Mothers of Park Laleh condemn the 1980s massacres especially the mass executions of political prisoners in 1987 and join all mourning mothers to demand justice! Another anniversary of mass executions of political prisoners in 1987 arrives while the horrifying account of this brutal massacre has spread all over the world. With each passing year, […]
Category: Sufi news
Farshid Yadollahi,lawyer of dervishes Nematolahi Gonabadi, interview with the monthly social rights magazine Peace line
Written by Majzooban Noor Abolreza ahmadiOver the past few years, Dervishes of Nematollahi Sufi Orderhad faced so many coercive conflicts such as detention, threat, destruction and plumbing their khaniqas and Hosseinies by Islamic Regime of Iran. The regime of Islamic Republic of Iran has tried to take control of this Sufi Order and prevent […]
Issa Saharkhiz beaten up; political prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison banned from prison infirmary
The infirmary at Rajai Shahr prison is no longer accepting any political prisoners.
Ebadi urges Iranian Bar Association to support persecuted lawyers
Iran’s Nobel Peace laureate, Shirin Ebadi, has compiled a list of 41 lawyers who have been subjected to government persecution since June 2009 for carrying out their legal duties.
Iranian doctor assassinated after examining rape victims, says his son
Abdolreza Soudbakhsh, an Iranian doctor who was killed after examining the rape victims of the country’s 2009 unrest. Abdolreza Soudbakhsh murdered after work at Kahrizak detention centre, where mass torture and rape was alleged The son of an Iranian doctor who was killed after examining the rape victims of the country’s 2009 unrest has […]
Imprisoned Political Activist’s Health Deteriorates in Prison
Ali Tabarzadi, son of prisoner of conscience Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights In Iran that his father’s health has deteriorated in prison, and that in the last few months he has experienced serious cardiac complications. Judicial authorities have refused his family’s request for his medical leave.
Jailed Lawyer: ‘No Fair Political Trials’ In Iran
Jailed Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Mohammad Seifzadeh has written an open letter to former President Mohammad Khatami detailing extensive violations of judicial rights, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
Exiled Iranian Writer Speaks Out
If bestselling author and filmmaker Siba Shakib tried to go back to Iran today, she says she “would probably be put in prison right away.”“People have written much less critical things and have gotten into much bigger problems than I have,” she explains.
Iranian scientists to receive UNESCO Award
Four Iranian scientists ranked in the list of Islamic World’s top scholars are to receive UNESCO Award. Islamic World Scientists Network cooperating with Iran’s Biophysics and Biochemistry Association is to offer the prizes to the four senior Iranian scientists.
Photos: Last Moments Of A Historic Church In Kerman
Photos by Hamid Sadeghi, Mehr News Agency A historic church in Kerman, which had been registered in Iran’s national monuments list, is the latest victim of ruthless bulldozers! The church was flattened last week and perhaps this way its misery due to years of neglect came to an end! Many other historic monuments in […]