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June 1, 2010

Sealing of ICTRC Offices In Tehran by the Islamic Revolutionary Court

At 1:30 PM, Thursday 15 March, 2007, when members of the board of directors of ICTRC were holding a weekly meeting and most of the staff were present at the ICTRC office, the Intelligence forces (4 persons at first, but 2 other persons showed up later too) came to ICTRC office holding a search warrant issued by the Islamic Republic Revolutionary Court.
May 26, 2010

The tentative rise of civil society

Under the presidency of Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005), independent forms of civil society expanded. The growth in NGOs began prior to his presidency, but it was tolerated and given space to develop during his term in office. By the end of his term, official statistics reported 6914 registered NGOs in Iran.
May 26, 2010

Attack on Civil Society in Iran: Introduction

Human rights abuses in the Islamic Republic of Iran are happening to individuals, but they are targeted at civil society. This is as true of the mistreatment and torture of those detained for protesting after the 2009 presidential elections as it is of the arbitrary arrests of human rights defenders.
January 20, 1989

1989 — Iran’s House of Cinema is established as The Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds

1989 -- Iran's House of Cinema, also known as The Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds, was formed by the Ministry of Islamic Guidance and Culture.Establishment House of Cinema (the Iranian alliance of motion picture guilds) first started to work as the Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds in 1989, when members of the board of directors appointed by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of the time were put in charge of the establishment of this guild body. Accordingly, the non-commercial institute and company registration organization in Tehran has March 1993 as the official commencement date of House of Cinema’s operation, and October of the same year as the date of registration.