Tasua, Ashura mourning ceremonies for Imam Hussein and his companions who were martyred in Karbala was held with great magnificence in Soltani Shrine in Beidokht in the presence of many Gonabadi Dervishes.According to Majzooban Noor, reports from Beidokht indicate that the residents of the city along with Dervishes held Tasua, Ashura mourning ceremonies in […]
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A Report on Condition of Jailed Gonabadi Dervishes in Shiraz AdelAbad Prison
The health condition of three jailed Gonabadi Dervishes in Shiraz’s AdelAbad prison, due to intense interrogation and psychological torture in Intelligence Detention Centre, known as No.100 (Plaque 100/Pelak sad) is reportedly so dire and need immediately to be taken to hospital.According to Majzooban Noor, three Gonabadi Dervishes (Sayed Ebrahim Bahrami, Mohammad Ali Dehghan and […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (26/05/2013)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran1. As a result of city officers using bulldozers to demolish the houses of seven Arabic citizens in the Shelang-Abad area of Ahvaz, two men, named Shahrokh Zamaani and Khaled Hardaani have been on hunger strike since Saturday the 18th of May in order to show their […]
International Religious Freedom Report for 2012
Executive Summary Foremost among the rights Americans hold sacred is the freedom to worship as we choose…we also remember that religious liberty is not just an American right; it is a universal human right to be protected here at home and across the globe. This freedom is an essential part of human dignity, and […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (19/05/2013)
The Sentences: Execution Flogging, amputation, imprisonment and custody1. On Thursday the 9th of March Jahan-bakhsh Soltan-zadeh and Behnam Bagheri, two Civil Rights Activists were arrested by security agents in Maku.2. On Saturday the 11th of May Mojtaba Maleki, the prosecutor of Public and Revolutionary Court of Kermanshah announced the execution by hanging of a […]
Weekly Report on Human Right Violation in Iran (12/05/2013)
Reactions to the violations of human rights in Iran 1. On Wednesday the 1st of May, “Freedom House” published its annual report about the status of press freedom in the world, in which it stated that Iran is one of the worst counties regarding the government not giving people the right to access free […]
Iran Reportedly Lifts Its Ban On Reuters News Agency
An Iranian semi-official news agency says a court has lifted a ban on the Reuters news agency, allowing it to restart its operations in Iran. The report on May 11 by the Iranian Students’ News Agency quotes Deputy Culture Minister Mohammad Jafar Mohammad Zadeh as saying that the court’s verdict was delivered to an […]
Editor arrested after report claiming voter fraud
A journalist for an Iranian news website says its editor has been arrested after reporting that there is an audiotape of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discussing vote rigging in his disputed 2009 re-election. Ahmadinejad’s office strongly denied last month’s report on the Baztab website, and so far, no audiotape has surfaced. The president’s supporters claim […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (05/05/2013)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. Mohammad-Ali Taheri, founder of “Halgheh Gnosticism”, has gone on a hunger strike, in order to protest against sabotaging of the cases by the investigators and interrogators. Mohammad-Ali Taheri is now in section 2A of Evin prison due to his religious beliefs, and so far, there is […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (28/04/2013)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran1. The Belgium Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders on behalf of the Belgium government and EU countries, showed their support in a letter for the continuous work done by the special reporter for Iran ‘Dr Ahmad Shaheed’. They also demanded the immediate and […]