80 Sunni prisoners of conscience in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj began a hunger strike yesterday in support of four Sunni prisoners who are in danger of imminent execution. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), in a leaked message from the prison, the Sunni prisoners released the following statement: […]
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Hard-Liners In Tehran Protest Against ‘Bad Veiling’
Hard-liners have protested in Tehran against what they said was the flouting of the Islamic dress code that became compulsory after the 1979 revolution. The official news agency IRNA put the number of protesters at about 4,000. Every year thousands of women are detained or fined for not fully observing the hijab. President Hassan […]
Families Of Iranian Political Prisoners Protest Alleged Prison Raid
Families of political prisoners demonstrated outside the presidential office in Tehran on April 22 to protest what they say was a brutal raid at a notorious prison in the Iranian capital where their relatives are being held. The protesters say several of their loved ones were badly beaten by security forces the April 17 […]
Former U.S. Hostages Protest Iran’s Choice For UN Envoy
Americans who were held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Iran are calling for Washington not to issue a visa to the man appointed to be Iran’s new envoy to the United Nations. Hamid Abutalebi was part of a radical student group that seized the embassy in Tehran in 1979. Fifty-two U.S. diplomats and […]
Jailed Dervishes, Moradi and Daneshjou in Critical Condition; Loss of more than 10Kg Weight and Intensity of Diseases
The health conditions of three ill Gonabadi Dervish hunger strikers, Hamid-Reza Moradi, Mostafa Daneshjou and Afshin Karampour in 14th day of their hunger strike, have reportedly deteriorated.According to Majzooban Noor, these Dervishes are in critical conditions due to extreme weakness which is the result of hunger and lose more than 10 Kgs weight during […]
Dervishes released following arrests at protest
Dervishes arrested in the protest in front of the Tehran’s Prosecutor’s office were released today, Monday March 10. The Majzooban-e Noor website reports that the dervishes were arrested yesterday as they gathered in front of the Tehran Prosecutor’s office to protest the failure of prison authorities to address the medical needs of jailed dervishes. […]
Authorities promised to Meet Demands of Families of Dervish prisoners; Wife of Jailed Lawyer was unconscious During Protest Gathering
Security officials have promised the families of Dervish prisoners and others who were present in front of Tehran Prosecutor’s office, that their demands will be met until tomorrow at 9 am. The families of Dervish prisoners along with detained Dervishes at police station No. 113 have responded that, if the authorities fail to fulfill […]
Three Ill Dervishes Joined Hunger Strike to Protest the Exile of their Cellmates
Three ill Dervish prisoners have joined a hunger strike in Evin’s ward 350 to protest against the deportation of their 2 Dervish cellmates to Rajai Shahr prison.According to Kaleme website, Hamid-Reza Moradi, Mostafa Daneshjou and Afshin Karampour who suffer from serious health conditions to protest against the illegal deportation of Farshid Yadollahi and Reza […]
Tabriz tractor-makers protest industry department
The head of the Tabriz Workers’ House says tractor-manufacturing workers are staging protests in front of the Industry and Mining Department of Eastern Azerbaijan Province. ILNA reports that the workers are protesting their employer’s failure to pay their wages for more than eight months. Karim Sadeghzadeh reported that 250 workers at the Tabriz Tractor […]
Protest against housearrest of opposition leaders, dervishes and other political prisoners in Iran
On Saturday 30 November, members of the International Organization to Preserve Human Rights in Iran held a manifestation in support of opposition figures Mir Hossein Moussavi, his wife Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi in the crowded streets of Stuttgart, Germany. Moussavi, Karroubi and Rahnavard have been under house arrest for more than 1,000 days […]