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Iran internet bill means military control of cyberspace
If people or groups post things online that the government does not approve of, they can be subjected to Ta’zir punishments. (Supplied) July 10, 2021 The violations of freedom of expression and other human rights will only increase under new Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, who is otherwise known as the “henchman” of the [...]
Raisi’s proposed economic policy plan for Iran doesn’t make sense
Ebrahim Raisi leaves as other presidential candidates are seen at the conclusion of their second TV debate in a state-run TV studio, in Tehran, June 8, 2021. (AP) By Ebad Ebadi July 9, 2021 The June 18 Iranian election, in which Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi was selected as president, had the lowest turnout since the [...]
The bizarre case of ‘blank votes’ in Iran’s elections
A voter fills out her ballot papers at a polling station during the presidential elections in Tehran, June 18, 2021. (AP) By Sarbas Nazari July 7, 2021 The June 18 vote in Iran was more than unique in many ways when compared to previous polls held after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. It told [...]
Mohseni Ejei’s record of prisoner deaths
Iran's judiciary chief, Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei. (Supplied) By Ehsan Mehrabi July 5, 2021 Gholam Hassan Mohseni Ejei, Iran’s new judiciary chief, used to be an interrogator for the Iranian security services and was known for his particularly brutal interrogations. One prisoner, Taghi Mohammadi, who had been detained in 1986, was found dead in his [...]
Zanganeh’s ‘dream’ of boosting Iran’s oil production seems unrealistic
Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh in Tehran November 21, 2015. (Reuters) July 5, 2021 Iran’s oil minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh in an interview told the official IRNA news website Sunday that his biggest dream has always been to increase Iran’s oil output to six million barrels per day and use the income to [...]
Iranian chief justice Mohseni Ejei signals an even bleaker future for human rights
Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi, new Iranian judiciary chief, photo taken on Aug. 21, 2005. (AP) By Roghiyeh Rezaei July 3, 2021 By decree of the Supreme Leader, Iran officially appointed Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei as the head of the judiciary on Thursday, July 1, 2021. During his nearly 40-year career in the Islamic Republic, Mohseni [...]
Farhid Rahbar: Who is the possible face of Ebrahim Raisi’s new cabinet?
Farhad Rahbar (R) has been tipped as possible first vice-president to Ebrahim Raisi, or the next budget head of Iran's Central Bank. (Supplied) By Ali Ranjipour July 2, 2021 In recent days the name Farhad Rahbar has come to the fore in Iranian media as being the likely first vice-president in President-elect Ebrahim Raisi’s [...]
The plight of the Iranian women under the theocracy
The UN on March 8, 2021, accused the Iranian of continuing to treat women and girls as second-class citizens. (Supplied) By Track Persia 30 June 2021 In post-revolutionary Iran, women have experienced major setbacks despite their major role in the 1979 revolution which was led by the founder of the Islamic Republic of [...]
Religious minorities in Iranian schools: From childhood wounds to adult suffering
After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, violence and oppression against religious minority children and adolescents in schools became systematic policies. (Supplied) By Maryam Dehkordi June 29, 2021 The repression of religious minorities has a long history in the Iranian educational system. Although children from minority groups faced difficulties in schools before the 1979 Islamic [...]
Fact check: Have Iran’s non-petroleum exports increased by 69 percent in a year?
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks via videoconference with MPs in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday, August 23, 2020. (Iranian presidency) June 29, 2021 "Iran's non-oil exports in the first quarter of 2021-2022, compared to in the spring of 2020, have increased by 69 percent," outgoing President of Iran Hassan Rouhani claimed at [...]