Maryam Bahreman, blogger, women’s rights activist, and member of the One Million Signatures Campaign, was released from Shiraz prison on a 250 thousand [USD] bail. She had spent 126 days behind bars. Maryam Bahreman, who has a blog by the name of Yek Varaghe Pareh Digar (another torn sheet of paper). was arrested May 2nd at [...]
On 10 September, Abdolfattah Soltani, human rights lawyer and a founding member of the Defenders of Human Rights Center was arrested. Soltani’s wife, Massoumeh Dehghan, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that security forces also illegally entered his offices, and confiscated several of his personal and family documents. “Four men went to [...]
Renowned Iranian lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani was arrested . Reliable sources inside Iran have told Persian2English that he was arrested outside the Revolutionary Court. His wife Masoumeh Dehghan announced the arrest to BBC. She said, “Today at 1:30pm Mr. Soltani and four [regime agents] came into the house, went to his bedroom, and took any cd’s, papers, [...]
Ali Reza Roushan, poet, writer and head of the book section of Shargh Newspaper, was arrested at his home and transferred to an undisclosed location. Ali Reza Roushan is a poet who has published a collection of poems called “There is no book” and his poetry has been translated into French. Reporters at Majzooban Noor [...]
Iran believes Saudi Arabia’s security is linked to its own security, an Iranian foreign ministry official said Wednesday, reacting to a Saudi allegation that Tehran was “targeting” the kingdom. “Iran has always wanted the stability, peace and progress of Saudi Arabia,” the Fars news agency quoted the unidentified official as saying. “The security of Saudi [...]
Twenty-two Iranian lawmakers have called on the Presiding Board of Parliament to take “expert and immediate” action to counter the rapid ebbing of Lake Oroumiyeh in Western Azerbaijan province. The Fars news agency reports that the MPs are warning the administration that allowing the lake to dry out completely would have social, political and economic [...]
Iran’s Nobel Peace laureate, Shirin Ebadi, has compiled a list of 41 lawyers who have been subjected to government persecution since June 2009 for carrying out their legal duties. Ebadi, who has given the list to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, said that the Iranian Central Bar Association has failed to maintain [...]
Ahmad Ronaghi Maleki, father of this blogger spoke of his son’s latest condition to Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA). “With Hossein in very poor health, he was transferred to Tehran’s Hasheminejad hospital for a night where some tests were conducted on him, then he was immediately transferred back to Evin prison.” Ahmad Ronaghi objected [...]
The murder of Fatemeh Bagherinejadianfard was not motivated by theft, her brother has announced, and her body shows no evidence of injury. The Etemad daily reports that the coroner has not yet released the cause of Bagherinejadianfard’s death. Bagherinejadianfard was a 28-year-old student of industrial engineering at Elm-o- Sanaat University in Tehran, a supporter of opposition [...]
Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has urged his son to refrain from leaving the country, assuring him that the “harsh and difficult times” will come to an end. Hossein Karroubi, the son of the detained opposition leader, has published his father’s letter on his Facebook page. Mehdi Karroubi has been under house arrest since last [...]