Iran’s Student Day was marked in Tehran by students chanting slogans in support of the release of political prisoners. IRNA reports that the amphitheatre of Shahid Beheshti University was packed with students from the early hours of Saturday December 7. IRNA reports that students carried banners saying “Long live Rohani! Long live Khatami!” as […]
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Sattar Beheshti Murder Case Closed
A Tehran court has closed the case against the interrogator accused of murdering blogger Sattar Beheshti, determining it was not murder but rather “quasi-murder.” Gohar Eshghi, Beheshti’s mother, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that she is protesting the court’s decision to dismiss the murder charges in the case of her […]
Iran’s Minister of Communications Says He Will Oppose Stringent Internet Blocking
Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology told a group of reporters today that his Ministry is not interested in continuing the extreme controls the Iranian government has exercised over the past eight years, but rather wishes to see a more relaxed approach to internet access for the citizens. “As a member of the […]
Promise of death-row reviews ends hunger strike
The 1,800 prisoners of Qezel Hessar Prison who had gone on hunger strike against the death penalty ended their strike after authorities made a series of promises. HRANA reports that on Wednesday morning, judicial and prison officials visited prisoners in ward 2 of Qezel Hessar and assured convicts on death row that their files […]
Former gov’t accused of providing substandard gas
The head of Iran’s Department of the Environment has accused the former administration of providing below-standard gasoline for automobiles in the country. IRNA reports that Massoumeh Ebtekar said on Wednesday December 4: “The former government did not live up to its commitments and responsibilities in upholding fuel and auto standards, and currently none of […]
Iran Human Rights Condemns execution of four Ahwazi political prisoners
December 5: Four Ahwazi Arab political prisoners have been executed, according to reports received by Iran Human Rights (IHR). The executions are also reported by BBC Persian and several other sources. Ghazi Abbasi, Abdul-Reza Amir-Khanafereh , Abdul-Amir Mojaddami and Jasim Moghaddam Payam were sentenced to death by Branch 1 of the Ahwaz revolutionary […]
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards arrest internet activists
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have carried out a new wave of arrests of cyber activists and members of pro-opposition social networking websites. Kaleme, a leading opposition website, reported on Thursday that at least five Iranians who had shared news about the situation of political prisoners on Facebook have recently been held by the security apparatus […]
South Africa’s Nelson Mandela dies in Johannesburg
Nelson Mandela, the global statesman who delivered South Africa from the dark days of apartheid, has died aged 95. Mr Mandela had suffered from a series of lung infections over the past two years and died at home in the company of his family.South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has […]
Four Iranian cities rank among world’s 10 most polluted
The latest ranking by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) shows four Iranian cities are among the most polluted in the world: Ahvaz, Sanandaj, Kermanshah and Yasooj. The Mehr news agency is reporting on the latest survey done by the WHO and the IARC, which have […]
Iranian gov’t rejects Ahmadinejad’s debate challenge
In response to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s invitation to a public debate, the spokesman for the Hassan Rohani administration was quoted as saying: “The government has no time for such things.” ISNA reports that Mohammad Baqer Nobakht told reporters that Ahmadinejad must accept that the statistics released by the Census Organization speak for themselves and that […]