A directive “ratified” by Iran’s Guardian Council, imposing new requirements for candidates to qualify to run in Iran’s June 2021 presidential election, has once again revealed the unconstitutional practices of the powerful unelected body. Accountable only ...
Holding a public referendum in Iran on the fate of the Islamic Republic is an idea that has recently been gaining favor among Iranian political activists and civil rights advocates, both inside the country and abroad. Proponents of ...
Latest Delay: Guardian Council Objects to Punishing Negligent Parents Parliament’s Judiciary Commission Must Find Compromise Language on Parental Neglect to Ensure Passage of Bill “Each day’s delay in its ratification means children will continue to be unprotected ...
Guardian council meeting Iran’s Guardian Council has rejected a proposed bill that would make it a legal right for people living with disabilities ...
Six days after Iran’s Parliament passed an amendment reaffirming the right of minorities to run in local council elections, the Guardian Council’s Spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodaei announced the council had rejected ...
Get caught up on Iran’s 2017 presidential and local council elections with a special weekly update by CHRI. ...
Prominent political activist, Azam Taleghani, 72, makes her ...
