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Iran
Iran: Critics barred from covering parliamentary news
Reporters who have published critical views of Parliament's actions are being barred from further access to parliamentary sessions, an Iranian news website reports.
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Iran
Amnesty International urges members of the General Assembly’s Third Committee to consider country situations on merit and vote against any ‘No Action Motions ’
The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly is preparing to consider draft resolutions on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Myanmar. Amnesty International appeals to…
Iran
“His Continued Detention Is Neither Moral Nor Legal”
Massoumeh Dehghan, wife of human rights lawyer and founding member of Defenders of Human Rights Center Abdolfattah Soltani, who has been inside Evin Prison’s Ward 209 for the past two months, spoke with the International Campaign for Human…
Iran
Iranian Activists Call for Suspension of Uranium Enrichment to Prevent War
More than 150 Iranian political and student activists and intellectuals abroad have called on that country to temporarily suspend uranium enrichment to build confidence and halt any military aspects of the country's nuclear program.
Syria's 'bloodiest day' leaves scores dead
At least 70 people have been killed in violence across Syria over the past 24 hours in one of the bloodiest days since an anti-government uprising began eight months ago, activists reported.
Iran
Iran: Violent crime levels hit record high
“Violence against children has two consequences when the individual reaches adulthood. Either they suffer from low self-esteem and a sense of impotence that can in turn lead to depression, or they simply repeat the violence they have been…
Iran 'influenced' Iraq over US troops' exit
Iran influenced Baghdad's decision to refuse to allow the US to keep troops in Iraq beyond the end of this year, a senior adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has told the BBC.
Iran
5-year prison term for citizens who travel to Israel
Iranians traveling to Israel could go to prison for up to five years instead of only three months, after Iran's parliament revised an existing ban for such trips.
Iran
Iran bans skiing for women without legal chaperons
Women have been banned from entering skiing ramps alone. This is a new order from State Security Forces which even includes women over 18.
Kurdistan
Kurdish activist sentenced to 3 years in prison
The Campaign for the Defense of Civil and Political Prisoners reported that Branch 2 of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court sentenced activist Saeed Saedi to two years behind bars for “illegal gathering and collusion against the regime”, and…