A Canadian-based filmmaker accused of intending to spread propaganda will face a secret trial in Iran on November 17, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported Saturday. Mehrnoushe Solouki holds dual French and Iranian nationality and is currently a doctoral...
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Iran high court hears appeal on reopening probe into Canadian journalist death
The Iranian Supreme Court held a hearing Sunday in the case of murdered Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi on an appeal of a lower court order that the case be reopened. Kazemi's family argued that...
An Iranian appeals court has acquitted human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani of charges related to espionage after he spent seven months in prison, Soltani said Monday. According to Soltani, the appeals court held that there...
UN committee chides Belarus, Myanmar for human rights violations
The UN General Assembly's Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs approved draft resolutions Wednesday denouncing both Belarus and Myanmar (formerly Burma) for human rights violations. The Belarus resolution, introduced by...
Human Rights Watch denounced Iran on Wednesday for threatening to prosecute the Iranian Center for Defense of Human Rights (CDHR) , a human rights group based in Tehran founded by 2003 Nobel peace laureate...
The Interior Ministry of Iran has prohibited a human rights group led by 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi from operating in the country, saying the group has neglected to obtain...
Iranian human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani says he has received a five-year prison sentence for disclosing confidential information and engaging in propaganda against the regime, even though neither he nor his lawyers appeared in...
Canada pressing for arrest of Iran prosecutor wanted for Kazemi death
Canada authorities confirmed Friday that they had asked Germany to detain Iranian prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi if he passed through German territory after attending the inaugural meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland,...
Canada slams Iran for sending prosecutor linked to Kazemi death to UN rights meeting
Iran has received nearly universal condemnation for selecting Tehran Prosecutor-General Saeed Mortazavi to attend the inaugural meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva as an observer. Mortazavi is widely suspected of being present...
Iran court upholds acquittal in Kazemi murder, orders case reopened
An Iranian appeals court has upheld the acquittal of the intelligence agent who was accused of murdering Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi , lawyers said Wednesday. Kazemi died in 2003, while being detained for photographing...