Families of Detained Strikers and Community Members Stage Sit-In at Governor’s Office In an increasingly tense and prolonged stand-off between striking miners, the Bafgh Iron Ore Mines, and judicial officials, which originally began in May 2014 over plans to privatize the mine, a new round of strikes at the […]
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Tehran police renew satellite crackdown
Tehran police have once again started a campaign of confiscating satellite dishes from people’s homes. The Etemad daily reported on Thursday that some people have described officers arriving at residential buildings with warrants to enter and confiscate satellite dishes. The campaign started in recent days and is reportedly being more seriously pursued in the […]
Culture Minister next target for removal
Following the impeachment of Reza Farajidana from his position as Minister of Science and Technology, reports indicate that conservative factions now aim to summon the Minister of Culture and Guidance to Parliament for another impeachment process. The Shargh daily reported on Thursday August 28 that critics of the Culture Minister have raised the issues […]
Health Condition of Omid Behroozi Worsens, Malevolence of Judicial Authorities
The physical condition of Omid Behroozi, jailed in the solitary confinement of the Information Detentions due to the one-hundred fifty days in captivity has worsened; while, the judicial officials after four years of his imprisonment, say that the transfer of this Dervish to the clinic of the inside of the Evin prison is subject […]
Mostafa Abdi and Amir Eslami Refuse to Attend the Meeting Hall to Exhibit Their Protest
Amir Eslami and Mostafa Abdi, two of the Gonabadi Dervish lawyers and rights activists in protest against illegal transfer of Gonabadi Dervishes to the non-political wards of Evin, the act of judicial system in preventing Dervishes from receiving the medical treatments, and also pressure on them to use the prison uniform; thus, refused to […]
The use of new pretexts by judicial authorities to prevent the release of political prisoners
Despite the new Islamic Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedures which effectively could lead to the release of many political prisoners, judicial authorities not only insist on the unjust prison sentences to be fully served, they also seek to keep the prisoners behind bars even after their prison sentences have been served. To […]
Senior Iranian Ayatollah Says High-Speed Mobile Internet Is Un-Islamic
A senior Iranian hard-line cleric says high-speed mobile Internet and third generation mobile services are “un-Islamic” and violate “human and moral norms”. Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi said Iranian authorities should introduce measures that would prevent access to the “negative features” of high-speed mobile Internet and 3G services before making them widely available. Makarem […]
Slavery in Islam
Slavery in Islam[1] Haj Dr. Nour Ali Tabandeh Slavery traces back to human history long before Islam and there are many books published about its history. It can be seen throughout history that how slaves launched revolutions and caused revolts and the most noticeable ones are of Spartacus and the divine revolution of Moses (AS). […]
Extremist Iranian group can’t patrol without permits
Iran’s interior minister says that Hezbollah motorcycle patrols must attain legal permits before they can carry out any patrolling duties. Khabaronline reports that Minister Rahmani Fazli told a press conference on Tuesday August 26 that the activities of Ansar-e Hezbollah, including their motorcycle patrols, cannot be allowed with the appropriate legal permits. […]
Amnesty International: prisoner of conscience faces death threats
Prisoner of conscience Mohammad Ali Taheri, who has spent over three years in solitary confinement in Section 2A of Evin Prison in Iran’s capital, Tehran, has been threatened with death by interrogators. He is serving a five-year prison sentence on a charge of “insulting Islamic sanctities”, in relation to his spiritual beliefs and […]