Shirin Ebadi sends letter to UN about closure of Iran’s House of Cinema

Shirin Ebadi writes an open letter to Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran, condemning the closure of Iran’s House of Cinema and stating that it is an abuse of human rights. From Radio Zamaneh: “Ebadi writes that professional and civil institutions are the very tools of democracy and, ‘according to the Islamic Republic Constitution Articles 26 and 27, professional associations, civil and political groups and institutions, are permissible so long as they do not oppose independence, freedom, national unity or Islamic principles.’”

Source: Radio Zamaneh