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TEHRAN (AFP) — Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi accused Swedish cosmetics firm Oriflame on Saturday of trying to harm Iran’s security after five of its employees were arrested amid allegations of…

(CNN) — Iranian judicial authorities say a final verdict in the case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning has not yet been made and defended the country’s legal…

The physical condition of Kurdish activist Rahim Rash has [drastically] deteriorated after insisting to continue his hunger strike after the 36th day while detained in Mahabad prison. Rahim Rash is…

Human Rights and Democracy Activists of Iran reports that security forces had set up road blocks and stopped the families from visiting the resting places of their kin. According to…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV is reporting that three people died in the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that shook the country’s remote northeast overnight. Forty others were injured. The…

Esmaeil(Hadi) Rahmanian, Farzad Darvish-Sarvestani, Ali Akbar Ebrahimzadeh, Heydar Esparjani, and Keramatollah Mohit referred to the Judiciary along with their attorneys, Farshid Yadollahi Farsi, Amir Eslami (2 members of the Human…

PARIS, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Iran has stockpiled enough low-enriched uranium for 1-2 nuclear arms but it would not make sense for it to cross the bomb-making threshold with only…

BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group says authorities should formally ask Iran to help equip the country’s military. Sheik Hassan Nasrallah vows his Iranian-backed group…

TEHRAN (AFP) — Direct peace talks between Israel and Palestinians will fail as long as the “root” of the problem remained, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Tuesday.…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian state-owned newspaper quotes the country’s Central Bank governor as saying imports should be decreased in response to the sanctions imposed on Iran over its…

Hossein Armin, a kickboxing instructor was arrested after police filed a criminal record for him and was tortured to accept the charges. As a result of the torture, his spinal…

Letter of political prisoner Saleh Kohandel from Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison: Today, 250 people have to sleep in 100 cubic meters of space and hundreds of prisoners are forced to…

The one year suspended imprisonment sentence of student activist Mahdiyeh Golrou which was served to her last December, has begun. RAHANA: Mahdiyeh Golrou has to serve a 2 year prison…

The United States sees no “proliferation risk” from Iran’s Russian-built first nuclear power plant at Bushehr that was loaded with fuel Saturday, the State Department said. The Russian involvement in…

Mahdiyeh Golrou has to serve a 2 year prison sentence which was upheld in the 54th branch of the Revolutionary Court and her one year suspended imprisonment. They add up…

– Courtesy of Marco Curatolo – Shiva Nazar Ahari, an Iranian Human Rights activist and a political prisoner in Evin prison (Tehran) since December 20 2009, is now facing the…

Dr. Ali Arab-Mazar, a university professor and an economic advisor to Mir Hossein Mousavi, was released from Evin prison on Wednesday night, 18 August 2010. According to Kaleme news portal,…

Hamed Omidid, a Technology student at Allameh University was sentenced to 3 years in prison for assembly and conspiracy against national security. According to the Human Rights Committee Reporters, he…

Mother of Shiva Nazar-Ahari, one of the arrested human rights activist, has announced that her daughter Shiva has been condemn with the charge of “Morahebeh”, On Wednesday 18 Aug. Shahrzad…

The website Kurdish Perspective reports that Evin prison interrogators have amputated the tongue of Matin Arjan, a Kurdish political prisoner from Batman, Turkey. He is currently in critical condition and…

Tehran, Aug. 18 – A soldier who is a prison guard at Vakil-Abad Prison in the city of Mashhad, in Khorassan Razavi Province, northeast Iran, has emailed Iran Focus alleging…

August 17, 2010 Rooz Online reporter Saman Rasoulpour conducted an interview with Soran Rash, the son of political prisoner Rahim Rash. He talked of his father’s physical condition. Rahim Rash’s…