Branch number one of revolutionary court of Karaj has sentenced Arzhang Davoodi, the political prisoner of central prison of Bandar Abbas to death. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), branch number one of revolutionary court of Karaj, with chief judge Ghazi Asef-Al-Hosseini sentenced Arzhang Davoodi to death. This sentence […]
Category: Sufi news
Jailed journalist seems weak at court
Jailed Iranian journalist Saba Azarpeyk attended the Revolutionary Court on Sunday and Monday, July 20 and 21. Eyewitnesses report that Azarpeyk appeared weak and showed serious weight loss. Azarpeyk has only been allowed to contact her family once since her arrest. She was arrested in May at her home following a search of her […]
Iranian Satellite Jamming Causes Storm Of Controversy
The Iranian regime has long used signal jamming to disrupt the flow of information into the Islamic republic, but it couldn’t have forecast the strategy’s deadly consequences. Satellite-jamming technology is being blamed for disrupting Iran’s ability to predict a major dust storm that hit Tehran in June, killing five people. In a report presented […]
Court of Judicial Discipline Acquits Judge Salavati
Following lodging a letter of complaint by imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes against judge Salavati to the Court of Judicial Discipline in 1391 (2012), after several months of a delay in grievance investigation, the court officials found no violations in the case of Judge Salavati and ruled that he is acquitted.According to Majzooban Noor, a writ […]
Coal miners renew protests against privatization
Miners at the Eastern Alborz Coal Mine have stopped work for a fourth time to protest efforts to privatize the mine. The workers travelled to Sharood to protest in front of the main Eastern Alborz Mine headquarters. Miners’ representative Rahman Ajam told ILNA that provincial and city officials have failed to respond properly to […]
Trial of jailed journalist suddenly goes ahead
Jailed Iranian journalist Serajeddin Mirdamadi stood trial on Monday July 21 in Branch 15 the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. Giti Pourfazel, Mirdamadi’s lawyer, told ISNA that the trial had been scheduled for August 1 and she had applied for bail to be set for her client. Instead, she said, Judge Salavati changed the trial […]
Roodbar welders treated after workplace poisoning
Twenty-one workers in Gilan have fallen victim to carbon monoxide poisoning at their workplace in the city of Roodbar. On Monday July 21, the Etemad daily reported that the head of Gilan Emergency Services said the 21 welders have been transferred to hospital for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning. Amaneh Akhlaghi said that immediately […]
Tuberculosis on the rise in Iranian province
The head of the Zabol College of Physicians reports that 500 people contract tuberculosis in Sistan-Baluchistan each year. The Shargh daily reports that tuberculosis cases have risen dramatically following the drying of Hamoon Lake. The Zabol governor announced that the high concentration of dust particles in the air is the main factor in the […]
Nuclear watchdog notes Iran’s compliance
The latest report from the International Atomic Energy Agency indicates that Iran has complied with the provisions of the Geneva Agreement and reduced its reserves of enriched uranium. Reuters reported on Sunday July 20 that as the parties reached the deadline to draft a final comprehensive agreement, Iran has turned its remaining stock of […]
Prosecutor agrees to jailed activist’s demands
Jailed Iranian labour activist Reza Shahabi has ended his 50-day hunger strike after the Tehran Prosecutor agreed to his demands. Reports indicate that one of prosecutor’s deputies, Mehdi Khodabakhshi, visited Shahabi in hospital on Sunday July 20 and accepted his demands for ending his strike. Shahabi has demanded that he be offered bail and […]