Majzooban Noor released a report saying yesterday morning (12th of Ordibehesht 1394/ 2, May, 2015), His Holiness Haj Dr. Noor Ali Tabandeh, Majzoob Ali Shah”, the Gutb of Gonabadi Dervishes, was heading to Hosiniyeh (the place of worship) of Gonabadi dervishes to take part in the religious celebration of Imam Ali’s birthday, three plainclothes […]
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Former Assyrian Church Leader and Two Christian Converts Arrested
Iranian security agents arrested an Assyrian pastor and two Christian converts who were his guests at his Tehran residence on December 26, 2014, according to Mansour Borji, Spokesperson for the Alliance of Iranian Churches. Borji told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the full reasons for the arrest of Pastor Victor […]
Supreme Leader orders review of detained opposition leaders
The official files of the three Iranian opposition leaders under house arrest have been forwarded to the Supreme Council of National Security by order of the Supreme Leader, reports the son of one of those leaders. On Tuesday September 10, Mohammad Taghi Karroubi used his Facebook account to break the news about his father, […]
Reformist slams Supreme Leader’s “absolute monarchy”
Political prisoner Mostafa Tajzadeh, a top reformist figure, announced in a letter from jail that the establishment has left no alternative for reformists but to boycott the elections. Tajzadeh writes that the disqualification of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Esfandiar Rahim Mashai and other volunteers for the presidential race has simply “left the road open for […]
Sunni leader cites bias in prayer grounds delay
Mowlana Abdolhamid, the Friday Imam of the Sunni community in in Zahedan, has spoken out against what he calls unconscionable delays by provincial officials in building Sunni prayer grounds. Sunni-on-line reports that Zahedan’s Sunni leader said the government previously had agreed to provide the Sunni community with a larger lot in order to build […]
Ebrahim Yazdi’s Letter To Burmese Leader
The secretary general of the Freedom Movement of Iran, Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi has sent a letter to the Burmese leader, Mrs.Aung San Suu Kyi. Full text of this letter is as follow : Her Excellency Aung San Suu KyiGeneral SecretaryNational League for Democracy97B West Shwegondaing Road, Bahan Township,Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) Daw Aung San Suu […]
Letter From the Families of Dervishes to Supreme Leader of IRI and Authorities in Ruling System of Iran
Hou 121 His Excellency, The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei With greetings We, the families of lawyer dervishes who are jailed for 17 months and whose profession is to defend the right of others, but they themselves are waiting for a justly trial and verdict behind bars.
Opposition leader’s son given jail sentence
Mohammad Hossein Karroubi, the son of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, has been sentenced to six months in jail for speaking with foreign media about the alleged torture and death of prisoners in the Kahrizak detention centre in 2009.
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.
Environmental leader warns of deaths from pollution
The head of the Environmental and Sustainable Development Organization in Tehran says 45,000 Iranians die each year from complications caused by air pollution all across the country.