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Iranian women protest so-called family protection bill

Iranian women protest so-called family protection bill

Bookmark This!Close Bookmark and Share This Page Save to Browser Favorites / BookmarksAskbackflipblinklistBlogBookmarkBloglinesBlogMarksBlogsvineBuddyMarksBUMPzee!CiteULikeConnoteadel.icio.usDiggdiigoDotNetKicksDropJackdzoneFacebookFarkFavesFriendsitefolkd.comFurlGoogleJamespotJeqqKaboodlekirtsylinkaGoGoLinkedInMa.gnoliaMister WongMixxMySpaceNetvouzNewsvineoneviewOnlyWirePlugIMPropellerRedditSegnaloShoutwireSimpySlashdotSurphaceSphinnSpurlSquidooStumbleUponTechnoratiThisNextTwitterWebrideWindows 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 »Source: Radio Zamaneh
August 22, 2010
Iranian opposition leader, Zahra Rahnavard urged Iran’s Islamic Parliament to scrap [...]

Life of Maryam Ghorbanzadeh in Danger, Forced Abortion at Six Months

Life of Maryam Ghorbanzadeh in Danger, Forced Abortion at Six Months

August 13, 2010
Deutsche Übersetzung auf Julias Blog lesen
Report Originally Published in Persian by Rooz Online | August 12, 2010
Translation SIAVOSH JALILI for Persian2English
According to Javid Kian, the lawyer for 25 year old Maryam Ghorbanzadeh, in a letter to Judiciary intelligence and security, judicial officials (most notably Saeed Mortazavi) decided that the case of [...]

Four Iranian Women Face Execution Any Day Now: Sakineh, Maryam, Kobra, and Azar

Four Iranian Women Face Execution Any Day Now: Sakineh, Maryam, Kobra, and Azar

August 14, 2010
Deutsche Übersetzung auf Julias Blog lesen
Originally Published in Persian by ROOZ ONLINE | August 12, 2010
Translation SIAVOSH JALILI for Persian2English
In an interview with Rooz Online, Javid Kian, the lawyer for the four women who received stoning sentences, has asked international organizations to act in order to save the lives of [...]

Temporary marriage has turned into a career and source of income in Iran

Temporary marriage has turned into a career and source of income in Iran

August 9, 2010
Planet Iran/Iran Press News
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Planet Iran’s report on temporary marriages (Seeqeh) in Iran, was met with many and varied reactions, some people who did not find it so strange and others who refused to believe it. In today’s Iran however, truth is often stranger than fiction.
So as a follow-up, we [...]

Iranian facing stoning speaks: ‘It’s because I’m a woman’

Iranian facing stoning speaks: ‘It’s because I’m a woman’

EXCLUSIVE: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani accuses authorities in Tehran of lying about charges in attempt to execute her in secret
By Saeed Kamali Dehghan
Source: Guardian
August 6, 2010
n an exclusive interview with the Guardian, the woman whose sentence of death by stoning triggered an international outcry has accused the Iranian authorities of lying [...]

30-month prison sentence for female civil activist Hengameh Solouki

30-month prison sentence for female civil activist Hengameh Solouki

Source: The Green Voice of Freedom (GVF)
August 2, 2010
Civil activist Hengameh Solouki has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison. She was arrested on 27 December during the Ashura protests which were quickly turned violent by Iran’s security forces.
According to the RAHANA news agency, after imprisonment in ward 209 [...]

Court Hearing for Fatemeh Masjedi and Maryam Bidgoli, Camapaign Activists in Qom Scheduled

Court Hearing for Fatemeh Masjedi and Maryam Bidgoli, Camapaign Activists in Qom Scheduled

Source: Change for Equality

July 31, 2010
Change for Equality: A court hearing for two campaign activists and women’s rights defenders, Fatemeh Masjedi and Maryam Bidgoli, has been scheduled for August 4, 2010. These activists have been charged with “actions against national security through membership in the Campaign a group intent on [...]

VIDEO | Young Girl From South of Tehran Describes Family’s Life in Iran

VIDEO | Young Girl From South of Tehran Describes Family’s Life in Iran

Source: Persian2English
July 25, 2010

Iran Negah conducts an emotional interview with a young girl in the south of Tehran who describes her family’s life in Iran.

Translation by SIAVOSH JALILI
Interviewer: Hello Madam. Is your mother home?
Girl: No.
I: Where is she?
G: She’s at work.
I: Where does she work?
G: On Vali-Asr Street.
I: In Tehran?
G: Yes.
I: What does [...]

Student and Women’s Rights Activist Bahareh Hedayat to Serve 9 and Half Years in Prison

Student and Women’s Rights Activist Bahareh Hedayat to Serve 9 and Half Years in Prison

Source: Change for Equality
July 27, 2010
Change for Equality: Student and women’s rights activist Bahareh Hedayat’s nine and half year prison sentence has been upheld in appeal. The sentence was submitted to her lawyer on Saturday July 24.
According to reports by Rahana, Bahareh Hedayat faced a variety of charges after her [...]

25 Female Political Prisoners Receive a Total of Over 110 Years in Prison

25 Female Political Prisoners Receive a Total of Over 110 Years in Prison

Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA)

July 23, 2010
This article contains the names and sentences of 25 female political prisoners confined in Evin prison in Tehran. Out of the 25 female political prisoners detained in Evin prison, Mahboubeh Karami, Shiva Nazar Ahari, Kobra Zaghedoost, Farah Vazeham and Fatemeh Khorramjoo [...]

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