Another Brick In The Wall (Hey Ayatollah, Leave Those Kids Alone!) NEW YORK — Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters has no qualms about giving a Canadian band permission to tinker with his band’s classic “Another Brick in the Wall” for use as an anthem for young Iranians. Toronto-based band Blurred Vision, fronted by two exiled [...]

The political Prisoners in Evin Prison Section 30 have been on hunger strike for the past two week, while ending their strike, said: “We continue on insisting for our human rights as it is the primary right of a prisoner.” This message concludes: ” We now with great respect for the great Leader of the [...]

Seventeen political prisoners of Evin prison have gone on hunger strike since Monday July 26, and are on harsh physical conditions on the 14th day of their hunger strike. That is while Majid Tavakoli, Keyvan Samimi and Bahman Ahmadi-Amouei have gone on dry hunger strike since August 4. These 17 prisoners are stile on hunger [...]

On the anniversary of the Iranian Constitutional Movement Marching towards a people-based media Dear Fellow Iranians, During the past year, the movement of the people of Iran has been associated with massive media developments. The key message of this movement is to be inclusive of all the different voices. This has led to the creation [...]

Although the trial of 7 leaders of Iranian Baha’i Community was finished on 14 June 2010, no court ruling has been issued for them yet. According to RAHANA’s reporter, Diane Allaei, the representative of Baha’i community in the UN says: “These innocent Baha’is have been held in prison for over 2 years with successive bills [...]

Mansour Osanloo, head of Tehran’s Vahed Bus Transit Union received another trial today at Karaj Revolutionary Court. Human rights activists report that the trial lasted an hour and Osanloo’s lawyer was not present at the session. Reportedly Osanloo’s attorney was not even informed about the trial date. Osanloo is charged with “links to dissidents of [...]

On Wednesday morning, some prisoners on hunger strike were transferred to the Evin prison clinic for physical weakness. Instead of providing the political prisoners with medical care, the clinic staff members shouted insults at them. RAHANA reports that a number of those on hunger strike (whose names were not released) were transferred to the Evin [...]

RAHANA: Detained Journalists, Bahman Ahmadi-Amouei and Keyvon Samimi, and student activist Majid Tavakoli are the 3 individuals who have been on a dry hunger strike since 10 days ago. The other 14 prisoners still drink during their hunger strike. According to Kaleme, Bahman Ahmadi-Amouei and Keyvon Samimi have been transferred to the Evin Clinic at [...]

A gathering of families of Iranian political prisoners in front of Tehran Prosecutor’s Office today was confronted with violence by the police who also threatened to arrest them. Kaleme website reports that “anti-riot police carrying batons attacked families of political prisoners in Sabzeh Meydon of Tehran; they grabbed the pictures of the prisoners out of [...]

Committee for Defense of Political Prisoners (a link to the original Farsi-language article is below) Mohammad Mostafaei’s letter to his wife and daughter. Mohammad Mostafaei, the prominent human rights lawyer who is currently pursued by the authorities and expected to end up in prison in a  fate  similar to that of  his brave colleague Mohammad [...]