The detention of renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been extended for another two months following a letter of gratitude he issued from Evin prison through a family member. According to the Jaras opposition website, Mr Panahi’s detention in Evin prison has been extended by two more months for writing a simple letter of gratitude [...]

An Iranian refugee Siavash stands on a terrace during an interview in Kayseri, on May 4. Tortured in jails and threatened with death, Siyavash, like hundreds of dissident Iranians, found refuge in Turkey, but peace of mind is still eluding him as fear of Tehran’s agents remains a daily torment. (AFP/File/Bulent Kilic) NEVSEHIR, Turkey (AFP) [...]

Shirin Alamhooie, Farzad Kamangar, Farhad Vakili, Ali Heydarian and Mehdi Islamian were hanged at dawn on May 16th.  Even though it has been 6 days since the execution, their bodies have not been delivered to their families and it is feared that government bury the bodies secretly in fear of people’s protest. Nationwide protests and [...]

The lawyer of Saeed Nourmohammadi reported that his client has been sentenced to 5 years in prison and 30 years of deprivation from political activities. In an interview with an ILNA reporter, Mohammad Mostafaie, in regard to verdict for Saeed Nourmohammadi, the defendant of the post presidential election crises stated: Nourmohammadis’ trail was held on [...]

General Director of Office for Children and Young Adult Welfare Organization said: “Our teachings should not be as abstract because children have no picture of chastity, but should be in the form of song and game for children.” General Director of Office for Children and Young Adult Welfare Organization in an interview with ILNA reporter [...]

Tehran’s Prosecutor: 217 prison sentences have been confirmed, six death sentences have been issued, and Mousavi’s support of the five executed is considered a crime. RAHANA -Tehran’s prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi referred to the recent protests against the executions of Farzad Kamangar, Shirin Alam Hooli, Mehdi Eslamian, Farhad Vakili, and Ali Heydarian as “an atmosphere [...]

TEHRAN — The death sentence for six opposition activists arrested in protests after last year’s disputed presidential election in Iran have been confirmed, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said Saturday. The six were accused of belonging to the exiled and outlawed People’s Mujahedeen, the opposition group the Islamic republic’s regime calls “the hypocrites.” Three were [...]

Committee for Human Rights Reporters – Despite issuance of bail for Kouhyar Goodarzi, human rights activists, officials of different branches of the Revolutionary Court, have prevented his release and claimed his case is not available in any branch. In this regard Kouhyar Goodarzi’s said that despite providing them with the amount of collateral and being [...]

Anger over the executions of Iranian Kurds, including a woman, in Tehran’s Evin prison Sunday continues to be felt in the Islamic Republic and is fueling violent demonstrations outside the country. Iranian Kurds were reported to be staging large general strikes in Kurdish cities on Thursday while protests outside the Iranian embassies in the Danish [...]

Iranian police have arrested the spokesman of a Kurdish rights organization for allegedly defending Iranians who criticized the recent executions of Kurdish opposition activists. A journalist in Iran, who asked not to be identified by name, told VOA’s Kurdish service that police detained Ijlal Ghawami (Quwami) on Friday in Iran’s Kurdistan region.  Ghawami is a [...]