Iran: On the eve of UN summit, NCRI publishes study on women's plight in Iran

TheNCRI Women's Committee has published a study on the Iranian regime's 20-year conduct since the Beijing Platform for Action.

The study sheds light on institutionalized violence and discrimination against women in Iran and its horrendous consequences for Iranian women and girls.

It further probes the regime's vision on women contradicting universal humanitarian standards and the objectives of the gender-equality movement.

Iran: Concern over challenges of UN women's summit Posed to Mullah regime.

The state-run Mehr news agency published a report this morning Expressing concern over the Iranian diet Will the challenges faced at the UN Women's summit for world leaders in September.

While the summit is going to urge further Top commitment by member states to women's equality and empowerment in the world's development agenda for the next 15 years based on the Beijing Platform of Action and the Convention on the Elimination of All Discrimination contre Women in the world, Mehr Expressed concern about how Tehran shoulds Plan for this summit.

The concern is omnipresent Within The diet's government circles PARTICULARLY That It Has not yet signed the CEDAW and have Mehr wrote, some issues including "women's choice in controlling reproduction" and "Reforms in the laws to Provide women's equality in all affairs" are Contrary to the official views of the religious hierarchy fascist ruling the country.

 (State-run Mehr news agency, Aug. 29)

Iran: Jannati appointed as head of women-youth crackdown apparatus

Ahmad Jannati, appointed as head of women-youth crackdown apparatus

Ahmad Jannati, secretary of the Guardian Council has-been named the head of the "Promoting Virtue and Vice Prohibiting" crackdown entity. This is the main body in load of Imposing pressure and further Top crackdown is women and youth.

Mortez Agha-Tehrani, a member of Iran's so-called Expired parliament, Told reporters it 25 August on the sidelines of an open-door session, "With the order Issued by parliament speaker Ali Larijani, preparations for the implementation of the 'Promoting Virtue and Prohibiting Vice 'paved-have-been. "

Background information:

Jannati is a senior mullah Who has always backed crackdown and executions in Iran. His sound, Hossein Janati Was a member of the PMOI Who Was Executed by the Iranian diet. His father feels gratitude to His Khomeini for the de son's execution.

In an interview aired one state-run TV on October 18, 2014 he Referred back to the executions in Iran in the 1980s Without Any due procedures, Personally Supervised Khomeini Saying the executions. (BoyerNews.com - October 18, 2014)

"When we used to work in the revolution short HAD Some People Doubts were executing This or That person. [Khomeini] Said they do not hesitate anyone Whose crime is Obvious, "Jannati Stipulated.