(New York) – Iranian authorities executed five prisoners, four of them ethnic Kurds, without warning their families, and have so far refused to release their bodies, Human Rights Watch said today. These executions follow convictions that appear to have relied on the use of torture. The Kurdish prisoners – Farzad Kamangar, Ali Heidarian, Farhad Vakili, [...]

The President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek condemned the execution of five prisoners which took place on 9 May in Iran. President Buzek said: “I was informed that five Kurdish prisoners – one of whom was a woman – were hanged in Iran on 9 May. They were convicted of various charges, including of [...]

Following the sudden and unjust execution of five Iranian political activist on Sunday, Zahra Rahnavard, wife of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has expressed her outrage over the horrific acts. The full translated text of her written piece published by Jaras website is as follows: The provocative and violent executions carried out by the regime [...]

Tahavole Sabz – Gholam Hossein Elham, a lawyer and member of the Guardian Council, during a talk on “open-mindedness” at Abbaspour University, stated that even though he voted confidently for Mousavi during last year’s election, today he considers Mousavi a “Mohareb” (enemy of god) and against the regime. According to Fars News Agency, Elham stressed [...]

Death row teacher Abdolreza Ghanbari was arrested on January 4, 2010 from his home in Pakdasht (a township in the province of Tehran). He was taken to ward 209 in Evin prison. RAHANA – Abdolreza Ghanbari was forced to sign a false confession after being repeatedly subjected to interrogations.  The teacher was only allowed to [...]

by Fereshteh Ghazi While Iranians and people of the world are still in a stage of shock from the execution of five political activists, the news received regarding other activists does not sound much better. At the same time by issuance of a statement Mir Hossein Mousavi, voiced his protests against these executions. According to [...]

Since yesterday’s execution of five political prisoners, Iranians inside and outside the country have re-emerged to show their opposition to the Iranian regime. Inside the country, students at Shahid Beheshti University, in protest to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to the university, erupted in anti-regime chants that called for freedom. Several female students were attacked by Basij [...]

On May 9, 2010, an unprompted demonstration began at the Place du Trocadéro (Paris, France) and ended at the Iranian embassy to draw attention to the five executions earlier that day in Evin prison, Tehran. Approximately 150 to 200 people gathered at 4:00pm, many holding flags with the word Iran in place of the Islamic [...]

Farzad Kamanagar was a popular teacher and social activist in Iran who was among the five prisoners who were secretly murdered by the Iranian regime on May 9, 2010. Radio Farda talks with Mehrdad Kamangar, Farzad Kamangar’s brother. Here are quotes by Mehrdad Kamangar from the interview: “They have set the fire, and now they [...]

We are mourning the death of a teacher whose teaching tool was chalk and pen, who taught children that many of them would go to bed with an empty stomach every night. Execution and intimidation is condemned. His crime was defending human rights. Crime that in the past 100 year has taken lives of many [...]