Iran-HRM – Sam Rajabi is an Iranian environmental activist who was arrested in late January. His siter, Katayon Rajabi, has expressed concern over not having any information about her brother’s condition. “I have no news about him,” his sister said.

Iran-HRM – Blogger and Baluch political activist Sakhi Rigi, who is detained in Ahwaz Prison, is serving his 9th year of prison. He wrote a letter from prison detailing his condition. The blogger was sentenced to 20 years of prison in 2009 for “publishing lies,” and “acting against national security.” This is one of the heaviest sentences given to a blogger …

HRANA News Agency – Branch 47 of the Supreme Court rejected the death sentence of Marjan Davari, 50-year-old translator and scholar in Shahr Ray women’s prison, who had been sentenced to death on charge of corruption in 2017. One of the charges against Mrs. Davari is membership in Eckankar. It is said that the death sentence of Karim Zarger has …

HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Saber Malek Raisi, political prisoner who had been transferred to the quarantine after being beaten because of protesting against the restrictions and prohibitions imposed on him, ended his hunger strike after 39 day and 24 kilograms weight loss by sending a message and emphasizing that “in such a situation, the priority is to focus to …

PayvandNews – A group of distinguished professors and intellectuals have written a letter to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres calling on him to use Norooz, the Persian New Year, as an opportunity to remove “structural violence” in international system in order to achieve true peace (Positive Peace). Following is the text of the letter sent by the Mehr news …

RFL/RE – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said ahead of a March 5visit to Tehran that the country needed to address concerns over its ballistic-missile program or risked new sanctions.

Mr Ali Younesi, the previous secretary of the intelligence service of Iran and current advisor of the presidency on the affairs of the tribes and religious minorities called the recent events at the Golestan street an “disaster” and explained the root cause being the infiltration of the enemies of Iran within the security forces and the results of fanatic thinking. …

Mr Ahmad Khatami, the leader of Friday prayers in Tehran, said during his Friday speech on 2nd of March 2018, “We need to punish the perpetrators of the Golestan street as soon as possible with the maximum penalty so that others learn a lesson and not even dream of repeating such an act.”   The Chief of Police in Tehran Mr Rahimi continues …

Radiofarda – Nearly ninety civil rights and political activists inside Iran have issued a statement raising concern over “unpleasant reports” concerning the health condition of the detained Gonabadi dervishes and their situation behind bars. The statement published in several websites, including pro Green Movement Kalemeh.com, has called for a fair legal procedure concerning indictments filed against the detained Sufis. Describing …

RadioFarda – Marching through streets of Ahvaz, southwestern Iran, thousands of workers on Saturday, March 3, called for the immediate release of their fellow workers.