Nasrin is a fine human being, a devoted women’s rights activists and a
dedicated lawyer to the cause of justice. She is a member of the Campaign for
One Million Signature and the Defenders Human Rights Center. Her professional
life is dedicated to the cause of civil and political rights in Iran

By EDITH M. LEDERER The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — Iran, where a woman convicted of adultery has been sentenced to death by stoning, is likely to become a member of the board of the new U.N. agency to promote equality for women, prompting outrage from the U.S. and human rights groups.  Some rights groups [...]

Middle East & North Africa Iran  Published on 28 October 2010 Developments in the past two weeks confirm that the Iranian government is continuing its relentless crackdown on the media. A journalist was arrested for the second time in a year and courts imposed or upheld jail sentences on two women journalists whose journalist husbands are [...]

While universities appear calm and free of protests on the surface, student activists say that criticism of the establishment is still being discussed and new ideas are still being aired privately

London, Oct. 13 –  Ashraf os-Sadat Morteza’i, or “Marzieh”, had a legendry singing career which spanned some six decades. She died at the age of 86. She left Iran and joined the main opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in Paris in 1994. She had not returned to Iran since. She was [...]

A Letter to Majid Tavakoli from His Sister October 09, 2010 Follow-ups | Human Rights | Letters | Prisoners & Their Families | Students Letter Published by the Free My Family Campaign | By Azadeh Tavakoli Translation by Laleh Irani | English by Persian2English Azadeh Tavakoli: To Majid Tavakoli Father lit the candles on the [...]

Defenders Work to End Abuses in Cameroon, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and Russia October 4, 2010 ذات صلة :  Voices for Justice We’re inspired by the courage and commitment of these extraordinary activists. They confront discrimination and danger every day in their struggle to pressure their governments to uphold human rights for all. Kenneth Roth, [...]

The websites of three senior Iranian clerics — Ayatollah Yusef Sanei, Ayatollah Assadollah Bayat Zanjani, and Ayatollah Ali Mohammad Dastgheyb — who have been critical of the Iranian establishment and the postelection crackdown have reportedly been blocked in Iran. All three have condemned the filtering of their websites inside the country in separate statements and [...]

    October 04, 2010 An Iranian opposition website says 73 students are currently being held in Iranian jails over their activism, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. Daneshjoonews.com published the names of the jailed students and said the number is the highest it has been in decades. It said the students are being held throughout the [...]