Four hundred construction workers staged a protest at a mosque in the Tehran Pars section of Tehran. ILNA reports that Mohammad Bagheri, a board member of the Association of Construction Workers of Tehran Province, said: “Four hundred construction workers gathered to protest the government’s failure to resolve their insurance needs and the lack of […]
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22 Gonabadi Dervishes on Trial in Kavar Justice Department
Yesterday morning, the accusative cases of 22 Gonabadi dervishes were investigated in Kavar Justice Department.According to Majzooban Noor, court hearing for 22 Gonabadi dervishes residents of Kavar town in Fars province charged with “moharebeh or defying God” and ” illegal carrying of weapons” was held in Kavar Justice Department presided over by Judge Kashkouli, […]
Imprisoned Dervish Made a Phone Call from Jail after 10 Days of Unawareness
Yesterday on 21 Ordibehesht (May 11), Mohammad Ali Dehghan, Gonabadi Dervish and resident of Kavar town, made contact with his family after ten days of awareness. According to Majzooban Noor, Mohammad Ali Dehghan who was arrested along with two other Gonabadi Dervishes, Mohammad Ali Sadeghi and Mohsen Esmaeeli by security agents and Plain-clothes at […]
Iran Reportedly Lifts Its Ban On Reuters News Agency
An Iranian semi-official news agency says a court has lifted a ban on the Reuters news agency, allowing it to restart its operations in Iran. The report on May 11 by the Iranian Students’ News Agency quotes Deputy Culture Minister Mohammad Jafar Mohammad Zadeh as saying that the court’s verdict was delivered to an […]
Letter from the Paris Bar association in support of Iranian lawyers
As part of a campaign to support Iran’s independent legal profession in calling for the cancellation of the “Bill of Formal Attorneyship”, a bill that in essence transfers total supervisory control over lawyers to a quasi-judicial body, the Paris Bar association has sent a letter to Iranian authorities expressing its concerns over the proposed Bill. […]
Multiple last-day entrants in Iran’s presidential race
Just minutes before the deadline on March 11 to register as a presidential candidate, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani made it official that he wants to be the next Iranian president. Meanwhile, Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s top aide, also entered the race during the final minutes of the registration period. Today, numerous well known figures […]
Strong Earthquake Hits Iran’s South
Iran’s Red Crescent says an earthquake in southern Iran has caused extensive damage and several injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake’s epicenter was 85 kilometers southeast of the town of Minab. The U.S. center also registered a series of aftershocks in the same area. The Red Crescent told state media that at […]
Censorship, Self-Censorship, Crossing Redlines and Fearing Tomorrow
On the eve of the presidential election in Iran, media is struggling find out where it is standing, under a security observation or temporary open atmosphere? Can journalists cover criticisms against the government or should they still consider the truth about the ruling party a crime? Journalists Worry about Arrest A journalist, who writes […]
Why Have My Rights Been Trampled? An Open Letter from a Lawyer
Massoud Shafiee, the lawyer who represented the three American hikers in Iran, shared an open letter to the Iranian authorities with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. In the letter, he calls out the Iranian authorities for confiscating of his passport, monitoring all his communications, and preventing him from continuing his professional […]
‘Iran’s Lech Walesa’ Says He Left Country After Death Threats
Prominent Iranian leader Mansur Osanlu, who recently fled that country, has told RFE/RL that death threats from inside government security circles drove him out of Iran.Osanlu, who is described by some as “Iran’s Lech Walesa” after the labor leader who helped bring free trade s and, ultimately, democracy to Poland, was speaking by phone […]