Bread shortages in Western Azerbaijan Province have heightened in the past week Fars news agency reports. The report indicates that protests have been especially evident in the city of Naghadeh. Similar shortages have also been reported in cities such as Piranshahr, Takab and Boukan. Fars removed this news item from its website only hours […]
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Former Iranian Prosecutor Faces Trial Linked To 2009 Protests
Former Tehran prosecutor Said Mortazavi is set to go on trial in Tehran after being linked to the deaths of protesters arrested in the 2009 postelection crackdown.
Worker protests reach no resolution
Over 600 metalworkers gathered in front of Iranian ministry of labour and social security as negotiations with government officials regarding their demands reached an impasse.
Reports of street protests in Iran due to soaring price of chicken
Long queues for discounted chicken have reportedly prompted street protests in the north-eastern city of Nishapur.
Iran: Death penalty for every case – ethnic protests, prisoners of conscience, drinking alcohol…
Karim Lahidji, vice president of FIDH and president of LDDHI, said : “The authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran are relentlessly pursuing their policy of state terror against any form of dissent by imposing and implementing the death penalty.
15 arrested in Ahwaz protests
Fifteen people were arrested in Ahwaz last Thursday during protests against the execution of four political prisoners.
Protests over lake bring violent response
Reports from Iran indicate that tension has gripped the northwestern cities of Tabriz and Oroumiyeh, one day after protests against government inaction about the drying of Lake Oroumiyeh turned violent with police intervention.
Protests in Sistan-Baluchistan turn deadly
Protests against the arrest of the Rask Friday Mass leader’s son in Sistan-Baluchistan have left at least one protester dead and many injured, after the city’s military and security forces opened fire on the crowd.
10 prisoners arrested during 25 Bahman protests on hunger strike in Evin prison
10 of the citizens who were arrested on 25 Bahman (February 14) during anti-government gatherings have embarked on a hunger strike in protest of their circumstances behind bars.
Syrian National Council backs Green Movement protests on 14 February
GVF — More than seventy figures in the Syrian opposition have expressed their support for the anti-government demonstrations in Iran on 14 February.