Anger as Iran bans women from universities

HRANA News Agency – Female students in Iran have been barred from more than 70 university degree courses in an officially-approved act of sex-discrimination which critics say is aimed at defeating the fight for equal women’s rights.

In a move that has prompted a demand for a UN investigation by Iran’s most celebrated human rights campaigner, the Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, 36 universities have announced that 77 BA and BSc courses in the coming academic year will be “single gender” and effectively exclusive to men.

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Human Rights violations in Iran Yearly Statistical – Special Year 2011

In a prediction report, it contains Statistical Data (2010-2011) of Human Rights violations in Iran. The statistical basis of this report, that has been prepared, will provide analytical, statistical efforts of institution, and the publication of Human Rights Activists in Iran.

Certainly, due to the Iranian government not allowing human rights defenders to work properly in reporting Human Rights violations and preventing the free flow of information, it does not recognizes the independence of the civil activities, and at the moment, reporting these issues are something with many limitations, difficulty and dangerous in Iran.

Obviously, in such situation for Human Rights defenders, despite great difficulties, only a very small volume of human Rights violations are being monitored, researched and documented in relation to media reports, and finding other groups. However with regards to the restrictions, we can» t deny the analytical error of the content, but the Human Rights entity have known the statistical content and analysis repots with %3 margin of error, rare in its own kind.

As in the first section of the report, it is necessary to notice the human Rights group activities and effort in Iran to improve the reporting of human Rights violations, however, statistics can make dramatic differences in terms of the reports focused on the center of the country compared to other parts of the country as one of the weaknesses of Iran «s civil society entities.

With regard to the Human Rights statistics, 1120077 cases of Violation and protocols documented in Iran with the total repots of 2751, see the map below.

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Kindergartens Teaching Dance Will be Shut Down

HRANA News Agency – Ahmad Esfandiari, the head of Welfare Department, has said that kindergartens teaching children how to dance will lose their operating permits.

According to a report by Aftab News, Ahmad Esfandiari referred to some of the programs offered by kindergartens as “secular” and “immoral” and called a number of children’s programs aired on various television channels as “unacceptable.”

The head of Welfare Department added that his organization was seeking to implement religious teachings in kindergartens and would strive to be more active in promoting “Quranic preschools and mosques’ kindergartens.”

 

Religious Persecution of Baha’i Gifted and Talented Students

HRANA – The Ministry of Education of Iran has implemented a new policy, which discriminates further against Bahá’í school students.

In the past, Bahá’í students were allowed to take the entrance exam for schools for gifted and talented students and in the cases of acceptance they would be denied admission based on their religion. Recently, the Ministry has added religion to the registration form for taking the entrance exams. The options include Muslim, Christian, Jew, and Zoroastrian, which deprives Bahá’í students right at the inception.

As it was reported previously in October 2009 Miss Shadan Shirazi of Tehran, despite occupying the first position in the female competition, was prevented from registering at Javan Research Institute, a school for gifted students, because of being a Bahá’í. Miss Shirazi attempted to take the exam again this year and due to the new policy was denied registration for the entrance exam. Similarly Miss Noura Sabet of Tehran has been unable to register for the exam.


One Year in Prison and 74 Lashes for Peyman Aref

journalist and student activist Peyman Aref was sentenced to one year in prison and 74 lashes by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court.
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Situation of sentenced to death Kurdish prisoner is uncertain

HRANA News Agency – The dossier of Sherko Ma’arefi, political prisoner in Saqqez prison who has been sentenced to death, is still at forgiveness and pardon committee in Sanandaj without any respond.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Sherko Ma’arefi the political prisoner in Saqqez prison who has sentenced to death by revolutionary court, is in danger of execution while he is waiting for the respond of forgiveness and pardon committee in Sanandaj to his dossier.

This political prisoner from Baneh who is 30 years old, has arrested on September 30th of 2008 and has been sentenced to death by first branch Saqqez revolutionary court on charge of enmity against God.

After he appealed his verdict, branch 4 of the appealed of the province confirmed the verdict. one year later, in October of 2009 the supreme court confirmed the death verdict and since that time Sherko Ma’arefi is in danger of the execution enforcement.

Then his dossier sent to the provincial forgiveness and pardon committee and this committee refused to respond to Ma’arefi’s family till now.

Also Sherko Ma’arefi did hunger strike in protest to his uncertain situation in March of 2012 and informed the court and prison officials through a letter.

Iranian-American pastor sentenced to eight years imprisonment

HRANA News Agency – Saied Abedini, Iranian-American citizen sentenced to eight years imprisonment by branch 26 of Tehran revolutionary court.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), this christian prisoner on charge of establishing home church, sentenced to eight years imprisonment by judge Pir Abbasi.
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Influenza spreads in Rajaie Shahr prison and not enough medical treatments

HRANA News Agency – Most of the political prisoners of Rajaie Shahr prison got influenza disease and the clinic of prison is not providing enough medical treatment to them.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), in the pas weeks influenza disease has spread inside Rajaie Shahr prison as epidemic. This disease which causes coughing, headache, muscle and joint pain, body-ache and … has spread in ward 4 of hall No.12 of the prison.
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A Kurd from Salmas sentenced to 5 years imprisonment


HRANA News Agency – Recently a Kurd from Salmas has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Farhad Panirak the son of Chargez, A Kurdish citizen from Broshkhovaran village in Salmas has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment on charge of acting against national security by Salmas revolutionary court.
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Mehdi Tahaghoghi Arrested to Serve One Year in Prison in Exile

HRANA News Agency – Mehdi Tahaghoghi, member of the Iranian reformist party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution, was arrested in his home by security forces to serve his one year in prison verdict in exile, yesterday.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), quoted from Kalame, Mehdi Tahaghoghi, member of the Iranian reformist party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution – Official of former president Mohammad Khatami, was arrested by security forces and sent to prison.

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