The hearing of the charges of four Gonabadi Dervishes imprisoned at Adel-Abad prison in the presence of their lawyers, was held yesterday morning monday 20 Aban, 1392 ( Nov 11, 2013) in the Shiraz’s Revolutionary Court Branch 2. According to Majzooban Noor, four Gonabadi Dervishes, Messrs. Mohsen Esmaeeli, Seyed Ebrahim Bahrami, Mohammad Ali Sadeghi […]
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Iran signs “cooperation” agreement with nuclear agency
Iran and the IAEA have signed an agreement on “a roadmap to cooperation” in establishing a mutually acceptable framework for the UN watchdog to inspect Iran’s nuclear facilities. Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, was set to arrive in Tehran on November 11 to conduct talks with Iran’s atomic agency […]
Judiciary dampens hopes of liberty for opposition leaders
Iran’s prosecutor general announced at his latest press conference that the the opposition leaders under house arrest are offenders and there has been no reconsideration of their punishment. Asked about the possible prosecution in court of the two opposition leaders, MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the spokesman for Iran’s judiciary, Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejei, said: […]
Deputy Minister Shot Dead In Tehran
The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency says an unidentified attacker shot dead the Iranian deputy industries minister. The report said Safdar Rahmat Abadi had been shot in the head and chest in his car on the evening of November 10 in the east of the capital, Tehran. The report quoted a police official as […]
Prison doctor arrested after probing blogger’s death
Reza Heydarpour, the Evin Prison physician who prepared the report on the death of jailed blogger Sattar Beheshti in custody, has been arrested, according to the exiles activist website. The report indicates that on Monday November 4, Heydarpour was arrested by the ministry of intelligence as he left Evin Prison. The report adds that […]
Journalist brothers sentenced after months under arrest
Reza Heydarpour, the Evin Prison physician who prepared the report on the death of jailed blogger Sattar Beheshti in custody, has been arrested, according to the exiles activist website. The report indicates that on Monday November 4, Heydarpour was arrested by the ministry of intelligence as he left Evin Prison. The report adds that […]
Human Rights Watch: Lift Restrictions on Sunni Worship
Keep Promise to Allow Sunnis Religious Freedom The Iranian government should follow through on President Hassan Rouhani’s promises to improve access to human rights for religious minorities, Human Rights Watch said today. That should include allowing Sunni Muslims, a minority in Shia-dominated Iran, to gather and pray freely in their own mosques in Tehran […]
Six Sunni prisoners are transferred to an unknown location
Six Sunni prisoners of Ghezelhesar prison were transferred to an unknown location while being beaten by the prison guards. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), after prison authority’s decisions, regarding transferring these prisoners to other prisons, they went to hunger strike, since last Tuesday, November 5. However, prison guards […]
3 Ahl-E-Hagh prisoners are exiled from Uremia to Yazd
Bakhsh Ali Mohammadi, Sahand Ali Mohammadi and Ebadollah Ghasem Zadeh, the 3 Ahl-E-Hagh prisoners, are exiled from Uremia to Yazd. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), these three prisoners of conscience and the followers of Yari ethic Ahl-e-Hagh have been exiled to 2 different prisons in Yazd prison on […]
6 Sunni prisoners are on hunger strike in Ghezelhesar prison
Six prisoners of Ghezelhesar, who were sentenced to death, went on hunger strike, in response to decision of the authorities for their transfer.According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), six Sunni prisoners of conscientious of ward four in unit three, were informed that due to approaching to Moharram month, they […]