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Iran court convicts editor, writer from banned daily

  An Iranian court convicted on Sunday the editor and a contributor of a banned newspaper over a series of charges, including lying about Islam and spreading anti-regime propaganda, reports said. The media watchdog banned the reformist Bahar daily in October 2013 after it published an article the authorities deemed as an insult to Shiite […]

Amnesty International: Prisoners out of solitary confinement

  Further information on UA: 94/14 Index: MDE 13/025/2014 Iran Date: 23 May 2014 URGENT ACTION PRISONERS OUT OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT All the Iranian prisoners taken to solitary confinement in Section 240 of Tehran’s Evin Prison after the 17 April raid, when security officers beat and injured political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, have been […]

Iran’s Zarif, EU’s Ashton Meet In Istanbul

  Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Zarif and the European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton are meeting in Istanbul May 26 and May 27 to discuss Teheran’s nuclear program, sources tell RFE/RL. The meeting comes ahead of the next round of official negotiations between Iran and the five permanent member of the UN Security Council […]

Evin infirmary head latest casualty in prison staff changes

  Majid Rezazadeh has been removed from his position as the head of the Evin Prison Infirmary, the opposition website Kaleme reports. According to Kaleme, Rezazadeh’s treatment of political prisoners in Evin had been very inappropriate throughout his tenure, adding that his role in the attack on Ward 350 prisoners was “destructive” and “negative”. Kaleme […]

The Families of Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes Met with Behzad Nabavi

  The families of jailed Gonabadi Dervishes met with Behzad Nabavi yesterday morning on 4th of Khordad 1393 (May 25, 2014). According to Majzooban Noor reporter, following the release of Mr. Behzad Nabavi (a senior member of the reformist group Mojahedin of Islamic Revolution Organization) fromjail, a group of imprisoned Dervishes’s families met with him […]

Report on the Situation of Farshid Yadollahi, Jailed Dervish Lawyer in Evin’s Ordinary Ward

  Farshid Yadollahi, human and Dervish rights lawyer who was sentenced by Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolution Court in July 2013 to seven years and six months imprisonment has been illegally moved to the ward 7, the public offenses section of evin prison since a month ago.Until recently, Farshid Yadollahi along with another jailed […]

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