On 4 November Iranian prisoner of conscience and blogger, Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, was taken to a hospital outside prison but transferred back to Tehran’s Evin Prison after three hours. He remains in critical condition and in urgent need of specialized medical care which he cannot receive in prison. On 4 November Hossein Ronaghi Maleki […]
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Pollution problems in Iran set to intensify on Monday
Tehran and several other industrial cities will face a severe decline in air quality beginning on Monday, according to Iranian meteorological reports. The head of Air and Weather Predictions, Abdolreza Omidvar, told the Mehr News Agency that on Monday and Tuesday, increased emissions will result in heavy pollution in Tehran, Isfahan, Arak, Karaj and […]
Iranian Culture Minister Again Defends Facebook
Iran’s culture minister has reiterated his support for Facebook, saying the popular social-media site should not be banned. In remarks to reporters in Tehran on November 15, Ali Jannati said he used Facebook regularly and that an overseer body should meet soon to resolve the legal issues and lift the existing ban. He said […]
Pictures: Report of Mourning Ceremonies for Imam Hussain in Beidokht’s Soltani Shrine
Tasua, Ashura mourning ceremonies for Imam Hussein and his companions who were martyred in Karbala was held with great magnificence in Soltani Shrine in Beidokht in the presence of many Gonabadi Dervishes.According to Majzooban Noor, reports from Beidokht indicate that the residents of the city along with Dervishes held Tasua, Ashura mourning ceremonies in […]
Holding Tasua, Ashura Mourning Ceremonies in Adel-Abad Prison by Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes
Tasua, Ashura mourning ceremonies was held in Shiraz’s Adel-Abad prison by imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes on the 9th and 10th of Muharram 1435-2013.According to Majzooban Noor, jailed Gonabadi Dervishes in the “Ebrat Ward” for prisoners of conscience in Shiraz’s Adel-Abad prison, Messrs. Mohsen Esmaeeli, Seyed Ebrahim Bahrami, Mohammad Ali Sadeghi, Mohammad Ali Dehghan and Kasra […]
25 NGOs Urge UN Third Committee to Pass Iran Human Rights Resolution
As the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee prepares to vote on the resolution on the promotion and protection of human rights in Iran on November 19, 25 human rights organizations have joined together to urge member states to vote in favor of the resolution. In a letter sent to UN member states, the […]
After 1,000 Days In Captivity, Opposition Figure Dreams Of ‘Newspaper Tree’
Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Musavi, his wife Zahra Rahnavard, and reformist cleric Mehdi Karrubi have been under house arrest for more than 1,000 days. To mark the unhappy occasion, Karrubi’s wife, Fatemeh Karrubi, has turned to YouTube to express her concern over her 75-year-old husband’s health. In a video released on November 12 and addressed […]
Troubling New Movement Against Dervishes by Extremists in Khorramshahr; Beatings, Threats, Graffiti
A number of religious extremists brutally beat a Gonabadi Dervish in the city of Khorramshah after making telephone threats and graffiti on Dervishes’s places of worship in order to force him to declare renunciation of Sufism. According to Majzooban Noor, in recent days and by the beginning of the month of Muharram and holdingmourning ceremony […]
Activists win fight to halt road in Abr Forest
Massoumeh Ebtekar, the head of Iran’s Department of the Environment, announced that construction has been halted on a controversial road in Abr Forest in Shahrood, and a plan to protect the forest is underway. The Mehr News Agency reports that at a press conference in Semnan, Ebtekar applauded the media for its role in […]
Inmates in intolerable condition in Maraghe without basic facilities
The winter is coming and Azerbaijan province is a cold and mountainous region in Iran but the Maraghe prison authorities did not do any preparations in terms of running heating system. A source told HRANA reporter “The inmates of Maraghe prison expressed their protestations verbally and written to both prison authorities and the inspectors […]