Nargess Mohammadi, the jailed Iranian human rights activist, has informed her family that she lost her vision and then recovered it after five days of hospital care.
Category: Sufi news
Seventeen Gonabadi Dervishes From Kavar Town Were Summoned To Shiraz’s Revolutionary Court
Seventeen Gonabadi dervishes from Kavar county were summoned to Criminal Branch of Shiraz’s Revolutionary Court.
Hazrate Mahboob Ali Shah Memorial
On the sixth of Ramadan, 1417, the sixteenth of January, 1997, the twenty-seventh of Day mah, 1375, the beloved, mahboob Ali Shah ( Hajj Ali Tabandeh ) master of the Nematollahi Gonabadi Order of Sufis passed away.
Iran seeks to work with Facebook against porn
A semi-official Iranian news agency says police hope to work with Facebook to fight cyber-crimes and pornography – a turnabout in Tehran’s stance toward the social networking giant that it previously banned after activists used it as an organizing tool.
Trial date announced for Reuters bureau chief
The head of foreign press at the Iranian Ministry of Culture has announced a trial date for the Reuters bureau chief in Tehran.
Nuclear Iran, Global Powers Holding Meeting In Istanbul
The next round of nuclear negotiations are getting under way on July 24 between Iran and the so-called P5+1 group, comprising the permanent United Nations Security Council members plus Germany.
Former parliamentarian Rajabali Mazrooei sentenced to 18 months in prison
A court in Iran has sentenced prominent pro-reform figure Rajabali Mazrooei to eighteen months in prison.
Reports of street protests in Iran due to soaring price of chicken
Long queues for discounted chicken have reportedly prompted street protests in the north-eastern city of Nishapur.
Iranian Doctors Who Were Jailed in Iran Awarded At International AIDS Conference
Two pioneering Iranian doctors who were jailed in Iran have received the “Elizabeth Taylor” award at the opening of the world’s largest AIDS conference in Washington.
India bars 3 Iranian banks on security fears: report
India’s home ministry has refused to allow three Iranian banks to open branches on Indian soil because of concerns about money-laundering and terror financing, a report said on Friday.