Two Gonabadi dervishes were apeared in Tehran’s Revolutionary Court yesterday morning on 7th Azar 1391(Nov 27, 2012) to investigate the allegations against them.
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Cyber Police chief called to resign over prison death
The member of Iran’s National Security Commission leading an investigation into the death of Sattar Beheshti in prison says the head of Iran’s Cyber Police should resign.
Health fears for imprisoned Sakharov prize winner in Iran
News that Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has won the Sakharov Prize – an award from the European Parliament for human rights and freedom of thought – came as her health deteriorated due to a hunger strike in protest at the Iranian authorities’ refusal to allow her face-to-face visits with her 13-year-old daughter […]
Family Forced to Sign Release in the Case of Prison Interrogation Death
A source close to the family of Sattar Beheshti told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that despite promises by Iranian authorities to pursue and introduce individuals responsible for the blogger’s death during interrogations, a few days after her son’s burial Sattar Beheshti’s mother was taken to a notary office to […]
Ahmad Zeidabadi Hospitalized After Six Months of Illness
Imprisoned journalist and Secretary General of Advar Tahkim Vahdat Alumni Association was transferred to a Tehran hospital on Saturday, November 17, after six months of severe illness and repeated requests by his family for medical treatment.
Mostafa Badkoobei began to serve his 18 months imprisonment in Evin
Mostafa Badkoobei, Writer and Poet, began serving his verdict in Evein prison from yesterday.
Iran says blogger may have died as a result of “shock”: report
Iran said on Thursday a blogger who died while in police custody may have lost his life as a result of a form of shock, the official IRNA news agency reported, adding that investigations were not yet concluded.
Jailed Iranian Rights Lawyer On ‘Unlimited’ Hunger Strike
Jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has reportedly been on hunger strike for more than a month, appears determined to continue the act of protest indefinitely.
Dead blogger’s mother says he was killed in prison
The mother of the Iranian blogger who died in the custody of cyber police a week after his arrest has told opposition media that she does not believe statements by the authorities regarding her son’s death and she is convinced he was killed in prison.
Wife of imprisoned lawyer sentenced to one year in prison
Wife of imprisoned lawyer and member of Defenders of Human Rights Center sentenced to one year in prison and banned from leaving Iran.