A month after the arrest of Iranian-Kurdish activist Dana Lanjabadi, he remains in an undetermined state at the Intelligence Ministry detention centre in Marivon. Reports from Marivon indicate that Lanjabadi was arrested on January 5 at his place of work and transferred to the ministry office. There has been no news of him since […]
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Bus crash kills 18, rescue operation continues
Eighteen people were killed and 25 wounded after a passenger bus crashed off a cliff on the Haraz Road in northern Iran. Mazandaran officials announced that five of the injured passengers are currently in the intensive care unit and in serious condition. The report indicates that the bus was traveling from Gorgan toward Tehran […]
Activists get solitary for protesting closure of prison library
Imprisoned labour activists Rasoul Bedaghi and Shahrokh Zamani have been transferred to solitary confinement at Rejai Shahr Prison for their protests against the closure of a prison library. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports that on Saturday February 15, Bedaghi and Zamani were transferred to solitary confinement for having protested the closure […]
Iran Nuclear Talks To Continue In Vienna
Senior officials from six world powers and Iran are holding a second day of nuclear talks in Vienna on February 19. The two sides described talks on February 18 as “substantive.” Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif — who is leading his country’s delegation at the talks in Austria — said he’s hopeful Iran and […]
Authorities Revoke 86-Year-Old Cancer Patient’s Medical Furlough from Prison
Iranian authorities have ended the medical furlough for an 86-year-old lawyer and prisoner of conscience suffering from leukemia and recalled him to prison, a leading Iranian activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “We request all international human rights organizations, and [UN Special Rapporteur] Mr. Ahmed Shaheed in particular, to take […]
Distribution of False Declaration Attributed to the Dervishes in Khorram-Abad
On Monday morning, 28 Bahman, a false declaration was widely distributed across the Lorestan province especially in the city of Khorram-Abad and its countryside in which Dervishes were invited to join a protest rally on 3th of Esfand (Feb 22) marking “Dervish Day”.According to reports by Majzooban Noor, the names of some prominent and […]
Activists mark four years of opposition house arrests
225 Iranian activists issued a statement calling for the release of opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra Rahnavard. Kaleme reports in a statement the activist say: “Three years have passed since the illegal house arrest of the leaders of the Green Movement of Iranian people and since February 14, 2011 Mr. Karroubi, […]
Sunni prisoners’ families gathered in front of Rohani’s office
25 members of Sunni prisoners’ families, who are sentenced to death, gathered in front of the presidential palace to meet with Ali Younesi. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 25 family members of Sunni prisoners who have been sentenced to death and are kept in Rajaei Shahr, Ghezelhesar and […]
Mousavi’s campaign worker arrested upon return to Iran
Iranian political activist Kazem Barjasteh was taken to Evin prison this week upon his return to Iran. The Kaleme website reports that Barjasteh returned to Iran on Thursday February 13 and was arrested upon arrival in Tehran. He reportedly was taken to judiciary and security offices and then transferred to section 350 of Evin […]
Ministry is in Debt; Budgets are Insufficient
In addition to their health issues, Iranian patients in recent years have had to deal with other issues: shortage of certain medicine, exorbitant treatment costs, a shortage of facilities, the black market for medicine, fake medicine, etc. Many specialists believe that the major cause for these was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad administration’s mismanagement. Today, patients have […]