Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – On Monday, September 24th, Azerbaijani activist and former political prisoner Abbas Lasani was notified by text message that he has been sentenced in absentia.
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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 several civilians wounded, Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has announced that it has 22 suspects in custody, backing its announcement with a video recording of blindfolded, unidentified detainees facing a wall.
Read More »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, authorities have said “no” to Evin Prisoner Reza Aghakhani, a nationalist-religious activist.
Read More »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. Moreover, the Supreme Court accepted the death sentence of Arsalan Khodkam, another political prisoner at the same Urmia prison.
Read More »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 days to visit her severely ill father, according to her lawyer Mahmoud Behzadi.
Read More »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 25, 2018, after boarding a plane scheduled to fly to Istanbul, a source close to the family informed the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).
Read More »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 being undermined by his protege: Hassan Rouhani.
Read More »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 the ancient capital of Persia Ctesiphon (Tisfun). Located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River near present-day Baghdad, Ctesiphon served as a royal capital of the Persian Empire in the Parthian and Sasanian eras for over eight hundred years.
Read More »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 penalise European governments or companies that continue to do business with Iran.
Read More »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 Soleimani himself holding a walkie-talkie while the White House is engulfed in flames behind him. The caption reads, “We will crush the USA under our feet.”
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