While several government, military, and religious authorities have spoken at speeches, sermons, and interviews about severe punishment of protesters who were detained on Ashura, demanding that Iranian judiciary issue verdicts of “muhareb” for them, in a recent sermon, Mesbah Yazdi who is the spiritual leader ...
Iranian students: This New Year will be the year of the young liberators, openers of a new cycle of life in the world for the welfare of all citizens, and the routing of our way of doing politics in our spaces. It will be the consolidation of ...
Tehran's Prosecutor's Office announced on Thursday that the files of five suspects arrested on Ashura on charges of muharebeh have been completed and forwarded to Iran's Revolutionary courts. According ...
A special commission of the Iranian Parliament formed to investigate the events of Kahrizak Detention Center submitted its final report on Sunday which was unanimously approved. The Commission made several visits to different police detention centers and conducted various interviews with police authorities, detainees, ...
The appointment of a top IRGC commander with a security background to the position of Adviser to the Judiciary has created concern among human rights activists who believe such action would lead to radicalization of the Judiciary and distortion of its independence. ...
Sohrab Razzaghi, civil society activist and researcher reviewed human rights, organizations active in human rights, and required steps for improving human rights in Iran during an interview with Zamaneh Radio. During this interview, he pointed out the positive effects of statements by international human rights ...
Following the post Ashura continuation of student protests in Iranian universities which led to cancellation of examinations at several Tehran universities, Sharif Industrial University’s Student Affairs Vice President has threatened the protesting students with strong confrontation. Vossoughi Vahdat told Fars News Agency: “We ...
On Monday, January 4, 2010, Mohammad Ali Ramin, Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance in charge of Press, told the reporters that, “Newspapers who receive notices or are banned are like corrupt and dirty elements which disturb the media landscape and by banning ...
