Iran’s Census Organization says couples must be encouraged to marry at a younger age in order to firm up the country’s population base.
Category: Sufi news
Cyber Police chief called to resign over prison death
The member of Iran’s National Security Commission leading an investigation into the death of Sattar Beheshti in prison says the head of Iran’s Cyber Police should resign.
Arrest by cyber police raises concerns
Iranian cyber police have arrested another political activist, opposition media report. The Kaleme website reports that Omid Dehdarzadeh was arrested on Sunday afternoon by the cyber police in Ahvaz.
Newspaper stops publication over cartoon
The Maghreb daily reported on Monday that due to objections against a cartoon of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that appeared on the front page of its November 22 issue, publication of the paper will cease until the Press Supervisory Board convenes to decide its fate.
Health fears for imprisoned Sakharov prize winner in Iran
News that Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has won the Sakharov Prize – an award from the European Parliament for human rights and freedom of thought – came as her health deteriorated due to a hunger strike in protest at the Iranian authorities’ refusal to allow her face-to-face visits with her 13-year-old daughter […]
Time for Brazil to Change Its UN Vote on Iran (Commentary)
In an opened published today in the Brazilian newspaper, O Estado de São Paulo, Camila Lissa Asano and Hadi Ghaemi discuss why Brazil should change its upcoming vote from Abstention and positively support an annual UN General Assembly resolution on the situation of human rights in Iran.
Family Forced to Sign Release in the Case of Prison Interrogation Death
A source close to the family of Sattar Beheshti told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that despite promises by Iranian authorities to pursue and introduce individuals responsible for the blogger’s death during interrogations, a few days after her son’s burial Sattar Beheshti’s mother was taken to a notary office to […]
Ahmad Zeidabadi Hospitalized After Six Months of Illness
Imprisoned journalist and Secretary General of Advar Tahkim Vahdat Alumni Association was transferred to a Tehran hospital on Saturday, November 17, after six months of severe illness and repeated requests by his family for medical treatment.
European Parliament urges Iranian authorities to stop human rights violations
The Iranian blogger Sattar Behesht was arrested and tortured to death by Iran’s cyber-police known also as Fata. Sattar Behesht had been accused that he was acting against the national security. The European Parliament published yesterday a new resolution on human rights situation in Iran.
Mostafa Badkoobei began to serve his 18 months imprisonment in Evin
Mostafa Badkoobei, Writer and Poet, began serving his verdict in Evein prison from yesterday.