November 7th, 2011- Mehdi Karroubi’s son Mohammad Taghi Karroubi posted on his web blog today that his mother Fatemeh Karroubi has confirmed that as a result of lack of access to fresh air in the past 100 days, Mehdi Karroubi is suffering from respiratory problems.
Category: Sufi news
Photos: 5000-years-old Jiroft artifacts – Part I
Photos by Hamid Sadeghi, Mehr News AgencyJiroft Culture – “Jiroft culture” has been postulated as an early Bronze Age (late 3rd millennium BC) archaeological culture, located in what is now Iran’s Sistan and Kerman Provinces.
Political prisoners warn against participating in “illegal” elections
Thirty-six Iranian political prisoners have issued a statement calling on “the Green Movement and the reformists” to support the elections only if they are “open and free” and in any other case to refrain from allowing their participation to “legitimize an illegal election process.”
Disputes over who speaks for Karroubi
Fatemeh Karroubi, the wife of detained Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, says her husband has no spokesperson abroad.
Hamid Reza Khadem Serving His Sentence in Evin Prison
Political activist Hamid Reza Khadem, 34, reported to Evin Court in order to begin serving his four year prison sentence and has been locked up behind bars in Ward 350.
Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha
Once AgainDoors Open To EveryoneWhile Perfume Fills The AirA Time To See The OnesWe Haven Seen For A WhileWith Labels That HaveA Space For All
Assault and battery of Gonabadi Dervishes in Kavar is going on
Keeping on suppression of Gonabadi Dervishes in Kavar, the security forces assaulted Mohammad Ali Shamshirzan.
Government crackdown on Iranian activists continues
The Islamic Republic continues its crackdown on political activists with another arrest in Mashhad and three more in Tabriz.
High asbestos levels in Tehran air
Tehran Air Quality Control announced that the level of asbestos in the capital’s atmosphere is 100 times the global limit.
Update on Persecuted Labor Activists
Ayat Niafar, the spokesperson for the Follow-up Committee to Form Workers Organizations in Iran was arrested on October 17 and taken to the Evin prison. Two other fellow labor activists, Behnam Ebrahimzadeh and Shahrokh Zamani have each received five and eleven year jail sentences respectively.