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Tag : Iran election 2017

August 11, 2017

Iranian Sunnis Who Supported Rouhani’s Reelection Feel Snubbed by His Cabinet Picks

Former MP Urges Rouhani to “Expose” Human Rights Violators Iran’s Sunni Muslim community is “disappointed” by President Hassan Rouhani’s decision to exclude members of ...

July 11, 2017

Rights Activists Urge Rouhani to Nominate Women to His Cabinet

Asieh Amini, journalist and women’s rights activist. Photo ...

July 5, 2017

Detained Pro-Rouhani Telegram Channel Admins Repeatedly Denied Legal Counsel Three Months After Arrests

Mohammad ...

July 5, 2017

Iran’s Supreme Leader Comes to Judiciary’s Defense After Rouhani Criticizes Problematic Arrests

Iran’s supreme leader is continuing his public criticism of newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani, this time accusing him ...

June 30, 2017

Reformist Ally: “Constructive Collaboration” With Iran’s Parliament Will Aid Rouhani’s Policy Battles

Iran’s newly re-elected centrist President Hassan Rouhani should engage in “constructive collaboration” with Parliament to implement his policies amid increasing opposition ...

June 30, 2017

Reformist Former MP: Rouhani Should Stand By His Voters Despite Opposition From Hardliners

Despite a spate of attacks from powerful conservatives, newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani should fulfill the promises he made to the ...

June 26, 2017

Islamic Feminist Scholar: No Better Time For Rouhani to Nominate Women to His Cabinet

Jila Movahed Shariat Panahi President Hassan Rouhani should honor his campaign pledges to women and nominate them to serve ...

June 26, 2017

Reformist Journalist, Activist Arrested in Run-Up to Iran’s 2017 Election Post Bail

Ailing Human Rights Lawyer Granted Brief Furlough Journalist Tahereh Riahi and civil rights activist Mona Moafi...

June 26, 2017

Prominent Imprisoned Activist Who Voted for Rouhani: My Vote Was For Iran’s Civil Society

Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist serving a 16-year prison sentence for her peaceful advocacy efforts, is publicly urging ...

June 1, 2017

Well-Known Cleric Urges Rouhani to Drop Justice Minister for Role in 1988 Prisoner Massacre

A well-known dissident cleric is urging newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani to drop Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi from his cabinet for his role in human rights violations. ...

June 1, 2017

Top Reformist Campaign Staff Member Arrested in Front of Children Without Warrant

Reza Golestani, a senior staff member at the reformists’ election headquarters in Razavi Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran, was arrested at his home ...

May 31, 2017

Iran’s Top Sunni Cleric Urges President Rouhani to Appoint Religious Minorities to Cabinet

The leader of Iran’s Sunni population told CHRI that Sunnis should be invited to participate in the second-term government of newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani ...

May 30, 2017

Judiciary Chief Threatens to Punish Opponents of Extrajudicial House Arrests

In the run-up to Iran’s recent elections, thousands of voters called for an end to the more than six-year ...

May 30, 2017

Cartoon 168: Rouhani and His Promises

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May 25, 2017

Rouhani: Delivering Human Rights After the Election

Hassan Rouhani was re-elected as president of Iran in May 2017 largely on the basis of his support for human rights and Iranians’ perceptions that he would do more to improve civil and political rights in the country than his rivals. He should now deliver ...

May 25, 2017

Newly Elected Reformist Council Member Arrested For Calling Prophet Mohammad “Secular”

A newly elected reformist member of the city council in Hamadan, northwestern Iran, was arrested for allegedly insulting the Prophet Mohammad ...

May 24, 2017

Newly Reelected Rouhani Abandons Promise to End Six-Year House Arrest of Opposition Leaders

In the first press conference of his second presidential term, Rouhani refused to commit to ending the extrajudicial house arrests of three opposition leaders—a pledge he made four years ago ...

May 19, 2017

Iran Election Update | May 19, 2017 (Live Updates)

Find out the latest news about Iran’s May 2017 elections by following CHRI’s live updates ...

May 18, 2017

Presidential Vote Count To be Announced Gradually in May 2017 Elections

Assistant Interior Minister Mohammad Hossein Moghimi The authority in charge of counting ...

May 18, 2017

Most Yarsani Religious Minority Candidates Disqualified From Iran’s 2017 Councils Elections

The majority of Yarsani candidates seeking seats in Iran’s May 2017 elections for local councils have been disqualified, ...

May 17, 2017

Judiciary Forbids Campaigners From Printing Rouhani’s Criticism of Revolutionary Guard

Hardliners Working to Suppress Reformist Leader’s Endorsement of Rouhani Since reformist leader Mohammad Khatami endorsed incumbent President ...

May 16, 2017

Judiciary Announces Arrests of Election Campaign Staff One Week After Rouhani’s Criticism

A week after incumbent President Hassan Rouhani criticized Iran’s hardline judiciary, its spokesman has announced that dozens of government officials will ...

May 16, 2017

Rouhani’s Attempt to Adopt UNESCO Educational Guidelines Emerges as 2017 Election Issue

In the run-up to Iran’s presidential election on May 19, 2017, the country’s hardline supreme leader has strongly denounced the Rouhani government’s attempt ...

May 16, 2017

Pro-Rouhani Editor Arrested Ahead of May 2017 Elections Remains Detained Without Charge

The family of Tahereh Riahi, an editor who has been detained since December 2016 without charge, is calling on President Hassan Rouhani to “keep his word on ...

May 15, 2017

29 EU Parliamentarians Say Iran Must End Crackdown Ahead of Elections

Letter to Mogherini Condemns Numerous Arrests and Summons May 15, 2017—This week 29 members of the European Parliament ...

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