“Around 70 journalists are now in the prisons of the Islamic Republic and many others, like me, are free on bail, lacking any security. We are afraid that anything that we write may be used as evidence of “propaganda against the system” or “conspiracy against national security”. My colleagues and I try to write as [...]

Hrana News – Alireza Hashemi, Secretary General of Iranian teachers association has been arrested on Wednesday April 28th by security forces and in threshold of Teachers Day. According to Hrana news reporters, yesterday afternoon security forces attacked Mr. Hashemi’s House, searched and confiscated his computer and some other personal belongings. They arrested Mr. Hashemi and [...]

Hrana News – Issuing death sentences for the protestants of election results charging them with war against god are of typical schemes that the Revolutionary Court Judges engage in to create fear among people. According to Hrana Reporters, Massoumeh Yavari, a protestant to election results is one of those who has been requested to be [...]

On the verge of May 1, International Workers Day, Homayoun Jaberi, a member of the Syndicate of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company, was sentenced by the Revolutionary Court Branch 14 presided by Judge Taghavi, to one year imprisonment and 3 years suspended term. Homayoun Jaberi was tried on the 11th of Esfand, 1388 and it [...]

Hrana News – On Tuesday April 9th during a phone conversation from Evin prison, Laleh Hassanpour reported “she is under intense pressure to confess on TV”.  According to the family of this human right and women activist, following the announcement of this news by Laleh Hassanpour, “she got shout at by prison guard and phone [...]

A group of Iranian women’s right activists have written a letter to the United Nations to speak out against Iran’s efforts in joining the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The letter calls on the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council to deny Iran’s bid for membership in the CSW. The Commission on the [...]

Inmates at ward 350 of Evin prison are reportedly held in extremely harsh conditions. The Advar News website reports that the unprecedented number of inmates in ward 350 and the lack of proper facilities have created unbearable conditions for the prisoners. According to the report, lack of medical standards have led to the spread of [...]

RAHANA – Foad Khanjani was arrested by intelligence agents on April 27, 2010. Khanjani’s grandfather, Jamaleddin, is one of the seven detained leaders of the Baha’i community in Iran. In recent months, the Khanjani family has remained under immense pressure and more than five members of the family had been arrested.

RAHANA – Mohsen Ghamin was sentenced to two years in prison by Judge Moghiseh, infamous for his record of issuing inhumane and unfair sentences. Ghamin is charged with propaganda and conspiracy against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Given Judge Moghiseh’s extreme antipathy towards the presence of lawyers during the trials of political activists, which always [...]

Farzad Kamangar, a school teacher on death row, has written a letter to other imprisoned teachers. The following letter was published by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). « Be Strong Comrades » Once upon a time, there was a mother fish who laid 10,000 eggs. Only one little black fish survived. He lives in [...]