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Nuclear agreement shows power of international law and diplomatic engagement
Ten human rights and civil society organizations herald the diplomatic efforts to bring about agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. Human rights should be tackled with as much vigor.
#Iran–Negotiations, Prisoners of Rights, and More
Wow, is Iran ever in the news. Nuclear negotiations, prisoners of rights, fertility treatments, and sanctions relief all feature this week.
2013 Year in Review — #Iran and Its Civil Society
They say that an optimist is someone who knows that one step forward and two steps back is a dance, not a defeat. In 2013, those acting for a vibrant civil society in Iran wore out their dancing shoes. This post presents a brief and incomplete overview of the
#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
#Iran — Can Activists Return Safely?
Arseh Sevom – It’s been more than 100 days since Hassan Rouhani took office. Despite slow progress on human rights, many exiled activists are planning to return. Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear negotiations are about to restart, and Iran’s top negotiator is w
#Iran — Are We Wrong to Hope?
Arseh Sevom — Can you excuse us for hoping for change even though we know that political prisoners and prisoners of conscience face malicious neglect and execution to this day? Like many in Iran, we were hoping for a quick positive outcome to the nuclear negot
#Iran: Let’s Make a (Nuclear) Deal
Arseh Sevom — Nuclear negotiations are eclipsing other news in Iran. There are hopes that an agreement can be reached and that at least some of the sanctions will be relaxed. Attention to foreign relations seems to have left the Rouhani administration with lit
Occluded by the Nuclear Issue
James Miller opines on the reasons that human rights and other complex issues have taken a backseat to the nuclear issue in the Western media.