Christian pastor Saeed Abedini was conducting a routine visit to the non-profit orphanage his family helped to start in Rasht when Iranian security forces arrested him and seized his passport in July 2012. Five months later, Iranian courts convicted him of “undermining national security,” accusing him and other Christian converts of waging a “soft […]
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Controversial former prosecutor released after arrest
Saeed Mortazavi, the head of the Social Security Fund who was arrested on Tuesday evening, was released after 24 hours.
Infamous Tehran prosecutor and torture suspect Saeed Mortazavi arrested
Tehran’s former chief prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi is behind bars, the country’s semi-official Fars news agency has reported.
Iran sentences US Christian to eight years: group
A Tehran court on Sunday sentenced an Iranian-American pastor to eight years in prison over his role in underground churches in the Islamic nation, a US group supporting him said.
Leftist activist Saeed Shirzad handed a one-year suspended sentence and 5 years probation
Leftist activist and children’s rights activist Saeed Shirzad, was arrested when agents from the Ministry of Security raided the volunteer campsite in the earthquake-stricken area of Sarand.
Iran-American Pastor Reportedly Jailed
A Iranian-American pastor, Saeed Abedini, has reportedly been arrested and charged in Iran while visiting his family.
Saeed Matinpour’s Requests Conditional Release and Furlough
In a September 22 interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the wife of Saeed Matinpour, a civil activist and journalist from Azerbaijan Province currently serving an eight-year prison term, said that she had submitted her husband’s latest request for conditional release and furlough to the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office that day.
Top aide to Iran supreme leader in Syria to meet Assad
Saeed Jalili, a top aide to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, arrived in Damascus on a surprise visit on Tuesday for talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iranian state television reported.
Kept in Solitary as Punishment, Says Imprisoned Activist’s Wife
Political activist Saeed Madani, 47, remains in Evin Prison’s Ward 209 after having completed his interrogations. Mansoureh Ettefagh, Madani’s wife, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he has likely undergone torture during his detention.
Iran Upbeat Over Nuclear Talks
Iranian state television has quoted the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, Yukiya Amano, and Iran’s lead negotiator, Saeed Jalili, as saying that they had held “intensive” and “very useful” talks in Tehran.