The Green Voice of Freedom

Ahead of vote, 'kidnapped' Iran reformists imprisoned at home

Four years after Iranians took to the streets to demonstrate against the results of a presidential election, the authorities are taking no chances this time, keeping opposition leaders confined under house arrest with doors and windows welded shut.

Green Movement activists live in fear as Iran's presidential election nears

A journalist and an activist tell of four years of struggle under the shadow of arrests, beatings and torture

Sanctions and regime policies cause growing crisis in Iran

The international community should target sanctions more effectively to impose costs on the Iranian government and not its citizens, and the Iranian government should end its policies that worsen the crisis in access to medicines, foods, and other essential imports, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.

Hugo Chávez & the Middle East: which side was he on?

Most of the postmortem commentary on Hugo Chávez has focused on his domestic legacy in Venezuela, his wider regional legacy within Latin America, and what we might call his hemispheric legacy – his “special relationship” with the United States.

Why we must resist Netanyahu and the hawks' reckless push for war on Iran

Now, just as diplomacy is yielding results, has never been a better time to ignore the lobbying of Israel's prime minister for war

Some Iranian students complain of discrimination overseas

Sanctions blamed as bank accounts frozen, student loans denied and university applications rejected

Britain was wrong to close Tehran embassy, says David Miliband

Former foreign secretary speaks out against 'damaging' decision, saying it handed victory to regime hardliners

Iran unable to get life-saving drugs due to international sanctions

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians with serious illnesses have been put at imminent risk by the unintended consequences of international sanctions, which have led to dire shortages of life-saving medicines such as chemotherapy drugs for cancer and bloodclotting agents for haemophiliacs.

The search for Montazeri's heirs

Three years since the death of the Shiite dissident, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, there is still no one in Iran who can assume his role as the spiritual authority of the reform movement. Many critical clerics have been silenced since the crushing of protests in 2009. Yet, there is increasing support for efforts to reform Islamic law in the country.

Do sanctions threaten Iran’s pro-democracy movement?

The crushing international sanctions being imposed on Iran over its controversial nuclear plan have caused tremendous economic pressures on ordinary people.