Iran

„The rights of women and children in Iran are increasingly under threat, according to two reports from human rights monitoring groups published this week.  Amnesty International accused Tehran of treating the activities of women’s groups and activists as criminal acts. ‚It is utterly shameful that the Iranian authorities are treating peaceful activists who seek women’s equal participation in decision-making bodies…

„A recent survey among Sunni religous scholars in the Iranian province of Kermansheh shows that a majority of them (67{a7b8b9982d1bbdc5e1caab033d30320c7a19bdb9cd0371a3252625f5cda85985}) believe that ‚female circumcision‘ is religiously obligatory or at least recommended for girls and women. In this province in the West of Iran, female genital mutilation (FGM) is practiced by Sunni Kurds who adhere to the Shafi’i law school. Many…

„Russlands Präsident Wladimir Putin hat bei einem Dreiertreffen in Baku eine engere Zusammenarbeit mit seinen Kollegen aus Aserbaidschan und dem Iran vereinbart. (…) Beim Treffen mit dem iranischen Präsidenten Hassan Ruhani standen unter anderem russische Pläne auf dem Programm, im Iran acht Atomreaktoren zu bauen. Eine entsprechende Vereinbarung hatten Moskau und Teheran vor kurzem erzielt. In einem Interview vor dem…

„Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, rumoured to be planning a political comeback, has asked Barack Obama to return $2 billion of assets frozen in the US in a letter made public Monday. Ahmadinejad wrote that despite early promises by the US president to improve ties with Iran ‚the same hostile policies along with the same trend of enmity were pursued‘.…

„The head of Iran’s judiciary, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, made an interesting proposition to European countries during a speech Aug. 3 on the occasion of Human Rights Day in Iran. He said Iran is willing to hold talks on human rights as long as Europe is willing to also discuss the human rights situation in their countries. ‚It cannot be that…

„Hassan Afshar, 19, was executed at the prison in the city of Arak on July 18, according to Amnesty International. The secondary school pupil was executed after he was convicted of raping another boy, during a two-month trial in which he had no legal representation. Afshar was arrested in 2014 along with two other youths, after they were accused of…

„Iran’s top leader distanced himself on Monday from the nuclear agreement reached with major powers a year ago, accusing the United States of failing to honor pledges in the accord and citing ‚the futility of negotiations with the Americans.‘ In blunt remarks prominently featured in Iran’s state news media, the senior leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the talks that led…

Von Felix Balandat Seine Mutter musste nach der Iranischen Revolution 1979 den Hijab tragen, obwohl sie es nie wollte. In den heißen Sommern der Region Chuzestan am nordöstlichen Ufer des Persischen Golfs ging sie in ihrem schweren schwarzen Kleid einkaufen. Als sie wieder zu Hause war, hatte sie aufgrund der Hitze oft nicht einmal die Kraft, zu sprechen. Daran erinnert…

„Iranian Kurdish opposition parties are trying to form one joint Kurdish front in the face of the threats of the Iranian government against Kurds in Iranian Kurdistan. Mohamed Nazif Qadiri told BasNews on July 27 that six Iranian Kurdish opposition sides have met twice over the past weeks, and in their next scheduled meeting they will discuss the necessity of…

„A group of women has reportedly been arrested for riding bicycles in Iran and made to sign pledges not to repeat the ‚violation‘. They were planning to participate in a cycling event in the north-western city of Marivan when police told them a new government directive had barred women riding bicycles in public. The opposition National Council of Resistance of…

„The Iranian regime has executed dozens of opposition activists across the country by hanging them to death in public squares, local sources reported on Sunday. Iranian security forces last week arrested over 40 young activists, and executed at least 27 of them. ‚The authorities did not announce the real reason behind the execution of those people. It said they were a…

„Das Bundesamt ist diesbezüglich ja schon sehr deutlich geworden: 2015 lagen die festgestellten illegalen Beschaffungsversuche weiterhin auf quantitativ hohem Niveau. Und das übrigens auch im internationalen Vergleich. Einerseits gilt das vor allem für Güter, die im Bereich Nukleartechnik eingesetzt werden können. Andererseits haben die Landesämter in ihren jeweiligen Berichten auch darauf hingewiesen, dass der Iran sogar versucht, Technologie für biologische…

„Iran’s behavior over the past year makes it clear that rather than embracing a more cooperative approach toward the international community, Iran is persisting with its abusive rhetoric and aggressive policies. With the P5+1 wary of anything that might endanger the deal, Iran feels emboldened, and, with the deal, is ironically better positioned to pursue its aggressive aims in the…

„It was just after 1 a.m. in Tehran when a truck in the southern French city of Nice rammed into crowds on Promenade des Anglais, killing more than 80 people. Many Iranians continued to stay up as news of the attack emerged, following the latest developments on news channels, the popular smartphone messaging app Telegram and the internet. There were…

„Iran’s foreign minister on Tuesday defended a nuclear deal provision that allows Tehran to begin ramping up its nuclear program after 10 years, a day after the secret document was revealed, leading to concerns over the effectiveness of the landmark nuclear deal. Mohammad Javad Zarif said the document, submitted by Iran to the International Atomic Energy Agency and outlining plans…