According to reports by IranGreenVoice (Nedaye Sabz Azadi) Mir Hossein Mousavi, former presidential candidate during the 2009 elections and leader of the Green Movement under illegal house arrest for approximately 18 months, was transferred to a cardiac hospital in down town Tehran under extreme security measures accompanied by his wife Zahra Rahnavard.
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Leading Iranian cleric calls on regime to avoid war with Israel
Ayatollah Yousef Sanei, a vocal opponent of Ahmadinejad, warns regime not to provoke Israel by ‘acting as warmongers;’ two former ministers call on supreme leader to set up new ruling council.
Human Rights: Brief News
Former political prisoners summoned to Evin Prison Majid Dorri, a prominent student activist imprisoned for 6 1/2 years, has protested in a letter against former political prisoners Shiva Nazar Ahari, Jila Bani Yaghoub and Reyhaneh Tabatabai being summoned to Evin Prison.
The Recent Release Of Political Prisoners, A Distraction Or A Show Of Good Faith?
Last week a number of political prisoners were released under amnesty by the Supreme Leader.
A Brief Report on Human Right Situation in Iran in Mordad 1391 [July-August 2012]
Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Defenders and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, in continuation of her monthly reports, has reviewed the human rights situation in Iran in Mordad 1391 [July-August 2012].
Letter from Iranian media and social network activists to the Leaders of Non-Aligned Movement
Letter from Iranian media and social network activists to the Leaders of Non-Aligned Movement :
Myanmar abolishes direct press censorship law
Journalists no longer have to submit work to state censors before publication, but self-censorship may remain an issue.
Ban Ki-moon will attend Tehran NAM summit
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to attend NAM summit in Tehran despite pressures to boycott the meeting.
Iran Talks With IAEA Scheduled
Atomic energy agency officials are to meet with Iranian representatives in Vienna on August 24 to discuss remaining “outstanding issues” surrounding Tehran’s nuclear program.
Rights groups call for end to anti-drugs aid for Iran
Two leading rights groups on Tuesday called for an end to international cash and technical assistance to Iran’s anti-drug campaign, which they said was bolstering a rise in executions.