Human Rights
Iran Human Rights Review: United Nations
The current issue of the Iran Human Rights Review focuses on the United Nations. The universal periodic review of Iran’s efforts to address human rights abuses will occur at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights just a few hours later. It’s a go
The State of Human Rights in Iran #UPRIran
At the end of October 2014, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights will be reviewing Iran’s record on human rights and its efforts to improve conditions.
Iran: Halt Execution of 33 Sunnis
Arseh Sevom joins 18 other groups and individuals calling for a halt to the execution of 33 Sunni Muslim men in Iran and a moratorium on all executions.
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Equality Will Prevail
Arseh Sevom — In this exclusive interview with Arseh Sevom editor Mohammad Reza Sardari, human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh discusses the very personal impact of her struggle for equality and justice. She tells of a young son who lost his childhood. “I grew u
#Iran — Time for Attention to Human Rights
Arseh Sevom–Trust, but verify: that is the message of the recent nuclear agreement with Iran. The completed agreement sent hopes of better times soaring in Iran where a whole generation has felt itself sacrificed to hardline policies and the results of sanctio
Deepening Human Rights Crisis in Iran
The new administration of President Hassan Rouhani has pledged to tackle a range of human rights issues in Iran, by eliminating discrimination against women and ethnic and religious minorities, and ensuring respect for the right to freedom of expression, among
#Iran — Ssshh…People are Dying Here
Arseh Sevom- This week’s review is unfortunately focused on the treatment of political prisoners in Iran. Events of the past months demand this. The season marking the anniversary of the taking of the American Embassy seems to endanger Iran’s homegrown activis
What’s So Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding in the #CyrusCylinder
The Cyrus Cylinder preserves a proclamation from Cyrus the Great which has been called the first declaration of human rights. Hirad Abtahi, first legal adviser of the Presidency of the International Criminal Court, examines the proclamation in a recently publi
Iran: Under Pressure Society Struggles
Arseh Sevom — This week the mother of Neda, the young woman whose death was captured on camera during the demonstrations following the 2009 presidential elections, […]