Martyrdom anniversary of Martyr Vahid Banani, was held with the presence of innumerable Nematollahi Gonabadi dervishes and his family in Hazrat Abolfazl (AS) mosque that is located in Sarvestan city – Hassan Abad neighborhood on Thursday 91/06/16 (Sep 6 2012).
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Human Rights: Brief News
Wife of political activist beaten by security forces commander A commander in the Internal Security Forces harshly beat the wife of a political activist who complained of harassment by the security forces.
In Iran, sanctions take toll on the sick
The tightening of U.S. banking sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program has had an impact on all sectors of the economy but is increasingly hitting vulnerable medical patients as deliveries of medicine and raw materials for Iranian pharmaceutical companies are either stopped or delayed, according to medical experts.
Rights group slams imprisonment of journalists in Iran
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the incarceration of Iranian journalist and women’s rights activist Jila Bani-Yaghoub, who began a one-year sentence at Evin Prison on September 2.
Help to Repeal The Unjust Sentence for a Human Rights Activist
Shiva Nazar Ahari, A political Iranian Human Right activist, will be present in Evin Prison on the coming Saturday, September 8th, 2012, to serve her four-year imprisonment as well as 74-lash flogging sentence.
Removal of Subsidies Will Destitute People
While until quite recently the supreme leader of the Islamic republic, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his supporters boasted the Subsidy Reform Plan as an accomplishment of the regime, some Majlis representatives now not only publicly the uncontrollable inflation but even proclaim that a government decision to talk the implementation of the second phase of […]
Iran inflation quickened to 23.5% in 12 months to Aug. 20
Iran’s inflation rate rose to 23.5 percent in the month that ended on Aug. 20 from 22.9 percent the previous month, the central bank said today on its website.
Iranian dissident slams American, Israeli military threats
A leading opposition figure has signalled his dismay at the Iranian authorities’ refusal to allow the Secretary-General of the United Nations to meet with the imprisoned leaders of Iran’s opposition Green Movement.
Morsi blasts Assad, pushing Egypt’s regional role
Egypt’s president gave his first major foreign policy speech on Wednesday, telling the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down before it is too late, warning Iran against interfering in Arab affairs and voicing support for Palestinian efforts to gain full membership status at the United Nations.
Detained aid workers moved to Evin Prison
Five volunteers who were arrested at the independent relief camps set up in northwestern Iran to deliver aid to victims of last month’s deadly earthquake have been transferred to Evin Prison in Tehran.