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What’s New in Europe?
A month’s passed since our last Europe update. This time mostly bad news (readers beware), so let’s begin with the good. Major development in the drug issue, which we’ve been closely following: the...
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Good Human Rights News from Iran?
Reuters reported about it, but can’t blame the news agency for working with scant information when it comes to Iran: on Saturday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei agreed to commute the...
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Human Rights and Censorship
Today we wish to address the issue of the coverage of the human rights situation in Iran and by implication the aspect of freedom of expression via electronic media. Several media outlets, in English...
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A 26-year-old Woman And The Right Side Of History
Last year, 2013, was an historic year for Iran. It signed a nuclear deal with the West heralding a thaw in diplomatic – and, Iran hopes, economic – ties between Tehran and powerful states from which it...
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600th Execution Under Rouhani, And The Winner Is…
Remember Reyaheneh Jabberi, the 26-year-old Iranian woman who was sentenced to death for killing a man she said was sexually assaulted by? Well, we’ve got some good news and some bad news about her. On...
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Iranian ‘Resistance’ To West Also Takes Form Of Executing Women
Iran hanged Reyhaneh Jabbari this week, destroying all previous hope that she might be spared. The 26-year-old, who was convicted for killing a man she said had tried to rape her, was executed at the...
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Stop execution of Saman Naseem
Iran: Juvenile offender set to be hanged on Thursday brutally beaten to confess On 15 February, Saman Naseem, a young Iranian man set to be executed on Thursday, was once again brutally beaten up by...
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The Unheard Cry Of Iran’s Arab Minority
The persecution of Yazidis and Kurds (along with Christians) by the Islamic State terror group has been so horrific, systematic and widespread that it has not escaped the notice of Western media...
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Time To Demand A ‘Human Rights Deal’ With Iran
Now that the nuclear deal with the P5+1 is a reality, Iran is already ushering in a new era of cooperation with the West – at least in some areas. Aviation, tourism, business, regular and increased...
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Despite Torture, Iranian Jailed Cartoonist Atena Farghadani Speaks Up
Remember Atena Farghadani? The 28-year-old Iranian cartoonist who was put on trial for protesting (in cartoon form) against her country’s intention to ban contraceptives – while said country was busy...
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In ‘New Iran,’ Kids ‘Grow Up On Death Row’
We’re back after a short break! In the time that we’ve been gone, the media was busy highlighting a certain side of Iran – that of glamorous, “rare,” and historic diplomatic breakthroughs and “big...
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Time for the Media and West to Hold Rouhani Accountable for Rights Abuses in...
Three years into the presidency of the “moderate” Hassan Rouhani, it can be said without hesitation that the human rights record in Iran is continuing to deteriorate. Just look at the sheer number of...
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Presumed Rouhani’s ‘Moderate’ Iran Needs to be re-defined in light of...
Iran is pushing the envelope when it comes to human rights violations – and the world (and the media) can no longer look the other way. While some media outlets are still holding onto the notion that...
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Re Iran – Opportunity for chess (FIDE) to be more “muscular” than Volley-ball...
Other than the fact that both are regarded as a type of sport, there would seem to be no common denominator between chess and volley-ball. Volley-ball entails physical effort, on a large court, usually...
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The Iranian People Have a Voice
Over the recent period, we have witnessed two public events in Iran, during which the people of Iran have raised their head and their voices in protest. It takes courage to do so under a regime, where...
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EU Still Delusionary Regarding Iran
The participation of European Union’s Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini at the inauguration of Iranian president Rouhani drew negative media and bloggers attention, and rightfully so. Her...
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