The Green Voice of Freedom

Russia says new EU sanctions on Iran "unacceptable"

Russia said on Tuesday that new EU sanctions on Iran undermined international efforts to resolve concerns over its nuclear program, tempering hopes of closer cooperation between Moscow and the West on the issue.

“When He Spoke of Being ‘Violated,’ He Was Very Upset And Angry”

Last Thursday, sister of journalist Abdolreza Tajik met with him for the first time after his arrest on June 12. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the meeting, she said that her brother was very upset and angry when he told her that he had been “violated” in prison.

'Regime assault on human sciences similar to Soviet Union'

Mousavi slams 'organised government deception'

Mousavi criticised the “organised assault” on human sciences in Iran’s universities and added, “when I see these attacks, I am reminded of the biter and alarming experiences of the former soviet regime and other totalitarian regimes of the eastern [block]. After Stalin’s era, they considered social sciences as sciences derived from imperialist and bourgeois societies."

“Head of judiciary responsible for my client’s life,” says Kaboudvand’s lawyer

Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh said in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the life of her client, Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, is in serious danger. Kaboudvand, a human rights activist from Kurdistan, suffered his third stroke last week.

Cartoon by Mana Neyestani: Forbidden

The following cartoon is a work by Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestani called "Forbidden"

Former and Current Revolutionary Guards Commanders Clash

Several months after Iran’s state telecommunications corporation was taken over by companies affiliated with the Islamic Passdaran Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in a sham deal, one (pro- administration) principalist Majlis lawmaker hinted that the corporation may be returned to the government.

Prisoner update: Student Abbas Ahmadlou commences 1-year prison sentence

Communications student Abbas Ahmadlou has begun serving a one-year prison in a prison in Arak city. Ahmadlou was in his final year of studies at the Islamic Azad University of Arak. He was sentenced to a year in prison for allegedly having insulted the leader and causing unease among public opinion.

Seven women and three men are sentenced to death for adultery

Everyone has a date marked on their calendar, be it a birthday, wedding anniversary or even the beginning of the summer vacations. In Iran, there are about 170 people who cross out one day each night .The date they can not forget is their execution.

Terrorism Undermines Legitimate Discrimination Concerns

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran strongly condemned the suicide twin bombings in southeastern city of Zahedan, which resulted in the death of at least 26 and over 300 injuries.

Iranian MP's solution for unemployment:

'Solve unemployment by barring women from work'

Iranian Member of Parliament Mousa Ghorbani has said that the solution for resolving the problem of unemployment was to pass laws that would make it illegal for two members of the same family to work.

Prisoner update: 6-year prison sentence approved for student activist Salman Sima

Branch 54 of the appeal court has approved a six-year prison sentence handed down to student activist Salman Sima.

Health of prisoners of conscience at Iranian government’s mercy

A year after the launch of a major crackdown in response to the demonstrations that followed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed reelection, more than 100 political prisoners are still being held in Iranian jails in inhuman and degrading conditions. Their most basic rights are being violated, starting with the right to adequate medical treatment.

Despite Government Backing Down

Strikes Continue in Bazaar

Yesterday morning, state-run news agencies reported that the weeklong strike in Tehran’s bazaar had ended after an agreement was reached between bazaar representatives and the government. The report was disseminated quickly, but the continued presence of antiriot police and plainclothes forces near Tehran’s bazaar painted a different picture.