Islamic Republic security forces beat and arrested protesters at a gathering of Gonabadi Dervishes and the families of jailed Dervishes in front of the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office. The Majzooban-e Noor website reports that more than 80 women and at least 200 men were arrested at the event. Gonabadi Dervishes had announced that they planned […]
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Detained workers supported by protesters
A group of labour activists and the families of detained workers gathered in front of the Justice Department in Sanandaj on Saturday April 6 to protest the undetermined state of their arrested peers and relatives. The Committee of Coordination of Support for Labour Organizations reports that the assistant prosecutor and interrogator failed to provide […]
Iranian Protesters Clash With Police Over Water Rights
ISFAHAN, Iran-Protesters in the Iranian town of Varzaneh clashed with police this week after more than a month of demonstrations against the government’s diversion of water from central Isfahan Province to other regions.
Cleric wants protesters barred from election
Senior Cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati says those who protested against the 2009 presidential election result in Iran should not be allowed to participate in the 2013 election.
Families of killed protesters mark death of loved ones
The families of several victims of the 2009 crackdown on post-election protests gathered at the graves of their kin on Thursday to observe the third anniversary of their passing.
Mothers of Killed Protesters Seek UN Support to Find Their Children’s Murderers
Only two weeks before the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran is to present his report, two mothers of the post-election 2009 victims told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that their search for the murderers of their children has not produced any results.
Green Movement Council warns Iran regime, sides with Syrian protesters
GVF — The Coordinating Council of the Green Path of Hope, the Green Movement’s highest decision making body, has issued a statement in solidarity with pro-democracy protesters in Syria, while calling on Iranian authorities to cease their support for the Assad regime’s deadly suppression of dissenters.