The United Nations General Assembly resolution, agreed to on 30 June and to be formally adopted by the General Assembly on Friday, 2 July, to establish “UN Women”—the new gender equality entity at the UN. This move works been sought by women’s organizations and other civil society organizations around the world since the UN established a [...]
By STEPHEN CASTLE LUXEMBOURG — The European Union is likely to agree on tough new sanctions against Iran that cover further investment in the country’s oil and gas industry as well as its financial sector, Foreign Secretary William Hague of Britain said Monday. His comments came ahead of a meeting of the bloc’s 27 heads [...]
Mousavi says the regime, a “cult,” is doing more harm to the nation than its enemies can. The words must cut deep as a planned mass opposition rally on the anniversary of June 12 election approaches
Iran Human Rights, June 6: According to reports from Iran, 26 people have been transferred to the quarantine section of Ghesel hesar prison, west of Tehran, and are being prepared for execution. They can be executed within the next 48 hours. The human rights lawyer Moammad Mostfaei wrote in a letter that this news has [...]
The seven Baha’is imprisoned since spring 2008 (photo: Baha’i World News Service) June 03, 2010 Seven Iranian Baha’i leaders incarcerated since 2008 are scheduled to appear in court on June 12, the Baha’i International Community representative to the United Nations in Geneva has told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda. Diane Ala’i said on June 2 that it [...]
By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS — After 15 years, Arab nations finally won agreement from the United States and the other nuclear powers to take the first step toward banning nuclear weapons from the Middle East. Now, the next move is Israel’s. Although the U.S. joined the 188 other member nations of the Nuclear [...]
May 25 (Bloomberg) — Iranian filmmaker and opposition supporter Jafar Panahi, who was invited to be a juror at the Cannes film festival, was freed on bail, weeks after directors including Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese called for his release. Panahi left pre-trial detention today following Prosecutor General Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi’s approval, the [...]
Posted on 23 May 2010 22 May 2010 – Medya News – 13 Members of Congress urged the State Department to condemn increased human rights violations in Iran in a letter prepared by the office of Congressman Bob Inglis (R-SC) sent on Friday to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The letter draws the attention of the [...]
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran will abandon an offer to ship some of its uranium stockpile abroad if the United States imposes new sanctions, its parliament speaker said on Sunday. World | Politics Iran is due to notify the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday of a deal struck last week with Brazil and Turkey which [...]
By MATTHEW LEE The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — The United States has introduced a resolution backed by all veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council that would impose new sanctions against Iran. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee [...]