Kuwait says it is to expel a number of Iranian diplomats for alleged links to a spying ring working for Tehran. Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Sabah made the announcement two days after three members of the suspected spy ring were sentenced to death by a Kuwaiti court. The three men — two Iranians and a Kuwaiti [...]
Funeral of MirEsmail Mousavi, father of Iranian opposition leader MirHosein Mousavi was interrupted by security forces and at least seven people were arrested. Kaleme website reports that a large crowd had gathered at the home of MirEsmail Mousavi for his funeral. MirEsmail Mousavi passed away at the age of 103 yesterday at his home. According [...]
On Norouz (March) 2009, I decided to spontaneously go to Rasht prison and visit a girl [artist/painter] on death row. I was feeling very anxious, but I wanted to see Delara Darabi, the girl who was arrested when she was only 17 years old and charged with murder. I wanted to do something for her. [...]
Ms. Ma’edeh Ghaderi, an Iranian lawyer, member of the Iranian Bar Association, wife of Green Movement activist Ali Parandian and reportedly a Kurdish rights activist, was arrested in the North-Eastern city of Mashhad on March 3, 2011 as she was trying to obtain information about her imprisoned husband. She has reportedly remained detained since then, [...]
Iran’s population now exceeds 75 million, according to the Iran Census Organization. ISNA reports that on March 21, the last day of the year on the Iranian calendar, the running meter on the Census website indicated the population had surpassed the 75-million benchmark by 50 thousand people. Last year at the same time the meter [...]
Declaration of ” Campaign in defence of political refugees’ hunger strike in Van – Turkey A group of political refugees in the city of Van (Turkey) have announced that they go on a hunger strike since Tuesday ۲۹.۰۳.۲۰۱۱ in front of the office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Van- Turkey. UNHCR [...]
The jailed Iranian blogger Hossein Ronaghi-Maleki is in grave condition in Tehran’s Evin prison, his father has told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda. Ahmad Ronaghi-Maleki told Radio Farda on March 29 that his son suffers from kidney problems and needs to undergo surgery immediately. Hossein Ronaghi-Maleki, 24, was arrested in December 2009 in the crackdown following mass [...]
WASHINGTON — A senior U.S. State Department official says possible changes in the Iranian regime remain a question that must be decided by the Iranian people. Robert Einhorn, the State Department’s special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control, said Washington was not now directing its efforts toward changing the regime that governs Iran. “We may [...]
Tuesday March 29th, Mohsen Dogmechi, political prisoner incarcerated at Rajai Shahr prison, passed away on the night of March 28th as a result of his deteriorating medical condition and lack of medial care. Given the extend to which Dogmechi’s cancer had progressed, in mid March last year, doctors lost hope and announcing that he has [...]
Security forces in the northwestern Iranian city of Sanandaj have once again been the target of an armed attack. Last night, unidentified armed assailants shot at a traffic police vehicle in the capital of Kurdistan province, Iranian media report. The police officers have reportedly been shot in the limbs and are currently recovering in hospital. [...]