Iran’s minister of economic and financial affairs says the elimination of sanctions against the Islamic Republic is a long-term consideration that the government should not focus on to resolve its current problems. Ali Tayyebnia said on Sunday Oct. 6; “To think that sanctions will be lifted in the near future and all problems will […]
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Supreme Leader criticizes elements of Rohani’s UN trip
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in a speech today that some of events that occurred during the Iranian president’s trip to New York were inappropriate. In a speech on Saturday October 5, Ayatollah Khamenei said: “We support the diplomatic move of the government such as the trip to New York because we trust […]
The Families of Jailed Dervishes Meet with Mir Taher Mousavi
A group of family members of jailed Dervishes visited with Mousavi’s 2009 campaign coordinator, Mir Taher Mousavi, who has been recently released from Evin prison.According to Majzooban Noor, saturday on 13 Mehr 1392 ( Oct 5, 2013) a group of family members of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes who are being held in Evin prison visited […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (28-09-2013)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. On Sunday 22nd September 2013, a group of families of offenders who have been accused of drug trafficking, and have been sentenced to death, gathered in front of the parliament and demanded for an alternative punishment for these offenders. Iran’s high rate of executions passed by […]
Three Gonabadi Dervishes were deported for life
Three Gonabadi Dervishes, residents of Kavar county in Fars province were sentenced to deportation forever by Shiraz’s Revolutionary Court on the charge of moharebeh (enmity with God).According to Majzooban Noor, the Branch 2 of Shiraz Revolutionary Court issued its verdicts against three Gonabadi Dervishes, Messrs. Hamid-Reza Arayesh, Kazem Dehghan and Mohammad-Ali Shamshirzan, convicting all […]
Reporters Without Borders: Exile journalists threatened, pressured and defamed from inside Iran
Reporters Without Borders condemns Iran’s threats and defamatory attacks on Iranian journalists living in exile, including UK-based freelancer Masih Alinejad and US-based Arash Sigarchi of Voice of America. The intelligence ministry and Revolutionary Guards are using the government-controlled national radio and TV broadcaster to orchestrate these harassement campaigns from Tehran. “Efforts are being made […]
Journalist Issa Saharkhiz Released Two Months Prior to End of Sentence
Imprisoned Iranian journalist Issa Saharkhiz was released on Thursday, October 3, two months short of completing his prison sentence. “I was informed by my family that my father received his release letter from the hospital. They will now have to complete his paperwork in order to take him home from the hospital,” his son […]
Deterioration of Hamid Moradi’s Physical Condition/Justice-Security Officials Obstruct Jailed Dervishes’ Access to Medical Health Care
Physical condition of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish rights activist and the manager of Majzooban Noor website, Hamid-Reza Moradi who has been held for more than two years in Evin prison, is reportedly deteriorated as his condition requires special health care in specialized medical center hospital. But he has been illegaly prevented from transfer to hospitals […]
Internal Opposition Contained With the Talks
With the passage of 5 days since Hassan Rowhani and Barack Obama held a 15 minute telephone conversation and the absence of any reaction by the supreme leader of Iran regarding Rowhani’s trip to New York and his telephone chat with the US president, political observers believe that critics have been quietly contained. The […]
Next Step: Face Meeting Between Heads of Iran and the US
Daughter of head of the Expediency Council Faezeh Hashemi tells Rooz that the telephone conversation between Hassan Rowhani and Barak Obama can result in a face-to-face meeting between the leaders of the two countries. In an exclusive interview with Rooz, Faezeh said that if the current course between the two countries did not suffer […]