Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has once again called for the release of political prisoners. Kaleme reports that Khatami told a meeting of student representatives from across the country: “We hope that the outcome of the election will be an end to all political arrests and a release of political prisoners.” ILNA also reports […]
Category: Sufi news
Iran still seeks to erase the ‘1988 prison massacre’ from memories, 25 years on
The last time Jafar Behkish saw his brothers, Mahmud and Mohammad Ali, both political activists imprisoned in Iran, they only had 10 minutes to talk through a glass window. None of them imagined that it would be their last interaction or the horror that would unfold over the following months. A few weeks after […]
Appeals Court Upheld Gonabadi Dervishr’s Four Years and Four Months Prison Sentence
An appeals court upheld Gonabadi Dervish rights activist, Kasra Nouri’s four years and four months prison sentence.According to Majzooban Noor, Kasra Nouri was sentenced at Branch 3 of Shiraz’s Revolutionary Court presided over by judge Rashidi to four years and four months imprisonment on charges of “propaganda against the regime,” “acting against national security,” […]
Iranian Parliament Passes Bill To Sue Washington Over 1953 Coup
The Iranian parliament has approved a bill calling on the government to take legal action against the United States for its role in the 1953 coup in Tehran. The bill, passed on August 27, calls for “political and legal investigation” into the coup that toppled Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh. Iranian news […]
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki transferred from prison to the hospital
Jailed blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki with gastrointestinal bleeding and in very grave health was transferred to the hospital emergency department today. According to CHRR, his father reported that Hossein Ronaghi Maleki who is on his 20th day of hunger strike was transferred to Shahid Modarres Hospital today August 28 around 1 pm. This is […]
Gonabadi Dervish Released After a Few Hours`Detention in Bandar-Abbas
Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website, was released some hours later after his detention in the southern city of Bandar Abbas.Yesterday morning (Tuesday 5 Shahrivar/ Aug 27) Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad had gone to the Intelligence Ministry’s detention centre in Bandar Abbas in order to get back […]
Blogger and mother on hunger strike, both could die
Reporters Without Borders condemns the deadly indifference of Iran’s most senior judicial authorities for refusing to release Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, a jailed blogger who is gravely ill and who today began his 20th day on hunger strike in protest against his detention and his prison conditions. Maleki’s mother, Zolikha Mosavi, has also been on […]
Iranian-American Christian Convert’s 8-Year Sentence Upheld
Iranian-American Christian convert Saeed Abedini’s eight-year prison sentence has been upheld, and his wife told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that none of the objections they made in court were taken into account. “Iran is keeping Saeed illegally. Saeed’s problem is not political. His problem is in his choice of religion. […]
Prisoners notify prosecutor of jailed blogger’s health
Tehran’s Prosecutor General has been warned once more about the declining health of jailed blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, who has been on a hunger strike since August 9. In a letter signed by 41 political prisoners in Evin Prison, Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi is alerted to the critical health condition of Ronaghi Maleki and urged […]
Sistan-Baluchistan villages under siege by sandstorm
A sandstorm with winds gusting up to 100 kilometres an hour has hit scores of villages in Sistan-Baluchistan. Mehr News Agency reports that Red Crescent officials in the southeastern Iranian province are working hard to clear the way and rescue residents. The Hirmand governor reports that 35 villages are inaccessible due to the sandstorm […]