As the U.S. and its world partners race to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, women and children in the Islamic republic struggle under harsh, discriminatory laws despite numerous calls for reform from human rights groups and the international community. Last year, several women in the Iranian city of Isfahan were severely burned in […]
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Iran holds, questions opposition leaders’ children
Iranian authorities held and questioned two daughters of detained opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi and the son of fellow opposition figure Mehdi Karoubi for several hours on Monday, opposition websites reported.
Continuing the prevention of Mousavi and Rahnavard to contact their children
Total prevention of call contact between Mousavi and Rahnavard with their daughters is still continuing and these two besieged are not allowed to be informed about anything related to their children.
Children illegally counted in inflated Iranian labour statistics
In the last series of Iranian labor force statistics, the Statistical Center of Iran changed two fundamental definitions to artificially lower the official unemployment rate: that of “work,” and that of “employment.”
MP blames gasoline for cancer rise among children
An Iranian Member of Parliament has warned that the gasoline produced in the country is having many adverse effects on Iranian children, giving rise to numerous forms of cancer at an early age.
Opposition leaders’ children call for their release
The children of Mehdi Karroubi, MirHosein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard, the three Iranian opposition leaders who have been under house arrest for close to two years, today demanded that the Islamic Republic authorities end the “violation” of their parents’ rights and release them.
About 35 percent of children in Tehran province have asthma and allergies
About 35 percent of children in Tehran province have asthma or various allergies, professor of Iran’s University of Medical Sciences, Ebrahim Razi said, Mehr reported.
Jailed lawyer on hunger strike gets visit with children
Jailed Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has finally been allowed a visit with her two children. The Kaleme opposition website reports that the visit took place in the presence of security forces, and Sotoudeh’s daughter reported that her mother “has lost weight and is taken to the infirmary on occasion.”
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Children Denied Visitation with Their Mother on the 26th Day of Her Hunger Strike
From the Facebook of Reza Khandan husband of incarcerated human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh now on the 26th day of a hunger strike and in solitary confinement at Evin prison.
Syria child trauma ‘appalling’ – Save the Children
Children in Syria are subjected to “appalling” torture, imprisonment and abduction, and these atrocities should be better documented, a report by British charity Save the Children says.