A New documentary on the 1953 Coup
Sat 20 Jun 2020On June 14, 2020 the British Channel Four broadcast a documentary about the 1953 coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mossaddeq entitled “The Queen and the Coup.”
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A tale of two Americas, a tale of two Irans
Fri 19 Jun 2020As an activist of Iranian heritage living in Washington DC, it has been interesting to observe the wave of protests across the United States through the lens of someone who has documented mass protests in Iran and campaigned for Iranian human rights for over a decade.
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Three Iranian Writers face imprisonment
Fri 19 Jun 2020This conversation was organised by PEN Sydney, on behalf of the Australian PEN Centres in Melbourne and Perth. The discussion is between PEN Sydney president, Mark Isaacs, and three members of the Iranian Writers’ Association (IWA) who are facing immediate imprisonment in Iran. The IWA played no role in facilitating this discussion.
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Maryam Shojaei, trailblazer for women in Iran to watch men's soccer, earns Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award
Thu 18 Jun 2020Maryam Shojaei, who mounted a campaign -- first anonymously and later publicly -- that led to Iran allowing women to attend men's soccer matches, is being honored with the Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award, ESPN announced Tuesday.
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Golriz Ghahraman: 'I feel such sorrow when I imagine my parents' fate'
Thu 18 Jun 2020The Iranian-born New Zealand MP describes a ‘central heartbreak’ of being a migrant child in this exclusive extract from her book Know Your Place
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HRC 40: Joint Civil Society Letter in Support of Iran Resolution
Thu 18 Jun 2020We, the undersigned Iranian and international human rights organisations, urge your government to support resolution A/HRC/40/L.15 renewing the mandate of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, to be tabled during the 40th session of the Human Rights Council.
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Interview with Mr. Ali Arab
Sat 13 Jun 2020In studying human rights issues in Iran there are two general themes that we should consider: First one is the systematic issues underpinned by laws and regulations which remain generally unchanged with occasional improvements or setbacks. The problems in the area of laws and regulations are fundamental and rooted in the constitution and the Islamic penal code with no prospects of change or improvements in sight.
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Interview with Mr. Hormoz Houshmand
Fri 12 Jun 2020The regime is in a severe financial, health and legitimacy crisis and counting to be able to negotiate with US after US elections and not before.
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Defending rights of Iranian prisoners amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Fri 12 Jun 2020By going on a hunger strike when the COVID-19 outbreak began, prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh “tried to pressure the prison’s authorities to release prisoners, or at least grant them temporary release on furlough,” says her husband, Reza Khandan.
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Article18 calls on UNHRC to question Iran over religious freedom violations
Sun 07 Jun 2020Article18 has submitted a new report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, highlighting the “multiple layers” of religious-freedom violations faced by Christians and other religious minorities in Iran.
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