Category: Human Rights
Activist on trial in Tabriz
RadioZamaneh-Iranian women’s rights activist Faranak Farid went on trial today in Tabriz as several women writers, poets, lawyers and other activists attended. A Zamaneh correspondent reports that Farid has been charged with propaganda against the regime and insulting the leader. The court cited Farid’s attendance at various conferences abroad, interviews with the media and the [...]
Widespread arrests in Sanandaj and Mashhad
RadioZamaneh-In the past two days, the Iranian ciities of Sanandaj and Mashhad have seen widespread arrests involving 220 people. The Kordpa website reports that the Intelligence Ministry in Sanandaj arrested 35 people gathered at a house in Hassanabad, a Sanandaj suburb. The identities of the detainees have not been announced yet, and the charges against [...]
Iran ‘Orders Execution’ Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani (Update)
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)– Iran again ordered the death penalty for jailed Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani for refusing to recant his faith in Christ and return to Islam raising fears his execution is imminent, a well-informed church official told BosNewsLife Tuesday, February 21. “I was informed yesterday evening that the Gilan [Province] Court ordered the execution” said [...]
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki interrogated at Evin prison’s court
RAHANA-Ronaghi recently wrote a letter from prison criticizing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Human Rights House of Iran reports that this is the second time this month that Ronaghi Maleki has been transferred to the prosecutor’s office in this prison. He has been put under great pressure and subjected to severe duress along with threats that his [...]
Rights group calls for accountability in Khuzestan deaths
RadioZamaneh-The group Justice for Iran has issued a statement denouncing the crackdown on protesters in Khuzestan that saw two detainees killed while in custody. Justice for Iran claims that the people responsible for these deaths appear to enjoy immunity from prosecution in Iran. It has called on anyone who has any information about these incidents [...]
Iranian journalist sentenced to jail
RadioZamaneh-Iranian journalist Mahsa Amrabadi has been sentenced to a prison term for the second time in the past two years. The Kaleme opposition website reports that Mahsa Amrabadi has been sentenced to five years in jail for “assembly and collusion against national security.” Four years of her sentence is suspended; however, one year of it [...]
Iranian journalist held in Azerbaijan over drugs
BAKU (Reuters) – An Iranian journalist is being held in custody on suspicion of drug possession in Azerbaijan, prompting a warning from Iran’s embassy that the arrest could damage already tense relations between the neighboring nations. Anar Bayramli, a reporter for Iran’s Sahar TV and the Fars news agency, was detained last week and Azeri [...]
Top cleric says women can’t be judges because they lack resolve!!
In answer to why women could not become judges [according to the laws of the Islamic Republic] Hojatol Islam val Moslemin Qeraati said, “God has created women for the upbringing of [children] and upbringing needs great kindness, compassion and love which has been entrusted to women. These feelings and love are dangerous for judgment because [...]
Government will seriously deal with ‘election crimes’ in fear of protests
The head of the Kohkiloyeh and Boyer Ahmad Judiciary stressed that dealing with election crimes is the priority of the judicial system. “In light of the fact that dealing with election crimes is a priority in the judiciary, these cases will be seen to immediately and by issuing effective sentences that will also work as [...]
80 percent of Iranian workers live under poverty line
The head of the Contract Labor Union announced the rate of a labor family’s expenses as 900,000 tomans [about 900 dollars]… Fathollah said that the poverty rate had increased since the Smart Subsidy Plan [in which the government cut subsidies] was carried out. “Currently, 80 percent of laborers in the country live under the poverty [...]
Top cleric: human rights laws based on modern ignorance because lack of religious foundation
“Human rights do not have a scientific history and these few laws that the United Nations operates on have been compiled based on modern ignorance”, a cleric said… “The human rights that the United Nations talks about lacks a scientific base because the laws of these countries that have not leaned on religious laws, has [...]
Iran arrests 24 people in Kurdistan for selling firecrackers
Colonel Mohammad Shah-Mohammadi said in an interview, “After ongoing efforts and after identifying fireworks smugglers, agents of the Kurdistan Police arrested 24 of these people following coordination with judicial officials”. “The enemies try to create insecurity in the country, especially via using smugglers to bring in dangerous fireworks under the excuse of the Feast of [...]
Lawyer of woman sentenced to death by stoning jailed for 6 years
Tehran, 20 Feb. (AKI) – The Iranian lawyer of a woman who was sentenced to death in 2006 for adultery has himself been sentenced to six years in prison by a court in Iran, according to human rights group Herana. The court in the northern Iranian city of Tabriz sentenced Javid Hutan Kian, the lawyer [...]
Iran using Malekpour as ‘pawn in a bloody chess game’
(CTVNews) International condemnation has yet to persuade Iran to call off a Canadian resident’s imminent execution, fuelling fears that he’s being used as a political tool. Saeed Malekpour, arrested in 2008 while visiting his ailing father in Iran, faces execution for purportedly spreading corruption through a web program he developed. His sentence has been criticized [...]
Once again, Iranian internet users cut off from email
(RadioZamaneh)Iranian internet users are once again unable to access their email today. The Khabar-on-line website reports that users are again cut off from their email, and no one is willing to take responsibility for it. Meanwhile, internet access is also being disrupted due to the blocking of VPN ports and HTTP protocols. Access to the [...]
Weekly Bulletin: 2/12-2/19
Human Rights Violations: This week, the Iranian regime continued its suppression of religious minorities and arrested 10 Christians in a household prayer meeting, and detained a Christian priest in Karaj Prison. Eight Baha’is were also arrested in Mashhad. In fear of the 25 Bahman protests and upcoming elections, the Iranian regime clamped down on satellite [...]
10 prisoners arrested during 25 Bahman protests on hunger strike in Evin prison
(RAHANA) Gholam Hossein Ghasemi, Hamid Abedini, Ali Azad, Toofan Hatefi, Massoud Kermi, Hamed Aslani, Mohsen Moradi, Mohammad Ali Abdali, Gholam Hossein Azari Najfabadi and Ali Shekarji are 10 prisoners who were detained during anti-government protests on 25 Bahman (February 14), and are still being held behind bars in Evin prison. Human Rights House of Iran reports [...]
Iran halts oil sales to France, Britain
By Siavosh Ghazi TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran announced on Sunday it halted its limited oil sales to France and Britain in retaliation for a phased EU ban on Iranian oil that is yet to take full effect. “Oil sales to British and French companies have ceased,” oil ministry spokesman Ali Reza Nikzad Rahbar said in [...]
Eight Baha’is arrested in Mashhad
(RadioZamaneh) Islamic Republic security forces have arrested eight Baha’i youth at a craft show held at the home of a Baha’i citizen in Mashhad. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports that on Friday, security forces raided the home of a Baha’i citizen where a craft show was being held. The report indicates that [...]
Iranian regime tries political activist for propagating against government
The court trial for Alireza Rajayi was held on the morning of Wednesday February 15. “The first trial for my client, Alireza Rajayi, was held today in the 28th branch of the Revolutionary Court”, his lawyer Yousef Molayi said. “The necessary defense was presented to court but the verdict is still not clear and according [...]