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Saeed Malekpour’s Wife Tells Rooz: Prison Sentence Before the Trial

Saeed Malekpour’s Wife Tells Rooz: Prison Sentence Before the Trial

WongMixxMySpaceNetvouzNewsvineoneviewOnlyWirePlugIMPropellerRedditSegnaloShoutwireSimpySlashdotSurphaceSphinnSpurlS LiveYahoo!Email This to a Friend  Link HTML:  Permalink:  If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS Feed or Email Feed.Powered by Bookmarkify™ More » By Fereshteh Ghazi Source: Rooz Online October 20, 2010 The fourth session of Saeed Malekpour’s trial is scheduled for 26th [...]

‘This Is The Islamic Republic’

‘This Is The Islamic Republic’

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) October 20, 2010 Blogger “The Writings from the Heart of a Citizen Journalist” writes about a young boy he saw in central Tehran who was forced to work to help his family make ends meet: Today I went to the Revolution Square to buy books, and there I saw [...]

Has The Government Reduced Female University Enrollment?

Has The Government Reduced Female University Enrollment?

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) October 20, 2010 The head of Iran’s Research and Planning Organization of Higher Studies has said that the number of male and female students in the Islamic republic is now equal. Massoud Hadian Dehkordi has said that there are currently 3,790,859 students in the country, of which he said [...]

Iranian Police Chief Targets Women Cyclists, Roller-Skaters

Iranian Police Chief Targets Women Cyclists, Roller-Skaters

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) October 20, 2010 The new police chief of the Iranian city of Esfahan says it is a crime for women to cycle or roller-skate in public, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. The two were among a range of women’s activities deemed criminal by Hassan Karami in an announcement on October [...]

Nokia accused of more complicity with repressive Iran

Nokia accused of more complicity with repressive Iran

Shared CEOs with Trovicor has Access saying “pull the other one” Source: TechEYE.net October 18, 2010 As Nokia touts its N8 smartphone reaching the shores of Britain, Access Now’s “No to Nokia” campaign raises curious questions about “Nokia’s relationship with totalitarianism.” It suggests there is no excuse for Nokia to be doing business with Iran, [...]

US fears Chinese companies are breaking Iran sanctions

US fears Chinese companies are breaking Iran sanctions

Source: BBC October 18, 2010 The United States has asked the Chinese government to do more to stop Chinese companies helping Iran with its nuclear programme and missile technology. A senior US official told the BBC that Washington had provided Beijing with a list of firms it believed had been operating in violation of UN [...]

Chocolate thief has hand cut off in Iran for repeated robberies

Chocolate thief has hand cut off in Iran for repeated robberies

Source: Deutsche Presse-Agentur/Monsters & Critics October 16, 2010 A man has had one of his hands cut off in Iran for repeated robbery, including stealing chocolate from a pastry in the capital Tehran, the Fars news agency reported Saturday. The 21-year-old was arrested last May and also sentenced to a one- year jail term, Fars [...]

The situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Report of the Secretary-General

The situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Report of the Secretary-General

Download report (PDF) Contents I. Introduction II. Thematic issues A. Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including flogging and amputations B. Death penalty and public executions C. Executions of juvenile offenders D. Stoning as a method of execution E. Women’s rights F. Rights of minorities, including the Baha’i community G. Freedom of [...]

Iran Accused of Secretly Hanging Kurdish Dissidents

Iran Accused of Secretly Hanging Kurdish Dissidents

By Haidar Mukhtari October 15, 2010 The Islamic Republic of Iran is still among the top countries that has the largest number of death penalties. The Kurds say that they constitute the “lion’s share” of the executed people. Sunday, October 10th, was the World Day Against Death Penalty. Amnesty International has said that there are [...]

Iranian mother Sara fears for the life of her family if they are deported

Iranian mother Sara fears for the life of her family if they are deported

October 15, 2010 DESPERATE mum will launch a High Court battle to keep her family in Southampton. Iranian Sara Shakeri fled her country with her husband Saba four years ago as political asylum seekers because of their involvement in anti-government activism. Now the couple and their British born four-year-old son Kouroush face deportation after their [...]

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