In an important step to eliminate a fundamental and longstanding discriminatory restriction on Iranian women and their children, Iran’s Parliament overwhelmingly ratified the “Granting Citizenship to Children Resulting from Marriage Between Iranian Women and Non-Iranian Men” on ...
Iran’s minister of education has called on the police to trace the “source” of what he described as “disturbing videos” of schoolchildren cheerfully dancing to a pop song by US-based Iranian singer Sasy Mankan. The videos are part of an online “dance challenge” that features ...
Iran’s minister of education has called on the police to trace the “source” of what he described as “disturbing videos” of schoolchildren cheerfully dancing to a pop song by US-based Iranian singer Sasy Mankan. The videos are ...
UN, GENEVA (3 May 2019) – The execution of two 17-year-old boys in Iran on charges of rape and robbery, after a trial that appears to have seriously breached fundamental due process guarantees, is deplorable, ...
Iranian students clash with riot police during an anti-government protest around the University of Tehran, Iran, 30 December 2017. Living conditions difficult for many Iranians Expert calls for release of those detained for ...
Every day women in Iran experience discrimination and violence. Some groups are more vulnerable than others. Children, women with disabilities and senior women face extreme violence with little means of seeking legal protections. All branches of the Iranian government are responsible for protecting women's rights. ...
Abdolreza Fouladvand, the head of the Education Department in Tehran Responding to news of an autistic child being treated inhumanely in a school, Iranian officials blamed the child and the parents for ...
Despite being diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders, Mohammad Kalhori is facing imminent execution in Iran for a crime he allegedly committed at the age of 15, his attorney ...
Imprisoned civil rights activist Atena Daemi is being denied medical treatment despite possibly suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS), a family member told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). ...
Javaid Rehman was appointed as the third Special Rapporteur ...
News of an 11-year-old girl in the Iranian city of Ilam being repeatedly raped after being illegally married off to a man four times her age has renewed protests by some members of Parliament against the law that allows child marriage. The child, referred to by ...
The mother of two autistic sons says there was no ...
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