Iranian prison authorities should end the solitary confinement of 17 political prisoners and afford them all the protections to which they are entitled, including access to their families and lawyers,Human Rights Watch said.

Like Sakineh, I too am a mother and I was born in Iran. Zahra, the character I played in the movie “The Stoning of Soraya M,” endured the unendurable cruelty of watching her niece being stoned to death, a fate similar to the reality awaiting Sakineh and 35 other Iranian women in 2010. Article 104 of the Iranian Penal Code is very specific about how this barbaric act of punishment is to be administered. It says that each stone used should “not be large enough to kill the person by one or two strikes; nor should they be so small that they could not be defined as stones.” For the Iranian regime, justice means the deliberate, slow, painful and ritualized murder of its very own citizens.
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sentence has been upheld in an appeals court in Tehran, according to his lawyer. Jafar Kazemi’s lawyer, Nasim Ghanavi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her client’s sentence has been upheld and that Branch 31 of the Supreme Court has also turned down a re-trial request. Branch 36 of the Tehran Province Appeals Courts, presided by Judge Zargar, issued the ruling.

  Abdollah Momeni (left) and Majid Tavakoli are both reportedly on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin prison. July 30, 2010 A number of political prisoners incarcerated at Tehran’s Evin prison have reportedly gone on hunger strike to protest their treatment, including their transfer to solitary confinement and cancellation of family visits. The “Kalame” website, which [...]

The European Union and Canada on Monday separately adopted new sanctions against Iran, targeting the country’s foreign trade, banking and energy sectors. The moves are the latest in a series of measures taken by the international community in an effort to halt Iran’s nuclear program.

  BERLIN — Tehran has used a small Iranian-owned bank in Germany to circumvent sanctions slapped on firms blacklisted for involvement in the Islamic republic’s missile programmes, a newspaper report said Monday. Citing unnamed Western officials, the Wall Street Journal said the European-Iranian Trade Bank AG (EIH) had done more than a billion dollars of [...]

According to UNHCR, Iranian refugees comprise 19% of the total registered refugee population in Turkey. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the passage of Penal Law in 2008 authorizing death penalty for apostasy and especially after June 2009 fraudulent election, Iranians have been seeking refuge in foreign countries in large numbers.

The government of Iran has turned its back on a rich tradition of civil society, perpetrating human rights abuses against many activists and ordinary citizens who just wanted the right to be heard.

by Hiedeh Farmani Hiedeh Farmani – Tue Jul 13, 9:05 am ET TEHRAN (AFP) – Many shops in Tehran’s main trade hub remained closed on Tuesday, even after a government compromise in a row over taxes. Last Tuesday most store owners in Tehran’s traditional bazaar went on strike, saying the government was trying to impose a 70-percent tax hike [...]

The judicial authorities in Iran must immediately clarify Sakineh

Mohammad Ashtiani’s legal status and conduct a thorough review of her case, as well as all other cases where stoning sentences have been passed