A memorial was held in the city of Kermanshah on Tuesday to mark the anniversary death of for Kianoosh Asa who was killed by Iranian security forces in Tehran during the June 2009 post-election protests. Asa, a student at Tehran’s Elm o Sanat University was injured and went missing on June 15 during a peaceful [...]

Former Iranian President, Mohammad Khatami condemned pro-government attacks against reformist Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Sanei in Qom and said: “They are trying to pass a kind of fascistic behaviour as the way of Islam and Revolution in society.” In a meeting with the youth branch of the National Trust Party, the reformist leader said: “When they [...]

RAHANA – Salman Sima during a phone conversation with his family stated he is being held at Ward 2A of Evin prison which is a ward controlled by intelligent services. The student activist told his family that he went on a dry hunger strike since his arrival at Evin, and added  he plan on continuing [...]

RAHANA: Five other Baha’is are aiting to be summoned for their sentences. Rhana reports, Behnam Motearefi whom had been sentenced to one and half year imprisonment by authorities was called on to Semnan prison on June 13. Susan Tebyani has also began serving her detention period on June 7. Sahba Rezvani and Manijeh Monzavyan are [...]

RAHANA – Judicial authorities set bail at $100,000 for the detained human rights activist, Dr. Hesam Firouzi. Firouzi was arrested and taken to ward 209 of Evin on March 3, during a wave of arrests that targeted human rights activists across Iran. On May 10, it was reported that he was being held in Ward2A, [...]

In the past three months airport police has prevented 17 women from traveling due to “inappropriate cover”. Nabiollah Heydari, head of Iran airport police by reporting this news to ILNA stated: during this time 112 women and 210 men have been arrested by our forces, all which are related to “the discussion of social anomalies”. [...]

Human Rights’ Committee Reporters – Reportedly from Kermanshah, following the pressures by Security Organizations on Kianoush’s family, his memorial anniversary was to be held tomorrow afternoon at the Akhtarshad Hall in Kermanshah, was canceled. Kianoush’s family have announced, in case of not holding this ceremony in Akhtarshad Hall and Security Organizations prohibiting them, they will [...]

RAHANA – During the protests on June 12 in Tehran, hundreds of Iranian citizens were arrested by intelligence forces or plainclothes agents and taken to unknown detention facilities in the capital. On June 14, nearly 200 family members of the June 12 detainees gathered outside the main gate of Tehran’s Evin Prison, and called for [...]

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran says that in the weeks leading to the anniversary of the controversial 2009 presidential elections in Iran, tens of political media, student and civil society activists were arrested or summoned and interrogated by Ministry of Intelligence. According to this report, families of the protesters who were killed in [...]