Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes ended their hunger strike after 14 days.According to Majzooban Noor’s reporters, 10 imprisoned Dervishes in Evin, Rajaei-Shahr, Shiraz’s Nezam prisons and the central prison of Bandar-Abbas who were on hunger strike to protest the authorities’ failure to provide them with adequate medical treatment and the illegal interfering in medical treatment […]
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Unpaid steelworkers hold protest in Kurdistan
Zagros steelworkers in Kurdistan staged a protest in front of the Ministry of Labour to demand the payment of eight months in back wages. One of the workers told ILNA that their employer has not paid their wages and also failed to pay their premiums for the Social Security Fund. Last July, the owners of […]
Mousavi, Rahnavard meet with her mother
Zahra Rahnavard and MirHosein Mousavi met with Rahnavard’s aging mother, Ehtermolsadat Navab Safavi, on Sunday March 16 under the supervision of Iranian security officers. The Kaleme website reports: “this family meeting had unexpectedly coincided with a meeting of a group of teachers and families of political prisoners.” According to Kaleme, the security officers at […]
Iran’s Unusual Attacks Against a United Nations Special Rapporteur
To believe Iranian officials, neither the decision to keep the leaders of the Green Movement under house arrest, nor that of releasing them, involves the judiciary. High level officials take publicly pride in the politically-motivated detention of the 2009 presidential candidates as they do in the rise in execution numbers. Recent statements in support […]
UN Members Strongly Criticize Executions and Lack of Basic Freedoms in Iran
At Monday’s meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed presented his report on the situation of human rights in Iran. Following his presentation, representatives of member countries, NGOs, and the Iranian delegation offered their responses. In the 10-minute presentation of his statement, Shaheed said he had made several […]
Al-Monitor: Hunger strike by Dervishes in Iran provokes protests
Two hundred dervishes were arrested and then released for protesting against the continued imprisonment of dervishes who are on hunger strike in Iran. Despite a more moderate government taking power in Iran, street protests organized by the opposition are still a dangerous line to tread. Still, in spite of this, the Gonoabadi dervishes — […]
A political prisoner was sent to hospital
Houtan Dolati, the political prisoner was transferred to Imam Khomeini hospital and was returned back to the prison after examination.According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Houtan Dolati, the member of Iran’s National Front Party and president of the Danesh Amokhtegan Association was sent to Imam Khomeini hospital to track […]
2 political prisoners ended their hunger strike
Ali Salan Poor and Gholamreza Khosravi ended their hunger strike, following requests of their fellow inmates. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ali Salan Poor and Gholamreza Khosravi, the political prisoners of ward 350 of Evin prison, ended their hunger strike after 10 days, following requests of their fellow […]
“Personal attacks on UN Officials Show Iranians Not Free to Express Opinions,” Says Ahmed Shaheed
On Friday, March 14, 2014, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, held a press conference at the UN in Geneva to discuss his new report to the Human Rights Council. When asked about his opinion on the personal attacks made on him and the UN […]
Imprisoned Pastor Chained to Hospital Bed, Wife Says
Imprisoned Iranian-American pastor Saeed Abedini was admitted to hospital under humiliating conditions, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned. Naghmeh Abedini, Abedini’s wife, told the Campaign that the pastor was taken to Dey Hospital in Tehran on March 3, 2014 while his hands and feet were chained and then he was […]