In a very short contact from non-political ward of Evin prison with his family, one of the Dervishes informed the phone and visit strike and silent protest by jailed Dervishes.According to Majzooban Noor, Mr. Hamid-Reza Moradi and Mr. Mostafa Daneshjou have been transferred to wards of four and eight of Evin prison. Before their […]
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‘Her Voice is Undying’: Farzaneh Milani Remembers ‘Lioness of Iran’
Farzaneh Milani, professor of Persian literature and women’s studies at the University of Virginia, helped translate the works of poet Simin Behbahani, the acclaimed “Lioness of Iran,” from Persian into English, an endeavor for which Milani and collaborator Kaveh Safa won the 2008 Lois Roth Prize for Literary Translation from Persian. Milani, the author of […]
Iran’s FM Says Hoping For Positive Result In Nuclear Talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran hopes to reach a “positive result” in its talks with world powers on its nuclear program ahead of a November deadline, thanks in part to support from Russia. Speaking at a joint news conference with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, after their talks in Moscow on […]
Head of judiciary warns Rohani about “seculars”
The head of the Iranian judiciary, Ayatollah Amoli Larijani, urged President Rohani in a public speech to refrain from appointing “seculars” to his administration and those who do not agree with the main tenets of the constitution. The Keyhan daily, generally regarded as representing the views of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, also wrote […]
Five Thousand Mine Workers Strike in Protest against Arrest of Strikers
Families of Detained Strikers and Community Members Stage Sit-In at Governor’s Office In an increasingly tense and prolonged stand-off between striking miners, the Bafgh Iron Ore Mines, and judicial officials, which originally began in May 2014 over plans to privatize the mine, a new round of strikes at the […]
Tehran police renew satellite crackdown
Tehran police have once again started a campaign of confiscating satellite dishes from people’s homes. The Etemad daily reported on Thursday that some people have described officers arriving at residential buildings with warrants to enter and confiscate satellite dishes. The campaign started in recent days and is reportedly being more seriously pursued in the […]
Culture Minister next target for removal
Following the impeachment of Reza Farajidana from his position as Minister of Science and Technology, reports indicate that conservative factions now aim to summon the Minister of Culture and Guidance to Parliament for another impeachment process. The Shargh daily reported on Thursday August 28 that critics of the Culture Minister have raised the issues […]
Health Condition of Omid Behroozi Worsens, Malevolence of Judicial Authorities
The physical condition of Omid Behroozi, jailed in the solitary confinement of the Information Detentions due to the one-hundred fifty days in captivity has worsened; while, the judicial officials after four years of his imprisonment, say that the transfer of this Dervish to the clinic of the inside of the Evin prison is subject […]
Mostafa Abdi and Amir Eslami Refuse to Attend the Meeting Hall to Exhibit Their Protest
Amir Eslami and Mostafa Abdi, two of the Gonabadi Dervish lawyers and rights activists in protest against illegal transfer of Gonabadi Dervishes to the non-political wards of Evin, the act of judicial system in preventing Dervishes from receiving the medical treatments, and also pressure on them to use the prison uniform; thus, refused to […]
The use of new pretexts by judicial authorities to prevent the release of political prisoners
Despite the new Islamic Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedures which effectively could lead to the release of many political prisoners, judicial authorities not only insist on the unjust prison sentences to be fully served, they also seek to keep the prisoners behind bars even after their prison sentences have been served. To […]