Revolutionary Guard Commander of Alborz province described dervishes as serious threats to security of Alborz province.According to Majzooban Noor, Ali Ostad Hosseini, the Commander of the Imam Hassan Mojtaba Unit (Alborz province) in an interview with a news site, with emphasize on Dervishes, Baha’i s and Satanists who were considered as serious threats to […]
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Summons of a Dervish to Gonabad Revolutionary Court for Ambiguous Charge
General and Revolutionary Courts in the city of Gonabad summoned a Gonabadi Dervish to the its first branch on vague charges of “illegal propaganda”.According to Majzooban Noor, Mr. Salman Hosseini Baidokhti had also been previously summoned to the security agencies by unknown persons via telephone. In court summons is not clear what is the […]
JOINT LETTER TO MEMBER STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
To: Member States of the UN General Assembly Your Excellency; We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, write to urge your government to vote in favor of Resolution A/RES/69/L on the promotion and protection of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This vote will take place during the 69th session […]
Iranian pop star Morteza Pashaei dies of cancer
Pashaei, with millions of Persian-speaking fans across the world, passed away in Bahman Hospital on Friday. The 30-year-old had been suffering from stomach cancer for several months. On Tuesday, he was taken out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital after his chemotherapy for the aggressive cancer failed him. The graphic design […]
Sunni cleric calls for inclusive programming on Seda va Sima
Molana Abdolhamid Zahedan, a Friday Mass Imam, has written to the new head of Iran’s national broadcaster, Seda va Sima, asking that its programming show “respect” for ethnic and religious minorities and calling for “the airing of Sunni prayer call in Sunni regions of the country.” Sunni online reports that the senior Sunni cleric […]
Students protest handling of Isfahan acid attacks on women
A group of students from the International University of Qazvin gathered to protest the recent acid throwing assualts on women in Isfahan and the authorities’ failure to arrest the culprits. Daneshjoo News reports that the students gathered in protest on Monday November 10, chanting slogans against the government’s ineffective response to the incidents of […]
Activist challenges Rohani to fulfill promises on citizen rights
Iranian activist Nargess Mohammadi has written to President Rohani protesting against the interrogation procedure she was subjected to in Evin Court. According to the Human Rights Defenders Centre website, Mohammadi has been under investigation by Islamic Republic authorities since last March for meeting with Catherine Ashton when the latter was visiting Iran as the […]
Is UN Engagement Having an Impact on Iran’s Human Rights? Absolutely.
To critics who question the ability of UN processes to change the behaviors and policies of the leadership in the Islamic Republic of Iran, an English language media interview with a top Iranian official has provided a revealing answer. In an interview broadcast last Friday, a Euronews reporter asked Mohammad Javad Larijani, the head […]
Iran Says Has Responded To ‘Some’ Obama Letters
Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, says Tehran has in “some cases” responded to letters by U.S. President Barack Obama. Shamkhani made the comments in reaction to a recent report by “The Wall Street Journal” that Obama sent a private letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last month […]
Ghoncheh Ghavami’s Lawyer Says New Charges Looming Against Her Are Illegal
New charges may be brought against Ghoncheh Ghavami, the young woman who was arrested outside a sports stadium in Tehran in June 2014 for trying to attend a volleyball match and who remains in prison. The Iranian Judiciary’s spokesperson, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, told reporters during his weekly press conference on November 10, 2014, “The […]