4 Gonabadi Dervishes who had been arrested by security forces over the last weeks, were taken to Kavar Justice Department under extreme security measures.According to Majzooban Noor, four Gonabadi Dervishes, residents of Kavar county who were recently arrested by security forces and plain-clothes in their homes and work place and are being held in […]
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Punitive Measures Imposed On Detained Human Rights Defender Must Cease
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), strongly condemns the harassment faced by Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh and, more generally, denounces the policy of subjecting jailed human rights defenders to punitive measures in prison.
EU Tightens Financial Measures Against Iran
The European Union has further tightened financial restrictions on Iran as part of the Western-led campaign to pressure the Islamic republic into halting work that could be directed toward a nuclear weapon.
Half Measures: Juvenile Execution Under Iran’s New Penal Code
By: Narges Tavassolian Iran’s new penal code was finally approved by the Guardian Council, a body of clerics and lawyers in charge of approving legislation, in February 2012. Once the new penal code is signed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and published in the official gazette, it will officially replace the current penal code.
Australia adopts new measures against Iran
Australia has announced new sanctions against Iran in coordination with European Union and U.S. efforts.
The non-legal measures in Kavar unanswered as usual
Because of the conflict between Nematollahi Dervishes and the advocates of a theology student in the city of Kavar, arrests of Nematollahi Dervishes were still going on in this city on Monday, September the fifth.