August 23, 2017 Twitter is blocked in Iran because it poses a risk to national security, not because it threatens the morals or culture of the country, according to the newly appointed Iranian Minister of Information Technology and Communication (ITC), Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi. Jahromi, 36, the
August 22, 2017 Reporters Without Borders - Media freedom was one of the key demands of the revolution that toppled the Shah and swept Ayatollah Khomeini to power in 1979, but it is a promise that has never been kept. The media are mostly under the
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams 6/28/2017 By Iran HRM Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is leading a campaign urging western countries to put religious minorities at the heart of any future deal with Iran. Lord Williams joins the former Bishop of Oxford John Pritchard, the Bishop of Bristol Mike
2 August 2017 Amnesty International - Iran’s judicial and security bodies have waged a vicious crackdown against human rights defenders since Hassan Rouhani became president in 2013, demonizing and imprisoning activists who dare to stand up for people’s rights, Amnesty International said in a new report
Mass Protest Against Rouhani Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member September 20, 2017 New York United Nations Plaza Good afternoon everyone, welcome to my hometown, New York City. [applause] When I look up I see all these wonderful signs. They’re all wonderful, but the one I