Zahra Rahnavard marked the anniversary of the death of Neda Agha-Soltan by issuing a statement stressing that freedom and democracy cannot be achieved without “ending discrimination against women.” In her statement published in Kaleme website, she stressed that the Green Movement is indebted to the “resistance” of women who are at the “forefront of the [...]

TEHRAN — Opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi on Sunday vowed to continue fighting the presidential “vote scandal” which rocked Iran, a year to the day after the death of a young woman at a Tehran protest rally. Karroubi’s latest salvo comes 12 months after a deadly demonstration in the capital against the re-election of President Mahmoud [...]

LONDON — The killer of Neda Agha-Soltan, whose shooting death during a street protest against last summer’s Iranian election was flashed around the world on the Internet, must be brought to justice, Amnesty International demanded on Saturday. “One year after the killing of Neda Agha-Soltan, the failure of Iranian authorities to bring her killer to [...]

RAHANA: Masoud Lavasani, journalist and blogger whom has been in prison since October, is suffering from “chicken pox” and has reportedly spent the night at Evin prison clinic. RAHANA reporter states, his mental break down and poor condition was diagnosed to be due to chicken pox to a point where prison officials transferred him to [...]

(CNN) — Iranian authorities have executed the leader of a Sunni militant group blamed for dozens of attacks in the country, state media said Sunday. Abdolmalek Rigi, who headed Jundallah (Soldiers of God), had been charged with 79 crimes, Press TV reported. Authorities arrested him February 23 when he was on a flight from the [...]

RAHANA – When asked about fines issued by some prosecutors for women with “bad hijab, Raisee said, “Hijab and chastity are the letter of the law and must be enforced without exception.” Raise went on to advise all Iranian women to be faithful to Islam adding that non Muslim women must also obey the law [...]

RAHANA – On June 16, Emadeddin Baghi’s lawyer was finally able to file a notice of appearance of council after the judicial authorities announced a trial date for the detained human rights activist. During his 6-month detention, 5 of which were spent in solitary confinement, Baghi was denied access to his lawyers. Last month, Baghi [...]

RAHANA – On June 16, Ali Badragheh, dean of the Eslam Shahr campus of Azad University was arrested. In a report on its website, Fars news agency claimed that the arrest was related to what it called clashes on the university campus during a visit in May by the hardliner cleric, Hojatoleslam Rasaee. Fars news [...]

RAHANA – On June 19, Godeleh Sazi workers continued their picket outside the main gate of the complex and asked the management to address their demands. The workers demanded to meet with the CEO, Mohammad Jalal Mo’ab, who is currently on a trip to Tehran. According to a RAHANA reporter, there were altercations between the [...]

Committee to Protect Journalists reports that at least 29 Iranian editors, reporters, and photographers have had to flee into exile in the past year. The Committee maintains this is “the highest annual tally from a single country in a decade.” The CPI report states that at least 85 journalists were forced to leave their country [...]