GVF — Another campaigner for 2009 presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has been sentenced to prison, according to opposition website Saham news.
Category: Sufi news
Journalist Fatemeh Kheradmand has been arrested
Journalist Fatemeh Kheradmand was arrested last night at her home and transferred to Evin prison. She is the wife of journalist Masoud Lavasani, who was released from Evin prison on September 8th after enduring approximately two years behind bars.
Iran’s New Uranium-Enrichment Site To Be Operational Soon
The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization says the country’s underground uranium-enrichment facility “will be operational in the near future.”
Concern mounts over safety of detained opposition leader
Fatemeh Karroubi, the wife of detained opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, has expressed concern over the safety of the building where her husband is being held captive.
Top reformist says leader’s brother in charge of his case
Prominent reformist Mostafa Tajzadeh, who was jailed along with his wife in the crackdown on reformists following the controversial 2009 elections, says both their judicial cases are being directly handled by Mojtaba Khamenei, the brother of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
Shirin Ebadi on Mossadegh: Eternal Adoration
Judge Shirin Ebadi was one of the first women judges in Iran, but after the Islamic Revolution which she initially supported, the government forced her to relinquish her position on the basis of her gender. She began a human rights law practice and was later jailed for defending victims of the Islamic Republic’s brutality. […]
Blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki Refuses To Be Sent To A Hospital
In protest to the authorities refusal of granting him a medical furlough, Blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, with dire health situation, has refused to be sent to a hospital out side of Evin prison.
Abortion Of Lawyer-Dervish’s Wife Because Of Being Unaware Of Her Husband
Mrs.Maryam Eslami , wife of Amir Eslami , detained Gonabadi Dervishes’s lawyer, due to stress caused by ignorance of the condition of her husband, miscarriage and lost her twins 5 months.
EU looks at delaying sanctions on Iranian oil
A number of European countries have called for a postponement of the EU’s embargo on Iranian oil.
Tehran ‘Welcomes’ U.S. Navy Rescue Of Iranian Fishermen
Iran has broken its official silence over the U.S. Navy’s rescue of 13 Iranian fishermen from the hands of pirates by calling the January 5 operation a “welcome and humanitarian act.”