A senior commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has warned that his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after next month’s presidential election, calling the outcome “unpredictable” and sending the strongest message yet against any attempts to revive street protests, media reported Sunday. The comments by Col. Rasool Sanaeirad point to a wide-ranging […]
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Iran’s ban on female presidential candidates contradicts Constitution
Iran’s ban on female presidential candidates contradicts several articles of the country’s Constitution as well as international law and should be removed, Amnesty International said. Mohammad Yazdi, a clerical member of Iran’s Council of Guardians, a constitutional body responsible for ensuring that legislation adheres to Iran’s Constitution, as interpreted by Iran’s religious scholars and […]
Assessment of candidates by opposition leaders claimed false
The families of Iranian opposition leaders under house arrest announced today that statements attributed to their parents in the media is false and that MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have not made any assessments of the coming election. Mousavi and Karroubi, candidates in the 2009 presidential elections, have been under house arrest since February […]
Prisoners recalled in advance of election
Iranian judiciary is recalling political prisoners on furlough back to person in the lead up to the presidential elections on June 14. Massoud Bastani and Hossein Ronaghi were called back to Evin Prison on Saturday according to Kaleme opposition website. Hossein Ronaghi was given leave for health complications involving his kidney and bladder. Ronaghi, […]
Four Gonabadi Dervishes Final Defense in Shiraz Revolutionary Court
Four Gonabadi Dervishes appeared in Shiraz’s Revolutionary Court in order to present their final defense with the presence of their attorneys.According to Majzooban Noor, today, 28 Ordibehesht 1392 (May 18, 2013) the last court hearing on the cases of 4 Gonabadi Dervishes, Mrs. Farzaneh Nouri and Messrs. Saleh Moradi Sarvestani, Behzad Nouri and Farzad […]
KELLNER: Religious persecution can mean political upheaval
Rising persecution of minority religious communities in Pakistan, Iran and Syria — and other nations — is a serious threat to stability in those countries and their neighbors, a panel of specialists said at a Hudson Institute forum this week, showing how religious tensions can have larger political ramifications in hot spots around the […]
Presidential Candidate Brags About His Direct Role in Violence and Repression
The Campaign has obtained a secretly recorded two-hour audio file of Qalibaf in which he details his prominent and direct role in repressing and carrying out violence against student protesters in July 1999, July 2003, and in the 2009 post-election protests. Qalibaf, Mayor of Tehran, Should be Added to Human Rights Violators List (May […]
Jalili Says Iran Nuclear Talks To Continue
Iran’s chief negotiator in nuclear talks with major world powers says both sides have decided the talks will continue. Said Jalili said that he had a “long and useful” discussion with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on May 15 in Istanbul and that the two sides “decided to continue working.” “We agreed to […]
Transfer of 4 Gonabadi Dervishes to Kavar Justice Department under Extreme Security Measures
4 Gonabadi Dervishes who had been arrested by security forces over the last weeks, were taken to Kavar Justice Department under extreme security measures.According to Majzooban Noor, four Gonabadi Dervishes, residents of Kavar county who were recently arrested by security forces and plain-clothes in their homes and work place and are being held in […]
Emergency Transfer of Dervish Lawyer, Amir Eslami to Hospital after Heart Attack
Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish lawyer, Amir Eslami, was taken to hospital after he had a heart attack.Amir Eslami, one of the jailed Dervish lawyers suffered the acute heart failure yesterday on 25 Ordibehesht 1392 ( May 14 2013) in Ward 350 of Evin prison which caused him to fall unconscious and could not be breathing […]