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July 31 (Reuters) – An earthquake in northeastern Iran injured 274 people on Friday, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported, and a slightly stronger tremor struck central Iran on Saturday.…

Behnam Ebrahimzadeh’s family visited Evin prison on Friday 23 July, but prison officials did not disclose any information about their son’s whereabouts. According to a number of news portal, Behnam…

An appeals court has upheld the death sentence handed down to Jafar Kazemi. His sentence was confirmed by the 36th Branch of the court of appeals presided over by Hojatoleslam…

Amir Khosrow Dalirsani, a nationalist-religious activist, a member of the Committee against Arbitrary Arrests and a senior member of Jonbesh Mosalmanan Mobarez, was detained following the Ashura events in December…

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday that new EU sanctions on Iran undermined international efforts to resolve concerns over its nuclear program, tempering hopes of closer cooperation between Moscow…

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran will react swiftly if its commercial shipping or aviation are subjected to inspection, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday. A U.N. Security Council resolution on June 9…

The Associated Press By SLOBODAN LEKIC BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union on Monday formally adopted a package of new sanctions against Iran, targeting the country’s foreign trade, banking and…

Ahmadreza Ahmadpour is a cleric, member of Qom Hezbeh Mosharekat (Participation Front), blogger (Pezhvak-e- Khamoosh), and religious scholar has been on his third round of hunger strike since July 10.…

Lovers of Ahmad Shamlou’s works had gathered at Emamzadeh Taher cemetery on Saturday July 24 on the 10th anniversary of his death to commemorate this outstanding poet. The police attempted…

In a short phone call on Sunday July 25, Mohammad Reza Jalaeipour notified his father that he has been transferred to a prison in Mashhad. According to Kaleme, he also…

The Committee of Human Rights Reporters announced on their website that Fereshteh Halimi, Mohammad Mostafaei’s wife, along with her brother Farhad Halimi, were detained on July 24th at 11:00pm near…

On Saturday July 24, Mohsen Armin, spokesperson of Islamic Republic Mojahedin Organization and member of this reformist party’s central council, was released from Evin on $200,000 bail. According to RAHANA’s…

According to the Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA), 18 men and 1 woman are among the 19 individuals executed. Sixteen people were executed for smuggling drugs. They had also…

Branch 28 of Tehran Revolutionary Court presided over by judge Moghiseh ruled out its verdict for Ali Malihi, member of Iran Alumni Organization, according to Acts 609 and 610 of…

On Saturday July 24, Mohammad Mostafaei visited the Intelligence Prosecutor office inside Evin prison to which he had been earlier summoned, and attended an interrogation session which lasted for 4…

Arsalan Abadi, a constructional engineering student at Qazvin University who was sentenced to 9 and half years of prison by the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court, was sentenced to…

Student activist Moshfegh Samandari who was arrested on 1 May 2010 to start serving his 6-month prison term, was released from Babol prison before the due date. According to RAHANA,…

Nasim Sarabandi, a women’s rights and student activist and member of Tahkim-e Vahdat student organization (Office for Consolidating Unity), was summoned to branch 4 of the revolutionary court to clarify…

Investigative research done at Beheshti University on Iran’s street children shows that these children suffer from a multitude of physical and mental health problems. These children often have very poor…