HRW Criticizes US Sanctions, Saying Iranians Deprived Of Needed Medical Care
After more than a year of U.S. sanctions on Iran’s banking relations with the rest of the world, Human Rights Watch has criticized Washington’s broad
After more than a year of U.S. sanctions on Iran’s banking relations with the rest of the world, Human Rights Watch has criticized Washington’s broad
Co-authored by Jamal Abdi and Assal Rad The battle to allow Iranian women to attend soccer games at stadiums has been waged by women’s rights
“Brand Israel” was launched. As I’ve written before, this public relations strategy was an utter failure. War crimes, apartheid and denial of basic human rights are
The issue of the United States waging what seems to be a global war by way of sanctions rarely surfaces in the western media. The
“While the so-called ‘civilized world’, the USA, UK, France and the client states are sanctioning the Syrian people and depriving them of basic needs, Iran
On match days Iran’s young female soccer fans cram Tehran’s shopping centres and cafes, their faces painted with the Iranian flag and beaming with excitement,
The self-immolation of the “Blue Girl” in the wake of her learning of the possibility of having to endure a six-month prison sentence following her
After targeting Muslims, asylum seekers, and immigrant families, the Trump administration has now set its sights on low-income immigrants. On August 15, the Department of
It is an established, and a very well-known fact that Israel is a genocidal, terrorist, ethnic-cleansing colonial state. Backed by a genocidal blood-thirsty real estate
Israel is a Zionist colonial project based on the destruction of Palestinian homes and cities, the ethnic cleansing of all Christian and Moslem goyim Palestinians,
On day four of Richard Ratcliffe’s hunger strike outside the Iranian embassy in London, embassy staff noisily repositioned the metal barriers they’d put up behind him and
Ordinary Iranians are struggling to keep up with soaring prices of essential goods because of US sanctions, but a group of patients feel the excruciating
My friend Andrew Rubin is an amputee. He’s lost his right hand, lower arm, right foot, and lower leg. He used to be an avid
Iran is only marginally reflected in the U.S. news, which means the American public does not hear voices that express the human suffering caused by
With 253 executions in 2018—including six people executed for offenses they allegedly committed as children—Iran is still among the world’s leading executioners, according to Amnesty
The outgoing French ambassador to the US has said that Israel is an “apartheid state” and that the status quo provides no incentive for its
Devastating flooding in three-quarters of Iran’s provinces has affected 10 million people, of whom 2 million are severely impacted and 500,000 displaced – half of
You can find out here by clicking to see how your Representative and your two Senators voted on the resolution to stop U.S. arming and aid to
Leaked documents from France’s military agency “show that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are overwhelmingly dependent on Western-produced weapon systems to wage their
There is no consensus when it comes to defining terrorism. The most acceptable is ‘the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in
On March 21, Iran faced its most devastating natural disaster since an earthquake that killed more than 500 people in November 2017. Flash floods caused by torrential
Thousands gathered in London on ‘Land day’ and the first anniversary of the Great Return March responding to the call of the Palestinian Forum in
This week marks the one year anniversary of the historic Great March of Return and Israel has spent the past few days commemorating it the
On a recent delegation to Iran, we experienced first-hand the legendary Iranian hospitality. Iranians are particularly thrilled to meet Americans, but as we discovered, our
If there is one thing that separates Canada from other countries in the world, it is its strong international support for promotion of human rights.