” I am deeply concerned about the condition of nine imprisoned Dervishes who are members of the Nematollahi-Gonbadi-Order in Iran. A month ago, the Dervishes went into a hunger strike in response to the ongoing suppression of members of the Iranian-Muslim- Sufi- citizens (the Dervishes) in Iran. The dervishes only interrupted their hunger strike […]
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CPJ joins call for passage of Iran resolution in UN
By Jason Stern/CPJ Middle East and North Africa Research Associate The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined two dozen human rights organizations in signing a letter calling on all member states of the U.N. General Assembly Third Committee to vote in favor Tuesday of resolution A/C.3/68/L.57 on the promotion and protection of human rights in the Islamic Republic of […]
Imprisoned Dervish Made a Phone Call from Jail after 10 Days of Unawareness
Yesterday on 21 Ordibehesht (May 11), Mohammad Ali Dehghan, Gonabadi Dervish and resident of Kavar town, made contact with his family after ten days of awareness. According to Majzooban Noor, Mohammad Ali Dehghan who was arrested along with two other Gonabadi Dervishes, Mohammad Ali Sadeghi and Mohsen Esmaeeli by security agents and Plain-clothes at […]
Hundreds of activists call for prisoner’s release
More than 350 human rights and political activists have issued a statement urging the Iranian authorities to release Mehdi Khazali. The announcement expressed grave concern for the health of the political prisoner, who has gone on hunger strikes on several occasions, saying: “His life is under immediate and serious threat after three months of […]
Iran’s rampant inflation called sixth-worst in world
Reports from The Centre for Research of the Islamic Parliament and news agencies inside Iran claim that, unlike many other countries in the world that have been able to curb their economic difficulties and their double-digit inflation, Iran is shouldering its worst inflation in the past 17 years with the […]
Western officials call for justice for Iranian opposition leaders
International protests against the house arrest of Iranian opposition leaders gained momentum this week, as the foreign ministries of France, Britain and the United States issued statements calling on Iranian authorities to end their arrest and the abuse directed at their families.
Opposition leaders’ children call for their release
The children of Mehdi Karroubi, MirHosein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard, the three Iranian opposition leaders who have been under house arrest for close to two years, today demanded that the Islamic Republic authorities end the “violation” of their parents’ rights and release them.
Activists unite to call for student freedom
The Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi has joined with Amnesty International, Justice for Iran and the Advocacy Council for the Right to Education to call for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners, including jailed student activists, on the occasion of National Students Day.
Iranian Writers, Poets Call For End To Book Censorship
More than 100 Iranian writers, poets, and translators have called for an end to book censorship.
Rights groups call for end to anti-drugs aid for Iran
Two leading rights groups on Tuesday called for an end to international cash and technical assistance to Iran’s anti-drug campaign, which they said was bolstering a rise in executions.