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Cartoon 93: Rouhani in New York

Cartoon 93: Rouhani in New York

September 21, 2014

As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani prepares to come to New York next week to attend the UN General Assembly and other meetings, there is a lot of anticipation for how he would answer questions in the US media interviews that aim to polish ...

Detention Continues for Woman Attempting to Attend Volleyball Match

Detention Continues for Woman Attempting to Attend Volleyball Match

September 18, 2014

The decision to extend the temporary detention orders of Ghoncheh Ghavami, the young woman with dual British-Iranian citizenship who was arrested for trying to attend a volleyball game in Tehran, is under court review after Ghavami’s lawyer filed a formal objection. The family of Ghavami has also objected strenuously to her continued detainment. ...

More Than Two Months in Solitary Confinement for Protesting Exclusion of Women in Stadium

More Than Two Months in Solitary Confinement for Protesting Exclusion of Women in Stadium

September 11, 2014

A young woman’s detention in solitary confinement continues after her June 30, 2014 arrest, following her earlier arrest and release outside a Tehran sports stadium when she tried to attend a volleyball game. Ghoncheh Ghavami’s lawyer, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaee, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he is unaware of his client’s ...

Gender Segregation Gains Momentum in Iran: Women Prohibited from More Jobs

September 4, 2014

The accelerated efforts to restrict women’s access to jobs, professions, and public venues continue in Iran. In the latest announcement, Colonel Khalil Helali, Head of the Public Buildings Office of the Iranian Police, said on August 30, 2014, that henceforth women are not allowed employment in coffee shops, coffee houses, and traditional Iranian restaurants. ...

Gender Segregation Violates the Rights of Women in Iran

Gender Segregation Violates the Rights of Women in Iran

September 3, 2014

Morteza Talai, Deputy Chairperson of the Tehran City Council  Commentary by Leila Mouri*  The recent sharp exchange during a press conference between Morteza Talai, Deputy Chairperson of the Tehran City Council, ...

Remembering Simin Behbahani: Iran’s Legendary Poet And Advocate

Remembering Simin Behbahani: Iran’s Legendary Poet And Advocate

August 29, 2014

The prominent Iranian poet, Simin Behbahani, died last week in Pars hospital in Tehran, at the age of 87. In her funeral ceremony, held on August 22, thousands of Iranians gathered to say farewell to one of the legendary poets of the contemporary era. An outstanding member of Iran’s modern literary circles both ...

Widespread Elimination of Women from Tehran City Administration “for Their Comfort”

Widespread Elimination of Women from Tehran City Administration “for Their Comfort”

July 18, 2014

A Tehran Municipality manager announced on July 13, 2014 that henceforth all managers in the organization should use male employees in their offices, and the Municipality offices should be segregated by gender. Farzad Khalafi, Deputy Media Director at the Municipality’s Communications and International Center told reporters that “This decision was made for the comfort and ...

Bill Criminalizing Birth Control is “Against Citizens’ Rights,” Critics Say

Bill Criminalizing Birth Control is “Against Citizens’ Rights,” Critics Say

July 17, 2014

Two prominent Iranian lawyers have questioned the legitimacy of a bill approved by the Iranian Parliament on June 24, 2014, which calls for punishment against those who perform birth control procedures such as vasectomy and tubectomy. The bills are part of an official drive to boost the country’s population. ...

New Wave of Arrests and Prison Sentences Against Journalists

New Wave of Arrests and Prison Sentences Against Journalists

July 10, 2014

The prominent journalist Marzieh Rasouli was summoned to Evin Prison on July 8, 2014, for the implementation of her sentence of 50 lashes and two years’ imprisonment, she announced on Twitter, even though Rasouli has not yet received confirmation of the initial sentence from the appeals court. ...

130 Women Sign Letter to Protest Women Barred From Entering Azadi Stadium

130 Women Sign Letter to Protest Women Barred From Entering Azadi Stadium

July 3, 2014

More then 130 women’s rights activists have asked the President of the International Volleyball Federation to protect the right of Iranian women to enter sports stadiums and attend volleyball matches. “We demand an end to gender discrimination in the sports stadiums and believe that the Iranian society is not an island isolated from the rest ...

Prominent Rights Defender Faces New Charges for Her Meeting with Ashton

Prominent Rights Defender Faces New Charges for Her Meeting with Ashton

June 11, 2014

Narges Mohammadi, the prominent human rights defender and Deputy Head of the now-shuttered Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that new charges have been brought against her stemming from her March 8, 2014 meeting with the EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. ...

Filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi Begins 5-Year Sentence on Baseless Charges

Filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi Begins 5-Year Sentence on Baseless Charges

June 11, 2014

On Saturday, June 7, 2014, Iranian documentary filmmaker and women’s rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi began serving her five-year prison sentence on security charges of “assembly and collusion against national security,” and “propaganda against the state.” ...

State-run TV’s Disinformation Encourages Violence Against Women

June 2, 2014

June 2, 2014—The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran calls on President Rouhani to immediately institute supervision of Iran’s state TV and end the broadcast of programs that falsely defame dissidents and implicitly justify violence against women who do not wear the hijab, the compulsory dress that covers a woman’s head and body. ...

Cartoon 85: Preferred Red Carpet Attire for Iranian Actresses

Cartoon 85: Preferred Red Carpet Attire for Iranian Actresses

May 28, 2014

Hardliners lashed out at the prominent Iranian actress Leila Hatami for kissing a Cannes Film Festival official on May 15, 2014, and for the clothing she wore at the Festival, where she was a member of this year’s jury. Hatami, 41, greeted the 83-year-old president of the festival, Gilles Jacob, with a handshake and kiss ...

Actress to Be “Dealt with” for Her Greeting of Cannes Festival President

Actress to Be “Dealt with” for Her Greeting of Cannes Festival President

May 22, 2014

Hardliners lashed out at the prominent Iranian actress Leila Hatami for kissing a Cannes Film Festival official on May 15, 2014, and for the clothing she wore at the Festival, where she is a member of this year’s jury. ...

Imprisoned Student Maryam Shafipour Refused Medical Treatment

April 11, 2014

Maryam Shafipour A source close to the family of imprisoned student activist Maryam Shafipour told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that judicial authorities have refused the family’s repeated requests for her transfer to a hospital ...

UN Members Strongly Criticize Executions and Lack of Basic Freedoms in Iran

March 17, 2014

At Monday’s meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed presented his report on the situation of human rights in Iran. Following his presentation, representatives of member countries, NGOs, and the Iranian delegation offered their responses. ...

Shaheed Tells the UN Rights Council Deep Reforms Needed

March 17, 2014

“In order to progress, we must admit that despite existing laws or policies, violations are occurring. And while I can appreciate the possibility that death sentences may not be the first choice of punishment ...

Activist Who Met With Ashton Decries Defamation by Hardliners

March 15, 2014

Mohammadi told the Campaign, "I have held a pen in my hand for 20 years but never a gun… I strongly deny these false allegations ...

Human Rights Activist Rejects Criticism of her Meeting with Ashton

March 14, 2014

"I and a number of women's rights activists were formally invited," to meet Ashton, Mohammadi said. "I saw nothing wrong with the invitation and therefore I accepted it. But what I don't understand is all the criticism accusing me of ...

Paper Close to Revolutionary Guards Doctors Ashton Photo to Erase Image of Torture Victim’s Mother

Paper Close to Revolutionary Guards Doctors Ashton Photo to Erase Image of Torture Victim’s Mother

March 12, 2014

Almost immediately after EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met with a group of activists in Tehran, Iranian authorities unleashed a barrage of angry remarks and insults about her visit. ...

New Campaign: Ten Days With Bahareh

New Campaign: Ten Days With Bahareh

March 11, 2014

A group of women and student activists have launched a campaign for the release of Bahareh Hedayat, a symbol of the student movement who has been serving a near-10-year prison sentence at Evin Prison’s Women’s Ward. ...

Release Shafipour, Hedayat, and All Other Women Prisoners of Conscience

Release Shafipour, Hedayat, and All Other Women Prisoners of Conscience

March 7, 2014

As the world prepares to honor and promote the economic, political, and social achievements of women on International Women’s Day, Iran has sentenced yet another young woman, Maryam Shafipour, for her peaceful activities. ...

President Rouhani’s New Rights Charter

President Rouhani’s New Rights Charter

February 11, 2014

On November 26, 2013, President Rouhani’s government published a draft Citizens’ Rights Charter and solicited public reaction. The publication of this draft within the first 100 days of his presidency was widely seen as a major step by his administration to address his promises to improve the state of human rights in Iran. ...

“Drawing Repression”: New Book Illustrates 52 Weeks of Human Rights in Iran

“Drawing Repression”: New Book Illustrates 52 Weeks of Human Rights in Iran

January 30, 2014

This new book of editorial cartoons by leading Iranian artist Touka Neyestani chronicles one year of human rights issues in Iran. ...

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