Former Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi has been convicted on a charge that carries a prison term and a fine, but details of the case have not been revealed. Rahimi was a top aide to former President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, whose hard-line government has been accused by critics of massive corruption. Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, a […]
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The Special Clerical Court Convicted A Dervish (layman)
Gonabadi Dervish resident of the city of Golpayegan, Abbas Salehian was sentenced to six months discretionary imprisonment by the Special Courts for the Clergy.According to a report by Majzooban Noor, Mr. Abbas Salehian, a Gonabadi Dervish living in the city of Golpayegan despite not being a clergyman, was tried in the Special Clerical Court […]
Human Rights Watch: Sufi Activists Convicted in Unfair Trials
Human Rights Watch: Iran‘s judiciary should abandon charges and quash the verdicts against 11 members of a Sufi sect convicted in unfair trials and informed of their sentences in July 2013. Those in detention should be freed immediately and unconditionally. The evidence suggests that all 11 were prosecuted and convicted solely because of their peaceful […]
Ahmadinejad Aide Convicted For Insulting Iranian Supreme Leader
An Iranian court has reportedly sentenced President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s press adviser to one year in prison for insulting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Limbs of 2 convicted robbers amputated at Adel Abad prison in Shiraz
The amputation sentences of the 2 prisoners were carried out per order of the Shiraz public prosecutor.