Al-Arabia – Mohsen Hamadani, a deputy governor of Tehran Province, told Tasnim news agency that security forces opened fire on an armed man who tried to storm the gate of the presidential office. Security forces opened fire after the man did not hear the warning to stop advancing towards the gate. Hamadani added that the man was arrested after he …
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IRGC’s generals and the new generals
AL-Arabia – On the 11th of February, the Iranian Revolution will celebrate the 39th anniversary of its victory and commence its 40th year. We can imagine the map of the region wide open on the table of current and former Revolutionary Guard generals; General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jaafari, commander of the Guards, …
Read More »Tension rising outside the residence of Dr. Tabandeh as the Sepah security forces are planning for the arrest
Gonabadi Dervishes gathered in thousands from all over Iran to protects Dr. Noor Ali Tabandeh, the spiritual Headmaster of the Gonabadi Sufi order. According to Amadnews, Security forces of Sepah is planning to arrest and assassinate Dr. Noor Ali Tabandeh. At the same time, the Gonabadi Dervishes have gathered in thousands outside of the house of Dr. Tabandeh to protect …
Read More »Iran Officials Trying To Explain Away Widespread Protests
RFL/RE – Ali Younesi, President Hassan Rouhani’s special assistant for ethnic groups and religious minorities affairs, says the main objective of recent protests in Iran was to topple the Rouhani administration.
Read More »The life of Dr. Noor Ali Tabandeh, the Spiritual Headmaster of the Gonabadi Sufi order is threatened by the Security forces of Iran
On Saturday evening, February 3rd, 2018, special security forces and civilian armed forces increased security on the street where Dr. Noor Ali Tabandeh, the Spiritual Headmaster of the Gonabadi Sufi order resides. In response, the dervishes of the Gonabadi order increased in numbers to guard the house as security forces of the Iranian regime have previously caused unauthorized psychological and …
Read More »Rights Defender Calls On Iran to ‘Immediately Release’ Activists
RFL/RE – Responding to reports that at least six young human rights defenders, have been detained in coordinated arrests across Iran on 1 February, Amnesty International has called for their immediate release.
Read More »Teachers Union Protests Repression Aimed At Silencing Educators
RFL/RE – A teachers’ trade union association in Iran is protesting what it calls the repression of teachers by security agents across the country.
Read More »Friday Prayer Leader Says Protesters Should Be Hanged
RFL/RE – Tehran’s hard-line provisional Friday Prayer leader, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, has explicitly threatened protesters in Iran with the death penalty.
Read More »Iranian Christians Appeal Convictions By Islamic Court
RFL/RE – Three Iranian Christians are due to appear before Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court on February 4 to appeal against their 2017 convictions on charges of “conducting evangelism” and carrying out “illegal church activities.”
Read More »More Iranian women join protest against forced hijab code
Al-Arabia – On Saturday, a video of a young woman taking off her hijab in Iran in front of a Basij base (Islamic Revolutionary Guard’s Morality Police) emerged.
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