Middle East
Iran’s Execution Surge; silence should not be an option
On 18 November, the United Nations General Assembly passed its annual resolution raising concern for human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the country s surge in executions. Today Iran is the world s leading executioner per capita. Its death penalty practice particularly callous and lawless often marked by execution of juvenile offenders, public hangings, and gross due process violations.
Weak Iran economy adds to pressure on leaders over nuclear deal
Iran s rulers are under growing pressure to secure a nuclear deal with world powers to help ease the plight of the country s economy, which has been buffeted by international sanctions and falling oil prices that threaten to derail economic reforms. Weak demand and oversupply have sent oil prices plunging more than 25 per cent, since the middle of June, to a four-year low.
A political prisoner on the verge of exclusion of education
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Student activist Davar Hosseinivojdan, student of metallurgy at Esfahan University of Technology, who is serving his imprisonment sentence from 5th December 2011 in Evin prison ward 350, is indeed on the verge of expulsion. During his imprisonment, in violation of prison regulations he had no access to its Collegiate and did not even get the chance to attend the final exams, too. So that, by losing his permit years to finish his course, he is on verge of expulsion.
Seven Cyber-Activist arrested in Mashhad
Although several days passed since these Cyber-Facebook Activists were arrested, there is no news about their conditions and their whereabouts is unknown regardless of their families' attempts to locate them. It must be said that "Hekmati" and "Chinisaz" are known for their previous blogging activities which criticized Iranian Government and have been arrested -after Ashoora - in 2009 after Presidential election events.
No information about a politcal prisoner since 2 weeks ago
There is no news about Shahin Dadkhah, the political prisoner of Evin prison since 2 weeks ago. Dr. Shahin Dadkhah, born on 1971, is a Middle East political analyst, which got his bachelor degree from Naples university-Italy, Master degree from Bikent university-Turkey and PhD from Madrid University-Spain in the major of international relations was a nuclear negotiator for the Rouhani team.