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Human Rights
UN extends mandate of Special Rapporteur on Iran
The United Nations Human Rights Council has renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran.
Human Rights
Iran
World’s Worst Religious Freedom Violators
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a federal government commission that monitors global religious freedom, today released its 2012 Annual Report and recommended that the Secretary of State name the following…
Human Rights
Chinese firm helps Iran spy on citizens
A Chinese telecommunications equipment company has sold Iran's largest telecom firm a powerful surveillance system capable of monitoring landline, mobile and internet communications, interviews and contract documents show.
Iran
Jail, exile and death for young Arab prisoners
The Ahvaz Revolutionary Court has sentenced a number of Arab-minority political prisoners to death and imprisonment.
Iran
Assistance of Interpol requested in Iran's Great Bank Fraud case
The trial of suspects in Iran's $3-billion bank fraud convened on Saturday for the third time, with the judge announcing that interpol has been called on in order to bring all the suspects in the case to trial.
Iran
Parliament challenges new Mortazavi appointment
A number of Iranian MPs have criticized the appointment of Saeed Mortazavi to head the Social Security Fund, saying it could lead to the impeachment of the Minister of Cooperatives, Employment and Social Security, Abdolreza Sheykholeslamt
Iran
Iranian Teacher Abdolreza Ghanbari on the Verge of Execution
Imprisoned teacher Abdolreza Ghanbari’s pardon request has been denied by the Pardon Commission of Tehran Province Judiciary, a source close to his family told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. With the rejection of his…
Kurdistan
Habibollah Golparipour, a Kurdish political prisoner, transferred to the solitary confinement of Oroumiyeh prison, after beating and disrespecting
Habibollah Golparipour who is sentenced to death by the Iranian regime revolutionary court, based on some news sources, he was moved to an unknown location and threatened with the imminent execution of his death sentence.
Kurdistan
A Kurdish Political prisoner may face execution soon
There is growing fear over the fate of Habibollah Golparipour, an Iranian-Kurdish political prisoner who may be in imminent danger of execution.
Iran
Iran Reportedly Removes World AIDS Day From State Calendar
The Iranian government body that sets the country's official cultural policy has reportedly removed World AIDS Day from the state calendar. The move has prompted concern among those fighting the spread of AIDS in the Islamic republic, where…