Poet Jamal Khani, teacher Farhad Vakilinia and student Naeim Najafi have been arrested in Kermanshah.
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Human rights activist Saeed Jalalifar arrested
Human rights activist Saeed Jalalifar was arrested on Sunday afternoon (July 31st) and transferred to ward 350 of Evin prison, according to human rights groups.
Women’s rights activist arrested in Qom
Maryam Bigdeli (Bidgoli), an Iranian women’s rights activist and a member of the One Million Signatures Campaign to End Discriminatory Laws, has been arrested in Qom to serve out a prison term she has challenged as illegal.
Film group to pursue case of detained actresses, director
Iran’s Khaneh Cinema (House of Cinema) has formed a committee to look into what’s happened to members of the Iranian film community who have been arrested.
Another Dervish was Arrested in Beidokht
Ramin Soltankhah another Gonabadi dervish was arrested and transformed to Vakil Abad prison in Mashad City yesterday. Accordinng to Majzooban site, this dervish who has been sentenced to 5 months imprisonment and 50 lashes and one year exile by Branch 101 of Gonabad criminal court, was arrested yesterday.
Iranian lawyer summoned to serve sentence
Iranian lawyer Hassan Younesi was summoned today by Evin Prison authorities to serve out his one-year sentence for “propaganda against the regime and assembly and collusion to commit crime.”
Hoda Saber’s last picture before death in prison
This picture shows Hoda Saber, the latest victim of the Iranian regime’s human rights violations. The picture was taken in Evin prison on 23 August 2010, a month after he was initially arrested. Saber, 52, a leading political activist, died after ten days on hunger strike in protest at the death of Haleh Sahabi, […]
Security and police forces broke into Gonabadi dervishes’ ceremony in Dashti village in Isfahan
Security and police forces broke into Gonabadi dervishes’ ceremony in Dashti village in Isfahan and arrested some dervishes.
Iranian journalist, Farid Salavati, released
Iranian jounalist Farid Salavati, who was arrested last week after reporting on a gang rape in Khomeini Shahr, was released today.
Pro-reform activists attacked, arrested in Iran
Security forces attacked and arrested pro-reform demonstrators gathering in Tehran on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the country’s 2009 disputed election, NBC News and Iran’s opposition website Sahamnews reported.