Iran’s chief of police criticised officials on Monday for using blocked social networking sites, an indication that resistance remains against government plans to relax restrictions on such websites. Since his election in June, President Hassan Rouhani has developed a significant presence on Twitter to promote his messages in both English and Persian. Foreign Minister […]
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Judiciary dampens hopes of liberty for opposition leaders
Iran’s prosecutor general announced at his latest press conference that the the opposition leaders under house arrest are offenders and there has been no reconsideration of their punishment. Asked about the possible prosecution in court of the two opposition leaders, MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the spokesman for Iran’s judiciary, Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejei, said: […]
Prisoners pardoned, but report of meeting with Mousavi refuted
A spokesman for Iran’s judiciary has announced that Ayatollah Khamenei has pardoned 80 prisoners sentenced for security charges. The Mehr News Agency reports that Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei told a press conference on September 23: “Some of these prisoners have been released and some will be released soon.” Ejei added that there are still two […]