On the seventy-six day of hunger strike, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, Gonabadi Dervish hunger strikers in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison, despite their dire health and with forced therapeutic serum , insist on their demands and they have announced that their unlimited hunger strike will be continued until responsible officials would meet their legal […]
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UN group demands release of Iranian lawyer
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) had found that the Islamic Republic’s incarceration of Iranian lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani is arbitrary, and the UN watchdog has called for his immediate release.
Activist demands justice from head of judiciary
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, a detained Iranian human rights activist, has called on the head of the Iranian judiciary to prosecute the officials who beat him and other aid workers last month at a relief camp for earthquake victims in northwestern Iran.
Bahrain Demands Apology From Iran For Translation Error
Bahrain has demanded an apology from Iran for an incorrect translation of a speech that appeared to list the island nation as one of the Arab states to have experienced a revolution in the past year.
PEN demands release of Iranian writer, activist
More than 100 writers, poets and women’s rights activists are speaking out against the arrest of Faranak Farid, the Iranian journalist, poet and activist who was arrested on September 3 in Tabriz.
Demands for the Elimination of Approbative Supervision, Release of All Political Prisoners & Changes to the Guardian Council
In an open letter addressed to the current head of the Assembly of Experts* Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani, a group of political and civil activists demanded amongst other things, that all political prisoners be released from prison and changes be made to the members of the Guardian Council** allowing for the appointment of individuals with […]
Iran Calls on Syria to Recognize Citizens’ Demands
Iran, Syria’s closest ally, called on the government in Damascus to recognize its people’s “legitimate” demands on Saturday, in the first such remarks to come from the Persian country since the five-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad started.
Anna slams govt, vows to fast till all demands are met
Amid hectic efforts to break the deadlock over Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare on Wednesday remained stiff on three issues on which his team has differences with government and said he will continue his fast till all demands are met. As his indefinite hunger strike demanding a strong Lokpal Billentered the ninth day, Hazare said […]