According to Majzooban Noor reporters, political prisoner, Arash Sadeghi, who has been granted temporary release, was again arrested in Dervishes gathering in front of Tehran Prosecutor’s office today . Political prisoner and student activist Arash Sadeghi, intended to participate in the peaceful protest by the families of jailed dervishes and other political prisoners in […]
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Time for intimidation
Raids in houses of persons involved with human rights in Iran direct suspicions towards an action orchastrated by the regime in Iran.When Nasrin Sotoudehs family returned from a familial funeral on Friday, 27th of December 2013 they found the door to their apartment broken, lockers and closets dumped any anything of value disappeared. Reza […]
Nasrin Sotoudeh Home Raided and Looted Two Weeks After 2012 Sakharov Prize Delivered
Two weeks after a Euroepan Parliament delegation met with Nasrin Sotoudeh in Tehran to present the 2012 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, the human rights lawyer’s home has been ransacked and looted in the family’s absence. The European Parliament delegation’s December 13 meeting with the two recipients of the 2012 Sakharov Freedom of […]
Iran’s judiciary allowed controversial meeting with European delegation
Although Iran’s Parliament has expressed its disapproval of a meeting between a European Parliament delegation and Iranians Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi, the latest reports indicate that the visit was organized with the approval of the judiciary and its international advisor. Mohammad Javad Larijani, speaking for the judiciary, has reportedly said that he agreed […]
European delegation meeting with Sotoudeh and Panahi slammed
Iranian hardliners have criticized the foreign ministry for a meeting between the European Parliamentary delegation and Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi. Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, and Panahi, an Iranian filmmaker, were both jailed following the Iranian election protests of 2009. Last year, the two also became recipients of the European […]
Speaking About Mandela
Nasrin Sotudeh It is not easy to talk about Mandela. But not just because of the pain he suffered during his 27 years of prison. It is hard to talk about him also because he spread great ideals around the world. These ideals were tested one by one in thought and deed as they […]
European Parliament Sending Delegation To Iran
The European Parliament has announced that it will send a delegation to Iran for the first time since 2007. The head of the five-person delegation, Finnish member of the European Parliament Tarja Cronberg, told RFE/RL on December 11 that the delegation will be in Iran for a week and is due to meet with […]
The Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes’ Families met with Nasrin Sotoudeh
The families of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes visited with lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, yesterday evening on 31 Shahrivar 1392 ( Sep 22 2013).According to Majzooban Noor, the families of Gonabadi Dervish lawyers who are being held in Evin prison visited with award-winning women’s rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh who was released from jail on […]
Nasrin Sotoudeh, an hour after release: “They told me, ‘You are free.’ Other prisoners and lawyers should be released, too”
An hour after her release from prison, human rights lawyer and prisoner of conscience Nasrin Sotoudeh told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, “When they took me out of the prison, they told me, ‘You are free.’ Last night they told four others. They told me that my furlough was approved, but […]
Prominent Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Released From Jail
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been released from jail, according to her husband, Reza Khandan, who broke the news on Facebook. The Iranian authorities have reportedly told Sotoudeh that she does not need to go back to jail to serve the rest of her prison term. Sotoudeh, the co-winner of the […]