More than two years after Allameh Tabatabai University announced that it will no longer offer a number of humanities programs, one of its department heads announced on Friday January 3 that the programs will be restored. ISNA reports that the head of Allameh Tabatabai Social Sciences announced that the university will restore all the […]
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Qasr-e Shirin tallies casualties, damage from landmine explosions
Officials in the western Iranian city of Qasr-e Shirin report that it has been the site of 84 landmine explosions in the past two years. IRNA reports that in a meeting to review landmine-clearing efforts in the affected areas, the Qasr-e Shirin governor’s office reported that in the past two years, 10 people have […]
Officals and Clerics Verbally Attack and Threaten 2009 Protestors and Leaders
Over the past few days, influential Iranian leaders have unleashed a fresh wave of verbal attacks and threats against the 2009 post-election protesters and their leaders, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. The threats and attacks have included a hardliner cleric’s volunteering to hang Mousavi and Karroubi, as well as others stating that the […]
Rouhani Delivered on Rights Charter Promise “Immediately,” but Issue Is with Implementation, Says Lawyer
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, lawyer Farideh Gheirat said that the draft Citizenship Rights Charter presented by Hassan Rouhani in November is almost exactly like the Iranian Constitution in substance, just with different phrasing. Gheirat added that there was no need to draft a new Charter that […]
Guardian Council May Approve Citizenship Rights Charter, Says Lawyer
President Hassan Rouhani’s draft Citizenship Rights Charter, currently before the Guardian Council, may win approval, lawyer and head of the National Iranian Bar Associations Union Bahman Keshavarz told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “The draft Charter is, in fact, the same as Chapter Three of the Iranian Constitution, which addresses the […]
Internal Bleeding Caused Heart Disease for Jailed Dervish After Prevention of His Transfer to Hospital by Authorities
Due to prevention of jailed Dervishes’s transfer to a qualified hospital for proper medical treatment by Ministry of Intelligence and National Security, sick and imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish, Ebrahim Bahrami is now suffering from heart disease which is a result of his internal bleeding.According to Majzooban Noor, imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish in Ebrat ward of Shiraz’s […]
Imam Reza (AS) quotes
He who knows his Self, knoweth his Lord – Prophet Muhammad Shia Muslims across the globe are commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Reza, the 8th Shia Imam and rightful successor to Prophet Mohammad. In Iran, especially in the holy city of Mashhad, millions of mourners have gathered at the holy shrine of Imam […]
Earthquake Strikes Southern Iran
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake has struck southern Iran, killing one person and injuring about 30 others. Iranian state television said the quake damaged many buildings and electricity lines in the southern province of Hormozgan. It hit early on January 2 in the town of Bastak, some 1,200 kilometers south of Tehran. Later, several aftershocks were […]
2 Years Imprisonment for Wounded Dervishes at Kavar Event
Three Gonabadi Dervishes with the names of Ebrahim Fazli, Asghar Karimi, and Mohammad Ali Saadi who had been shot and injured after being attacked by religious extremists and Basij militia members during the attacks in Kavar town on 13 , Shahrivar 1390 (September 4, 2011) were charged for “activities against national security and disturbing […]
Summons by Phone and Indictment Issued for 2 Gonabadi Dervishes in Bandar Abbas
Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website, has been indicted by Bandar Abbas’s Intelligence office.According to Majzooban Noor, Bandar Abbas Revolutionary Public Prosecution Court has accused Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic” and “being a member of opposition group”.It should be mentioned that, once, […]