According to a report by Radio Zamaneh, a ceremony in Isfahan to mark the anniversary of the passing of Ayatollah Taheri became violent when a group of plainclothes forces attacked the people in attendance. The Kaleme website reports that Ayatollah Taheri’s followers had invited people to attend the anniversary of his passing from 6 to […]
Tag: reformists
Jailed reformist refuses to answer new charge
According to a report by Radio Zamaneh, prominent jailed reformist Mostafa Tajzadeh has been sentenced in absentia to another year in prison. Kaleme reports that Tajzadeh has been confronted with new charges of “propaganda against the regime by writing letters to Ayatollah Khamenei Leader of the Islamic Republic from inside prison.” Tajazadeh, who had […]
Former reformist MP serves out sentence
Behzad Nabavi, a prominent reformist and executive member of the Mujahedin of the Islamic Revolution Party, was released from Evin Prison after completing his sentence. ISNA reports that Nabavi left Evin Prison on May 22. Nabavi was swept up in the wave of arrests that followed the controversial reelection of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009, […]
Activist arrested after speech labelled “seditious”
Saeed Razavi Faqih, an Iranian political activist and reformist, has been arrested in Iran, according to Iranian media reports. IRNA reports that the Hamadan prosecutor issued a warrant for his arrest after Razavi Faqih gave a speech to a gathering of reformists in Hamadan. The Fars News Agency and Mashreq website reported yesterday that […]
Reports say people were arrested trying to join anniversary march
Iranian opposition websites report that a number of participants in today’s march marking the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution have been arrested by security forces. The Kaleme website reports that a group of people who had intended to join the march, following an invitation from President Hassan Rohani and former president Mohammad Khatami, were […]
Judicial chief rebuked for comment on “seditious elements”
One day after Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani warned against the return of “the seditious elements of 2009”, the Jomhouri Eslami daily expressed its disappointment at the statement by Iran’s top judicial official. On Wednesday, Ayatollah Larijani said: “Recently the seditious elements of 2009 and the factions of the reformists who want secularization of the country […]
Conservative MP supports release of political prisoners
Iranian conservative MP Ali Motahari told the Khabar on line website that it’s no longer necessary to continue incarcerating political prisoners who were jailed following the 2009 election protests. “I believe after this year’s election and in view of the national reconciliation, there is no need to persist in certain decisions including the house […]
Reformist says voters want release of opposition leaders
Top reformist figure Mohammadreza Khatami said the first and foremost demand of the “millions of reformists” that went to the polls yesterday is the release of MirHosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra Rahnavard. The three opposition leaders have been under house arrest since February 2011. Mousavi and Karroubi, presidential candidates in the 2009 election, […]
Iran’s intelligence ministry threatens reformists with mass arrest
An Iranian deputy intelligence minister has threatened the country’s reformists with mass arrest, just days before a scheduled two-day reformist convention, the Green Voice of Freedom has learned.
Reformists call for open political atmosphere
The reformist Islamic Iran Participation Front has called for the opening of the political atmosphere and the release of MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi and all political prisoners as the first step toward building confidence in the election.