Tasua, Ashura mourning ceremonies was held in Shiraz’s Adel-Abad prison by imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes on the 9th and 10th of Muharram 1435-2013.According to Majzooban Noor, jailed Gonabadi Dervishes in the “Ebrat Ward” for prisoners of conscience in Shiraz’s Adel-Abad prison, Messrs. Mohsen Esmaeeli, Seyed Ebrahim Bahrami, Mohammad Ali Sadeghi, Mohammad Ali Dehghan and Kasra […]
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25 NGOs Urge UN Third Committee to Pass Iran Human Rights Resolution
As the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee prepares to vote on the resolution on the promotion and protection of human rights in Iran on November 19, 25 human rights organizations have joined together to urge member states to vote in favor of the resolution. In a letter sent to UN member states, the […]
After 1,000 Days In Captivity, Opposition Figure Dreams Of ‘Newspaper Tree’
Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Musavi, his wife Zahra Rahnavard, and reformist cleric Mehdi Karrubi have been under house arrest for more than 1,000 days. To mark the unhappy occasion, Karrubi’s wife, Fatemeh Karrubi, has turned to YouTube to express her concern over her 75-year-old husband’s health. In a video released on November 12 and addressed […]
Troubling New Movement Against Dervishes by Extremists in Khorramshahr; Beatings, Threats, Graffiti
A number of religious extremists brutally beat a Gonabadi Dervish in the city of Khorramshah after making telephone threats and graffiti on Dervishes’s places of worship in order to force him to declare renunciation of Sufism. According to Majzooban Noor, in recent days and by the beginning of the month of Muharram and holdingmourning ceremony […]
Activists win fight to halt road in Abr Forest
Massoumeh Ebtekar, the head of Iran’s Department of the Environment, announced that construction has been halted on a controversial road in Abr Forest in Shahrood, and a plan to protect the forest is underway. The Mehr News Agency reports that at a press conference in Semnan, Ebtekar applauded the media for its role in […]
Inmates in intolerable condition in Maraghe without basic facilities
The winter is coming and Azerbaijan province is a cold and mountainous region in Iran but the Maraghe prison authorities did not do any preparations in terms of running heating system. A source told HRANA reporter “The inmates of Maraghe prison expressed their protestations verbally and written to both prison authorities and the inspectors […]
A child died in an execution game
Mohammad (Marvan) Ashoubi (son of Abdullah) a seven years old Feyshouri children, from the suburban of Fars province, has died in a game, by mimicking execution. According to Feyshour website, in a report from Feyshour, Mohammad (Marvan) Ashoubi (Son of Abdullah Ashoubi) was killed, in a tragic accident. According to this report, after the […]
New Sanctions Would Sabotage Nuclear Talks and Stymie Human Rights in Iran
The United States Congress should not impose further sanctions on Iran while the negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 countries are ongoing as adopting new sanctions will seriously jeopardize all efforts to end Iran’s nuclear standoff and worsen their impact on ordinary Iranians, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. In […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (10-11-2013)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. All political prisoners from section 12 of Rajaee Shahr prison in the city of Karaj refused to take three days worth of their dietary in protest to the installation of parasite noise emitting devices. It has been a while since these small devises have been installed […]
The sole Iranian involved in the Apollo Project passes away
Prominent Iranian mathematician Professor Abolghassem Ghaffari passed away on the night of Tuesday November 5, 2013, at the age of 106. Less than a month earlier, at the ceremony for the first Spirit of Iranian Noted Achievers (SINA) Awards recognizing the contributions of outstanding Iranians to the arts, science and culture, Professor Ghaffari was […]