Iran
Q&A: Iran’s presidential election 2017
Source : FIDH, WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Since its establishment in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has regularly organised parliamentary and presidential elections, but these polls have regularly failed to meet international standards […]
Tuesday، 23 May، 2017Rouhani Wins Re-election in Iran by a Wide Margin
Source : New York Times President Hassan Rouhani of Iran on May 13. With most of the votes from Friday’s election counted, the Interior Ministry said Mr. Rouhani had won 22.8 million. Credi tEbrahim Noroozi/Associated […]
Tuesday، 23 May، 2017Guissou Jahangiri: La participation politique des femmes iraniennes au pouvoir, un chemin semé d’embuches
Guissou Jahangiri: Les élections présidentielles ainsi que celles des Conseils islamiques des villes et des villages auront lieu simultanément le 19 mai prochain en Iran. Ce sera la douzième fois que l’on élit un président, et la cinquième édition des élections des Conseils, 38 ans après la révolution dite islamique.
Wednesday، 8 March، 2017Inside the Women’s Ward: Mistreatment of Women Political Prisoners at Iran’s Evin Prison
Political prisoners held in the Women’s Ward at Iran’s Evin Prison are routinely denied medical care and hospitalization, face severely restricted or denied visitation rights even with their young children, are deprived of regular telephone contact with their families, and are not provided adequate nutrition, according to a report released today by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
Monday، 6 March، 20172016 Int. Women’s Film Festival Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery of 4th edition of the “International Women’s Film Festival – Herat” at Gardens of Babur, in Kabul on 19 October 2016 with hundreds of artists, filmmakers, officials & people from different walks of life.
Tuesday، 21 February، 2017Former lover of the poet known as Iran’s Sylvia Plath breaks his silence
50 yrs after Forough Farrokhzad’s death, Ebrahim Golestan talks about his affair with the giant of Persian literature. “In every culture you have cultural icons, like Shakespeare in Britain. Farrokhzad was like that”.
Tuesday، 14 February، 20172016 Int. Women’s Film Festival Award: Best documentary maker Shirin Barghnavard & Mohammad Reza Jahanpanah/Iran
Shirin Barghnavard & Mohammad Reza Jahanpanah from Iran were awarded as the best documentary maker for the film “Scenes from a Divorce” by the international jury.
Tuesday، 7 February، 20172016 Int. Women’s Film Festival Award: Best feature “The Sis”/Iran
“The Sis” from Iran was awarded as the best feature, directed by Marjan Ashrafizadeh by the international jury.
Tuesday، 7 February، 2017Opening Ceremony of the 4th edition of the “International Women’s Film Festival – Herat
Fourth edition of the “International Women’s Film Festival – Herat” officially opened at Gardens of Babur, in Kabul on Wednesday 19 October 2016 with participation of artists, filmmakers, officials of the national and international organisations and people from different walks of life. Armanshahr Foundation/OPEN ASIA and Roya Film House, founders of the festival, organise the festival annually.
Wednesday، 19 October، 20164th Simorgh Peace Prize & 19th anniversary of Armanshahr’s establishment
The statutes of 4th Simorgh International Peace Prize were awarded on Human Rights Day (10th December 2015) in the context of the Human Rights Week and simultaneously with the 19th anniversary of Armanshahr’s establishment.
Thursday، 17 December، 2015