After numerous warnings from UNESCO, the geopark at Qeshm Island has been deleted from that organization’s list of Global Geoparks. This is yet another example of Iran’s mismanagement of environmental and natural parks.
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Another Iranian journalist jailed amid outrage
Ali Dehghan has become the latest journalist to be swept up in a wave of arrests by Iranian authorities, despite widespread outrage over the past few days both inside and outside Iran.
Gonabadi Dervish, Sentenced to 2 Years Imprisonment
Gonabadi dervish, Ali Moazzami was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by Tehran Revolutionary Court.
Faezeh Hashemi slams MP report of Evin visit
Jailed political prisoner Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani has challenged an MP who recently visited Evin Prison, declaring that his statements about the conditions there were fraught with “lies and delusions.”
13 journalists still held in “Black Sunday” crackdown, others summoned
Reporters Without Borders has learned that two other journalists were arrested yesterday after being summoned to Tehran’s Evin prison, bringing to 14 the total number of journalists arrested during the past three days on charges of collaborating with groups opposed to the “Islamic Revolution.”
At least 5 students of senior dissident cleric arrested in Shiraz
Iranian authorities have arrested five students of a leading dissident cleric in the southern city of Shiraz, human rights sources say.
Rights Group: Release 14 Iran Reporters
Human Rights group Amnesty International has called on Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release 14 journalists who were detained as part of raids on Iranian newspapers.
Four Gonabadi Dervishes Arrested
Four Gonabadi Dervishes were arrested by security forces on the Isfahan-Shahrekord road.
Jailed Dervish Ali Reza Roushan Shaved Hair to Protest Abusive Behavior by Security Forces Toward Imprisoned Dervishes
Gonabadi dervish, Ali Reza Roushan who is currently serving his sentence in Ward 350 of Evin Prison, shaved his hair off to protest violations of dervishes rights.
Birth Anniversary of Imam Jafar Sadegh (PBUH) the Sixth Imam,
The prosperous birthday of Imam Jafar Sadegh (peace be upon him) on Monday, 17th day of Rabiolaval, the year: 83 (lunar calendar) the same with birthday of holy prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny).