Three Gonabadi Dervishes, residents of Kavar county in Fars province arrested at their homes this afternoon 10 Ordibehesht 1392 (April 30, 2013).According to Majzooban Noor, today twenty security agents and Plain-clothes entered the homes of Messrs. Mohammad Ali Sadeghi, Mohammad Ali Dehghan and Mohsen Esmaeeli and arrested them without a warrant and then the […]
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2013 Elections: Former MP Arrested for a Political Meeting That Never Happened
Former Member of Parliament Hossein Loghmanian and four reformist activists from Hamadan Province were arrested while on their way to Tehran to meet former president Mohammad Khatami on March 16, 2013. These arrests may mark the first detentions of political figures in relation to the upcoming June 2013 presidential elections in Iran. Hamadan Intelligence […]
Former advisor to Fars governor Jamileh Karimi arrested
A former advisor to the governor of Iran’s Fars Province has been arrested, sources told the Green Voice of Freedom today. Jamileh Karimi, a former advisor to the governor of Fars Province during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami, was arrested at her home on Wednesday morning and taken to a prison run by the […]
Political activist Mahdi Motamedi-Mehr arrested
Authorities in Iran have arrested a member of the Freedom Movement of Iran. According to opposition site Mizan Khabar, Mahdi Motamedi-Mehr, a member of the FMI’s political bureau and head of the groups’ Education and Research Committee, was arrested by security forces at his home on Saturday. Previously, the activist had been sentenced by […]
Reformist figures arrested, no reason given
Opposition websites report that a group of top reformist figures has been arrested by Iranian authorities. The Kaleme website reports that former lawmaker Hossein Loghmanian and four other reformist activists were arrested en route from Hamedan to meet former president Mohammad Khatami in Tehran. The four others, according to Kaleme, include three men and […]
Pro-Reform Journalists Arrested
Two pro-reform journalists have been arrested in Iran. The journalists for the “Maghreb” newspaper were reported detained March 6.
Gonabadi Dervishes Arrested in Front of Evin Prison
More than 300 Gonabadi Dervishes were arrested by security forces in front of Evin prison today.
Infamous Tehran prosecutor and torture suspect Saeed Mortazavi arrested
Tehran’s former chief prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi is behind bars, the country’s semi-official Fars news agency has reported.
Kayhan Publishes Charges Against Journalists
Judiciary Silent; Minister of Culture Echoes Security Claims Arrests and summons of journalists continue. But no official explanation for the arrests, where the journalists are being held or their conditions have been announced by judiciary officials. In contrast, pro-government newspapers have published their own charges against the journalists accusing them […]
At least 5 students of senior dissident cleric arrested in Shiraz
Iranian authorities have arrested five students of a leading dissident cleric in the southern city of Shiraz, human rights sources say.