23 ans après Salman Rushdie, un ayatollah appelle au meurtre du rappeur iranien Shahin Najafi pour apostasie.

The Iranian authorities are clearly trying to send a message that those defending the rights of others in Iran should cease their work or face prosecution

Ann Harrison, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa

As an Iranian journalist in exile, I have often been confronted with the question “why does the Persian Gulf matter so much to you Iranians?” followed by “Is it because of the oil? Is it because it is a strategic location? Or is it only a nationalistic gesture on your part? After all, isn’t it just a body of water like any other?” and I, unable to put into few words a long and detailed history loaded with so much emotion behind the fact, have always wondered how to explain that complex feeling to the curious but more often than not nonchalant inquirer who would probably forget about the whole matter as soon as he or she has walked a few steps away from me. Therefore, I am writing this piece as an answer to that call, so that, henceforward, whenever one asks me about that certain feeling, I can refer him or her to it.

PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee is seriously concerned for the welfare of literary translator Mohammad Soleimani Nia, who has started a hunger strike in protest at his detention. Soleimani Nia has been held without charge since 10 January 2012, and is said to be in a fragile condition. PEN fears that he is held in violation of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Iran is a signatory, and calls for his immediate and unconditional release.

Justified in the Fight against Pornography

The "Mozellin" (instigators) project was formed by the IRGC center for the analysis of systematic crimes in 2008. It was a vastly publicized project that ended in the arrest of a number of citizens for running pornographic websites. These people are now facing heavy sentences such as execution and life imprisonment. International human rights organizations and western governments are protesting these sentences.

Following the conclusion of yesterday's interactive dialogue on Iran at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, FIDH and its Iranian member organisation LDDHI welcome the report presented by the Special Rapporteur on Iran while expressing deep concern for the dire human rights situation within the country.

On the eve of the 9th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, we believe that every effort should be made to prevent the start of yet another war, this time against Iran, by US imperialism and its NATO partners.

Kouhyar Goudarzi, a member of the Committee for Human Rights Reporters (CHRR), was sentenced to five y ears ' imprisonment on 7 March, to be served in Zab ol , e ast ern Iran. He is a prisoner ofconscienc e. His mother, Parvin Mokhtare, was released from prison on 18 March.