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The Cranes Return, Nowrooz Comes to an End, Racism Challenged
Arseh Sevom — In the US, April 1st is marked with practical jokes. In Iran the first of April is celebrated as Nature’s Day with millions taking to parks all over the country. Iranians around the...
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Long Sentences for Human Rights Defenders, Elections End, Persian Gulf...
Parliamentary Elections Concluded This week the second round of the Iranian parliamentary elections was held. The opposition websites have reported of extensive irregularities, such as the use of...
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Journalists Protest, Rapper Threatened, Cartoonists Quick on the Draw, Trade...
126 Iranian journalists signed a letter protesting the arrests and harassment of journalists and sent it to the head of the judiciary and the speaker of parliament. A cartoonist faced lashing for his...
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Joint Statement on the Right to Education and Academic Freedom in Iran
Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation * Amnesty International * Arseh Sevom * ARTICLE 19 * Bahá’í International Community * Committee of Human Rights Reporters * Cairo Institute for Human Rights...
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Workers Suffer, Pepsi on the Moon, Cinema Slammed, Families Seek Justice,...
Geneva is Playing Host to a Summit for the International Labor Organization The Defenders of Workers Rights, an Iranian organization recognized by the ILO, wrote an open letter to the organization...
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#RememberIran, Labor Activists Arrested, House of Cinema, Death of a Maestro
Green Movement: Three Years On This week marked the third anniversary of the demonstrations following Iran’s flawed 2009 presidential elections, which brought the Green Movement to the world stage. In...
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Iran — Human Costs of the Drug Wars
Arseh Sevom — The Islamic Republic of Iran is often praised for its efforts to control drug trafficking on its borders. With the help of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, it has managed to...
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Iran: Hunger Strikes and Hungry Families
More than seven million students of all ages have dropped out of school due to economic hardships. Anesthesia is no longer readily available. Family, friends, and supporters call on the human rights...
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Human Rights Groups Call for an End to House Arrests of Mousavi, Karroubi,...
Iran: End arbitrary house arrests of Mousavi, Karroubi, and Rahnavard; Free all prisoners of conscience http://www.fidh.org/Free-all-prisoners-of-conscience-12891?var_mode=calcul (Beirut, London,...
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In this issue of the weekly review, Arseh Sevom provides an overview of the economic situation as the New Year approaches and Asghar Farhadi’s call for the reinstatement of Iran’s House of Cinema. We...
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