According to the reports, following the lawsuits that forty Gonabadi Dervishes have made against two preachers, Mohammad-Reza Shahbazi and Alireza Ghaemi who are being the major cause of conflict against the Dervishes in the city of Kavar in 1390 (2011), the two pseudo-cleric are trying to put pressure on doctors in Shiraz, in order […]
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Minister explains lack of trial for opposition leaders
Mostafa PourMohammadi, Iran’s justice minister, says it was not in the best interests of the regime to put opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi on trial in 2009 because it would have created more upheaval in the country. ISNA reports that PourMohammadi said: “Certain decisions were the outcome of a collective deliberation by […]
Web committee discusses loosening online restrictions
Iran’s minister of communications says the committee for determining criminal content on the web has met to discuss the new administration’s policies in order to reach consensus on which sites will be subject to filtering. The Fars News Agency reports that the minister announced that the meeting was constructive, with the members agreeing that […]
Amnesty International: Iran hangs 40 people in two weeks amid surge in executions
Iran has carried out a total of 40 executions since the beginning of 2014, with at least 33 carried out in the past week alone, said Amnesty International today. “The spike in the number of executions carried out so far this month in Iran is alarming. The Iranian authorities’ attempts to change their international […]
Iran’s Intelligence Minister Says No Need For Media To Cover Economic Corruption
Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmud Alavi says there is “no need” for media to publish details of cases of economic corruption. Alavi, who was speaking on January 14 to Iran’s semiofficial Mehr news agency, added that the coverage of corruption cases by the media could hurt investment in the country. “There is no need to […]
U.S. Releases Details Of Iranian Deal
The White House has sent the text of an agreement to implement an interim nuclear deal reached with Iran in November to the U.S. Congress. A summary of the deal, reached on January 12, was released to the media. The move comes following criticism in Washington that the Obama administration was keeping the agreement […]
Hundreds get sick due to cracks in Tehran water pipes
Hundreds of people were stricken with diarrhea and vomiting attacks after drinking tap water in the Pardis neighbourhood of Tehran. Residents have been urged to use bottled water for the next 24 hours while the matter is being investigated, according to Javan News. Reports indicate that a crack in the pipes has led to […]
Female official to make history at Friday Mass Prayers
Massoumeh Ebtekar, the head of Iran’s Department of the Environment, will become the first woman to ever speak at Tehran’s Friday Mass Prayers this Friday January 17. The Etemad daily reports that Ebtekar who the first woman in government administration in the Islamic Republic taking over the Department of Environment in the government of […]
Iranian poets released on bail after outcry
Mehdi Mousavi and Fatemeh Ekhtesari, two Iranian poets who were arrested by Islamic Republic authorities, were released on bail on the afternoon of Tuesday January 14. HRANA reports that the two poets were released from Evin Prison yesterday. The two are banned from traveling abroad. Their arrest last month triggered an outpouring of support […]
In Memory of His Holiness Nour Ali Shah The Second
His noble name was Ali and spiritual title (Nour Ali Shah), son of His Holiness Sultan Ali Shah, born in Baydukht; his illustrious birth date was on the 17th Rabi- a-thani 1284 AHL. His mother was the daughter of the late Hajj Mulla Ali Baydukhti who, father after father were famous for their knowledge […]