In a letter from Evin prison to Mr. Jafari the Tehran Prosecutor, lawyers and Dervish rights activists object to being forced to wear prison uniform, use handcuffs and ankle-cuffs during their transfer to medical care centers or hospitals for treatment.According to Majzooban Noor, nine jailed Gonabadi Dervishes in ward 350 at Evin prison in […]
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Facebook and Twitter Blocked Again in Iran After Respite
Internet users in Iran lost access Tuesday to Facebook and Twitter, a day after they were surprised to find that they could get on the sites without having to evade a government’s firewall that had blocked direct access to the Web sites for years. Iranian officials said that a technical glitch resulted in the […]
Summoning Of Green Movement Activists To Prison Continues, 3 Activists Were Summoned To Prison
Summoning Of Green Movement Activists To Prison Continues.1- Mehdi Doulati Daraabad Green Movement and online activist Mehdi Doulati Daraabad reported to Ward 350 to start serving his five years imprisonment sentence. Doulati Daraabad was arrested in a raid on his parents home by the Intelligence Ministry’s agents in February 2012 and was taken to […]
Defence optimistic as jailed brothers go back on trial
Massoud and Khosro Kordpour attended their second trial on September 16 in a Mahabad Revolutionary Court. The Mukerian news website reports that the session investigated the charges of “propaganda against the regime” and “insulting the leader.” The judge ruled that the charge of “publishing falsehoods to disturb public minds” is outside his jurisdiction and […]
Dire Physical Condition of Jailed Gonabadi Dervish in Adel-Abad Prison
The health condition of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish in Shiraz’s Adel-Abad prison, Mohammad-Ali Dehghan is reportedly critical.According to Majzooban Noor, Mohammad-Ali Dehghan, a resident of Kavar town in Fars province who is being held in Adel-Abad prison since 10th Ordibehesht 1392 (April 30, 2013) suffers from severe kidney painand needs to be taken to hospital immediately. […]
EU court annuls sanctions against Iran’s shipping line
The European Court of Justice has annulled sanctions imposed by the European Union against the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), the IRISL managing director announced on Monday. The ruling was announced by the court on Monday, the Fars News Agency quoted Mohammad Hossein Dajmar as saying. The IRISL, which carries an estimated […]
Expelled students allowed to return to studies
Jafar Tofighi, the interim head of Iran’s Ministry Science, has announced that a review of the cases of a number of suspended or expelled university students has resulted in their return to their studies. The Mehr News Agency reports that Tofighi stressed once again that the ministry will no longer single out and target […]
Maryam Shafipour transferred to the hospital
Maryam Sahfipour has been transferred from Evin prison’s Ward 209 to a hospital. According to news obtained by AdvarNews, yesterday the interrogator in charge of this student activist’s court file had given her family permission to have visitation today. When her family went to Evin prison in the morning to have a visitation with […]
Rohani calls on IRGC to help build economy
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has called on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps to take on large national projects but stay out of politics. Iranian media report that in a meeting with commanders and senior staff of the IRGC, the Iranian president said: “With our economy under target, the Guards have to move in and take […]
The Life of Imam Reza (pbuh)
The eighth Imam Ali Ibn Musa, Al-Reza(AS)Born in Madina 11th Zeeqaad 148 Hijri (1.1.766 AD). Died in the city of Tus Iran on 17th Safar 203 Hijri (26.5.819 AH) Period of Imamat 20 years. His grandfather Imam Ja’afar Al-sadiq (AS) died one month before the birth of Imam Reza(AS) The family must have been […]