Ahmad Ghabel, the progressive Muslim scholar, political dissident, and the doctrine of Velaayat-e Faghih [the rule of the Islamic jurist, represented by the Supreme Leader in Iran’s theocratic system], passed away in Mashhad today on 22th October 2012
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Incarcerated Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Continues Her Hunger Strike Despite Visitation With Family Members
From the Facebook Of Reza Khandan the husband of incarcerated human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh now on hunger strike for six days.
Jailed Blogger Ronaghi Maleki Denounces the Mishandling of the Azerbaijan Earthquake In an Open Letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader
In an open letter addressed to Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, incarcerated human rights activist and blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki beaten and rearrested while on medical furlough and volunteering to help the victims of the recent earthquake in Eastern Azerbaijan province, asks the Supreme Leader to respond […]
Failed Implementation of Targeted Subsidies Programs Renders Bakers in Esfahan Province Unemployed
In an interview with ILNA, the President of the Labor Association in Esfahan Province, Ali Yazdani claimed that bakers in Esfahan Province have been rendered unemployed as a result of the inadequate and failed implementation of targeted subsidy programs adding: ” Bakery workers in Esfahan province face financial hardships for their current […]
One Year In Jail For Gonabadi Dervish, Kasra Nouri
Gonabadi dervish, Kasra Nouri was sentenced to one year suspended imprisonment.
26 Die In Iranian Bus Accident
A passenger bus carrying female students has overturned in southwestern Iran, killing 26 of those aboard.
Three Iranian Sunni M.D. students were fired with no certification
Three Iranian Kurdish M.D. students with Sunni faith were fired from college with no certification.
Report updating status of female political prisoners in Evin prison
At 33 detainees, the women’s ward at Evin prison has reached the largest number of prisoners in the past 3 years. Some of the prisoners are suffering with psychological and physical maladies while many have been deprived of their right to furlough.
Punitive Measures Imposed On Detained Human Rights Defender Must Cease
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), strongly condemns the harassment faced by Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh and, more generally, denounces the policy of subjecting jailed human rights defenders to punitive measures in prison.
Incarcerated Blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki’s Family Threatened by Tabriz Intelligence
Following the summoning of Sayd Ahmad Ronaghi,(father of Hossein Ronaghi Maleki) to the Intelligence Ministry in Tabriz, this political prisoner’s family received the threat that, if Hossein’s brother and sister continue to be active on Facebook or other social networks, they will be arrested.