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Tag : green movement

June 15, 2020

Dangerous Deterioration in Health of Opposition Leader Held under House Arrest Since 2011

Conditions Harshened for 82-year-old Mehdi Karroubi After He Criticized Supreme Leader After more than nine years under extrajudicial house arrest, the health of Iran’s 82-year-old opposition leader, Mehdi Karroubi, is deteriorating dramatically, the Center for Human Rights ...

October 2, 2019

Mother of Slain Son to Serve One Year in Prison for Seeking Justice

Appeals Court Upholds Sentence against Shahnaz Akmali Shahnaz Akmali, the mother of a protester who was killed in a pro-democracy rally, must serve a year in prison, an Appeals Court in Iran has decided, for her attempts ...

June 28, 2018

Iranian Journalist and Political Activist Detained For Criticizing Iran’s Judiciary

Well-known journalist and political activist Hengameh Shahidi was arrested upon leaving a hospital in Iran’s Kish Island after strongly criticizing state policies on social media and in interviews with foreign media. ...

May 24, 2018

Eight Iranian Officials Call For Lifting Ban on Twitter Less Than a Month After State Blocks Telegram

Conservatives Increasingly Endorsing Twitter as Propaganda Front Six Iranian ministers and two members of Parliament (MPs) have sent a letter to President Hassan Rouhani calling on him to lift the state’s ban on Twitter. The call comes ...

March 10, 2018

Father and Son Political Prisoners Kept on Death Row in Iran For Eight Years Despite Deteriorating Health

Two prisoners of conscience who have been behind bars for nearly a decade in Tehran’s Evin Prison have been denied medical leave despite suffering from serious illnesses, a ...

January 3, 2018

22 Killed and Hundreds Arrested as Iran’s Supreme Leader Blames Protests on Foreign “Enemies”

As details emerged about the number of casualties and arrests that occurred during the first six days of the anti-government demonstrations that began in Iran on December 28, 2017, ...

December 29, 2017

Hardline Officials Blame Wave of Protests in Iran on Rouhani Government and Foreign Powers

Protests flared across several Iranian cities during the last week of December 2017 as citizens faced off with security forces to demand better living circumstances. Hardline officials meanwhile blamed the Rouhani government and foreign powers ...

December 1, 2017

Spokesman Berates Former President Ahmadinejad After He Accuses Judiciary of Corruption

The spokesman for Iran’s judiciary has publicly spoken out against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after the former president accused the judiciary of corruption in a public speech. At a press conference on November 28, 2017, ...

November 29, 2017

After Fiery Speech, Iran Censors Ahmadinejad-Related Online Searches

Websites affiliated with former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were blocked in Iran and the country’s most widely used state-approved video-sharing site has barred users from accessing Ahmadinejad-related content after the controversial politician criticized state officials in a recent speech ...

November 28, 2017

Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi to Serve Two-Year Prison Term for Protestor’s Death

Former Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi has received a two-year prison sentence for being an “accomplice to murder” and the “illegal detention” of Mohsen Rouholamini, who died after being picked up by security forces in Tehran during the widespread protests of 2009 ...

October 8, 2017

Iran’s Ex-Reformist President Banned From Public Appearances Week After Seven MPs Sentenced to Prison

Former President Mohammad Khatami. Iran’s former reformist President Mohammad Khatami has been banned from making public appearances and receiving political guests for three months. The ban, first reported on October 5, 2017, ...

September 7, 2017

Rouhani Government Remains on Sidelines Amid House Arrest Controversy

The government of President Hassan Rouhani continues to avoid taking the initiative to resolve the six-and-a-half-year extrajudicial house arrests of ailing opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi, Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife ...

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