They began a hunger strike on 31 August in protest against prison conditionsReporters Without Borders is very worried about the many journalists and netizens who continue to be detained despite suffering serious ailments, and condemns the lack of adequate medical treatment in the prisons where they are held. There is currently a […]
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Iranian firefighter saves lives, even after his death
According to Jalal Maleki, the spokesman of Iran’s Firefighters Organization, body parts of firefighter Omid Abbasi will be offered to patients in need of transplants. Abbasi died during a mission in north Tehran after saving a girl from a fire in a residential complex.Jalal Maleki told Mehr News that “firefighters received a call informing […]
Iran sanctions ‘putting millions of lives at risk’
Western sanctions hitting import of medicines for diseases including multiple sclerosis and cancer, charity warns
Lives of several imprisoned journalists and netizens in danger
Around 30 members and supporters of Reporters Without Borders and Iranian activists demonstrated outside the Iran Air office on the Champs Elysées in Paris this afternoon in protest against the arbitrary arrest and torture of journalists and netizens in Iran, some of whom have already died in detention and others are in danger […]
99% of Iranian miners are risking their lives
Sharzad News – Secretary of the Tabas workers’ organisation Ghulam Reza Mohammadi has told the Ghanoon website that 99% of Iran’s miners risk losing their lives, but still clock in every day so as to keep their jobs and support their families.
“A Forgotten Glory” – A Young Artist’s Legacy Lives On
Washington, DC – A visually stunning portrait of Iran’s pre-Islamic history in the region of Fars, located in south west of the country, “Iran: A Forgotten Glory” is the five-year effort of the young director Makan Karandish. Shot in more than sixty locations, this documentary is a rich source of information about Achaemenids and Sassanids, […]