The southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan has become a new flashpoint in the growing movement against the clerical regime.
In recent weeks, Resistance Units affiliated...
At the initiative of five non-governmental organizations, including the Movement against Racism and for Friendship among the Peoples (MRAP); the Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational...
INU - irannewsupdate.com - Mohammad Yousef Raisi, of the southern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, is the coach of the Iranian national juvenile cricket team, and...
11 AM 22 April 2014 (Europe Central Time) An individual from Rouhani's office approached the families of political prisoners who are protesting in front...
TEHRAN, Iran –  According to the Iranian regime state media from midnight tonigh the gasoline subsidy  was cut.The semi-subsidized gasoline will be presented at 7,000 Rails per litter. It was previously sold at 4,000 Rials.For citizens in Iran, the skyrocketing price of gasoline in relation to the value of their national currency, the Rial, is shocking.
11 AM (Europe Central Time)-An individual from Rouhani's office approached the families of political prisoners who are protesting in front of Rouhani's Office and told them to provide him with their demands so he would follow them up.
Poverty and unemployment, in particular in Iran's deprived provinces including Kurdistan, has channeled people into Koulbarei (carrying heavy loads over the...
A full investigation into the serious human rights crimes and abuses against the Iranian opposition members in Camps Ashraf and Liberty must be carried out urgently, a leading United Nations expert has demanded.
Iran news Update had an exclusive interview with  Professor Jean Ziegler.
In a conference at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva on 14 March 2014, Professor Jean Ziegler, member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council, draw a parallel between the siege placed on Camp Liberty and that of areas under siege in Syria and said: “According to article 54 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, imposition of hunger on citizens as an act of war is prohibited” and “the Rome Statute that lays the foundation for the International Criminal Court, accentuates that intentional acts to impose hunger on citizens as a war method by depriving them of items they need in order to stay alive, is a war crime”.
18 March Fire Festival in Iran-Despite suppressive provisions by the clerical regime to obstruct the Fire Festival ceremonies and their turning into protests...
Deterioration of human rights during Rouhani’s Presidency and necessity of referring the dossier to the Security Council
Call for an independent UN inquiry into the Ashraf massacre and providing protection to residents
At the initiative of five non-governmental organizations, including the Movement against Racism and for Friendship among the Peoples (MRAP); the Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty; the Women Human Rights International Association (WHRIA); the France Liberte Foundation; and the International Educational Development – Inc, a conference titled "The urgency of protection of Camp Liberty refugees in Iraq" was held.Â
