Iran’s health minister has performed eye surgery on an opposition leader who has been under house arrest since 2011, the government critic’s son told RFE/RL. Mohammad Taghi Karrubi, the London-based son of reformist cleric Mehdi Karrubi, said his father underwent a cataract operation this week in Tehran performed by Iranian Health Minister Hassan Ghazizadeh […]
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First Photo Of Iran Opposition Leader Musavi Emerges From House Arrest
A photo of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi has emerged online and been widely shared on social media. The photo seems to have been released to mark Father’s Day, celebrated in Iran this week.The snapshot is the first to be made public since Musavi was put under house arrest in February 2011 for […]
Iran Human Rights: President Rouhani, Listen to Your Public
While enjoying unprecedented successes in international relations, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani seems to be suffering a stalemate when it comes to building trust and cooperation between different factions in the Iranian state. As a result, he seems plagued by continuous human rights disasters at home, while issuing no public condemnations. Indeed, during an official […]
Iranian Opposition Leader Returns To House Arrest After Hospitalization
Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi has been transferred to house arrest, a day after he was hospitalized due to heart problems. The opposition website Kalame, which is close to Musavi, reports that the opposition figure underwent a heart procedure before being sent home where he’s been held under arrest since February 2011. One […]
Detained Opposition Leader Mousavi Undergoes Emergency Heart Procedure
Operation Done without Prior Knowledge or Consent of Family On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, an emergency heart procedure was carried out on Mir Hossein Mousavi, the opposition leader who has been held under house arrest for three years, without the prior knowledge and consent of his family. Mousavi’s daughter, Zahra, said her father, who […]
Iran takes legal action against opposition leaders
A top member of Iran’s judiciary said Tuesday it is taking unspecified legal action against two opposition leaders held under house arrest without charge since 2011 — a possible tentative step toward meeting their supporters’ demands that they be given a fair trial to resolve their status. The semi-official Fars news agency quoted senior […]
Iran’s Unusual Attacks Against a United Nations Special Rapporteur
To believe Iranian officials, neither the decision to keep the leaders of the Green Movement under house arrest, nor that of releasing them, involves the judiciary. High level officials take publicly pride in the politically-motivated detention of the 2009 presidential candidates as they do in the rise in execution numbers. Recent statements in support […]
They don’t give up – street protest in solidarity with Iranian dissidents Branderburger Tor Berlin
Two weeks ago, the International Organization to Preserve Human Rights in Iran (IOPHRI) announced that they would carry out further street actions for the freedom of prisoners of conscience in Iran. On Saturday 8 February 2014, they kept their promise. In front of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, they shouted slogans for the freedom […]
Officals and Clerics Verbally Attack and Threaten 2009 Protestors and Leaders
Over the past few days, influential Iranian leaders have unleashed a fresh wave of verbal attacks and threats against the 2009 post-election protesters and their leaders, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. The threats and attacks have included a hardliner cleric’s volunteering to hang Mousavi and Karroubi, as well as others stating that the […]
Karoubi, Mousavi and Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela died on December 6th, 2013 while the whole world lauded him for his struggle for freedom and human values, not just for his country but for all humanity. Ever leader of the world has called him a great human being. Britain and the US lowered their national flags at half staff for […]