– Iran närmar sig förmågan att principiellt ha möjligheten att skapa kärnvapen, sade Medvedev i ett anförande till den ryska diplomatkåren. Det är första gången som Ryssland offentligt antyder att…
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Tehrans Bazaar i allmän strejk
I en aldrig tidigare skådad solidaritet gick köpmän i hela Teherans Bazaar på en generalstrejk tisdagen den 13 juli 2010. Strejken omfattar ett stort område från Bouzarjomehri Avenue hela vägen…
CHRR Member Shiva Nazar Ahari Still in Prison Limbo
Journalist and CHRR member Shiva Nazar Ahari is still held in Evin prison in an uncertain condition, while her trial which was supposed to be held on 23 May 2010…
Detained Member of Teachers Trade Union Held Incommunicado
Mahmoud Bagheri, the member of board of directors of Teachers Trade Union of Iran, was arrested by security guards on June 29, 2010 after being summoned to the Zone 4…
Ahmadinejad under fire from parliament speaker
TEHRAN (AFP) — Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has come under fire from parliament speaker Ali Larijani, a fellow conservative who stood against him when he was first elected in…
Amir Kabir University Student Yaser Turkeman Transferred to Evin Prison
Yaser Turkeman who is earning his Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from Amir Kabir University, has been transferred to Evin Prison in order to serve his one year prison sentence.…
Balouchi Youth Faces Imminent Risk of Execution
A Balouchi youth who was kidnapped by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence seven months ago is at risk of being executed. Mohammad Saber Malek Raisi, who is fifteen and…
Stening av iransk kvinna stoppas
Den iranska kvinna som dömts till döden genom stening fick på torsdagen beskedet att domen upphävts. Det är däremot oklart om hon kommer att avrättas på annat sätt. Samtidigt väntar…
Mourning Mothers visit Tavakoli Residence
On the anniversary of the university attack by security forces (18 Tir), a group from the Mourning Mothers visited the home of imprisoned student activist Majid Tavakoli to share their…
Women’s Rights Activist Maryam Zia Tried at Revolutionary Court
Women’s and children’s rights activist Maryam Zia was summoned to the ourt on Sunday July 4 and was tried although despite the absence of the prosecutor’s representative. She was tried…
Guardian: Iran halts woman’s death by stoning
A 43-year-old Iranian woman will not be stoned to death after an international campaign launched by her children. It is unclear whether the authorities have lifted the death sentence for…
Merchant killed by government agents in Tehran Bazaar – eyewitnesses
Tehran, Jul. 08 – Tensions increased at Tehran’s grand Bazaar on Wednesday after a respected merchant was stabbed to death, allegedly by pro-government supporters, on the second day of a…
Student Activist Salman Sima Released
Salman Sima, an Azad University activist who was detained on June 12, 2010 for the second time since last year, was released from prison on Monday July 5, 2010. According…
Qaem Shahr Baha’i Resident Shahnaz Ranjbar Released
Shahnaz Ranjbar, a Baha’i resident of Qaem Shahr in Mazandaran province was released on bail on 27 June 2010. According to Khabar-Navard weblog, she had been arrested on June 7,…
Mokhtar Asadi Transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison
There is no information as to the alleged charges. According to the Mokrian News Agency, Asadi was detained on Monday, June 28th in Karaj. He had been sentenced to exile…
Journalist Abdolreza Tajik in Prison Limbo
Parvin Tajik, Abdolreza Tajik’s sister said that since Mr. Tajik’s arrest on 12 June 12 2010, they have no information about where and why he was arrested or where he…
Minderårig ska avrättas imorgon
En 20 årig man ska åter avrättas i Iran som var minderårig när brottet begicks. Enligt Mohammed Resa Haddadis advokat, ska Hadidi avrättas på onsdag, trots att han bara var…
Leafleting in west Tehran for new rally
Some residents of Tehran-Sar and Ekbatan townships in west Tehran have this week received leaflets in their mailboxes from pro-democracy activists urging them to take part in anti-government protests to…
Final Court Hearing Held for Ali Malihi
According to his attorney, Malihi was charged with participating in illegal gatherings and anti- regime propaganda. Malihi and Dadkhah presented their final defense to the judge in the 28th branch…
Interviews Son of Victim in the Case of Mohammad Reza Haddadi
“In the Summer of 2003 my father went to the city of Kazerun to visit a relative who was ill. On the way back, two soldiers and two other people…
Azad University Student Farzad Eslami Sentenced to One Year in Prison
The 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court has sentenced Farzad Eslami to one year of imprisonment for engaging in anti-regime propaganda by participating in the illegal gathering at the University…
Tvåbarnsmamman ska stenas till döds
Den anti humanistiska regimen i Iran ska stena en tvåbarnsmamma anklagad för otrohet. Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, 42, anklagades för otrohet av sin man i staden Tabriz i Iran 2006. Hon…