As the buzz about reformists’ participation in next year’s presidential elections picks momentum, former president Mohammad Khatami’s interior minister Abdullah Nouri, who was ultimately tried and removed from office, told a group of visiting activists from Fars province that the activities of presidential candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi and Green Movement leaders, […]
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Syrian army ‘using children as human shields’
Syrian troops are using children as young as nine-years-old as human shields, forcing them to ride on top of government tanks to deter opposition attacks, a UN report has stated.
Scientists protest against prison sentence for Iranian student
The 10-year prison sentence imposed on physics PhD student Omid Kokabee in Iran for conspiring with foreign countries has triggered protests by scientific organizations around the world.
Fear of Secret Executions After 5 Prisoners Transferred to Unknown Location
Five political prisoners sentenced to execution were transferred from the General Ward of Karoon Prison in Ahvaz to an unknown location on Saturday, 9 June. A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Police Special Forces have been stationed in Karoon Prison and that it has created a […]
Nineteen Gonabadi Dervishes From Kavar Town Were Summoned To Court
According to Majzooban reporter, Messrs.Mehrdad Keshavarz, Mohammad Ali Shamshirzan, Mehdi Dehghan Bouraki, Issa Dehghan Bouraki, Ali Dehghan Bouraki, Gholam ali Birami, Mohamad Jan Salehzadeh, Mehdi Ghanbari, Omid Ali Akbari, Amir Hamzeh Dehghan, Mohammad Ali Dehghan, Mohammad Ali Sadeghi, Beyhar Rajabi, Kazem Dehghan,
Condolence Of Jailed Managers And Stuff Of Majzooban Noor Website For The Death Of Ayatollah Sayed Abdollah Ayatollahi
It is HE who is alive“All of us are of God and will come back to God“The man, who was alive of love, never dies
Imprisoned journalist begins ‘indefinite fast’ to protest house arrest of green leaders
GVF — Imprisoned political activist and journalist Mehdi Mahmoudian has begun an indefinite to protest the continued house arrest of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi. Mahmoud has vowed to continue with his fast until the men are released from captivity.
16 Iranian opposition groups express support for Syrian uprising
GVF — Sixteen Iranian opposition groups have expressed their indignation at the Syrian regime’s ongoing onslaught against pro-democracy protests.
Iran denies reports of demolitions at base; Lavrov to visit Tehran ahead of talks
Iran has denied claims by the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog that it demolished buildings at a military base that the agency suspects was involved in nuclear testing.
Arrests of two members of the Immanuel Presbyterian church in Tehran
According to sources close to the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC), Mehrdad Sajjadi (34 y/o)—a member of the Board of Trustees of the Immanuel Presbyterian church in Tehran—was arrested along with his wife, Forough Dashtianipour, in late May 2012.