I was attacked in Istanbul in 1990. An attack in Paris was foiled this month. By Hossein Abedini | July 23, 2018 “Hossein, have you heard the news about the plot to bomb the gathering?” My colleague asked me as I walked into the office on Monday, July 2. He was talking about the grand meeting…
Harry Farley | June 21, 2018 Former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams leads a mass denunciation of Iran today from 50 bishops across the UK’s three Anglican churches. Attacking the ‘deplorable situation of human rights in Iran, particularly the painful situation of religious minorities’, the statement represents the largest en-masse political intervention from Anglican bishops…
RAMESH SEPEHRRAD | MAY 21, 2018 On December 28, 2017, a local protest over fast-rising prices of basic food staples in the northeastern holy city of Mashad quickly turned into a massive uprising, with people shouting, “Down with the dictator”. In a matter of hours, the protest spread to nearby towns like wildfire in a…
By Radio Liberty | April 12, 2018 In a report released on April 12, London-based international human rights watchdog Amnesty International said “more than half (51%) of all recorded executions in 2017 were carried out in Iran.” Iran ranks second in the world after China in terms of executions and has “carried out 84% of…
