As we approach the eleventh presidential election in the Islamic Republic of Iran, two of the candidates from the previous election remain under house arrest. Ahmadinejad’s main opponents were Mir Hossein Mousavi Read the rest of this entry »
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Hunger Strikes in Prison
On April - 18 - 2013
Going on a hunger strike is probably the last method a prisoner chooses to be granted their basic rights. Currently, there are three political prisoners on hunger strikes in Iran. Read the rest of this entry »
Verdicts through history
On February - 4 - 2013
This is Shiraz, one of the oldest cities in Iran. It is a city near the palaces of the oldest Iranian royal dynasty, the Achaemenids. Takhte Jamshid (Jamshid’s Throne) is known by foreigners as the Persepolis. It is well known that Cyrus, the Achaemenian King, Read the rest of this entry »
The right to education, a forgotten right
On January - 26 - 2013
The right to education, one of the rights noted in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, has been violated by the Iranian government for years. Shortly after the 1997 revolution, the group that had taken over the government decided to filter the dissident professors and students out of universities. Read the rest of this entry »