Hrana News – Last week, Art School students in a protest to Jafar Panahi and Mohamad Nourizad’s detention gathered in a rally in front of  Tehran’s School of Film and Theater. Kalameh reports, in this rally, many students participate and all the classes shut down after Sunday afternoon. According to this report, in this rally, [...]

Hrana News – Extensive lay offs in Assalouyeh have decreased the number of workers from 40,000 in the year 1383 to 4000 today. According to this report, the wave of workers’ unemployment and lay offs from South Pars Projects have followed an economic downturn in this area. Kalameh reports, this 90% decrease in the number [...]

News Hrana – Physical state of Issa Saharkhiz, a journalist on hunger strike since the beginning of the New year has continued to deteriorate. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reports, Mehdi Saharkhiz, Issa’s son said that he had lost 20 kg in the past few months and solitary confinement in conjunction with [...]

Hrana News – Sadegh Mahsooli, Minister of Welfare and Social Security, on Thursday, demanded that the religious principles to be in preschools. According to ILNA, Mr. Mahsooli has criticized that there are some irregularities in preschools, added: “Such preschools will be treated seriously and instead there will be loans given to preschools that carry out [...]

Jila Bani Yaghoob, Iranian blogger, journalist and women’s rights activist was announced as this year’s winner of Reporters Without Borders, Freedom of Expression award, at the sixth international “Best of the Blogs” ceremony in Berlin by German radio Deutsche Welle, for her blog “We are journalists”. In a statement announcing Bani Yaghoob as this year’s [...]

Ayatollah Larijani, Respected head of the Judiciary, Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi, journalist and human rights activist has been in detention since January 3rd of this year and is under severe physical and psychological pressure to confess to crime of “espionage”. Kaveh Kermanshahi is under severe pressure while he has been kept in solitary confinement for more [...]

Rhana News – Member of Board of Directors of Childrens Protection Rights Association said: According to the latest data announced, 2 million remaining children are suffering lackk of education, divorce had a 13% growth and also unemployment had intensified however, families and youth before any attempts to have children need to learn the methods of [...]

Motahareh Bahrami was arrested during the Ashura protests on December 27, 2009. She has now been sentenced to death. Bahrami was detained in ward 209 of Evin prison for a period of time with Baha’i prisoners and then with journalists. She is currently detained in the female’s ward of Evin prison. Motahareh Bahrami was arrested [...]

Hrana News – After the City laborers of Abadan, Kharmanoush Beverages, loading and unloading of Khoramshahr in Khuzestan, the workers of transportation and piping industry in Ahvaz also gathered in protest in a large of wave of solidarity with the Labor Protests in Iran. According to Deutsche Welle, the workers gathered to protest back due [...]

By Mojtaba Samienejad Rhana reports: Nearly 20 people in Urumieh Prison went on hunger strike and protested against “distribution of drugs freely” in jail and lack of attention from responsible prison official to this matter.  After this strike, all the concerned prisoners have been transferred to solitary confinement. A bit further in Province of yazd, [...]