by Sadra | May 8, 2014 | Blog
Iran is facing unprecedented sanctions, but essential services like free email accounts have long been exempt from the sanctions*. Instead of continuing to provide millions of Iranian users with email services–Yahoo has decided to shut off the ability for people in...
by Sadra | Mar 17, 2014 | Blog
Iran Human Rights has published its 2013 annual report on the death penalty in Iran. With more than 687 executions, the number of executions in 2013 were the highest in more than 15 years, including 30 women and 3 juveniles. More than 68% of executions occurred after...
by Sadra | Mar 17, 2014 | Blog
This article first appeared in The New York Times. The original can be read here. By Thomas Erdbrink Tehran (March 8, 2014) — Born into a poor family in one of Tehran’s most desolate neighborhoods, at age 17 Safar Anghouti had little to look forward to beyond a...
by Sadra | Mar 13, 2014 | Blog
Eight key activists have launched the Step by Step to Stop Death Penalty campaign, demanding an end to executions in Iran. The eight, including Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Maleki, call on the Islamic Republic of Iran to end public executions, the use of stoning, exempt...
by Sadra | Mar 13, 2014 | Blog
United for Iran joins twenty six leading international human rights organizations in urging the members of the UN Human Rights Council to renew the resolution for the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran....
