Physical torture is a long-lasting human rights violation inflicted on political prisoners in Iran. The media tends to focus on conditions in the Tehran prisons, so it is common that acts of torture go unnoticed in other provinces where it is more violent and severe, such as is the case with prisons in the Kurdistan [...]

RAHANA-  Security forces tried to disperse  families of the 16 political prisoners on hunger strike at Evin prison who had gathered outside the Prosecutor’s Office this morning, July 31st, 2010.  According to RAHANA, the families of Hossein Nourani Nejad, Bahman Ahmadi Amoui, Ali Tajernia, Ali Parviz, Massoud Bastani and approximately 60 other individuals were amongst [...]

Iranian opposition leaders, MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi criticized the international policies of the government and expressed concern over the consequences of their “uncalculated” policies. Kaleme website reports, in a meeting yesterday, the two leaders agreed that the “uncalculated remarks and decisions of the government has humiliated Iran and led to multilateral sanctions and threats” [...]

Two powerful earthquakes have struck northeastern and southern Iran, injuring more than 200 people and damaging hundreds of homes, officials have said. The first earthquake, which had a magnitude of 5.7, hit towns in the northeast of the country on Friday evening, and a second 5.8 magnitude quake struck the south on Saturday morning. The semi-official Iranian [...]

Four prisoners who had previously gone on hunger strike have been taken to the infirmary of Evin prison. According to the Kaleme website, student activists Zia Nabavi, Ali Malihi, Majid Dorri and post-election protester Gholamhossein Arshi were taken to the Evin prison infirmary yesterday following a deterioration of their health. After receiving basic medical attention such [...]

Brazil’s president has offered asylum to an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, state-run media reported Saturday. President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva was quoted by Brazil’s official state news agency EBC as saying “I want to make an appeal to my friend Ahmadinejad … and to the government of Iran to allow Brazil [...]

Deputy of Police Security Operations of the greater Tehran reported on the arrest of 78 citizens in line with the so called plan “to deal with thugs and hoodlums”in the capital city. According to ISNA, Coloneh Hossein Ghassemlouyi added: in the past 10 days, Tehran’s Security Police have detained 78  people with average age between [...]

Families of the 16 Iranian detainees that have started a hunger strike, gathered in front of Tehran Prosecutor’s office this morning. RAHANA reports that families of Hosein Nourinejad, Bahmad Ahmad Amouyi, Ali Tajernia, Ali Parviz, Massouv Bastani and about another 60 people were present in the gathering but many of them were scattered due to intervention [...]