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Iran: Legalizing the Murder of Civil Society

Arseh Sevom recently published Legalizing the Murder of Civil Society. The report looks at a bill coming up for a vote on the floor of Iran’s parliament that would completely change the legal procedures for registering and operating civil society organizations. Arseh Sevom's paper analyzes the impact of the proposed law. This bill,The Establishment and Supervision of NGOs, if ratified and executed as written, would mean the end of legally operating, independent civil society in Iran.

Placing Human Rights Violations in Iran on Top of the Foreign Policy Agenda

In this new report published by Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America, Geneive Abdo and Sebastian Gräfe make suggestions on how U.S. and European governments can deal with human rights violations in Iran. The report identifies some key recommendations for the international community to consider: Monitor and highlight Iran’s human rights violations, support the rights and needs of Iranian refugees, and increase assistance to NGOs that support Iranian civil society.

2010 World Press Freedom Index: Iran

Iran held its position at the bottom of the Index on the recently published 2010 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters without Borders. The crackdown on journalists and citizens which occurred just after the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009 only strengthened in 2010.Iran is now on the threshold of joining the “infernal trio” (Eritrea, North Korea, Turkmenistan), the world’s most repressive countries in the domain of freedom of the press. With almost 30 journalists and...

Iranian Activists in Cyberspace

This text is based on an interview with Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh by Carolien Roelants in the Dutch newspaper NRC 15-9 2010. In this interview she explains how she sees the current situation in Iran, its future and how new media has become important for the Iranian opposition abroad: “We, exiles, do not live abroad. We live in cyberspace. People in Iran cannot discuss their opinions on the street, but they can communicate ideas and organize themselves by means of Internet.” The protests that...

Reporters Guide for Interviewing Ahmadinejad

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran released a report urging the international community and media to focus on the ongoing human rights crisis in Iran. The 56-page Reporters' Guide gives background information and recommendations for interviewing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about human rights during his visit to New York for the 65th United Nations General Assembly.It is based on a review and analysis of dozens of interviews with Ahmadinejad, and aims to counter his evasions and disi...

A Last Chance for Iran's Reformists?

This study by Walter Posch analyses the emergence, development and the possible future outlook of Iran's "Green Struggle". It describes the frictions between reformist and radical fundamentalists, the main components of the Green Struggle, its suppression in the summer of 2009 and the fall/winter of 2009- 2010 and finally expectations and scenarios for the future.

Common Misunderstandings of Iran Post June 12 Elections

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Lund University (founded in 2007) published a report about common misunderstandings of Iran post June 12, 2009 elections. This will be the first report of three on Iran over the next year and a half. The authors feel that the changes in Iran will continue for many months and it is their objective to continue to engage with Iranian academics internationally to provide accurate analysis of a country that is described as ‘unpredictable’ far too often. Wit...

Arseh Sevom

Arseh Sevom (Third Sphere in Farsi which refers to the role of civil society) is a nongovernmental organization established and registered in 2010 in Amsterdam, aiming to promote peace, democracy, and human rights in Iran. The organization’s objective is to help build the capacity of organizations and encourage the development of a vigorous third sphere of civil activities. Arseh Sevom believes that cooperation among civil society organizations is key to building a strong and coherent civil r...

What Has the Green Movement Achieved?

Read the interesting article by Muhammad Sahimi where he to answer the question what the Green Movement has achieved after one year:The large street demonstrations and gatherings, both before and after the rigged presidential election of June 2009, that gave birth to the movement, have largely ended. The world has shifted its attention back to Iran's nuclear program and away from the struggle by a large majority of the Iranian people for a better society. Disappointment and even hopelessness...
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