Saham News reports that Gohar Eshghi, the mother of Sattar Beheshti, who by many accounts died under torture, has announced that her son was in no way linked to any groups and was an independent observer of the social conditions in the country and commented on his blog about the social maladies that he […]
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Mother says dead blogger acted on his own
Saham News reports that Gohar Eshghi, the mother of Sattar Beheshti, who by many accounts died under torture, has announced that her son was in no way linked to any groups and was an independent observer of the social conditions in the country and commented on his blog about the social maladies that he […]
Iranian journalist , Shahidi, has stroke
Iranian journalist Hengameh Shahidi suffered a stroke last night, on April 11, and is currently under care in a hospital in Tehran. Shahidi’s daughter has reported on her Facebook page: “Due to the recent pressure, my mother’s heart problems have been aggravated and for the fourth time she has suffered a stroke and is […]
Imprisoned Blogger Needs Open Heart Surgery
‘If authorities don’t grant my father furlough for his open heart surgery, they will have to be accountable for whatever happens to him,” Mitra Pourshajari, the daughter of imprisoned blogger Mohammad Reza Pourshajari, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Physicians at Ghezel Hessar Prison have determined that imprisoned blogger Mohammad Reza […]
Amnesty International Calls for Urgent Action: Iranian hunger strikers in critical condition
URGENT ACTION IRANIAN HUNGER STRIKERS IN CRITICAL CONDITION Two men imprisoned in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, south-west Iran, are in critical condition after a prolonged hunger strike protesting the harsh treatment of dervishes, including lawyers, in Tehran’s Evin Prison. They have been beaten, have lost consciousness several times, and are being kept alive […]
The Situation of Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes’ Lawyers in Evin’s Ward 209
Imprisoned Dervish Lawyers are still being held in ward 209 of Evin prison for the past three months.Due to the conditions of being in long-term solitary confinement, including prohibition of getting some fresh air and lake of medical treatment their physical health condition have deteriorated.According to Majzooban Noor, seven Gonabadi dervishes’s lawyers and Majzooban […]
Gonabadi Dervishes Failed to Welcome Release of Saleh Moradi
Numerous Gonabadi Dervishes who had gathered in front of Adel Abad prison to welcome jailed Dervish, Saleh Moradi, returned home deeply disappointed.Although, the trial Judge had ordered release of Saleh Moradi but he has been still kept in prison.According to Majzooban Noor, imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison, who was supposed to […]
Deceased Blogger’s Sister Threatened with Death for Challenging Impunity
“Sattar was innocent and he died under torture. The forces entered my mother’s home without a warrant, took him, killed him four days later, and now they tell us to shut up,” Sahar Beheshti, the sister of deceased blogger Sattar Beheshti, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. The sister of Sattar […]
MEP Ana Gomes expresses concern for Kasra Nouri and Saleh Moradi
MEP Ana Gomes expresses her concern for the dervishes Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri who have been in hunger strike in Shiraz Adel Abad prison for more than 85 days now.Letters written by MEP Ana Gomes to the Iranian Ambassadors in Brussels and Lisbon to express her concern over the health situation of the […]
Prison Authorities Refused to Transfer Kasra Nouri to the Court
Gonabadi Dervish, Kasra Nour, had been supposed to appear this morning on 22 Farvardin 1392 (April 11, 2013) in Shiraz’s Revolutionary court due to notification in his sentence, but prison officials, refused to transfer him to the court.Meanwhile, Dervishes gathering in front of Shiraz’s Revolutionary court to express sympathy and solidarity with jailed Dervishes […]