Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran1. As a result of city officers using bulldozers to demolish the houses of seven Arabic citizens in the Shelang-Abad area of Ahvaz, two men, named Shahrokh Zamaani and Khaled Hardaani have been on hunger strike since Saturday the 18th of May in order to show their […]
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Gonabadi Dervish, Saleh Moradi Granted 5-Hours Furlough from Prison
Gonabadi Dervish, Saleh Moradi could visit his family for just five hours while a security prison guard and a soldier were escorting him.According to Majzooban Noor, with the permission from Shiraz justice officials and also because of cooperation from Adel Abad prison authorities, Sunday 5 Khordad 1392 (May 26 2013) Saleh Moradi was granted a five hours […]
Gonabadi Dervishes’s Abusive Interrogations at No. 100 in Shiraz
Yesterday on 5 Khordad ( May 26), five Gonabadi Dervishes residents of Kavar town, who had received written summons to appear in the Shiraz’s intelligence office, known as “Pelak 100″( No. 100) were being under ideological and abusive interrogations for several hours there. According to previous reports, Sunday on 5th of Khordad 1392 (May […]
Judge Salavati: “Intelligence Ministry’s Consent Is Requiring for Sending Dervishes to Hospital”
Judge Salavati is trying to prevent ill dervishes from transfer to medical centers.According to Majzooban Noor, as an illegal action, Judge Salavati has stated that, transfer of imprisoned Dervishes in Ward 350 of Evin prison to the treatment centers is only permitted provided that the permit is issued by the Ministry of Information.Despite the […]
Imprisoned Political Prisoner Hossein Ronaghi Maleki In Deteriorating Health
Political Prisoner Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, now incarcerated in Evin Ward 350, is facing deteriorating health due to confiscation of his medication by prison officials. Human rights activist Hossein Ronaghi Maleki reported back to Evin prison on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, following the denial of his medical furlough extension due to the upcoming presidential elections. […]
Reformist slams Supreme Leader’s “absolute monarchy”
Political prisoner Mostafa Tajzadeh, a top reformist figure, announced in a letter from jail that the establishment has left no alternative for reformists but to boycott the elections. Tajzadeh writes that the disqualification of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Esfandiar Rahim Mashai and other volunteers for the presidential race has simply “left the road open for […]
Rejected candidate Rafsanjani addresses supporters
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, the head of the Expediency Council, says the “extremists” in the Islamic Republic establishment have opposed him since the beginning of the 1979 Iranian Revolution because they find his views on “Islam’s focus on citizens’ rights” intolerable. Rafsanfani spoke on Saturday May 25 to a group of his supporters who had […]
Seven Gonabadi Dervishes Summoned Before Shiraz’s Revolutionary Court
Seven Gonabadi Dervishes resident of Kavar town, have received written summons to appear in the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz.According to Majzooban Noor, Seven Gonabadi Dervishes from Kavar have been summoned to Branch 14 of Shiraz’s Revolutionary Court. Kazem Dehghan, Yahya Dehghan, Mehrdad Keshavarz, Mehdi Dehghan, Hamid Reza Arayesh and Amir Hamzeh Dehghan received written […]
Political Activists Arrested In Lahijan Ahead Of The Presidential Election
As the presidential election nears, a number of political activists have been summoned, homes of some activists searched and a number of activists who were planing to open a campaign office for Hashemi Rafsanjani have been arrested. Among the arrested are, Hamid Hadisi, Ebrahim Khoshsirat, Mourice Bagheri, and Mr. Jafari the chair of the […]
Disqualified reformist candidate urges unified front
Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, whose attempt to run in the upcoming presidential election was quashed by the Guardian Council, has thanked his supporters and, without referring to the reasons for his disqualification, he urged them to nurture the “unity that has risen among moderate reformist and conservative forces.” Hashemi writes that when he […]