The Art of a New Iran Deal - Sanam Vakil
Fri 10 May 2019A year ago, U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal on the grounds that he wanted a bigger, better agreement.
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Human Rights
Nasrin Sotoudeh letters to her kids from prison
Wed 08 May 2019Nasrin Sotoudeh is a lawyer who has never shied away from doing what’s right in Iran. In her long and impressive career, she has exposed the injustices of the death penalty and campaigned for children’s rights.
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Latest U.S. Pressure Has Iran Over a Barrel - Ray Takeyh
Tue 30 Apr 2019Iran appears increasingly boxed in by intensifying U.S. sanctions, the latest of which will effectively cut it off from its main oil customers.
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Iran: Two 17-year-old boys flogged and secretly executed in abhorrent violation of international law
Tue 30 Apr 2019The Iranian authorities have flogged and secretly executed two boys under the age of 18, Amnesty International has learned, displaying an utter disdain for international law and the rights of children.
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Letter to Prime Minister of Canada
Sat 27 Apr 2019As has been widely reported, on the occasion of the 2019 International Women’s Day, French President Emmanuel Macron publicly invited imprisoned Iranian lawyer Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh to be part the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council, a body created by Canada last year at your recommendation.
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Women
Iran: Release women’s rights defenders detained for peacefully protesting against forced veiling
Fri 26 Apr 2019Iranian authorities must stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women’s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran’s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws, and release those detained on this basis immediately and unconditionally, said Amnesty International today.
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Iran and the Women’s Question- Haleh Esfandiari
Fri 26 Apr 2019When it comes to women and the Islamic Republic, “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” For forty years, women have resisted the Islamic Republic’s attempt to deny them rights previously won. They have waged a war—on the streets, in social media and even in the privacy of their homes—for equality and against the regime’s attempts to impose on them a broad range of controls.
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Iran: Release women’s rights defenders detained for peacefully protesting against forced veiling
Thu 25 Apr 2019Iranian authorities must stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women’s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran’s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws, and release those detained on this basis immediately and unconditionally, said Amnesty International today.
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Amnesty International: Iran committing crimes against humanity
Mon 15 Apr 2019By concealing the fate and whereabouts of thousands of political dissidents who were forcibly disappeared and secretly executed in prison 30 years ago, Iranian authorities are continuing to commit crimes against humanity, said Amnesty International in a damning report published today.
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Report of the Special Rapporteur
Mon 15 Apr 2019The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 37/30 which renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The resolution requests that the Special Rapporteur submit a report on the implementation of the mandate to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session and to the Human Rights Council at its fortieth session. The resolution also calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to cooperate fully with the mandate holder, to permit access to visit the country, and to provide all information necessary to enable the fulfilment of the mandate.
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