After more than 30 days of strikes, a number of workers at the Safa Pipe and Rolling Company in Saveh have been terminated. ILNA reported on Saturday May 23 that the number of fired workers has not yet been confirmed but it is somewhere around 10. Workers report that most of them are on […]
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More Than Two Months in Solitary Confinement for Protesting Exclusion of Women in Stadium
A young woman’s detention in solitary confinement continues after her June 30, 2014 arrest, following her earlier arrest and release outside a Tehran sports stadium when she tried to attend a volleyball game. Ghoncheh Ghavami’s lawyer, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaee, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he is unaware of his […]
Families of political prisoners in Evin Prison protesting outside Iran parliament
A group of families of Evin Prison political prisoners held a protest gathering outside Iran’s Majlis (parliament) on Sunday, April 20th. The protesters called for the release of political prisoners and also the return of the inmates attacked on Thursday, April 17th, by Iranian regime’s agents when they stormed Evin’s ward 350. Thirty one […]
10 Protesting Political Prisoners Have Been Kept In Solitary Confinement, Threats Made Against 35 Other Prisoners
Despite a visit by the Deputy Judiciary Chief, the 10 political prisoners who were moved to solitary confinement in Evin Ward 240 on Sunday, are still incarcerated there, and the Deputy Warden of Evin prison has threatened that the other 35 prisoners protesting this illegal move will be confronted and punished. According to reports […]
Protesting Letter of Behnam Ebrahim Zade about His Son’s Sickness
Behnam (As’ad) Ebrahimzade, labor activist who is imprisoned at Ward 350 of Evin Prison got informed about his son’s sickness and transferring him to Mahak Hospital – the hospital for the children suffering cancer.
Kermanshah students sentenced to prison terms for protesting presence of regime official in university
After students of the Razi University in Kermanshah protested the presence of the former Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Safar Harandi on Student Day, the Kermanshah Revolutionary Court sentenced a number of students in this university to heavy suspended prison terms.
Fire protesting! A threat to all despotic governments!!
“Hòa thượng Thích Quảng Đức” believed in Mahayana, one of the Buddhism branches. He was a monk who burned himself to death at one of the busiest Saigon’s roads in June 1963. In this action, without making any movement he burned himself to death calmly like a candle.
The Women Who are Political Prisoners
On Wednesday, lawyer and activist Shadi Sadr spoke about the situation of the women who are political prisoners in Iran: Exactly two years ago today, the largest protesting demonstration of the Iranian people after the 1979 revolution took place between Enghelab or Revolution square and Azadi or Freedom square.
Iranian political prisoners begin a hunger strike to protest the death of Hoda Saber and Haleh Sahabi
Rahana – Twelve Iranian political prisoners have started a hunger strike to protest the deaths of Haleh Sahabi and Reza Hoda Saber. Twelve Iranian political prisoners have started a hunger strike to protest the deaths of the two Nationalist-religious political prisoners in the past month, Haleh Sahabi and Reza Hoda Saber.