15 political prisoners on hunger strike for two weeks, finally put an end to their hunger strike. According to reports from Kaleme, these political prisoners decided to end their hunger…
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Majid Tavakoli’s Physical Condition Improving -Meets With Tehran Prosecutor
Last night, we reported that Majid Tavakoli was in critical physcial condition and had lost consciousness. Today, after having ended his hunger strike along with 15 other political prisoners, Tavakoli’…
Ashura Detainee Sentenced to Death
On August 4th, there were reports that Farah Vazhan was sentenced to 15 years in prison. However, a reliable source has told RAHANA that she has been sentenced to death.…
17 Year Old Tortured at Hands of Revolutionary Guard Intelligence Division
Revolutionary Guard intelligence tortured seventeen year old Ali Niknam after his arrest on November 2, 2009. Ali Niknam protested the election results last year and was arrested by Revolutionary Guard…
IAEA: Iran activates enrichment equipment
The Associated Press By VERONIKA OLEKSYN VIENNA (AP) — Iran has activated equipment to enrich uranium more efficiently in a move that defies the U.N. Security Council, the International Atomic…
US probed BHP Billiton trade with Cuba and Iran
The Australian THE US SEC looked into BHP Billiton’s activities in Iran and Cuba after Washington labelled the countries as state sponsors of terrorism. According to documents filed with the…
Activists report commotion in Iran capital
Tehran, Aug. 10 – From the Grapevine… Saturday night, government opponents set fire to a large garbage bin in Qazvin Street in Tehran, activists say. Security forces arrived at the…
Exclusive: Sick livestock imported, budget diverted in Iran ministry
Tehran, Aug. 10 – Some of the funds allocated in the Iranian government’s budget for the purchase of livestock from abroad have gone missing and are believed to have been…
Seven dead in clashes in south-west Iran
Tehran, Aug. 09 – Three days of clashes between security forces and the people of Dahdez, in the south-western oil-rich Province of Khuzestan, have left seven people dead, according to…
Obama’s briefing on Iran: It’s about pressure, not diplomacy
The White House called in a small group of journalists this week to listen to President Obama and his top advisers give a briefing on the state of the sanctions…
Iran pays 25 pct more for gasoline
LONDON, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Sanctions on Iran’s fuel imports are forcing the Islamic Republic to pay well above the market rate for its gasoline, figures from the Turkish government…
Mansour Osanloo Tried at the Revolutionary Court in Karaj
On Sunday, August 1st, 2010, Mansour Osanloo Head of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company was tried at the Revolutionary Court’s Branch #1 in the city…
Iran: Gigantisk ekonomiskt stöd till regimens förtryckarstyrkor
De senaste månaderna har Mahmoud Ahmadinejads regeringen ägnat stora ekonomiska resurser till att finansiera den iranska regimens repressiva organ och ökat deras budget med upp till 50 procent, enligt de…
Iran: Politiska fångar i hungerstrejk
En grupp av sjutton iranska politiska fångar har hungerstrejkat i Gohardasht fängelset i Karaj i en vecka, rapporterar oppositionella iranska webbsidor. Arjang Davoudi har matstrejkat sedan treveckor tillbaka I gruppen…
Amnesty: Sätt tryck på Iran
Efter starka protester från omvärlden stoppade Iran steningen av Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani som dömts till döden för äktenskapsbrott. Men dödsdomen står fast och svenska Amnesty International uppmanar regeringen till…
Three Gonabad Dervishes Detained in Alashtar
Hamzeh Malek-Shahi, Mohammad Malek-Shahi and Hamid Naderi, are the three Nematollahi-Gonabadi dervishes who were detained by the security forces in the city of Alashtar, located in the Province of Lorestan.…
Stoppa dödsdomen mot min vän Jafar Kazemi |Newsmill
Jafar Kazemi kan när som helst avrättas, hans dödsdom har blivit bekräftad. Han är anklagad för att stödja iranska oppositionen Folkets Mujahedin, samt ha organiserat demonstrationer emot den Iranska regimen.…
URGENT CALL/ AKUT KAMPANJ
Jafar kazemi’s dödsdom har blivit bekräftad, Signera för att rädda hans liv/ Jafar Kazemi’s execution has been confirmed by Tehrans Prosectur, please sign this petition to save his life!! Den…
Mistaken as an Iranian martyr, then hounded
FRANKFURT — Zahra Soltani, whom everyone calls Neda, will never forget the day she saw her death announced on television, accompanied by the picture she had posted on her Facebook…
Iran’s Ahmadinejad calls for TV debate with Obama
TEHRAN, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday to face him in a televised one-on-one debate to see who has the…
Jailed Iran protesters on hunger strike: websites
TEHRAN (AFP) — A group of 17 Iranian political prisoners, including journalists and student activists, have been on hunger strike for a week demanding better treatment, opposition websites reported on…
Rädda livet på politisk fånge Jafar Kazemi!!
Den 47 årige politiska fånge, far till två barn, har dömts till döden anklagad för ”Mohareb” (Guds fiende). Kazemi är anklagad för att stödja organisationen Folkets Mujahedin och att ha …