The head of Iran’s Expediency Council has once again attacked extremism in politics, emphasizing that the country must maintain a positive interaction with the world . Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani told a group of academics in a meeting on Sunday July 21: “We cannot continue being cross with the world… and extremism has always restrained […]
Category: Sufi news
Arbitrary arrests, harassment of exile journalists’ families
Reporters Without Borders is very worried about the health of Fariba Pajoh, a journalist with various reformist newspapers and former contributor to Radio France Internationale. Arrested on 9 July, she is now in solitary confinement in Evin prison’s Section 209, which is controlled by the intelligence ministry. Pajoh had been in poor health ever […]
The Observatory for the protect of Human Rights Defenders: Arbitrary Detention and Judicial Harassment of Human Rights Defenders Continue
Paris-Geneva, July 22, 2013-The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), condemns the continuing repression of human rights defenders in Iran. According to information received on July 21, 2013, Branch 2 of the […]
A Letter From Imprisoned Lawyers and Dervish Rights Activists to Nelson Mandela: The World Still Needs You!
A group of imprisoned lawyers and Dervish rights activists in Evin and Shiraz’s AdelAbad prison to honor Nelson Mandela wrote a letter to him.According to Majzooban Noor, the letter has been signed by the detained lawyers in ward 350 of Evin prison, Messrs. Abdolfattah Soltani, Farshid Yadollahi, Amir Eslami, Mostafa Daneshjou, Omid Behroozi and […]
A Letter From Imprisoned Lawyers and Dervish Rights Activists to Nelson Mandela: The World Still Needs You! (2)
A group of imprisoned lawyers and Dervish rights activists in Evin and Shiraz’s AdelAbad prison to honor Nelson Mandela wrote a letter to him.According to Majzooban Noor, the letter has been signed by the detained lawyers in ward 350 of Evin prison, Messrs. Abdolfattah Soltani, Farshid Yadollahi, Amir Eslami, Mostafa Daneshjou, Omid Behroozi and […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (20/07/2013)
Reactions to the violation of Human Rights in Iran1. On Thursday 11th July, Rosemary DiCarlo, the U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, reported on Iran and Syria’s probable plan to become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council and showed her dislike. The United Nation Human Rights Council with 47 […]
Iranian mountaineers missing in Broad Peak
Three Iranian mountaineers went missing after they began their descent on Tuesday from the 12th highest peak on earth in Northern Pakistan. Pakistani officials reported today Sunday July 21 that they have called of the search. According to Manzoor Hussain, President of Pakistan’s Alpine Club the group sent a call for help on Tuesday […]
Blood disease sufferers face drug shortage in Iran
The head of Iran’s Thalassemia Society reports that in the past four months Iran has not produced any drugs to treat the blood disease.Mohammadreza Mashhadi told Mehr News Agency that Thalassemia sufferers are faced with a drug crisis because the domestic production of the drugs cannot meet the needs of the country’s patients, and […]
Iranian auto parts workers cut down by poor economy
Iran’s automotive sector announced today, July 21, that close to 122,000 workers in auto parts factories have lost their jobs in the past year. A spokesman for the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association said that since last year, economic fluctuations have forced many production units to lay off between 30 to 50 percent of their […]
If They Are To Be Freed They Must First Be Tried
Revolutionary Guards Speak Out On Green Movement Leaders Even though calls for the release of Green Movement leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karoubi and Zahra Rahnavard have grown since the election of Hassan Rowhani as president, the official website of the political bureau of the Revolutionary Guards force (IRGC) for the first time acknowledged the […]