By Mehrangiz Kar When we speak of prisoner’s rights, it means that we have left behind the age of dungeons and branding bodies and have caught up with civilization and the culture of human rights. Furthermore, it means that we possess a law and legal document to which we can refer. Even if we regard [...]

Since Tuesday afternoon, all phone lines to the home of outspoken opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi have been cut off, according to a report published by Saham News, the website of the National Trust Party (Etemade Melli) which is headed by Karroubi himself. “All of the house’s telephone lines have been cut off. We don’t know [...]

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Shirin Ebadi, head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, criticized the increasing pressure on the Iranian human rights community, reporting that Nasrin Sotoudeh has been under severe pressure since her arrest to confess against herself. “According to a resolution by the UN [...]

Iranian security forces persisted today in their restrictions against visitors of the opposition leaders, MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. Kaleme website reports that families of two military commanders who died in the Iran-Iraq War tried to visit MirHosein Mousavi, Iran’s prime minister during the war, but the Bakeri and Hemmat families were prevented from meeting [...]

A blast at a military parade in the northwestern city of Mahabad left nine killed and dozens wounded. Al-Alem Arabic news network announced that most of the victims were women and children. The explosives, which were placed in a sack, went off at 10:20 am local time while people were watching the parade. ISNA reports [...]

Iranian judiciary continues clamp down on the opposition issuing heavy prison terms for reformist figures such as Emadeddin Baghi and Mehdi Mahmoudian. Jaras reports that Emadeddin Baghi, an award-winning Iranian journalist, was sentenced to six years in prison for publishing an interview with the late dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri in Persian BBC. Baghi is [...]

This past Thursday, Majid Tavakoli, member of the Islamic Association at Amir Kabir University, was finally allowed to meet with his family after two months at Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj.  Tavakoli is said to have been in good spirits and thanked everyone who sent good wishes to his family on “Eide Fetr”. Tavakoli, imprisoned [...]

Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has called on the United States to release eight Iranians who he said are being held illegally. In a U.S. television interview, Ahmadinejad said his country made a humanitarian gesture last week in releasing an American woman — Sarah Shourd — held since July 2009. In New York ahead of the [...]

The United Nations Security Council, along with the United States and the European Union, have imposed tougher sanctions on Iran, which has defied international calls for it to halt uranium enrichment. Iran says it needs the enriched uranium for the peaceful generation of electricity, but the United States and its allies, including Israel, fear Tehran’s nuclear [...]

Reza Shahabi, a member of the Tehran Bus Union’s board of directors has been held in prison limbo for over 3 months. He is currently in Ward 209 of the Evin Prison. According to the Democracy and Human Rights Activists, he is suffering from neck pain and digestive problems. According to this report, he has [...]