On April 22nd, a number of child laborers along with members of the Association to Defend Child Laborers visited labor activist Behnam Ebrahimzadeh and his hospitalized son Nima at Mahak Hospital in Tehran. According to CHRR, members of the association and a number of child laborers from the Nemat Abad area went to the […]
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Stop the persecutions of religious minorities in Iran
Fundamentalist forces struggle for absolute power in Iran. They use all different kinds of accusations, allegations and demonisations against each interpretation of Islam that differs from their own violent interpretation and against the impact of other religions. For more than 8 years Darvishes, Baha’i, Sunnis and Christian converts face brutal campaigns against their buildings, […]
2013 Elections: Former MP Arrested for a Political Meeting That Never Happened
Former Member of Parliament Hossein Loghmanian and four reformist activists from Hamadan Province were arrested while on their way to Tehran to meet former president Mohammad Khatami on March 16, 2013. These arrests may mark the first detentions of political figures in relation to the upcoming June 2013 presidential elections in Iran. Hamadan Intelligence […]
Iran warns broadcasters about coverage during campaign
Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has summoned broadcasting managers from across the country to inform them of the red lines they must not cross in the lead-up to the presidential election. Kaleme reports that the deputy minister of intelligence told the mangers that any form of “negative reflections” during this time will not be tolerated. […]
Presidential election to put regime’s claims to the test, says Tajzadeh
The coming weeks will determine whether Iran’s ruling elite, including its leader, are committed to defending the people’s right to shape their own destiny, says a top reformist figure currently behind bars. In his most recent piece, which was published by the Norooz website, Mostafa Tajzadeh, a prominent pro-reform figure in the country, discussed […]
Iranian Activist Flees Iran, Says ‘Civil Society Is In A State Of Desperation’
Well-known Iranian human rights activist Kouhyar Goudarzi — who had been banned from his studies, jailed a number of times, and sentenced to five years in prison — recently fled Iran. Goudarzi, a member and former head of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, was honored while behind bars with the National Press Club’s […]
141,000 kids are deprived of education in Iran
The head of the statistics and ICT department of education ministry says “There are 141 thousand children between the ages 6 and 11 who are not attending schools in Iran.” According to a report of Kaleme website, Yousef Nouri said “The intention of statistics is to extract the total number of the ones deprived […]
Teransfer of Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad to Bandar Abbas’s Central Prison/Setting Bail at 130 Million Toman
Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, was transferred to the central prison of southern city of Bandar Abbas yesterday on 5 Ordibehesht 1392( April 25, 2013) and his bail was set in the amount of 130 million toman.According to Majzooban Noor, Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website who was […]
Kasra Nouri Sentenced to Four Years and Four Months in Prison
Kasra Nouri, Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website, was sentenced to four years and four months in prison.According to Majzooban Noor, Kasra Nouri was sentenced last week at Branch 3 of Shiraz’s Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Rashidi to four years and four months imprisonment on charges of […]
Behnam Irani: The Price My Family and I Are Paying for Deprivation
The Reverend Behnam Irani was imprisoned in Karaj central penitentiary in 2006 because he was conducting prayer services and ministering to his Christian parishioners. He was imprisoned several months for this before being released on bail. In February 22, 2007, Behnam was given a 5 years suspended sentence after being accused of “acting against […]