The bookstore that is located in Tomb of “Shah Nematollah Vali”*, was shut down due to Intelligence forces pressure and preventing to extend rent.
Category: Sufi news
Activists unite to call for student freedom
The Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi has joined with Amnesty International, Justice for Iran and the Advocacy Council for the Right to Education to call for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners, including jailed student activists, on the occasion of National Students Day.
Iranian Writers, Poets Call For End To Book Censorship
More than 100 Iranian writers, poets, and translators have called for an end to book censorship.
Mark National Student Day by freeing prisoners of conscience
Dozens of student activists kept behind bars in Iran, some since 2009, must be freed immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International urged on Thursday, as thousands prepared to mark National Student Day at universities across the country.
Opposition leader treated by family doctor
Mehdi Karoubi, the Iranian opposition leader who has been under house arrest since February 2011, has been allowed a visit with his family physician, his son reported on Thursday December 6.
Earthquake Strikes Near Iran-Afghanistan Border
An earthquake measuring 5.5 in magnitude has struck eastern Iran. Iran’s Fars news agency said eight people had been killed and 12 injured in the quake on December 5.
Press freedom violations recounted in real time (from 1st January 2012)
5.12.2012- Kurdish journalist freed after six years, Canadian resident’s death sentence suspended Reporters Without Borders has learned that Abdolvahed “Hiva” Botimar, a Kurdish journalist who wrote for the weekly Asou and was an active member of the environmental NGO Sabzchia, was released on 22 November on completing a six-year jail sentence.
End clampdown on university students and release those imprisoned for their peaceful activism
ADVOCACY COUNCIL FOR THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION * AMNESTY INERNATIONAL * JUSTICE FOR IRAN * SHIRIN EBADI
The Rare ‘Feeling Of Getting Your Rights From The Islamic Republic’
Prominent Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh ended her hunger strike earlier this week after the authorities reportedly removed a travel ban they had imposed on her young daughter.
Sanctions, government blamed for Iran’s drugs shortage
Doctors in Iran are trying to fend off a creeping health care crisis caused by medicine shortages, due in part to Western economic sanctions but exacerbated by government mismanagement and abuse of the system.