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Dec 13 2014 9:22AM
Time Will Never Say, a prisoner's account

On 9 DEcember, International Coalition Against Violence in Iran-ICAVI organised the launch of Ramin Jahanbegloo's memoirs: "Time Will Never Say". IN 2007, Ramin was detained at the airport while bording a flight to Brussels. He was...

Dec 13 2014 9:22AM
Time Will Never Say, a prisoner's account

On 9 DEcember, International Coalition Against Violence in Iran-ICAVI organised the launch of Ramin Jahanbegloo's memoirs: "Time Will Never Say". IN 2007, Ramin was detained at the airport while bording a flight to Brussels. He was...

Oct 24 2014 10:26AM
Protests in Iranian Cities of Esfahan and Tehran Against Acid Attacks on Women

In recent days thousands of people took to the streets to protest against recent chain of acid attacks on women in the city of Esfahan. Reports, films and photos on facebook shows people's anger at the inability or reluctance of the...

Oct 18 2014 6:00PM
Women in Iran in Serious Danger From the Fundamentalists' New Tactics

In recent weeks, 5 women in the city of Esfahan have been victims of acid attacks by unknown mobs. In one reported case, a motorcyclist with two passengers stopped a car driving by a woman, pretending to ask for an address. When the...

Sep 29 2014 9:59AM
Iran, Life of Prisoner of Conscious Mr Boroujerdi at Risk

Days before Iran's President Hassan Rohani addresses United Nations General Assembly, Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi, the prominent dissident clergy was informed that he will be executed for "anti-government views" -- that is...

Sep 25 2014 12:55PM
Executed for presenting a new reading of the Quran

Mohsen Amir Aslani, an Iranian young man who had been imprisoned for almost 11 years was found guilty and sentenced to death for the crime of presenting a new reading of the Quran. Mohsen's case was referred to the high court at least...

Apr 13 2014 6:28PM
Stop Reihaneh Jabbari Execution

URGENT ACTION Iranian woman at risk of execution Thedeath sentence of Iranian woman Reyhaneh Jabbari has been sent to the Office of Implementation of Sentences in Tehran, Iran. Once death sentences have gone to this body, they may be...