The head of the Western Azarbaijan Registry Department said that three marriages of girls under 10 years old were registered from the beginning of the [Persian] year [which started in March 25]…
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Authorities agree over transfer of water to Lake Oroumiyeh
An Iranian parliamentary commission and the Ministry of Energy have approved a plan to transfer water from the Aras River to the rapidly drying Lake Oroumiyeh.
Releasing a number of Gonābādī Dervishes
According to Majzooban Noor reporter ,today, on Sunday 10 Mehr 1390 ( October 02, 2011) , seven Gonabadi Dervishes were temporarily released .
Syrian opposition to ‘Iranian people’: ‘Ties between two nations must not be cut off’
GVF — In a recent statement addressed to the “People of Iran”, the Supreme Council for the Leadership of the Syrian Revolution has said the Iranian regime’s stance towards the crackdowns in Syrian should not entail the severing of ties between the people of Iran and Syria.
Abdolfatah Soltani Indicted and Presented His Final Defense
Prominent human rights lawyer Abdolfatah Soltani has been transferred to the Prosecutor’s Office at Evin and had presented his final defense.
Document – Iran: Further information: Opposition leaders arbitrarily held
Further information on UA: 49/11 Index: MDE 13/086/2011 Iran Date: 29 September 2011 URGENT ACTION OPPOSITION LEADERS ARBITRARILY HELD Opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi, along with Mir Hossein Mousavi’s wife Zahra Rahnavard, are still being held under house arrest without an arrest warrant, charge or trial. Mehdi Karroubi was moved to […]
Germany summons Iran envoy to demand pastor’s release
Germany summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires to demand a stay of execution for a pastor who has refused to give up Christianity and return to Islam, the foreign ministry said late Thursday.
This brutality is not Islam
By Mehdi Hasan The Guardian – The death sentence given to Youcef Nadarkhani in Iran is an affront to universal moral values and a disservice to Muslims.
Iran pastor guilty of being a ‘Zionist, traitor’: official
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iranian pastor Yusef Nadarkhani should face the death penalty for being a traitorous “Zionist” and committing “security crimes,” not for apostasy, an official said Friday according to Fars news agency, amid a Western outcry over his sentence.
Satellite ban enforced by Iranian police
Iran’s top police official has slammed the effects of satellite TV programming on Iranian society and says police have intensified efforts to confiscate receiver dishes in homes.