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Month: September 2016

Rajai Shahr Prison Is Being Prepared for an Amputation

HRANA News Agency – Mohammadreza Farahnak, a prisoner who has been kept on charge of theft in Rajai Shahr prison…

Seven Prisoners in Imminent Danger of Execution for Drug Offenses

Iran Human Rights - Seven prisoners in Minab Prison (Hormozgan province, southern Iran) are in imminent danger of execution. Seven prisoners…

Syria as Metaphor

lobelog - The war in Syria is a nightmare. It's a nightmare for all the civilians who suffer from constant aerial…

Iranian Takes US State Department by Storm

PayvandNews - The recent appointment of Iranian-American Sahar Nowrouzzadeh as Persian spokesperson for the US Department of State is likely…

Amnesty calls on Iran to free wife of Fleet man after trial ‘travesty’

gethampshire - A human rights organisation is calling on the government to speak out on behalf of a man whose wife…

Iran Sentences Lebanese IT Expert To 10 Years In Prison

RFL/RE - A Lebanese information-technology (IT) expert detained in Iran for more than a year has been sentenced to 10…

Iranian President Meets Castros In Havana

RFL/RE - The Iranian president has met with his Cuban counterpart and his older brother and predecessor during a visit…

Journalist With Reformist Daily Arrested In Iran

RFL/RE - A journalist with Iran's reformist Sharq daily has been arrested in Tehran. Sadra Mohaqeq was arrested on September…

A Report about the Condition of 51 Sunni Prisoners in Rajai Shahr Prison

HRANA News Agency – After the “Black Monday” when 37 Sunni prisoner under high security conditions were transferred to solitary…

On Hunger Strike, Imprisoned Music Distributors’ Health Deteriorates

Iranhumanrights.org - Imprisoned music distributors Mehdi Rajabian and Hossein Rajabian are in poor health after starting a hunger strike on…