Iranian opposition website reports that a majority of female political prisoners in Tehran’s Evin Prison are being denied any furloughs. Kaleme website reports that 17 of the 25 female political prisoners in Evin have never been granted a temporary leave since the beginning of their incarceration. The report adds that these political prisoners are […]
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Ahmadinejad administration accused of “illegal” money transfer
Akbar Torkan, the chief aide to President Hassan Rohani, says it was “illegal” for 160 billion rials to be transferred from presidential coffers to the newly established Iranian University, which is linked to former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The announcement indicates that on August 3, the day of Hassan Rohani’s inauguration, the former administration transferred […]
Hundreds call for university president to be fired
Hundreds of students and alumni of Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran have called for the removal of university president Sadreddin Shariati. In a letter addressed to Iran’s new president, Hassan Rohani, the students criticize Shariati’s policies, which they summarize as “gender segregation, the promotion of disciplinary committees, a decline in academic quality, dogmatism, suspensions […]
Beheshti lawyer to fight “involuntary” manslaughter charge
Close to a year after jailed blogger Sattar Beheshti died in custody, the accused in the case has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. The website Tasnim reports that Giti Pourfazel, the Beheshti family’s attorney, announced on Friday August 30 that she had just found out about the charge and is planning to protest the […]
Khatami renews call for release of opposition leaders
Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has once again called for the release of political prisoners. Kaleme reports that Khatami told a meeting of student representatives from across the country: “We hope that the outcome of the election will be an end to all political arrests and a release of political prisoners.” ILNA also reports […]
Iran still seeks to erase the ‘1988 prison massacre’ from memories, 25 years on
The last time Jafar Behkish saw his brothers, Mahmud and Mohammad Ali, both political activists imprisoned in Iran, they only had 10 minutes to talk through a glass window. None of them imagined that it would be their last interaction or the horror that would unfold over the following months. A few weeks after […]
Appeals Court Upheld Gonabadi Dervishr’s Four Years and Four Months Prison Sentence
An appeals court upheld Gonabadi Dervish rights activist, Kasra Nouri’s four years and four months prison sentence.According to Majzooban Noor, Kasra Nouri was sentenced at Branch 3 of Shiraz’s Revolutionary Court presided over by judge Rashidi to four years and four months imprisonment on charges of “propaganda against the regime,” “acting against national security,” […]
Iranian Parliament Passes Bill To Sue Washington Over 1953 Coup
The Iranian parliament has approved a bill calling on the government to take legal action against the United States for its role in the 1953 coup in Tehran. The bill, passed on August 27, calls for “political and legal investigation” into the coup that toppled Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh. Iranian news […]
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki transferred from prison to the hospital
Jailed blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki with gastrointestinal bleeding and in very grave health was transferred to the hospital emergency department today. According to CHRR, his father reported that Hossein Ronaghi Maleki who is on his 20th day of hunger strike was transferred to Shahid Modarres Hospital today August 28 around 1 pm. This is […]
Gonabadi Dervish Released After a Few Hours`Detention in Bandar-Abbas
Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website, was released some hours later after his detention in the southern city of Bandar Abbas.Yesterday morning (Tuesday 5 Shahrivar/ Aug 27) Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad had gone to the Intelligence Ministry’s detention centre in Bandar Abbas in order to get back […]