Eshghi’s Meeting Creates A Firestorm The mother of Sattar Beheshti – a blogger who dies in prison – told Rooz that EU’s foreign policy chief said she would enquire about her son’s murder from Iranian authorities. “Ms Ashton treated me in a very friendly and respectful manner. She said she would talk to Iranian […]
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Acknowledge Sattar Died In the Hands of His Interrogator, Demands Beheshti Lawyer
The lawyer for Sattar Beheshti, a blogger who died in November 2012 while in the custody of the Iranian Cyber Police (FATA), said her client’s case has not been forwarded to court and objected to the eight-month delay in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “The Investigative Judge does […]
“My Sattar Died for Iran”: An Interview with Sattar Beheshti’s Mother
More than six months after the prison death of Sattar Beheshti, a laborer and blogger from Robat Karim (17 miles outside Tehran) who was arrested on November 3, 2012, and died the next day, his mother and sister have not been able to face in court the men who murdered the 35-year-old man under torture […]
Longtime Iranian political activist, Dr. Ahmad Sadr Haj Seyed Javadi Died
Veteran Iranian political activist Dr. Ahmad Sadr Haj Seyed Javadi (24 June 1917 – 31 March 2013), who co-founded the Freedom Movement, a nationalist-religious organization, has died at the age of 96 in Tehran on Sunday 11 Farvardin 1392 (31 March 2013)He was born into a clerical family in Qazvin on 24 June 1917. […]
Amnesty International: Still no explanation or justice for blogger who died in custody
The mother of an Iranian blogger who died in custody was among those attacked by security forces today at her son’s graveside, prompting Amnesty International to call once more for a thorough and impartial investigation into the 35-year-old’s death.
School fire incident claims second life
Sarina Rasoulzadeh, another victim of the fire that injured 22 students earlier this month, died today, December 28, at Sinai Hospital in Tabriz.
Still no explanation or justice for blogger who died in custody
The mother of an Iranian blogger who died in custody was among those attacked by security forces at her son’s graveside, prompting Amnesty International to call once more for a thorough and impartial investigation into the 35-year-old’s death.
Iranian sociologist, Ehsan Naraghi passed away
Ehsan Naraghi, an Iranian sociologist and writer passes away at 86 years of age. Naraghi (born in 1926 in Kashan), who was recently discharged from the hospital, died at his home at 3:00 a.m on Saturday due to old age.
Iran says blogger may have died as a result of “shock”: report
Iran said on Thursday a blogger who died while in police custody may have lost his life as a result of a form of shock, the official IRNA news agency reported, adding that investigations were not yet concluded.
The father of modern geography in Iran, Mohammad Hassan Ganji died
Mohammad Hassan Ganji Ph.D (11 June 1912 – 19 July 2012) Dr. Mohammad-Hassan Ganji, credited as being the father of modern geography in Iran, died in Tehran on Thursday due to brain hemorrhage. Gangi was 100.