The first session of complaint against four clergymen who were responsible to the Kavar incident, after passing two years lawsuit, was held in the Special Clerical Court in Shiraz.According to Majzooban Noor, following the complaint brought by Saleheddin Moradi, Kasra Nouri and a number of forty Gonabadi Dervishes against four clergymen named Shahbazi, Ghaeminasab, […]
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Due to the Absence of the Judge, the Trial Session of the Murderer of Martyr Banani Is Suspended
The trail session of investigation of the protest of the late Vahid Banani’s family to the case, due to the absence of the judge at the hearing, was not held. previously, the judge had sentenced the murder to Quasi-Intentional Crime.According to Majzooban Noor, a group of Gonabadi Dervishes of Fars Province who had sent […]
Sattar Beheshti Murderer Gets Three Years in Prison
Cyber police interrogator Akbar Taghizadeh has been sentenced to three years in prison, two years in exile, and 74 lashes for the murder of dissident blogger Sattar Beheshti, who died under torture while in police detention in November 2012. Giti Pourfazel, the Beheshti family lawyer, told Iranian Students News Agency that the verdict against Sattar’s […]
A political prisoner’s wife arrested in Tehran
Ziba Mohammadian, the wife of Mohammad Ali Taheri, has been arrested at her house last Wednesday. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ziba Mohammadian, the wife of Mohammad Ali Taheri, the conscience prisoner of Evin prison, has been arrested at her house on Wednesday, July 2. An informed source […]
Maryam Shafipour sentenced to 4 years in prison by appellate court
Former student activist Maryam Shafipour was sentenced to 4 years in prison by a court of appeals. Shafipour was detained on July 27, 2013 after she appeared at Branch 2 of Shahid Moghaddas Court per order of a summons, and was transferred behind bars at Evin prison. She was held in Ward 209 for […]
Eleven Internet Professionals Sentenced to One to Eleven Years in Prison
Yadollah Movahed, the Prosecutor for Kerman Province General and Revolutionary Courts Eleven Kerman Province Internet professionals have been sentenced to prison, with terms ranging from one to eleven years. Yadollah Movahed, the Prosecutor for Kerman Province General and Revolutionary Courts, said at a press conference on June 19, 2014, that the eleven individuals were arrested […]
Scholar Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Criticizing Iran Nuclear Program and the Judiciary
The Iranian Judiciary has sentenced Sadegh Zibakalam, a Tehran University scholar, to one and a half years in prison for his criticism of the Iranian nuclear program and of the Iranian Judiciary on charges of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic regime,” “publishing falsehoods to create public anxiety,” and “insulting judges and Judiciary officials.” In […]
Families gather outside prison in protest at imminent executions, Iran
The families of four Sunni prisoners in danger of imminent execution in Iran have gathered outside Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj in protest at their death sentences. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the families, despite opposition from Iranian security forces, have refused to leave the prison until the […]
Labor Activists Remain in Prison for May Day Gathering
Two leading workers’ rights activists, arrested by security forces in Tehran at an International Labor Day gathering on May 1, 2014, remain in prison. Jafaar Azimzadeh, president of the Free Workers Union of Iran, and Jamil Mohammadi, a member of the same organization, have been transferred to Evin’s Ward 209 for interrogations, according to […]
Shahrokh Zamani on day 29 of hunger strike
Shahrokh Zamani, the member of the provisional board for reopening of House-Painter Workers’ Union and the Follow-up Committee to Set up Free Labor Organizations is spending the 29th day of his hunger strike. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Shahrokh Zamani has been exiled from Rajai Shahr Prison to […]