Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has summoned broadcasting managers from across the country to inform them of the red lines they must not cross in the lead-up to the presidential election. Kaleme reports that the deputy minister of intelligence told the mangers that any form of “negative reflections” during this time will not be tolerated. […]
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Presidential election to put regime’s claims to the test, says Tajzadeh
The coming weeks will determine whether Iran’s ruling elite, including its leader, are committed to defending the people’s right to shape their own destiny, says a top reformist figure currently behind bars. In his most recent piece, which was published by the Norooz website, Mostafa Tajzadeh, a prominent pro-reform figure in the country, discussed […]
Iranian Activist Flees Iran, Says ‘Civil Society Is In A State Of Desperation’
Well-known Iranian human rights activist Kouhyar Goudarzi — who had been banned from his studies, jailed a number of times, and sentenced to five years in prison — recently fled Iran. Goudarzi, a member and former head of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, was honored while behind bars with the National Press Club’s […]
141,000 kids are deprived of education in Iran
The head of the statistics and ICT department of education ministry says “There are 141 thousand children between the ages 6 and 11 who are not attending schools in Iran.” According to a report of Kaleme website, Yousef Nouri said “The intention of statistics is to extract the total number of the ones deprived […]
Teransfer of Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad to Bandar Abbas’s Central Prison/Setting Bail at 130 Million Toman
Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, was transferred to the central prison of southern city of Bandar Abbas yesterday on 5 Ordibehesht 1392( April 25, 2013) and his bail was set in the amount of 130 million toman.According to Majzooban Noor, Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website who was […]
Kasra Nouri Sentenced to Four Years and Four Months in Prison
Kasra Nouri, Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website, was sentenced to four years and four months in prison.According to Majzooban Noor, Kasra Nouri was sentenced last week at Branch 3 of Shiraz’s Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Rashidi to four years and four months imprisonment on charges of […]
Behnam Irani: The Price My Family and I Are Paying for Deprivation
The Reverend Behnam Irani was imprisoned in Karaj central penitentiary in 2006 because he was conducting prayer services and ministering to his Christian parishioners. He was imprisoned several months for this before being released on bail. In February 22, 2007, Behnam was given a 5 years suspended sentence after being accused of “acting against […]
Court receives Iranian workers’ minimum wage complaint
The complaint by workers objecting to the minimum wage recently announced by the Ministry of Labour has been submitted to the Supreme Court of Administration. Workers have claimed that the minimum wage is supposed to rise in accordance with the inflation rate, as laid out in the Labour Ministry’s administrative provisions, but while the […]
No medical furlough and parole for Dr. Rahman Ghahareman Pour
Tehran prosecutor and intelligence forces don’t allow Dr. Rahman Ghahreman Pour the imprisoned journalist come on medical furlough or parole. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), although Dr. Rahman Ghreman Pour, the editor of Diplomatic Hamshahry monthly and professor of International relations is suffering from back arthritis and has hard […]
Accused of Waging “Soft War,” Christian Pastor Beaten in Iran’s Evin Prison
Christian pastor Saeed Abedini was conducting a routine visit to the non-profit orphanage his family helped to start in Rasht when Iranian security forces arrested him and seized his passport in July 2012. Five months later, Iranian courts convicted him of “undermining national security,” accusing him and other Christian converts of waging a “soft […]