While international relationships between Iran and western countries have been warming up, progress on human rights remains to be seen. Dozens of human rights defenders continue to serve prison sentences and dozens of others are awaiting court decisions in retaliation for their human rights work. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, […]
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Iran Continues Crackdown on Sufis
Iran continues to arrest Sufi mystics. The victims of state suppression represent the Gonabadi-Nimatullahi order, the main body of traditional metaphysical Muslims in the country. On April 20, Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, a webmaster for the Gonabadi-Nimatullahi site Majzooban Noor (The Alluring Light), was detained in the south Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas. Situated […]
Dervishes Reached the 76th Day of Hunger Strike/Judiciary Continues to Reject Legal Demands of Them
On the seventy-six day of hunger strike, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, Gonabadi Dervish hunger strikers in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison, despite their dire health and with forced therapeutic serum , insist on their demands and they have announced that their unlimited hunger strike will be continued until responsible officials would meet their legal […]
With another arrest, Iran continues crackdown on press
Yet another journalist has been arrested in Iran as part of the broad crackdown aimed at silencing dissent before Iran’s presidential elections in June, according to news reports.
Regime in Iran continues campaign to destroy Gonabadi dervish gathering houses
Two residents of a house in Shahr-e-kord could not believe their eyes when agents of the regime forced access to their property over a locked gate on 15 January 2013 and were destroying a large tent in the courtyard.
Regime Critic Blogger, Dr. Mehdi Khazali Continues To Be On Hunger Strike In Solitary Confinement
After more than two months of detention, Dr. Mehdi Khazali was transferred back to Evin Ward 209 solitary confinement 10 days ago for the second time and continues his hunger strike.
Iranian currency continues slide in value
Iran’s currency continues to experience a steep fall in value as sanctions tighten on Iranian oil and the country’s financial sector.
Jailed activist continues to refuse food
Iranian political prisoner Mohammad Seddigh Kaboodvand is continuing with his hunger strike after more than a month of refusing food, his wife reported after a recent visit with him.
As Mohammad Davari’s Conditions Deteriorate in Prison, Furlough Continues to be Denied
Judicial authorities have imposed an exorbitant bail on Mohammad Davari, whose conditions continue to worsen in prison. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Bijan Davari, Mohammad Davari’s brother, said his physical and psychological condition is seriously deteriorating.
Crackdown on journalists continues
Peymon Pakmehr is the fourth journalist to be arrested by Islamic Republic authorities in the past few days in a new wave of cracking down on Iranian media activists.