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Month: September 2018

Azerbaijani Activist Abbas Lasani Tried in Absentia

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – On Monday, September 24th, Azerbaijani activist and former political prisoner Abbas Lasani was notified…

In Wake of Ahvaz Parade Attack, a Sweep of Arrests Sows Community Unease

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Four days after the September 22nd armed attack on an Ahvaz military parade that left…

Nationalist-Religious Activist Reza Aghakhani Denied Conditional Release

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Despite his eligibility for conditional release for already having served a third of his sentence,…

Iran: Two Political Prisoners Sentenced to Death

Iran Human Rights -  The Revolutionary Court of Urmia city in Iran sentenced Mohiaddin Ebrahimi, a political prisoner, to death.…

For the First Time in Three Years, Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi Has Gone On Furlough

CHRI - For the first time in more than three years, imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi was granted furlough for three…

Fourth Women’s Rights Activist Arrested in Iran in Less Than a Month

CHRI - Women’s rights advocate Maryam Azad was arrested by security agents at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on September…

How Rouhani may be destroying his own Moderation camp

Al-Monitor - Twenty months after the passing of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the Moderation camp — which the former two-time president symbolized — is…

US’ Smithsonian Institution Celebrated the History of Ancient Persian Capital

Payvand.com - On September 15, 2018, for the first time in the United States, the Smithsonian Institution celebrated the history of…

US warns Europe of ‘terrible consequences’ if Iran links maintained

irishtimes - The Trump administration has issued a stark warning to the United States’s closest European allies, threatening to sharply…

Would Iran support a terrorist attack against the United States?

washingtonexaminer - The commander of Iran’s special operations Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, recently posted a controversial image to his Instagram account. It features…