An Iranian-American pastor imprisoned in Iran for more than a year because of his Christian faith is in declining health for lack of proper nutrition and necessary medication, a group seeking his release said on Tuesday. An Iranian court in January sentenced Saeed Abedini, 33, a naturalized U.S. citizen, to eight years in prison […]
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Deteriorating Health of a Dervish in Shiraz’s Adelabad Prison/ Preventing Transfer of Jailed Dervishes to Hospital
Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish in Ebrat ward of Shiraz’s Adel-Abad prison, Ebrahim Bahrami suffers from internal bleeding from two days ago but judicial-security authorities refuse to transfer him to hospital for emergency treatment.According to Majzooban Noor, Ebrahim Bahrami, resident of Kavar town in Fars province has suffered from internal bleeding kidney since last monday 11 […]
British Diplomat In Iran For First Time In 2 Years
The British government has sent its first diplomat in Iran since the United Kingdom closed its embassy amid tensions in 2011. New nonresident charge d’affaires Ajay Sharma arrived in Tehran on December 3 for talks with officials from the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sharma previously worked as a deputy head of the mission […]
Security Forces Raided the Hospital (!) / Trying to Forcibly Discharging Dervishes from Hospital
On afternoon of 10 Azar 1392 (Dec 1, 2013) security forces suddenly arrived at the Shohada e Tajrish hospital and by creating an atmosphere of fear and policing in the hospital wanted to get Hamid-Reza Moradi and Mostafa Daneshjou forcibly discharged from the hospital.According to Majzooban Noor, the security force affiliated with Tehran public […]
Protest against housearrest of opposition leaders, dervishes and other political prisoners in Iran
On Saturday 30 November, members of the International Organization to Preserve Human Rights in Iran held a manifestation in support of opposition figures Mir Hossein Moussavi, his wife Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi in the crowded streets of Stuttgart, Germany. Moussavi, Karroubi and Rahnavard have been under house arrest for more than 1,000 days […]
Iranian Health Minister foresees drug costs declining
Iran’s Minister of Health has promised that in view of the recent agreements in Geneva, drugs will become cheaper in the country. “Without a doubt the improvement in the labour market and the increase in the export of oil and other products will have an indirect effect on the state of health in the […]
Reformist party leader gets second prison furlough
Mohsen Mirdamadi, the chair of the reformist party the Islamic Iran Participation Front, has been given time off from prison. According to a report by Kaleme, former MP Mohsen Mirdamadi began his temporary release on the evening of December 1. After the June 2009 presidential election, which saw Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared the victor, Mirdamadi […]
Guards official speaks out against satellite dish seizure methods
Senior Kurdistan Revolutionary Guards chief denounced practice of raiding homes for confiscation of satellite dishes. Brigadier General Mohamad-Hassan Rajabi has been quoted as saying: “Having agents enter homes and seize satellite dishes is not an appropriate method to combat this matter.” In a report by IRNA (the Islamic Republic News Agency), Rajabi adds: “Basiji […]
After Geneva, the world must focus on Iran’s deteriorating human rights
Iran Human Rights (IHR) issued a statement addressing the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. Press Release: AFTER GENEVA, THE WORLD MUST FOCUS ON IRAN’S DETERIORATING HUMAN RIGHTS 1. December 2013 Human rights should now be the focus of international dialogue with Iran following the break-through on nuclear talks in Geneva, says the Norway-based […]
Esmail Barzgari is back to ward 350 of Evin prison
Esmail Barzgari has been transferred back from the solitary to ward 350 of Evin prison while being in the 36th day of hunger strike. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Esmail Barzgari was moved to solitaries of ward 240 since November 26 and is back to ward 350 since […]