Yesterday, the Members of International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights in Iran gathered in Frankfurt, Germany to demand the freedom of all political prisoners in Iran, and to stop the persecution of religious minorities in Iran. This action was in response to the increased pressure by the extremist Iranian regime against all minorities and human […]
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IOPHRI Protest in London in Support of Narges Mohammadi and Religious Minorities
Yesterday, the Members of International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights in Iran gathered in Trafalgar Square, London to demand the freedom of all political prisoners in Iran, and to stop the persecution of religious minorities in Iran. This action was in response to the recent increased pressure by the extremist Iranian regime against all […]
Animal-Rights Activists In Shiraz Protest Apparent Stray-Dog Killings
By Hooman Askary April 18, 2015 A group of animal-rights activists protested on April 17 in the city of Shiraz, the capital of Iran’s Fars Province, against animal cruelty and abuse of stray dogs. The rare protest, in front of the building of the provincial department of environmental protection, was organized after a […]
Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Vows to Continue Protest
Well-known Iranian human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh says she’s determined to continue protesting a decision to ban her from practicing law. Sotoudeh started picketing outside the offices of the Iranian Bar Association in Tehran a month ago, holding signs reading “right to work” and “rights of dissenters,” after the association, reportedly under official pressure, […]
Hundreds Of Iranians Protest Acid Attacks
Large crowds numbering in the hundreds have demonstrated in Tehran and Isfahan against several recent acid attacks on women that apparently occurred because they were not properly veiled. Hundreds gathered in front of the parliament building in Tehran on October 22, while eyewitnesses said hundreds came to the Justice Ministry building in Isfahan, the […]
Thousands Of Iranians Protest Acid Attacks
Thousands of Iranians have demonstrated in Tehran and Isfahan against several recent acid attacks against women accused of not being “properly veiled.” Hundreds gathered in front of the parliament building in Tehran, while eyewitnesses said a few thousand came to the Justice Ministry building in Isfahan, the central-western city where the acid attacks took […]
Al-monitor: Iran dervishes protest prisoner treatment, media blackout
Iran’s Gonabadi dervishes held a protest on Sept. 28 against what they claim is the poor treatment of dervish political prisoners and a “news boycott” by domestic media. According to Mazjooban Noor, a website dedicated to publishing news about the Gonabadi dervishes, at least 1,000 people joined the protest outside of the Ministry of […]
photos: A report on Gonabadi Dervishes’ protest rally in front of the Ministry of Justice on Valiasr Street, Tehran
Gonabadi Dervishes gathered in front of the Ministry of Justice on Valiasr Street, Tehran, on Sunday (Mehr, 6, 1393; September, 28, 2014). This was the third rally staged as part of the “Migration from Iran to Evin Prison” campaign by the Dervishes in front of judicial and governmental organizations.The imprisoned Dervishes’ families also presented […]
France 24: Police crack down on Tehran Sufi protest
Hundreds of Iranian Sufis protested in front of Tehran’s public prosecutors’ office this weekend, demanding to be jailed alongside their friends in prison, who they say are being treated terribly. Security forces violently cracked down on the protesters, arresting dozens. Over the past decade, Iran’s Sufis have become increasingly marginalized, with the authorities closing […]
“Show us a right way of protest that we have not gone”.Dervishes in a visit to the office of Ejei.
On Wednesday, 2th of Mehr 1393 ( September 24, 2014) in the morning, the families of the Gonabadi jailed Dervishes along with some other Dervishes by referring to the office of the first deputy and judiciary spokesman, Mr. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei asked to visit him.According to Majzooban Noor, because Mr. Ejei, the first Deputy […]