Showing posts with label President Hassan Rouhani. Show all posts
Showing posts with label President Hassan Rouhani. Show all posts

Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Iran’s Rouhani unveils ‘bill of rights,’ but not in law

Iran’s Rouhani unveils ‘bill of rights,’ but not in law TEHRAN – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani unveiled a “bill of rights” on Monday guaranteeing freedom of speech, protest, fair trials and privacy, saying the achievement was “one of my oldest dreams.”Although many of the rights are already enshrined in Iran’s constitution written after the 1979 Islamic revolution, Rouhani said it offered the