RAHANA: Mohammad Bnyazadh children’s rights activists announced: more than 900,000 underage married children live in Iran. According to ILNA, while stating these children’s husbands are of variety added, marrying underage children is against the standards of International Children Rights. He added: IN one hand the law does not allow an 11 year ld to vote [...]
RAHANA- The Revolutionary Court of Mashhad has sentenced Yasser Ghanei to 5 years suspended imprisonment on charges of propaganda against the regime. According to IranGreenVoice, Ghanei was arrested and transferred to solitary confinement for more than two weeks after his house was raided by Mashhad Intelligence agents. Ghanai had mainly been active online and one [...]
RAHANA: The authorities searched Asadi’s house following his detainment and confiscated his computer. According to the Mokrian News Agency, there has been no information as to his condition, location and the alleged charges. Asadi had been sentenced to exile in the past due to his activities in the union. بازداشت مختار اسدی از فعالان کانون [...]
Special report on kidnapping and torture of Mansour Osnaloo’s daughter-in-law by agents of Intelligence Ministry Parvaneh Osanloo: “Because of agents’ assaults my daughter-in-law Suffered Miscarriage.” According to reports received by “Human Rights and Democracy activists of Iran Roya Samadi, daughter-in-law of Mansour Osanloo, president of the board of directors of the Syndicate of Workers of [...]
According to reports by HRANA, even though Majid Tavakoli’s physical condition has seriously deteriorated, prison officials have taken no actions to treat him. Tavakoli is a well-known student activist who was arrested on December 7, 2009. On June 22nd, he was transferred to room 2 in ward 350 of Evin prison. Since his transfer he has only [...]
An unconfirmed report of imminent execution of Kurdish prisoner Zeynab Jalalian has been circling around since this morning. In this regard Kurdish Perspective states following confirmation of Zeynab Jalalians’ sentence by the appeal court, her case has been sent to the executive branch of Revolutionary Court. Zeynab Jalalian whom was arrested two years ago has [...]
RAHANA- Abolfazl Ghasemi, a law trainee holds an M.A. in Public Law from Allameh Tabatabei University, was arrested on December 27, 2009 during Ashura clashes at Enghelab Sq in Tehran, later transferred to Evin prison. On April 22, 2010 it was reported that Judge Moghiseh in branch 28 of the revolutionary court had sentenced Ghasemi [...]
RAHANA – In an interview given on the occasion of “No to Drugs” week in the province of Kurdistan, Hassan Babai stated: “The Justice Department in Kurdistan will deal with drug offenders with the maximum penalty as determined under the law. According to reports by ISNA Babai added: ” Most drug dealers and distributors in [...]
G8 leaders pressed Iran for more transparency in its nuclear activities as well as urging it to respect the rule of law and freedom of expression for its citizens. In their summit, G8 leaders expressed concern over the expansion of nuclear weapons and referred to Iran and North Korea as the main sources of threat [...]
Head of Iranian security forces, Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam announced that they will take a poll on the enforcement of hijab (Muslim dress code) in every province. ISNA reports that Brigadier General Ahamdi Moghaddam has announced that the directive to enforce hijab (Muslim dress code) more restrictively is a provincial responsibility and must be based on [...]
