Twenty-seven political prisoners in Ward 12 of Urumieh Central Prison are continuing their hunger strike to protest their mistreatment by prison authorities. One of the prisoners, Alireza Rasouli, is reportedly in grave health. His hunger strike has now reached 25 days. A report by the Campaign for the Rights of Political and Civil Prisoners […]
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Nuclear agency seeks more money to monitor Iran
Yukiya Amano, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog, has called for a larger budget to continue monitoring Iran’s nuclear activities, now that Iran and the 5+1 have extended their nuclear negotiations until July 1, 2015. Unofficial reports indicate that Amano is going to request a budget of $5 million from the board of […]
Wife of pastor held in Iran appears before UN Human Rights Council
Nagmeh Abedini, the wife of 33-year-old U.S. Pastor Saeed Abedini, imprisoned in Iran, has gone before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to plead for help in securing his release. The Iranian-American was arrested in September and is a prisoner in in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison.The Iranian authorities took him into custody […]
Watchdog Says World Internet Freedom In Decline
A U.S.-based rights watchdog says Internet freedom around the world has deteriorated for the fourth consecutive year, with the steepest declines in Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey. In its “Freedom On The Net 2014” report, released on December 4, Freedom House says that Iran, Syria, and China are the world’s worst abusers of overall Internet […]
Arabi death sentence under review
The Supreme Court of Iran is reviewing the death sentence issued for political prisoner Soheil Arabi, the judiciary has announced. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the spokesman for the judiciary, reported on Tuesday December 2 that there is no discussion of granting Arabi a pardon; however, a request to review his file has been granted. On […]
Iranian writers’ group denounces continued censorship
On the occasion of the Day of Action against Censorship, Iran’s Writers’ Association announced that the Islamic Republic government continues to impose censorship in various and complex ways. In a statement, the association writes that in the past year, despite President Rohani’s election promises, censorship has continued to affect book publishing, the arts, the […]
Revolutionary Guard Holds Exhibition against Gonabadi Dervishes
Yesterday morning, a series of posters against the Gonabadi Dervishes on which the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ emblem was engraved, in a street in the city of Ilam province, Abdanan,was put on public display.Reported by Majzooban Noor, yesterday morning at Imam Khomeini Avenue of Abdanan city of Ilam, an exclusive exhibition in order to create […]
Hamid-Reza Moradi Sent to Hospital for Follow-up Treatment
Hamid-Reza Moradi Sarvestani, Dervishes’rights activist imprisoned in Evin prison, last Monday, after a period of treatment interruption, due to the condition of illness has been sent to the hospital and hospitalized.According to a report by Majzooban Noor, the mentioned Gonabadi dervish who has been suffering from coronary and heart disease and in June underwent […]
Acid Throwing by Planclothes and Preventing “Ahmad Ghazali Seminar” by the Ministry of Intelligence; Majzooban Noor Interviews with Ali-Mohammad Saberi
Ali Mohammad Saberi, an assistant professor at Farhangian University, is known for the speeches he has delivered on Iranian Sufi figures. He is the author of “The Hadith of Love” and “The Sultan of Love”, has edited 108 treatises written by Shah Nematollah Vali, and was the chair of the seminar on “Abo-al-Ghasem Goorkani”. […]
Iran Hospital Manager Hurt In Acid Attack
Iranian police say two attackers on a motorbike have thrown acid in the face of a Tehran hospital manager. In a statement, police said Dr. Siamand Anvari, the head of Ziaian Hospital, was attacked late on November 29 while on his way home. Mahmud Jabbarvand, one of the medics who treated Anvari, said he […]