Four Iranian political prisoners have begun a hunger strike to protest the lack of adequate medical care for prisoners. According to HRANA, human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltni, human rights activist Mehdi Khodayi and political activists Amir Khosro Delirsani and Saeed Madani began a hunger strike on Saturday November 2 in ward 350 of Evin […]
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Daughter of jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Soltani says he started hunger strike
The daughter of a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer says her father has started a hunger strike to protest the conditions of his imprisonment. Maede Soltani, who lives in Germany, said Abdolfattah Soltani stopped eating on his 60th birthday on Saturday, to protest the lack of medical care for himself and other dissidents jailed […]
Mostafa Daneshjou Demanded for Early Discharge from Hospital
Jailed Gonabadi Dervish rights defender, Mostafa Daneshjou demanded his early hospital discharge and return to Evin prison to protest against breaking the law in the medical care and treatment process to the prisoners in section 350 of Evin prison especially imprisoned dervishes by judicial and security authorities.According to Majzooban Noor, Dervish rights lawyer, Mostafa […]
Justice-Security Officials Obstruct Prisoners’ Access to Medical Health Care/ Hamidreza Moradi deprived of urgent medical treatment
On Saturday morning, Aban 11, 1392 ( Nov 2, 2013) Gonabadi Dervish, Hamid-Reza Moradi Sarvestani, imprisoned in ward 350 of Evin Prison was again deliberately prevented from being transferred to the hospital outside of prison.According to Majzooban Noor, Evin prison security guards forced Mr.Moradi to wear a prison uniform, use handcuffs and foot-cuffs and […]
IAEA chief says Iran’s nuclear proposal has substance
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency believes that the new Iranian administration is willing to address international concerns about its nuclear program. Yukiya Amano spoke on Friday at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington, saying that his meeting in Vienna with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was “very […]
Ahwaz citizens form third chain to protest river diversion
Protesters formed a human chain on the banks of the Karoon River yesterday, November 1, in their third such demonstration against the transfer of water from the river. Kordpa reported on Friday that thousands of Ahwaz residents participated in the protests against transfering river water to Isfahan, Rafsanjan and other central areas of the […]
Arash Sadeghi Talks with Reformist Journalist after Prison Release
An Interview with Arash Sadeghi by Masih Alinejad Masih Alinejad (MA): Mr. Sadeghi, following the statement by Mr. Eje’i, the [Islamic Republic’s Judiciary Spokesperson], [which denied your imprisonment in Evin], there were much doubts surrounding your whereabouts. I am very glad to see you *free. Can you tell us where you were being held? […]
Two Gonabadi Dervishes’s Letter to the Head of the Judiciary
Two Gonabadi Dervishes wrote an open letter to Iran’s Head of the Judiciary, Mr. Larijani, in which they protest against Dervish rights violations by Iranian judicial system.According to Majzooban Noor, in a letter addressed to the judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli-Larijani, two Gonabadi Dervishes residents of Shiraz, Saleh Moradi Sarvestani and Behzad Nouri have […]
Iranians write to demand release of opposition leaders
In a letter, 1,667 Iranian citizens have demanded the release of MirHosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra Rahnavard, the three opposition leaders who are under house arrest. A report by Kaleme says the letter was also signed by dozens of journalists, political activists, artists and former political prisoners. The letter, which is addressed to […]
EU Condemns Execution Of 18 Inmates By Iran
The European Union has reiterated its call for Tehran to end the death penalty, following reports that Iran executed 18 people on October 26. Sebastien Brabant, the spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, told RFE/RL this week that the European Union has a “very strong and principled position against the death penalty.” […]