According to the news received by the Farsi Christian News Network (FCNN), Security police and plain-clothes officers attacked a gathering of Christian believers on Thursday, December 17th, and arrested two leaders and took them away to an undisclosed location. According to the reports received 15 security police and undercover plain-clothes officers, in a coordinated plan, [...]
TEHRAN — The Tehran prosecutor confirmed on Tuesday the arrest of an Iran-based reporter working for Dubai TV, two days after he went missing, local media reported. “No one is missing … a person has been arrested and if the ministry of culture confirms that he had permission to work then he will be freed,” [...]
According to a report by Human Rights Activists for Democracy in Iran, this morning at 1:00am, gunshots were heard in and around the property of Evin prison. The gunshots were so loud that many of the political prisoners were awakened from their sleep. The sounds of gunshots proceeded for a while and loud shouts could [...]
According to reports, Keivan Mehregan was not home the first time the agents came to arrest him a while ago. He has now been arrested. In other news, Reza Tajik, the secretary of political newspapers was arrested. These two journalists are part of the online freedom movement. Nasrin Vaziri (parliamentary reporter of ILNA news and online site, close [...]
Evin training centre has been transformed by the regime’s intelligence service into a detention centre. Following the massive arrests on Ashoura and the past two days in Tehran, Evin prison has been transformed into a temporary detention centre. According to reports from a human rights group in Iran, the massive number of arrests in the [...]
Since the past couple of hours, Azad University Science and Research campus has witnessed the gathering of hundreds of students opposing the recent incidents. According to resources this gathering is transformed into clashes between students and Basijis. According to an eye witness, currently all students are locked inside the campus and no one is allowed [...]
Hossein Karoubi, the older son of Mehdi Karoubi said, “My father is semi-arrested. It has been a few days that his guards are not taking him out. They are under police command and it is obvious that they are ordered from somewhere. Two days ago my father wanted to the shrine and I had to [...]
Gooya | Dec. 28, 2009 Security and civil forces took the body of Seyyed Ali Mousavi from the Avicenna Hospital morgue [supposedly] to prevent his funeral procession from turning into a widespread protest. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi’s nephew was reportedly shot dead in the anti-government protests in Tehran on Ashura. “They have taken my [...]
by Fereshteh Ghazi On the day the Shiite commemorate Ashura, Tehran was the scene of clashes between protesters and security agents and the police. The main difference between protests on Ashura and other anti-government protests since the election was that, in some areas in the capital, the regime’s security forces essentially lost control and were [...]
A demonstrator in Tehran: “We will fight, we will die.” The regime in Tehran has gone on the defensive following deadly riots on Sunday. By breaking the traditional ceasefire on religious holidays, the regime has angered many conservatives. The government in Tehran could be facing louder and more self-assured demonstrators in the coming days who [...]