With less than 4 weeks left till election day, Iran is witnessing a new round of summons of civil and political activists to Iran’s ministry of intelligence, non-extension of prison leaves and mass summons of prisoners on leave. In addition, two women political prisoners, whom Tehran’s prosecutor’s office called Mossad and CIA spies, were […]
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Emergency Transfer of Dervish Lawyer, Amir Eslami to Hospital after Heart Attack
Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish lawyer, Amir Eslami, was taken to hospital after he had a heart attack.Amir Eslami, one of the jailed Dervish lawyers suffered the acute heart failure yesterday on 25 Ordibehesht 1392 ( May 14 2013) in Ward 350 of Evin prison which caused him to fall unconscious and could not be breathing […]
Weekly Report on Human Right Violation in Iran (12/05/2013)
Reactions to the violations of human rights in Iran 1. On Wednesday the 1st of May, “Freedom House” published its annual report about the status of press freedom in the world, in which it stated that Iran is one of the worst counties regarding the government not giving people the right to access free […]
Ahmadinejad May Face Charges
Iran’s constitutional watchdog says it might seek to press charges against President Mahmud Ahmadinejad for violating election rules. Ahmadinejad, who is constitutionally barred from running for a third term in the June 14 presidential election, accompanied his controversial chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, to the election registry office on May 11. A spokesman […]
Letter from the Paris Bar association in support of Iranian lawyers
As part of a campaign to support Iran’s independent legal profession in calling for the cancellation of the “Bill of Formal Attorneyship”, a bill that in essence transfers total supervisory control over lawyers to a quasi-judicial body, the Paris Bar association has sent a letter to Iranian authorities expressing its concerns over the proposed Bill. […]
Another Gonabadi Dervish Arrested in Kavar
Gonabadi dervish, Sayed Ebrahim Bahrami resident of Kavar town in Fars Province arrested.According to Majzooban Noor, Sayed Ebrahim Bahrami was arrested without a valid warrant by security forces and plain-clothes at his work place (Shahreza ORE workshop) on Monday night, 16th Ordibehesht 1392 (May 6 2013).Sayed Ebrahim Bahrami was taken to Shiraz’s intelligence office […]
Gonabadi Dervish, Mehran Rahbari Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison
Gonabadi Dervish, Mehran Rahbari was sentenced to two years in prison by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.According to Majzooban reporter, Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court presided over by judge Salavati sentenced Mehran Rahbari to 2 years in prison on charges of “gathering and colluding against national security”, according to Article 610 of […]
Need a Gathering to Examine the Independence of Lawyers
On April 29th Mr. Mandanipour, the head of Iran’s bar associations announced, “Bar associations have the duty of defending the national interest and the highest expediencies of the country in addition to defending the rights of individuals. In view of the knowledge that members of bar associations have regarding legal issues at the […]
45 years of prison for 5 political activists
Each of 5 Azerbaijani political activists have been sentenced to 9 years of prison. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Pour Bagher the judge of the branch third of the revolutionary court of Tabriz has sentenced each one of the arrested activists, Latif Hassani, Mahmoud Fazli, Shahram Radmehr, Ayat […]
Ali Moezzi is sentenced to 1 year of prison in exile
Ali Moezzi, the political prisoner is sentenced to 1 year of prison in exile in Kachuyi prison of Karaj, he has 3 years of suspended prison so he will be in prison for 4 years. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the political prisoner of section 350 of Evin […]