Iran’s Parliament has passed Article 22 of the controversial family protection act requiring the registration of temporary marriages. The article has been amended however to make registration of temporary marriages only obligatory in certain cases such as those invovling a pregnancy.
Category: Sufi news
Isa Saharkhiz attacked by plainclothes agents and transferred to the CCU
Several plainclothes agents raided the room of political prisoner Isa Saharkhiz in the heart care unit of Shariati Hospital causing the journalist to end up in critical condition.
Nazanin Khosravani arrested and transferred to prison to serve her sentence
Journalist Nazanin Khosravani has begun serving her 6-year prison sentence.
Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand in Critical Condition, Denied Basic Prisoner Rights
Imprisoned Kurdish activist Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand is in critical condition after embarking on a hunger strike over two weeks ago, his wife told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
Babol Political Prisoners Told to Request Pardon for Release
Political prisoners inside Babol’s Mati Kola Prison have been asked to write letters asking for pardon, the daughter of Ali Akbar Soroush, an imprisoned member of the reformist Participation Front’s Central Council, said in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
Women’s Dorm Searched at Allameh University
Over the last few days, authorities in a women’s dormitory inside Allameh Tabatabaee University in Tehran have stormed and searched student residences several times, a human rights source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
Human-rights lawyers pressed to make false statements
Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian Nobel peace laureate, says the jailed members of Iran’s Human Rights Defenders Centre are being intimidated and pressured into making coerced confessions against their organization.
IAEA meets to consider action on Iran’s nuclear programme
The last UN inspection found accelerated uranium enrichment and little cooperation, but also signs of problems in the Iranian nuclear programme that suggest there is still time for diplomacy.
Abdolfattah Soltani was sentenced to 18 years in prison and exile
Persianicons – Abdolfattah Soltani, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer was sentenced to 18 years in prison, exile to Borazjan (a city in Bushehr Province, Iran) plus a twenty-year ban from practicing law!
Iranian journalist held arbitrarily: Rahman Ghahremanpour
Amnesty International – Iranian journalist Rahman Ghahremanpour was arrested on 1 June 2011 . The legal basis for his arrest is unclear, and he was arrested without a warrant. He is believed be held in Tehran’s Evin Prison since his arrest , placing him at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.