Reza Shahabi who is suffering from back and neck ache and blood pressure is not allowed to go to medical furlough by the authorities. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Reza Shahabi, the member of syndicate of workers of Tehran and suburbs bus drivers’ board who is is ward […]
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Detained opposition leader taken to hospital again
Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, who has been under house arrest for over two years, was once again taken to hospital three days ago. A report from Saham News on Thursday July 25 states that Mehdi Karroubi has been under arrest for two years in a Ministry of Intelligence “safe building” where he is […]
Judicial chief rebuked for comment on “seditious elements”
One day after Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani warned against the return of “the seditious elements of 2009”, the Jomhouri Eslami daily expressed its disappointment at the statement by Iran’s top judicial official. On Wednesday, Ayatollah Larijani said: “Recently the seditious elements of 2009 and the factions of the reformists who want secularization of the country […]
IRGC and Prosecutor’s Office Delay Prisoner’s Hospitalization
The IRGC and the Tehran Prosecutor have postponed transferring prisoner of conscience Feizollah Arabsorkhi to the hospital for months, his wife told International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. He is in dire health, and has received official approval to go to the hospital, but officials continue to delay the transfer. “My husband needs […]
Human Rights Watch: Sufi Activists Convicted in Unfair Trials
Human Rights Watch: Iran‘s judiciary should abandon charges and quash the verdicts against 11 members of a Sufi sect convicted in unfair trials and informed of their sentences in July 2013. Those in detention should be freed immediately and unconditionally. The evidence suggests that all 11 were prosecuted and convicted solely because of their peaceful […]
A toxic supplement for Rohani
Judge Salavati imposed 56 years of imprisonment to seven dervishes detained in Evin prison. For nearly two years, seven dervishes of the Nematollahi Gonabadi Order were held in Evin prison without charge. All seven were arrested in connection with attacks by regime forces on Dervishes in Kavar (Sarvestan) in September 2011. The order of […]
Shocking letter By Missing Iranian Climber Aydin Bozorgi Written Prior To His Departure For Broad Peak
Iranian climbers, Puya Keyvani, Aydin Bozorgi and Mojtaba Jarahi went missing while descending after conquering the Broad Peak in Northern Pakistan. Rescue efforts to locate the three climbers have failed so far. Iranian mountain climber Parasto Abrishami posted a letter on her blog “Khak”, written by Aydin Bozorgi prior to his departure for Broad […]
Sufi Page Yet Another Website That Iran Really Doesn’t Like
There are many websites that the Iranian establishment doesn’t like. It shows its feelings by blocking them, usually on allegations of immorality or offenses against the country’s national interests. Then there are websites that Iran really doesn’t like. Those are blocked, too, and the people behind them are often punished. Among them is the […]
Offended by Irancell, Sunni political prisoners go on hunger strike
Following a message broadcast by Irancell, the Sunni community in Iran was deeply offended, and 160 Sunni political prisoners went on hunger strike in Rajai-Shahr Prison. The hunger strike began on Saturday, July 20, and will last for two days. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the message included […]
Imprisoned Journalist Remains in Solitary Confinement Without Charges
Security forces arrested Fariba Pajouh, a journalist who worked for reformist newspapers, on July 10 at her home. Four security force members searched her home, confiscated her laptop computer and satellite receiver, and transferred her to Evin Prison. Fariba Pajouh has been unemployed in recent months.Imprisoned journalist Fariba Pajouh, arrested July 10, is being […]