More about Iran 360 Join us on facebook Follow me on twitter Translation by Elham Sabetiyan 1 – Highlights of week’s statuses Hossein Derakhshan’s relatives have announced the approval of this blogger’s 19.5-year imprisonment sentence in the appeals court. According to posts published by some websites and student blogs, towards the end of previous week [...]

Nearly two years ago scores of Iranian citizens used the obviously rigged 2009 Presidential election and the Iranian government forces’ constant manipulation tactics as an excuse to heavily protest on the streets and question their fate and the events that took place in their daily lives. This mass social movement spread throughout Iran in a [...]

Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Iraqi government’s “news blackout” imposed on Camp Ashraf, where scores of Iranian exiles were reportedly killed in an attack by government forces. “To hide abuses committed against civilians, the security forces are denying journalists access to the camp,” Reporters Without Borders said in an announcement. “Anyone trying to take [...]

Political prisoners at Karaj’s Rejaishahr Prison have announced a hunger strike in solidarity with Fakhrosadat Mohtashamipour, who has been going without food at Evin Prison in pursuit of a personal visit with her husband. A statement from the political prisoners says the strike will begin on Sunday, in protest of “summoning, arrests, threats and pressures [...]

An Iranian Army aircraft has crashed around the southern city of Sarvestan in Iran’s Fars Province, killing the pilot and injuring the co-pilot, local officials say. The plane crashed near Khavaran village on Sunday, while on a training mission, an informed provincial official told IRNA. Reports say the plane, which belonged to the Islamic Republic [...]

Iran expelled three Kuwaiti diplomats “in retaliation” for Kuwait’s decision to kick out Iranian envoys, state-run Press TV reported. Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al-Sabah said on March 31 that several Iranian diplomats were “persona non grata and must be expelled.” Press TV said three Iranian diplomats were expelled on April 2. The move came [...]

Karim Lahidji, Vice-president of International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and President of the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI), said today: “Arresting and persecuting lawyers is another dimension of the total disregard of the Iranian authorities for due process, and standards of fair trial. The authorities are punishing the human rights [...]

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 [...]

Share your ideas and prospects concerning the possibilities of change in Iran. The top three essays will be published in accredited journal(s) and will also receive a cash prize Since the Presidential Election in Iran in June 2009, there has been an ongoing debate among and between different national and international political and social groups [...]