeh…

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Will IRGC Take Control in Iran?

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London, 5 Jul – Tony Duheaume wrote an op-ed on Track Persia, entitled: “Are Iran’s Revolutionary Guards ready to take control?”, in which he asserted that with the Regime so weakened by infighting that the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) could seize control and do further damage to the Iranian people, the Middle East, and the world as a whole. He wrote: “Should this come about, Iran would fall under the grip of an extremely dangerous government-directed terrorist entity, which not only has a series of powerful conventional weapons under its control, but…

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Iran beach soccer team maintains place in world rankings

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The national Iranian men’s beach soccer team has kept its position as the best Asian squad in the latest edition of the Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) rankings, and stayed put in the world’s third spot. According to the latest monthly rankings released by the BSWW, the organization responsible for the founding and growth of beach soccer, Team Melli Football Saheli gained 3,208 points. Japan occupied the second place in Asia and sat in the ninth slot in the global rankings with 1,759 points. The Japanese squad was followed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman teams,…

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Iran foreign minister: ‘shameful’ travel ban targets ‘Iranian grandmothers’

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Iranian officials and Iranian Americans criticize ‘discriminatory’ measure that will keep families apart and delay resettlement of already vetted refugees to US  A man caries a welcome sign to refugees near arriving international travelers on the first day of the partial reinstatement of the Trump travel ban. Photograph: David McNew/Getty ImageFriday 30 June 2017 16.19 BSTLast modified on Friday 30 June 2017 16.25 BSTThe modified version of Donald Trump’s travel ban, which went into effect Thursday night, is a “shameful” act targeting “Iranian grandmothers”, Iran’s foreign minister has said.Travel ban goes into effect despite courts…

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