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Human Rights
New report released on human rights situation in Iran
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran has released his new report in time for the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Human Rights
Kurdistan
Kurdish Political prisoners are deprived of furlough over Norouz holidays (the Iranian New Year)
The prison authorities in the majority prisons located in the Kurdish regions notified to the political prisoners that they have no right to request for furlough.
Human Rights
FBI Offers $1 Million in Ex-Agent's Iran Disappearance
The United States is offering a rare $1 million reward for information leading to the safe return of a former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who vanished in Iran five years ago and is believed to be held hostage in the area.
Iran
Unemployment Doubled in the Course of the Year
In an interview with the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA) on March 2, Mohammad Atarodian, the head of the High Center for the Employers Trade Association, claimed that due to continued recession in productive facilities, the unemployment…
Kurdistan
A dismissed labor committed suicide in Sanandaj (capital of Kurdistan province – Iran)
One of the dismissed workers of Kurdistan Textile Factory committed suicide due to" unemployment and poverty".
Iran
Iranian journalist begins her six-year jail term
Shirin Khosravani, an Iranian journalist, has begun serving her six-year jail term for charges of "assembly and collusion against national security and propaganda against the regime."
Iran
Controversial family law passes in Iranian Parliament
Iran's Parliament has passed Article 22 of the controversial family protection act requiring the registration of temporary marriages. The article has been amended however to make registration of temporary marriages only obligatory in…
Iran
Iran: Female students suspended over hijab (the Islamic dress code) violations
More than 10 female students at Iran University of Science and Technology (Elm va Sanat) have been suspended from their classes for "failure to adhere to the Islamic dress code."
Iran
Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Given 18-Year Prison Term, Wife Says
Iranian human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, according to his wife. Masoumeh Dehghan added that her husband has been banned from practicing law for 20 years.
Human Rights
Fighting intensifies across Syria
Heavy fighting broke out late Sunday night between forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and rebels. According to activists, they launched small attacks on the military in the north, south and east of the country to relieve…