(Reuters) – The European Union is set next week to consider blacklisting the Syrian central bank as well as imposing sanctions against more Iranian individuals, according to sources on Wednesday familiar with the situation.
Category: Sufi news
Cleric slams Assembly of Experts’ inaction over Ayatollah Khamenei conduct
GVF — In two highly critical letters to the current Chairman of the Assembly of Experts, senior dissident cleric and vocal member of the Assembly, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Mohammad Dastgheib, has once more highlighted the Iranian authorities’ illegal conduct following the 2009 presidential as well as the ongoing interference of security and military bodies […]
Death of Iranian student triggers university protest
A group of Iranian students at Amir Kabir University in Tehran staged a demonstration yesterday to protest “the incompetence and negligence of university personnel,” which they claim has caused the death of a female student.
Journalists who can no longer be journalists
Many journalists have been banned from press activities even though they are professionals who wish to continue their careers.
Imprisoned Lawyer Tried and Sentenced Again on Same Charges
Ghassem Sholeh Sadi, lawyer, university professor, and former member of the Iranian Parliament, who is now serving time inside Evin Prison, was again tried by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court on the charge of “insulting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei” and was sentenced to two years in prison.
Women’s Rights Activist in Prison Without Family Contact
An informed source close to 38-year-old women’s rights activist Fereshteh Shirazi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that since her arrest on 3 September 2011 in the city of Amol, she has had very little contact with her family.
A Full Month After Arrest, Still No News on Freelance Photojournalist
A full month after the arrest of freelance photojournalist Reza Entesari, there is still no news available about him.
Apprehension of two Gonabadi Dervishes in Sarvestan
Majzooban Noor website reporter: Messrs. Mohammad Jalal Nikbakht and Hojatollah Saeedi were arrested in Sarvestan by the security forces and transferred to Shiraz Adel Abad prison on Saturday, Mehr 09, 1390 (October 01, 2011).
Amnesty International condemns arrest of Iranian filmmakers, calls for immediate release
GVF — Human rights organisation Amnesty International has condemned the Iranian authorities’ arrest of six individuals—documentary filmmakers and a producer—and called for their “immediate and unconditional release.”
Iran’s Death Penalty for Christian Pastor Violates the Quran
In Iran, Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani faces the death penalty for the “crime” of leaving Islam as a teenager and converting to Christianity.