Message to Women to Not Challenge Gender Restrictions On November 23, 2014, Ghoncheh Ghavami was released from prison after posting bail of one hundred million toman ($35,000). She was released after a lower court issued a one-year prison sentence and a two-year travel ban for “propaganda against the state” and other national security-related charges […]
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Authorities Failed to Fulfill their Promises; Demonization of Dervish women; Preventing Dervishes from Holding their Religious Rites on the Night Before Mondays
Today on 18th of Esfand 1392 (Mar 9, 2014) and yesterday on the International Women’s day , the Iranian regime’s State Security Forces arrested at least 500 women and men during the clashes with members of families of Dervishes and political prisoners who attempted to gather to protest suppression of imprisoned Dervishes.As Security officials […]
Authorities promised to Meet Demands of Families of Dervish prisoners; Wife of Jailed Lawyer was unconscious During Protest Gathering
Security officials have promised the families of Dervish prisoners and others who were present in front of Tehran Prosecutor’s office, that their demands will be met until tomorrow at 9 am. The families of Dervish prisoners along with detained Dervishes at police station No. 113 have responded that, if the authorities fail to fulfill […]
Authorities Revoke 86-Year-Old Cancer Patient’s Medical Furlough from Prison
Iranian authorities have ended the medical furlough for an 86-year-old lawyer and prisoner of conscience suffering from leukemia and recalled him to prison, a leading Iranian activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “We request all international human rights organizations, and [UN Special Rapporteur] Mr. Ahmed Shaheed in particular, to take […]
Authorities Close Cultural Events in Tehran Despite Rouhani’s Recent Support of Artists
Over the past few days, Iranian authorities have inexplicably delayed and cancelled two cultural events in Tehran. The first was a well-publicized group exhibition of paintings commemorating the birthday of the beloved female poet, Forough Farrokhzad, scheduled to open in Tehran’s Vista Gallery on Friday, January 10. The exhibition, which promised to be a […]
Authorities prepare silent death of prisoners of conscience
On 1 November 2013, prominent human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani (a founding member of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre – DHRC) and three other political prisoners started a hunger strike in Evin prison in protest against the authorities’ denial of adequate medical care to dozens of sick prisoners in the prison. Two days […]
Oscar-winning director summoned by authorities
Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi must appear before Iranian authorities to provide “certain explanations,” Iranian media report. ILNA states that Farhadi’s passport was briefly confiscated when he entered the Imam Khomeini Airport on Tuesday July 9. ILNA writes: “It appears that Farhadi has to appear at a certain location indicated by airport officials to provide […]
CPJ urges Iranian authorities to release journalists
New York, April 18, 2013–The cases of an Iranian blogger imprisoned for seven months without trial and a prominent freelance journalist whose health has deteriorated in prison illustrate the ongoing abuses being perpetrated by Iranian authorities, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Kaveh Taheri, a blogger who has been held at […]
Prison Authorities Refused to Transfer Kasra Nouri to the Court
Gonabadi Dervish, Kasra Nour, had been supposed to appear this morning on 22 Farvardin 1392 (April 11, 2013) in Shiraz’s Revolutionary court due to notification in his sentence, but prison officials, refused to transfer him to the court.Meanwhile, Dervishes gathering in front of Shiraz’s Revolutionary court to express sympathy and solidarity with jailed Dervishes […]
The authorities refuse to release Mohammad Seyfzadeh
Although Mohammad Seyfzadeh has served the sentence of 2 years imprisonment, the authorities of the Rajai Shahr prison are refusing to release this imprisoned lawyer and are making a new case for him. According to a report by the Kalameh website, although the 2 years imprisonment sentence of Mohammad Seyfzadeh, the lawyer and a […]