After two weeks of silence by Iranian officials on the reason for the detention of husband-and-wife journalists Jason Rezaian and Yegabeh Salehi and their whereabouts, media with ties to security and intelligence organs believed to be holding them have begun leveling baseless charges of spying against them, revealing the intentions of interrogators to fabricate […]
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Cyber police officer sentenced for death of blogger
A court in Tehran has sentenced the accused in the death of jailed blogger Sattar Beheshti to three years in jail and 74 lashes. According to the Beheshti family attorney, the accused has also been ordered to have an obligatory transfer for two years. Giti Pourfazel told ISNA: “While journalists receive six-year sentences, it […]
Iran, U.S. sit down for direct nuclear talks
Iran began direct nuclear negotiations with the United States on Thursday in Geneva. Iranian deputy foreign ministers Abbas Araghchi and Majid Takht-Ravanchi attended the meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Wendy Sherman, the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. Nuclear experts from both sides were also present. A […]
Rouhani announces new guild for Iran journalists
Iran’s president has announced plans to open a new guild for journalists, sidestepping the issue of the closure of the previous professional association. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke in anticipation of Journalists Day, to be held Aug. 8 in Iran, saying that steps have been taken to create an alternative journalists guild, a proposal that […]
Three Years after Representing American Hikers, Lawyer is Still Not Allowed to Work or Travel
The prominent human rights activist and lawyer Massoud Shafiee, who represented three American hikers detained in Iran in 2009, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that since the hikers left Iran, he has been summoned and interrogated several times, and has been kept from finding new clients or traveling abroad. “I […]
Rohani slams predecessor’s oil policies
Iranian president Hassan Rohani accused his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of having “a lack of wisdom” and said: “Under the pretext of circumventing sanctions, they gave the oil away to those who took it away for themselves and in effect circumvented the Iranian people.” ISNA reports that in a speech in Chahar Mahal Bakhtiari on […]
Officials transfer Christian prisoners to different sections
Prison officials have dispersed the newly converted Christian prisoners in different wards to block those inmates’ relationship in Karaj Central prison.According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Behnam Irani, Hossein Saketi Aramsary (Stephen), Reza Rabbani (Silas) and Abdolreza Haghnejad are the names of four converted Christians detained in the Central […]
Seyed Jamal Hosseini, editor of HRANA found dead in Turkey
Seyed Jamal Hosseini (Esfandiar Baharmas), editor and a senior member of Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRANA), was found dead in his office by Turkish authorities last night. Authorities believe that he had passed a few hours prior to their arrival. According to the latest information, Turkish Police found the dead body of Seyed […]
International Religious Freedom Report for 2013 (in Iran)
U.S Department of State- The constitution states that all laws and regulations must be based on undefined “Islamic criteria” but protects certain aspects of religious freedom for members of some but not all religious minorities. In practice, the government severely restricted religious freedom, and there were reports of imprisonment, harassment, intimidation and discrimination based on […]
The Origin of Shiism
The Origin of Shiism[1]Occasioned by Imam Husain’s Birthday (AS) Haj Dr. Nour Ali Tabandeh On this very Eid, one of our eyes is happy to see a new light (Ali ibn Husain Zayn al-Abidin, son of Imam Husain, the Shias recognize him as the 4th Imam), and the other one is crying because now […]