There was once a man in Iraq who decided to go into the cold and snowy mountains in search of a snake. He wanted to display the snake to the townspeople and thereby raise a few coppers from the incredulous crowd. Foolish man that he was, he searched through the mountains and lo and behold! He found a terrible and fierce-looking dragon who seemed quite dead from the cold. He bundled up the creature in […]
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March 8th, Woman’s day
The Great Mosadeq
Artwork by Bozorgmehr Hosseinpoor
Dealing with political crime
Ibn al-‘Arabi, Muhyi al-Din (1164-1240)
It is He who is revealed in every face, sought in every sign, gazed upon by every eye, worshipped in every object of worship, and pursued in the unseen and the visible. Not a single one of His creatures can fail to find Him in its primordial and original nature. Ibn ‘Arabi, Futûhât al-Makkiyya Ibn al-‘Arabi was a mystic who drew on the writings of Sufis, Islamic theologians and philosophers in […]
Shahabeddin Yahya Sohrevardi; the founder of the School of Illumination (Hikmat-al-Eshraq)
July 30 marked the birth anniversary of Iranian philosopher Shahabeddin Sohrevardi. Shahabeddin Yahya Sohrevardi was born in 1155 in the town of Sohrevard in northwest of Iran and died in 1191 in Aleppo, Syria Shahabeddin Yahya Sohrevardi was born in 1155 in the town of Sohrevard in northwest of Iran and died in 1191 in Aleppo, Syria. He was an Iranian philosopher, a Sufi and the founder of the School of Illumination (Hikmat-al-Eshraq), one […]
Monthly Report – An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Iran in April-May, 2015
The Department of Statistics and Publications of the Human Rights Activists Association of Iran has published the following monthly report on the human rights situation in Iran during the period of April-May, 2015 (Persian calendar month of Ordibehesht, 1394). This report cannot perfectly and comprehensively reflect the details of human rights concerns in Iran for obvious reasons including the existing governmental limitations and ban on the free exchange of information. It should be emphasized […]
Monthly Report – An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Iran in March – April, 2015
The Department of Statistics and Publications of the Human Rights Activists Association of Iran has published the following monthly report on the human rights situation in Iran during the period of March – April, 2015 (Persian calendar month of Farvardin, 1394). This report cannot perfectly and comprehensively reflect the details of human rights concerns in Iran for obvious reasons including the existing governmental limitations and ban on the free exchange of information. It should […]
IOPHRI demonstrations at Stockholm
The Members of International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights in Iran gathered in Stockholm to demand the freedom of Sufi political prisoners in Iran, and to stop the persecution of Sufis and other religious minorities in Iran. This action was in response to the recent increased pressure by the extremist Iranian regime against the Sufis in Iran, in which the leader of Gonabadi Dervishes was harassed and their medical charity was forced to close. […]
Monthly Report – An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Iran in February – March, 2015
The Department of Statistics and Publications of the Human Rights Activists in Iran has published the following monthly report on the human rights situation in Iran during the period of February- March, 2015 (Persian calendar month of Esfand, 1393). This report cannot perfectly and comprehensively reflect the details of human rights concerns in Iran for obvious reasons including the existing governmental limitations and ban on the free exchange of information. It should be emphasized […]
