Tehran Province’s waterworks department reports that most important dams in the province will run out of water in 37 days. In a report published Saturday in the Sahrvand daily, Mohammad Parvresh says high consumption and a lack of precipitation are leading to a complete loss of water in the Lar and Latian Dams, two […]
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Iranian Prisoner of Conscience calls on Iranian authorities
Iranian Prisoner of Conscience calls on the Iranian authorities to allow civil society to participate in upcoming UN Human Rights Council Review In an open letter written from Ward 350 of Evin Prison, prisoner of conscience Hassan Asadi Zeidabadi—a 28 year-old human rights activist in jail since 2010—has called on the Iranian authorities to allow […]
Jailed Dervishes Send Complaint Extradition Appeal to the Court of Crimes of Government Staff
The Seven lawyers and advocates of rights of dervishes have submitted their complaint extradition appeal to the branch ten of the court of crimes of governmental employees.Prior to that, these seven Dervishes two times had protested about the illegal acts and violations of judge Salavati in the procedure of the case. But the first […]
IAEA Chief To Visit Iran For Nuclear Talks
Yukiya Amano, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will visit Tehran on August 17 in a bid to advance cooperation between the UN agency and Iran. The IAEA is investigating suspicions that Tehran has carried out research into how to build an atomic bomb. Tehran says the suspicions are based on […]
Iranian FM says nuclear solution will take full 4 months
Iran’s foreign minister said on Friday August 15 that it is “unrealistic” to think that the nuclear dispute between Iran and the 5+1 will be resolved before the end of the four-month extension allotted for the talks. Mohammad Javad Zarif told the Khaneh Mellat website that even if a general consensus is reached beforehand, […]
Iranian-Arab activists draw harsh sentences
Preliminary court has sentenced four Iranian-Arab activists in Ahwaz to heavy prison terms after they had already spent more than two and a half years in jail. Hassan Abiyat was sentenced to life imprisonment, Aidan Beyt was sentenced to 10 years and Khaled Obeydavi and Jasem Soadi were each sentenced to five years in […]
Condolence of Jailed Dervishes to Hamid-Reza Moradi Sarvestani
Imprisoned Dervishes in the jails of Evin in Tehran and Nezam in Shiraz by releasing a memo expressed their profound condolence on the demise of Haj Mohammad Hassan Khalili, the father in law of the mentioned Dervish. Mr. Moradi who has been sentenced to ten years and six moths in jail and, so far,three […]
Head of judiciary reappointed despite controversies
The Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has renewed Ayatollah Amoli Larijani’s term as head of judiciary for another five years. At a ceremony, Ayatollah Khamenei called on the judiciary to focus on policies to reduce case-processing times, fight corruption, and establish social security and prevent crime. Ayatollah Larijani’s term at the helm of the […]
UN Special Rapporteur Urges Iran To Address Rights Violations
A United Nations human rights envoy has urged Tehran to address human rights issues highlighted in a UN report. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN’s special rapporteur on Iran, said the report and its recommendations were aimed at helping to improve the human rights situation in the country. Shaheed told RFE/RL that the sooner Tehran “begins […]
Migration of Dervishes from Iran to Jail from Perspective of Power
When Majzooban Noor in its first note detailed about the reasons of invitation of Gonabadi Dervishes to join to the migration campaign from Iran to Evin, afterward, three significant questions have been raised, then, in response to these questions, the mentioned Website outlined the motives for adopting this decision. In the second note coming […]