Iran Defends Its Record on Supporting Persons With Disabilities But Serious Discrimination Persists
The head of the Welfare Organization of Iran Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpey at ...
Disability rights
May 29, 2018
Iranian Education Ministry’s Job Requirements Prevent People With Disabilities From Applying
Iran’s Education Ministry is violating Iranian law and the country’s commitments to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (CRPD) with job application requirements that prevent ...
May 16, 2018
Iran: Little Progress to Show UN on Disability Rights
Iran is facing a looming deadline to present its response to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) a year after the UN body gave the Iranian government three recommendations for upholding and ...
May 14, 2018
10 Things Everybody Should Know About Interacting With People Living With Disabilities
There's a new and growing conversation about disability rights in Iran. Here are 10 ways we can treat people with disabilities as equals and with respect. We all have a ...
May 8, 2018
“Downtism Café” Launched as Iran’s First Business Staffed by People Living With Disabilities
Iran saw the opening of Downtism Café, the country’s first café staffed by people living with disabilities including down syndrome and autism, on May 1, 2018. “Certainly these ...
April 28, 2018
Footage of Minors Being Abused at Disabilities Center in Iran Highlights Lacking Legal Protections
Leaked video footage showing staff members at the Saraye Mehrabani Care Center in the city of Rasht, northern Iran, physically abusing minors with disabilities has highlighted the lack of ...
April 7, 2018
Inaccessible Louvre Exhibit Highlights Ongoing Challenges For Persons Living With Disabilities in Iran
A popular exhibition by the Louvre Museum in Paris at the National Museum of Iran has come under criticism because it is inaccessible to people living ...
April 4, 2018
Iran’s Categorization of Autism As a “Special Disease” Is a Double-Edged Sword for Persons With Disabilities
The Iranian Parliament’s recognition of autism as a “special disease” will have positive and negative consequences for persons living with the disability in Iran according to an Iranian disability rights advocate. “Of course the steps taken ...
March 2, 2018
Guardian Council Rejects Bill That Could Protect Rights of People Living With Disabilities in Iran
Guardian council meeting Iran’s Guardian Council has rejected a proposed bill that would make it a legal right for people living with disabilities in the ...
December 22, 2017
Iran’s Parliament Overwhelmingly Agrees to Begin Deliberating Disabilities Rights Bill
With only two opposing votes, Iran’s Parliament has overwhelmingly passed the outlines of a bill designed to better protect the rights of people living with disabilities in the country. The lawmakers voted in ...
November 30, 2017
Iran’s Parliament Should Pass Pending Disability Rights Bill
New Law Needed to Protect Rights of Iran’s Long-Neglected Disability Community November 30, 2017–New legislation currently pending in the Iranian parliament will, if passed, strengthen the basic rights of Iran’s persons with disabilities community. The Center for Human ...
November 15, 2017
Encouraging the Adoption of Disabled Children is a Good Idea That Needs Better Planning
A recent pledge by an Iranian official to provide financial assistance to families that adopt children with disabilities is a good idea that requires thoroughly examining the underlying issues and improving existing services ...