Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 'Moderate' Ayatollah Khamenei's political spectacle continues to fool Western observers. By EMANUELE OTTOLENGHI In the ongoing clash between Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, analysts persist in trying to determine who's the more moderate: the Holocaust-denying Ahmadinejad, or Khamenei, the patron of Tehran's… Read More...

By Ray Takeyh For years it was assumed that economic sanctions and diplomacy would produce a pliable negotiating partner in Iran. But Iran's truculence has effectively undermined the once-popular notion, while a degree of confusion and consternation has gripped the international community. The often-unstated hope is that denial of critical… Read More...

By MUSTAPHA AJBAILI AL ARABIYA AND AGENCIES Syrian President Bashar Al Assad is using “torture, corruption and terror” to silence pro-democracy demonstrators, US President Barack Obama said on Sunday, vowing to continue to increase pressure on the Syrian regime.President Obama said he was “appalled” by President Assad’s crackdown on Sunday… Read More...

By Thomas Erdbrink Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, November 6, 2010; 4:35 PM TEHRAN - Last year, Tehran's writers, doctors and small-business owners formed the backbone of a grass-roots opposition movement against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Now these middle-class urbanites feel they're being singled out by a government plan that will… Read More...

Ahwazi movie goers go for satellite channels, LONDON (Ramadan al-Saedi) Several movie theaters in the predominantly-Arab Ahwaz city in Iran have been shut down as audiences preferred staying at home and watching Ramadan T.V. serials and programs on satellite channels. The expansive prevalence of satellite channels in the southwestern province… Read More...

The Islamic Republic of Iran has once again shown its enmity against the Kurdish people. In fear of losing their power the regime continues to suppress, torture, imprison and execute Kurdish and Iranian citizens.The Islamic Republic of Iran announced that they had executed five political prisoners by the names of… Read More...

  Iran's Human Rights Submission to UN 7th Session of Universal Periodic Review scheduled for 8-19 February 2-10 in Geneva: un-hrc_english Submission of NGOs on Iran's Human Rights Violations to the UN 7th Session of Universal Periodic Review scheduled for 8-19 February 2-10 in Geneva unngos-_questions_for_iran_english Submission of Ahwaz Human… Read More...

(AFP) - 23 hours ago OSLO - Iran's consul general in Oslo confirmed Thursday he quit his job in protest against Tehran's violent repression of opposition demonstrators and said he would not return to Iran for fear of repercussions. "If I go back I don't know what will happen," Mohammed… Read More...

Produced by Ahwaz Human Rights OrganizationNew evidence that shows Human Rights Violations by Iranian Regime. Read More...

The draft resolution on the human rights situation in Iran (document A/C.3/64/L.37) was approved by a recorded vote of 74 in favour to 48 against, with 59 abstentions, as follows: In favour: Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus,… Read More...