Prominent Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh ended her hunger strike earlier this week after the authorities reportedly removed a travel ban they had imposed on her young daughter.
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Islamic Republic internationalizes crackdown on dissent
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the practice of detaining the relatives of foreign-based netizens as hostages and harassing the families of journalists who work for foreign media.
The “End of Stoning”: Islamic Republic Style
Huffington Post – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran in his latest report, published on March 7th, welcomed the omission of stoning as a punishment in the newly ratified Islamic Penal Code, but expressed his concern that severe punishments may still be issued at a […]
Senior cleric decries “damaged” state of Islamic Republic
Ayatollah Dastgheib, the Iranian senior cleric and a member of the Assembly of Experts, says: “The essence of the regime is now under question; the people have distanced themselves from religion and God and are now completely pessimistic about it.”
Journalist Mohammad Rahbar’s Passport Seized by the Embassy of the Islamic Republic in Malaysia
The passport of Mohammad Rahbar, a journalist residing in Malaysia was seized by the Embassy of the Islamic Republic in Kuala Lumpur.
An open letter from a number of the Dervishes of Nematollahi Gonabadi order to the supreme leader of I.R.I
Hu 121 Ayatollah Khamenei The supreme leader of Islamic Republic of Iran We, the Dervishes of Nematollahi Gonabadi order, informed you of the oppressions on us and the illegal actions of the authorities by sending you a letter less than a year ago.