Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish, Reza Entesari after spending of three years of his eight years and six months prison sentence which was issued in absentia by judge Salavati, still remains deprived of his most basic rights and of any legal privileges which political ones enjoy.According to a report by Majzooban Noor, due to being forced […]
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Iranians vs. ‘Hanging Judges’
(The 15th c. CE shrine of Noorud’din Nimatullah Veli, May His Mystery Be Sanctified, Kerman Province, Iran — Photograph 2010 Via Wikimedia Commons.) Abulghasem Salavati, who heads Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, is known as one of Iran’s “hanging judges.” As the London Guardian reported recently, Salavati and his colleague, Mohammad Moghiseh, […]
Minister blasts former government for missing billions
Iran’s Minister of Oil has accused the former administration of abuse of power and the promotion of corruption. He added that under the former administration’s watch, Babak Zanjani, the Iranian tycoon now in custody on embezzlement charges, managed to receive 2.7 billion dollars thought a “fake bank” with the collaboration of a number of […]
Iranian Native First Woman To Win Major Math Prize
An Iranian-born professor is the first woman to win the Fields Medal, a prestigious international mathematical prize. Maryam Mirzakhani, a Harvard-educated mathematician and professor at Stanford University, was one of four winners of the Field Medal. The awards were announced by the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) at a conference in Seoul on August […]
Centre urges rethink of ban on satellite programming
The Iranian Parliament’s research centre reports that government policies on satellite usage in the country have not succeeded and need to be reconsidered. In a report released on Tuesday August 12, the centre says the ban on satellite equipment and usage has not been an effective policy. The report indicates: “An investigation into the […]
Iran’s President Lashes Out At Critics, Calls Them ‘Political Cowards’
Iran’s President Hassan Rohani has harshly criticized hard-liners opposed to making a deal over Iran’s contested nuclear program with world powers, calling them “political cowards.” Rohani made the comments in a televised speech during an annual meeting of Iranian ambassadors on August 11. Rohani said: “Anytime we negotiate, they start shaking. Well, to hell. […]
Rohani grounds similar planes after fatal crash
Hours after the crash of an Antonov “Iran 140” passenger airplane near Mehrabad Airport, Iranian President, Hassan Rohani issued an order banning the flight of all similar airplanes until the completion of investigations into the cause of the crash. Rohani expressed deep regret about the accident, which so far has had a death toll […]
Voices raised for jailed journalists, press freedom
Iranian MP Ali Motahari has called for the release of jailed journalists in Iran. At a gathering held by the Association of Non-governmental Newspapers to mark the Day of the Journalist, Motahari said: “We have a journalist who has been held in solitary confinement without any proper explanations because she followed up on the […]
Minister refuses to back down on progressive policies
The Minister of Science and Technology has stood firm in his decisions against the wishes of a number of his critics in Iranian Parliament and the MPs are now reconsidering his impeachment. A meeting was held between Science Minister Reza Faraji-dana and his critics in Parliament on Saturday August 9, and according to the […]
Capture and Demolition of Gonabadi Dervishes Places; The First Clinic of Beidokht Was Destroyed
Following the takeover of assets and endowments of Nematollahi Gonabadi Sufi Order, the first clinic of Beidokht city which had been established by the leaders of the Order, has been destroyed.According to Majzooban Noor, the land of the clinic had been donated by Hazrat His Holiness Mr. Saleh Ali shah at the time of […]