The United Nations wants us to remember human rights 365 days a year, in fact. One group that needs attention: 29 Kurds on a hunger strike in Iran’s Orumiyeh prison.Today, December 10, marks United Nations Human Rights Day, first proclaimed in 1950 “to bring to the attention ‘of the peoples of the world’ the […]
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Pressure on hunger strikers at Uremia Prison has increased
Authorities’ pressure to break the hunger strike of 28 political prisoners detained in the central prison of Uremia (Darya) has increased. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on Saturday, 6th December, Intelligence Ministry representative summoned Osman Mostafapour, one of the prisoners in the prison of Uremia to the security […]
Details of Erfane Halgheh followers arrest
Public Relation Office for Basij Resistance Forces of Sepah in Kish confirmed the news about the arrest of 4 members of Interuniversalism Mysticism (Erfane Halgheh) and announced that they have been handed over to Kish Judicial authorities for prosecution. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Public Relation office for […]
Members of newly approved political party arrested
An opposition website reports that three members of the newly established Neday-e Iranian Party were arrested on December 8. The Kaleme website reports that Mohsen Biglarbeigi, Javid Fakhrian and Sina Rahimpour were “arrested last night and transferred to an unknown location.” Last week, Neday-e Iranian was given permission by the Ministry of Interior to […]
Rohani warns of corruption from concentration of power
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has referred to the concentration of power as a cause of corruption and he criticized the combination of arms, money, power and the media controlled by one institution. At a gathering aimed at fighting corruption, with the heads of government branches in attendance, Rohani said: “When information, arms, money, newspapers, […]
To fight fundamentalism and gender violence, ‘throw books,’ not bombs, Nobel laureate Ebadi says
With passion and humor, Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi called for an intellectual response rather than military action against religious fundamentalism in a talk Thursday, Dec. 4, at Princeton University. “What counts is to eliminate the grounds that these type of people thrive on,” such as illiteracy, said […]
Arrests announced in fraud case from Ahmadinejad era
Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi has announced the arrest of 20 middle managers of the former administration in connection with a financial fraud case. Alavi reports that the scheme took place from 2010 to 2013 during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s second term as president. He told IRNA that the Ministry of Intelligence began discovering the financial […]
Calls For Release Of Jailed Students, Opposition Figures On Iran’s Student Day
Some students in Iran used Student Day, celebrated on December 7 with speeches and other events at universities, to call for the release of opposition figures and jailed students. Iranian semiofficial news agencies Mehr and Fars reported that a speech by President Hassan Rohani at Tehran’s University of Medical Sciences was disrupted by students […]
Supreme Court Rejects Legality of Kokabee’s Sentencing
Lawyer Says Ordered Review Should Lead to Kokabee’s Release Iran’s Supreme Court has explicitly rejected the legal basis of Omid Kokabee’s prosecution and sentencing. Branch 36 of Iran’s Supreme Court ordered the review of Omid Kokabee’s case, according to a ruling it issued on October 11, 2014 and recently made public by his lawyer. […]
A Gonabadi Dervish Interrogated by Information Office in Khuzestan
Mr. Ali Roustami one of the Gonabadi dervishes residing in Hendijan, a city of Khuzestan Province, was summoned and interrogated by the Information Office of Hendijan, one of the segments of Khuzestan Province.Reported by Majzooban Noor, the mentioned dervish working in the department of water and sewage, after several times overlooking the call summons; […]