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  • 4 June 2015

    Iran Implements 2009 Law on Access to Information

    Iran in late 2014 issued regulations to implement a little-known 2009 law on access to information, FreedomInfo.org has confirmed. (See unofficial English translation of both law and regulations.) The Law on the Publication and Free Access to Information (in Persian from Iran’s Parliament website) was given new force through regulations (in Persian) approved Nov. 22, 2014, by […]

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LEGAL DOCUMENTS The Law on Publication and Free Access to Information and Regulations (Combined, in English, from 2009 and 2014 respectively) Law on the Publication and Free Access to Information (In Persian from Iran’s Parliament website) Regulations (in Persian) approved Nov. 22, 2014, by the Council of Ministers. ORGANIZATIONS Transparency for Iran                  

 

 

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