The Jaras website, which calls itself a media source for Iran’s Green Movement, has announced that after six years of journalistic activities, it has decided to close down the website. Jaras began operation in July of 2009 outside of Iran. In a statement, the website reports that its aim had been to continue operating […]
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Switching Dervishes Dossier In Court: Ruling Power Forces The Media Against Reporting
The trial of seven Gonabadi dervishes’s lawyers and Majzooban Noor website managers is going to begin on the end of this month (Aban-Nov) for three consecutive days under judgement of Mr.Salavati.
The Disappearance of Human Rights Activist Koohyar Goudarzi And Arrest Of His Mother
In an interview with Jaras news site, Koohyar Goudarzi’s friend, Ali Gholizadeh, describes the circumstances of arrest of Koohyar’s mother.
A Candid Discussion With Prominent Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Mohmmad Dadkhah On the Harsh 9 Year Prison Sentence Rendered Against Him
July 4th, 2011 – [Jaras-Farzaneh Barzpour] – Mohammad Dadkhah, prominent Iranian Lawyer and spokesperson for the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran has received one of the harshest sentences rendered by the judiciary in Iran. Dadkhah has been sentenced to 9 years in prison, banned for 10 years from practicing the law and […]
Tehran Prosecutor urged to investigate death of political prisoners
A group of Iranian human rights activists and court attorneys has called on the Tehran Prosecutor to investigate the “moving and painful” deaths of Haleh Sahabi and Reza Hoda Saber.
Hoda Saber died of the pressure of hunger strike
Jaras: Hoda Saber, a writer and a religious-nationalist activist, died in hospital of the pressure of hunger strike. According to the report handed down to Jaras, he was sent to Modarres hospital from Evin prison because of a heart disease on Friday and soon was under operation and the doctors cured the coronary thrombosis, but […]
Gonabadi Sufis will standup for their human rights .
As result of continued pressure by the government on Dervishes of Gonabadi Order, they will begin to protest outside the Supreme leader’s house.
The funeral and burial of Mr. Ezatollah Sahabi
Jaras: The funeral and burial of Mr. Ezatollah Sahabi was done oppressed in the ring of security forces and plainclothe detectives and a number of the participants were arrested and transferred to an unknown place.
Haleh Sahabi given speedy burial at night
Activist Haleh Sahabi, who died yesterday at the funeral of her dissident father, was buried Wednesday night by Iranian security forces.