Iran has blocked two news websites after they published reports about former reformist president Mohammad Khatami and pictures of him, state-run IRNA news agency said Friday. The agency, quoting a judicial source, said the Tehran prosecutor’s office “demanded the filtering” of Baharnews.ir and Jamaran.ir because of the posts. Newspapers have said judicial authorities told […]
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Members of newly approved political party arrested
An opposition website reports that three members of the newly established Neday-e Iranian Party were arrested on December 8. The Kaleme website reports that Mohsen Biglarbeigi, Javid Fakhrian and Sina Rahimpour were “arrested last night and transferred to an unknown location.” Last week, Neday-e Iranian was given permission by the Ministry of Interior to […]
Leading reformist confident Rohani working to free opposition leaders
Prominent Iranian reformist Saeed Hajjarian has told reporters that the Rohani administration is hard at work trying to secure the release of the Iranian opposition leaders who have been under house arrest since February 2011. The senior member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front told ISNA that Rohani can be effective as the head […]
9 Reformists Tell Rouhani to Respect Voters’ Demands to Release Political Prisoners
In an open letter to the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, nine prominent reformist figures have asked for his immediate action to end “the misunderstandings left over from the 2009 elections.” The letter emphasizes the importance of forgiveness by both sides of the disputed election, release of political prisoners, and ending the house arrest of Mir […]
Authorities stop Ghadr Night ceremony
Police and security forces prevented a group of Iranian reformists from holding the Muslim ceremony of Ghadr Night in Darolzahra last night, Saturday July 17. Kaleme reports that Darolzahra Hossienieh is run by Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, who is a member of the reformist organization Association of Combatant Clergy. Since the controversial presidential election of […]
Reformist candidate, president-elect explore new party
Mohammadreza Aref, the reformist candidate who withdrew from the 2013 presidential election in favour of the winner, Hassan Rohani, announced today that they are examining the establishment of a national party. ILNA reports that Mohammadreza Aref said: “I have been given a proposal to create a national party, and the necessary preliminaries of such […]