Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has issued a second statement regarding the arrest of a number of journalists in the past week, once again accusing them of having links to foreign media.
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Detained Journalists are Not Criminals
In an exclusive interview with Rooz, two members of Iran’s parliament, the Majlis, declared that journalists who were detained last week were not criminals and that the courts would pass a judgment on them. The two representatives, Mansour Haghighatpour and Fatollah Hosseini, said that the Majlis also would look into […]
No News of Detained Gonabadi Dervish Situation After One Week
It is more than one week since Gonabadi dervish, Arash Shaltouki resident of Karaj arrested and there has been no information on his condition, accusations and reason for his arrest.
Detained Dervishes Were Conditionally Released in Shahrekord
Detained Gonabadi dervishes in Shahrekord, Messrs. Mansour Saffarian and Mehdi Davari were conditionally released.
Student activist, Amir Chamani resident of Tabriz has been detained
Amir Chamani, student of master degree in sociology faculty of Tabriz private university, has been detained by the security forces.
MP says detained opposition leaders must have day in court
Ali Motahari, a conservative Iranian MP, says opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi must be given a chance to speak in an official court.
Senior cleric defends detained opposition leaders
Ayatollah Dastgheib, a dissident Iranian cleric and member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, has issued a statement saying those who put MirHosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra Rahnavard under house arrest are “guilty of committing a crime.”
Concern grows for detained opposition leaders
Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has expressed grave concern regarding the health of Iranian political prisoners, including the condition of Iranian opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi, who have been under house arrest since February of 2011.
Iran’s Security Apparatus Refuses Responsibility For the Food Supply of Detained Opposition Leader
In an alarming move, the security agents in charge of the house arrest of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mouavi and his wife Zahra Rahnavard, have refused responsibility for providing the opposition leader and his wife with food for some time now, and instead made the family responsible for their food supply- this while […]
Eight Kurdish Sunni citizens were detained in Muchesh, Kamyaran
Eight Kurdish Sunni citizens (followers of Maktab Koran) from Muchesh, were detained by security forces after they were called by police station.