Zine El Abidine Ghaemi, Khorasani blogger, has been sentenced to 3 years imprisonment by a preliminary court. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Mr. Ghaemi was tried on 20th May, on charges of propaganda against the regime, insulting the leadership and disturbing public opinion, by the Revolutionary […]
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Monthly Report – An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Iran in April-May, 2015
The Department of Statistics and Publications of the Human Rights Activists Association of Iran has published the following monthly report on the human rights situation in Iran during the period of April-May, 2015 (Persian calendar month of Ordibehesht, 1394). This report cannot perfectly and comprehensively reflect the details of human rights concerns in Iran […]
Death Anniversary of Mr. Hajj Ali Tabandeh “Mahboub Ali Shah” in Evin and Nezam Prison
Death anniversary of Mr. Hajj Ali Tabandeh “Mahboub Alishah” was held in Tehran Evin and Shiraz Adel Abad Prison by jailed Dervishes on 2 Tir 94 ( June 23, 2015). According to Majzooban Noor’s reporter, yesterday evening, the imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish Evin and Nezam prisons, held a ceremony marking 19th death anniversary of Mr. […]
Republish: In Memory of His Holiness Mahboub Ali Shah, Haj Ali Tabandeh
On the sixth of Ramadan, 1417, the sixteenth of January, 1997, the twenty-seventh of Daymah, 1375, the beloved (mahbub) master of the Ni‘matullahi Gunabadi Order of Sufis passed away. He was buried beside his father in Gunabad, in accordance with his last will and testament. Majzooban Noor website management, would like to express its […]
Gonabadi Dervish is on Trial in Court of Kavar
Following the complaint of the head of police of Kavar against Kazem Dehghan, one of the Gonabadi dervishes, the trial session of the mentioned dervish was held in the criminal court by the judge Jafarzadeh.Publishing lies and sham news for disturbing public opinion have been promulgated as his alleged charges, Majzooban Noor reported.It is […]
National-Religious activist on hunger strike in Evin
Reports indicate that Hossein Rafii, an Iranian Nationalist-Religious activist in Evin Prison, is in a grave state of health. A National-Religious website reports that Rafii is refusing food and medicine to protest the failure of authorities to provide him with due process.Ana Rafii, the activist’s daughter, confirms her father’s hunger strike, saying he is […]
Ex Minister of Interior Tells Guardian Council: Who Authorized You to Screen Candidates?
As elections for the next parliament get closer, concerns grow among hardline Principlists that their candidates may be disqualification by the Guardian Council to run in the voting. A former minister of interior during president Khatami’s presidency last week directly questioned the authority of the Guardian Council in vetting candidates to national elections. “Who […]
Rasht strikers continue protest over unpaid wages
More than 120 workers at the Iran Barak textile company in Rasht have entered their 31st day of strike. ILNA reports that the workers are protesting nine months of unpaid wages and problems with their benefits. Although the company did pay workers two months’ wages this month, they are still owed eight months’ pay because […]
Iranian Women Barred From Attending Volleyball Game
Iranian women were reportedly banned from attending a June 19 volleyball game between the United States and Iran at Tehran’s Azadi Sports Complex despite a promise by the government to partially lift a ban on female spectators attending male sports events. The announcement made earlier this month by Iran’s vice president for women’s affairs […]
Child Rights Activist’s Mother Pleas for Help for Son’s Ten-Year Prison Sentence
Ten months after his arrest, children’s rights activist Omid Alishenas has been sentenced to ten years in prison for “assembly and collusion and propaganda against the state,” and “insulting the Supreme Leader.” Mr. Alishenas’ mother told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the family is in shock following the sentencing. “This […]