Prisoners have thwarted attempts by officials at Rejai Shahr Prison in Karaj to transfer 26 condemned Sunnis to Ghezel Hessar Prison. A political prisoner informed the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA): “The officials first announced that Kaveh Veisi and Mokhtar Rahimi were to be transferred. We resisted them, and they said they have […]
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Rohani Returns To Mixed Welcome After Historic Chat With Obama
Iran’s President Hassan Rohani has returned to a mixed reception in Tehran after his historic phone call with U.S. President Barack Obama. Iranian media said hundreds of Rohani supporters turned up at the airport to greet him. But about 100 hard-liners shouting “Death to America” reportedly pelted his car with eggs and stones in […]
The Families of Jailed Dervishes Meet with Mr.Feizollah Arabsorkhi
Yesterday morning on 5 Mehr 1392 ( Sep 27 2013) a group of family members of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes visited with Mr.Feizollah Arabsorkhi, a senior member of the Islamic Revolution Mojahedin Organization who has been recently released from Evin prison . According to Majzooban Noor, a group of family members of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes […]
IAEA reports positive meeting with Iran
Talks between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency held today in Vienna have been assessed by both sides as positive. Reuters reports that Herman Nackaerts, the IAEA deputy director general, reported that the talks at Iran’s diplomatic mission in Vienna were “very constructive” and more substantive discussions are set to take place on […]
U.S., Iranian Presidents Speak By Phone
U.S. President Barack Obama says he has spoken by phone with Iranian President Hassan Rohani in the first direct conversation between U.S. and Iranian presidents in more than 30 years. The conversation came hours after Rohani called the United States a “great” nation, a stark reversal from his predecessors, as intense diplomatic efforts by […]
Kerry Meets Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has held a one-on-one meeting with Iran’s foreign minister and says he is pleased with a new positive tone from Iran on talks over its disputed nuclear program. The brief encounter between Kerry and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at UN headquarters in New York on September 26 […]
Amnesty International: Six Kurds may face execution soon
The Iranian authorities must urgently halt the execution of six men on death row in Ghezel Hesar Prison near Tehran. Two of them have been transferred to solitary confinement today sparking fears they are at imminent risk of execution Amnesty International said. Hamed Ahmadi and Sedigh Mohammadi are among six Sunni Muslim men from […]
Minister warns against finger-pointing in efforts to save lake
Iranian Minister of Power Hamid Chitchian told a meeting for the rescue of Lake Oroumiyeh today that the correct approach is not to point fingers at perpetrators of the crisis but rather to find solutions.” All our actions and those of the people in the region have led to the current situation,” Chitchian said; […]
Iranian student awarded human-rights prize while in prison
Omid Kokabee, a physics PhD student jailed in Iran since January 2011, was awarded yesterday the 2014 American Physical Society’s Andrei Sakharov Prize for “his courage in refusing to use his physics knowledge to work on projects that he deemed harmful to humanity, in the face of extreme physical and psychological pressure.” Kokabee has […]
Former Iran president urges release of all political prisoners
Reformist former president Mohammad Khatami called for all political prisoners in Iran to be freed following a decision to pardon 80 people in an easing of the Islamic Republic’s strict security policies. The pardons were in keeping with moderate President Hassan Rouhani’s pledge to loosen a repressive security grip that Iranians say […]