Can President Rouhani Promote Human Rights in Iran?
Moderate President Rouhani was re-elected President of Iran on 19 May 2017. In spite of his biggest achievement during his first term presidency —the Nuclear Deal reached on 14 July...
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Iran’s Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders: The Case of Narges Mohammadi
The “harassment” of human rights defenders’ and “criminalization” of their activities in Iran has become common practice by the judicial branch of the Islamic Republic in recent years. According to...
Iran’s Citizenship Law: Political Considerations or Recognition of Inherent Human Rights?
For years the plight of thousands of children born to Iranian mothers married to foreign men has been the subject of discussion. These individuals, whose number is estimated at about...
"You Have the Right to an Attorney that We Approve of”: Right to Counsel under Iran's New Criminal Procedure Code
Under Iran’s new Criminal Procedure Code only lawyers pre-approved by the Head of the Judiciary may intervene during the investigation stage in security related cases. This is a huge blow...
Using faith to reinforce human rights of Bahá’ís in Iran
Editor’s note: this is a redacted version of the original post, which can be found on the openGlobalRights website. An Islamic cleric’s gesture to the persecuted Bahá’í community in...
The Iran Tribunal: The Case of the Court with Neither Power nor Jurisdiction
Olinga Tahzib assesses the impact of the Iran Tribunal in promoting a culture of human rights in Iran. The mass killings of 20,000 political prisoners by the government of Iran...
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