Weekly Review
Workers Suffer, Pepsi on the Moon, Cinema Slammed, Families Seek Justice, Prisoners Endangered
Geneva is Playing Host to a Summit for the International Labor Organization The Defenders of Workers Rights, an Iranian organization recognized by the ILO, wrote an […]
Birthdays of Prisoners, Cyberattack Against Iran, Virtual Assassination, and Organs for Sale
In a week dominated by reports of cyber warfare waged against Iran, families of prisoner’s of conscience managed to celebrate the birthdays of loved ones stuck […]
Dust Storms, House of Cinema, Student Protests, Defying Dress Restrictions
This week the Baghdad talks stole the spotlight from a number of significant human rights and civil society news stories in Iran. Fewer clerics in parliament […]
Rainbow Iran, War Against High Hemlines and Flyaway Hair, Ayatollahs Against Rapper
Arseh Sevom — Last week as the world marked the international day against homophobia and transphobia. In Iran, small actions such as posing with a rainbow […]
Journalists Protest, Rapper Threatened, Cartoonists Quick on the Draw, Trade Unionists Suffer
126 Iranian journalists signed a letter protesting the arrests and harassment of journalists and sent it to the head of the judiciary and the speaker of parliament. A cartoonist faced lashing for his drawing of an MP, and cartoonists all over the world launche
Long Sentences for Human Rights Defenders, Elections End, Persian Gulf Erased, and Middle Class Shrinks
Parliamentary Elections Concluded This week the second round of the Iranian parliamentary elections was held. The opposition websites have reported of extensive irregularities, such as the […]
Worker’s Day Denied, Campaign to Free Jailed Students, Park Rangers Threatened
Arseh Sevom looks at some of the events impacting civil society in Iran over the last week of April including a World Press Freedom Day spent […]
Children Learn Their Rights, Activists Under Pressure, Dogs Arrested
Arseh Sevom — It was hard not to be concerned over the state of civil society in Iran last week with the arrest of human rights […]
National Internet Hoax? Pay Deflates, Prices Inflate, Goldfish Released
Butcher of the Press leaves…Not! Regular readers of Arseh Sevom’s weekly review won’t be surprised to find that former Tehran prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, is topping headlines […]