The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency says an unidentified attacker shot dead the Iranian deputy industries minister. The report said Safdar Rahmat Abadi had been shot in the head and chest in his car on the evening of November 10 in the east of the capital, Tehran. The report quoted a police official as […]
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Prison doctor arrested after probing blogger’s death
Reza Heydarpour, the Evin Prison physician who prepared the report on the death of jailed blogger Sattar Beheshti in custody, has been arrested, according to the exiles activist website. The report indicates that on Monday November 4, Heydarpour was arrested by the ministry of intelligence as he left Evin Prison. The report adds that […]
Journalist brothers sentenced after months under arrest
Reza Heydarpour, the Evin Prison physician who prepared the report on the death of jailed blogger Sattar Beheshti in custody, has been arrested, according to the exiles activist website. The report indicates that on Monday November 4, Heydarpour was arrested by the ministry of intelligence as he left Evin Prison. The report adds that […]
Human Rights Watch: Lift Restrictions on Sunni Worship
Keep Promise to Allow Sunnis Religious Freedom The Iranian government should follow through on President Hassan Rouhani’s promises to improve access to human rights for religious minorities, Human Rights Watch said today. That should include allowing Sunni Muslims, a minority in Shia-dominated Iran, to gather and pray freely in their own mosques in Tehran […]
Six Sunni prisoners are transferred to an unknown location
Six Sunni prisoners of Ghezelhesar prison were transferred to an unknown location while being beaten by the prison guards. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), after prison authority’s decisions, regarding transferring these prisoners to other prisons, they went to hunger strike, since last Tuesday, November 5. However, prison guards […]
3 Ahl-E-Hagh prisoners are exiled from Uremia to Yazd
Bakhsh Ali Mohammadi, Sahand Ali Mohammadi and Ebadollah Ghasem Zadeh, the 3 Ahl-E-Hagh prisoners, are exiled from Uremia to Yazd. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), these three prisoners of conscience and the followers of Yari ethic Ahl-e-Hagh have been exiled to 2 different prisons in Yazd prison on […]
6 Sunni prisoners are on hunger strike in Ghezelhesar prison
Six prisoners of Ghezelhesar, who were sentenced to death, went on hunger strike, in response to decision of the authorities for their transfer.According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), six Sunni prisoners of conscientious of ward four in unit three, were informed that due to approaching to Moharram month, they […]
Iran: No Deal At Geneva Nuclear Talks
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has said that Tehran will not abandon its nuclear rights, including uranium enrichment. Iran’s ISNA news agency quotes Rohani as telling the conservative-dominated parliament on November 10 that there are “red lines” that must not be crossed. These include, he said, Tehran’s right to enrich uranium on Iranian soil. Rohani […]
Holding Mourning Ceremony for Imam Hussein by Jailed Gonabadi Dervishes in Adel-Abad Prison
Gonabadi Dervishes imprisoned in Adel-Abad prison are holding a mourning ceremony for Imam Hussein from the first night of Muharram every night 10pm – 2am at the prison.According to Majzooban Noor, by the beginning of the month of Muharram, jailed Gonabadi Dervishes in the “Ebrat Ward” for prisoners of conscience in Shiraz’s Adel-Abad prison, […]
Ebadi Criticizes Rohani’s Rights Record
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has criticized the human rights record of President Hassan Rohani. Speaking to the AP news agency, Ebadi highlighted a rise in executions since Rohani took office this year and accused the government of lying about the release of political prisoners. She also pointed to spreading support for […]