Christian convert Abdolreza Ali Haq Nejad was arrested by security forces in Rasht.According to reports, Abdolreza Ali Haq Nejad known as Mathew was arrested on Wednesday August 18 in Rasht.
Category: Sufi news
IAEA concerned as Iran moves nuclear centrifuges
Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, says moving Iran’s nuclear centrifuges from Natanz to the Ferdo underground nuclear installation near Qom is a “further deviation” from several Security Council resolutions, which have called for the suspension of all activities related to nuclear enrichment in Iran.
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki’s Father: Their Ultimate Intention Is To Kill Hossein
On Monday August 23, blogger and human rights activist Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, was once again taken to a hospital outside of Evin prison.
Children’s Rights Activist Afshin Hyratian Arrested
Afshin Hyratian, a Baha’i citizen and children’s rights activist, was arrested on Saturday, August 20, 2011.
Security forces shoot and kill Kurd man
A man from Piranshahr in West Azarbaijan was killed after state security forces opened fire on him.
Iran sentences two Kurd men to six years of prison for links to religious groups
The Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced two Kurd men from Sardasht to prison.
Report: North Korea sent nuclear software to Iran
North Korea sent Iran software that could be used to develop nuclear weapons, a German news report said Wednesday, citing unidentified Western intelligence sources.
Women’s ever-dwindling share of the job market
Thousands of those employed by the government are now forced to work from home. Cut off from the office, many have lost much of their social life. Forced to stay at home round the clock for fear of being sacked, they have also found that the burden of domestic chores has increased.
Jailed Iranian Lawyer Declines Family Visits
A prominent human rights lawyer jailed in Iran has refused prison visits by her family after they were roughly treated by prison staff, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
REPORTS OF IRAN INSTALLING CENTRIFUGES NEAR QOM TROUBLING
WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (NNN-KUNA) — Reports from a senior Iranian official that the Iranian regime is starting to install centrifuges into a bunker near Qom are “troubling,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.