Mohammad Hasan Yousef Pouryousefi the political prisoner of ward 350 of Evin prison is on hunger strike demanding the authorities to pay attention to his critical health condition. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Yousef Pouryousefi, the human rights and labor children rights activist and the former responsible of […]
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Iranian Leaders Welcome ‘Historic’ Nuclear Deal
Iranian leaders have welcomed the six-month, “first-step” nuclear agreement reached with world powers, saying it recognizes Iran’s “rights” to maintain an atomic program. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on November 24 that the deal reached in Geneva was “the basis” for further progress. President Hassan Rohani said that “world powers have recognized […]
MP condemns official’s statements about detained leaders
Iranian MP Ali Motahari has spoken out against the recent statements made by Ahmad Jannati, the head of Iran’s Guardian Council, at Tehran’s Friday Mass Prayers against MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the Iranian opposition leaders who have been under house arrest for more than a thousand days. In a letter on his website, […]
5 Years of Resistance by Dervishes in Isfahan /Holding Dervish Ceremony Under the Heavy Rain
Gonabadi Dervishes in Isfahan are still holding their religious ceremonies on the ruins of their place of worship (Hosseiniyeh) in the cold of winter and under the rain.According to Majzooban Noor, 5 years after the destruction of Gonabadi Dervishes’ house of worship in Takht-e foulad cemetery, Isfahan, their ceremonies are still held there on its […]
Police Commander and Former Detainee Divulge Details About Kahrizak
In a November 18 interview with semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Iran’s Police Commander Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam shared unprecedented insights into several different human rights issues that over the past few years have faced the Iranian authorities, and specifically the Iranian police. In response to a question about why, in 2009, post-election protesters […]
Mansour Farhang: Zarif and the Pursuit of Rights and Respect (Commentary)
“An ambassador is an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.” The endurance of this remark by Sir Henry Wotton, a 17th century English diplomat, is due to the fact that it contains an element of truth. Politically astute diplomats, however, know the limits of such practice. They are […]
Qaderi kasanzani Dervishes arrested in Alborz Province
Following the recent attacks of the security forces on “Qaderi kasanzani Dervishes,” about fifteen of them were arrested.According to the report of the Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), last week, plainclothes security officers attacked to a house as it was used as Tekiyeh in Hassan Abad in Karaj. An informed source […]
A 16 years old blogger arrested in Boushehr
Darius Pour Said, chairman of the FETA Police in Boushehr province, announced the arrest of a 16 years old blogger.According to a report by ISNA, the chief of FETA police of Boushehr province said the teen, whose name was not released, has been arrested on charge of “the act of publishing and promoting vulgarity […]
Hardliner says Mousavi, Karroubi should be thankful for lives
The head of Iran’s Guardian Council, Ahmad Jannati, said at today’s Tehran mass prayers that the opposition leaders under house arrest should be thankful for not being given a death sentence. MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi challenged the legitimacy of the 2009 elections. When their allegations led to months of mass street protests, the […]
CPJ joins call for passage of Iran resolution in UN
By Jason Stern/CPJ Middle East and North Africa Research Associate The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined two dozen human rights organizations in signing a letter calling on all member states of the U.N. General Assembly Third Committee to vote in favor Tuesday of resolution A/C.3/68/L.57 on the promotion and protection of human rights in the Islamic Republic of […]