Iranian blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, who was transferred to hospital on Tuesday afternoon by order of the Tehran Prosecutor, was then returned to Evin Prison by the Revolutionary Guards. A friend of the family who asked to remain unidentified told the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA): “Hossein Ronaghi was brought to hospital at […]
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Second Martyrdom Anniversary Of Gonabadi Dervish, Vahid Banani
Martyrdom anniversary of Dervish Vahid Banani, will be held in “Golzar e Shohada ye Sarvestan” located in Sarvestan city on Thursday 92/06/14 (Sep 5 2013) from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. During the Kavar event, Martyr Vahid Banani, was gunshot in one of his main arteries by security forces and after enduring three days of […]
Anti-Sufi Slogans Written and Movements on the Eve of Second Anniversary of Kavar Horrible Event
On the eve of second anniversary of the bloody tragedy of Kavar events a troubling new movement against the Dervishes has been begun in the town of Kavar by anonymous groups.According to Majzooban Noor, in mid-Tir 90 (July 2011) some extremist forces have gathered in front of Gonabadi Dervishes and with the offensive slogans […]
Video Shows Iran’s Ex-President Criticizing Damascus Over Chemical Attack
A video has surfaced that shows former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani clearly blaming Damascus for chemical attacks, despite the Iranian government’s claim that the media had wrongly reported his remarks. The video, posted on the website Bolaghnews.com, shows Rafsanjani speaking last weekend in Savad Kooh in Mazandaran Province. He says, “People are […]
Ward 350 Political Prisoners: We Are Witnessing The Gradual Death Of One Of Our Cellmates
15 political prisoners incarcerated in Evin Ward 350 have written to Chief Judiciary Ayatollah Amoli Larijani voicing their concernm and warning him about the dire health condition of on-hunger strike political prisoner Hossein Ronaghi Maleki. Hossein Ronaghi was arrested on December 13, 2009, during the unrest that followed the disputed presidential election of 2009. […]
Weekly Report on Human Right Violation in Iran (01/09/2013)
Reactions to the violation of Human Rights in Iran1. On Tuesday 27th August, a group of casualties and the families of those killed in the Iran-Iraq war formed a gathering in front of the parliament in protest against some of the laws for war veterans.2. On Tuesday 27th August, Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian Foreign […]
On the Occasion of Martyrdom Anniversary of Imam Ja’far Sadeq (AS)
In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate Today the 25th of Shawwal is the day on which was martyred the 6th Infallible Successor of Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny). We have prepared a special programme on the life and times of Imam Ja’far Sadeq (PBUH). “Whenever a […]
Persian poet Simin Behbahani gets Janus Pannonius award
Contemporary Persian poet Simin Behbahani received this year’s Janus Pannonius Award in the southern Hungarian city of Pecs on Thursday.The prize set up by Hungarian PEN Club chair Geza Szocs last year comes with a cash purse of 50,000 euros. It recognises poets whose life work has contributed to promoting dialogue between nations and […]
Renewed attacks on the mandate of UN Special Rapporteur
FIDH and its member organization, the League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI), express their disappointment at recent statements by Iranian high-level officials regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s persistent rejection of the mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. FIDH […]
Amnesty International: Seriously ill Iranian blogger must be released from prison immediately
An Iranian prisoner of conscience and blogger on hunger strike to protest his unfair detention must be released immediately and unconditionally to receive treatment as his health deteriorates, Amnesty International said. Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, 28, is serving a 15-year prison sentence for “membership of the [illegal] internet group ‘Iran Proxy’”, “spreading propaganda against the […]