The accusative cases of 4 Gonabadi dervishes were investigated in Kavar Justice Department today on Monday, Ordibehesht 23 , 1392 ( May 13 , 2013 ) and more than a hundred Dervishes attended there to welcome Saleh Moradi.According to Majzooban Noor, the court hearing for 4 Gonabadi dervishes, Mrs. Farzaneh Nouri and Messrs. Saleh […]
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This week in human rights in Iran- May 10, 2013
JOURNALIST AND ACTIVIST VIOLATIONSBeing sent to solitary confinement then released after a hunger strike has become common practice for prisoners in Iran. This can be seen as a success for prisoners and human right activists who forced the Iranian government to meet their demands. It can also be seen as an attempt by the […]
Shiraz shaken by keenly felt quake
Shiraz was rocked by an earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale at 3:10 AM today, Monday May 13. The head of the Shiraz emergency task force told Mehr News Agency that the earthquake occurred near Salt Lake and was felt acutely because it hit at a depth of 10 kilometres. Salt Lake is […]
Weekly Report on Human Right Violation in Iran (12/05/2013)
Reactions to the violations of human rights in Iran 1. On Wednesday the 1st of May, “Freedom House” published its annual report about the status of press freedom in the world, in which it stated that Iran is one of the worst counties regarding the government not giving people the right to access free […]
Ahmadinejad May Face Charges
Iran’s constitutional watchdog says it might seek to press charges against President Mahmud Ahmadinejad for violating election rules. Ahmadinejad, who is constitutionally barred from running for a third term in the June 14 presidential election, accompanied his controversial chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, to the election registry office on May 11. A spokesman […]
Construction workers protest in Tehran
Four hundred construction workers staged a protest at a mosque in the Tehran Pars section of Tehran. ILNA reports that Mohammad Bagheri, a board member of the Association of Construction Workers of Tehran Province, said: “Four hundred construction workers gathered to protest the government’s failure to resolve their insurance needs and the lack of […]
22 Gonabadi Dervishes on Trial in Kavar Justice Department
Yesterday morning, the accusative cases of 22 Gonabadi dervishes were investigated in Kavar Justice Department.According to Majzooban Noor, court hearing for 22 Gonabadi dervishes residents of Kavar town in Fars province charged with “moharebeh or defying God” and ” illegal carrying of weapons” was held in Kavar Justice Department presided over by Judge Kashkouli, […]
Imprisoned Dervish Made a Phone Call from Jail after 10 Days of Unawareness
Yesterday on 21 Ordibehesht (May 11), Mohammad Ali Dehghan, Gonabadi Dervish and resident of Kavar town, made contact with his family after ten days of awareness. According to Majzooban Noor, Mohammad Ali Dehghan who was arrested along with two other Gonabadi Dervishes, Mohammad Ali Sadeghi and Mohsen Esmaeeli by security agents and Plain-clothes at […]
Iran Reportedly Lifts Its Ban On Reuters News Agency
An Iranian semi-official news agency says a court has lifted a ban on the Reuters news agency, allowing it to restart its operations in Iran. The report on May 11 by the Iranian Students’ News Agency quotes Deputy Culture Minister Mohammad Jafar Mohammad Zadeh as saying that the court’s verdict was delivered to an […]
Letter from the Paris Bar association in support of Iranian lawyers
As part of a campaign to support Iran’s independent legal profession in calling for the cancellation of the “Bill of Formal Attorneyship”, a bill that in essence transfers total supervisory control over lawyers to a quasi-judicial body, the Paris Bar association has sent a letter to Iranian authorities expressing its concerns over the proposed Bill. […]