Tuesday , 19 March 2024

Latest news

Iranian Writer Rashno to Serve Nearly Four-Year Prison Sentence

Iranwire – Sepideh Rashno, an Iranian writer, poet and vocal critic of compulsory hijab, says she will go to prison to serve a three-year-and-11-month term handed to her for “publishing obscene images” on social media.   Rashno said on her Instagram account that she was also barred from traveling. “A travel ban for someone who doesn’t intend to leave,” Rashno wrote. …

Read More »

Father of Slain Iranian Protester Handed Another Prison Term

Iranwire – The Iranian authorities have sentenced Manouchehr Bakhtiari, the father of a 27-year-old man killed in a crackdown on protests in Iran in 2019, to six more months in prison for “insulting the leadership.”  The activist HRANA news agency reported on February 14 that Branch 6 of the Court of Appeal of Qazvin, led by Judge Habibullah Amiri, had …

Read More »

Iranian Baha’i Man Jailed for “Deviant” Activities

Iranwire – Keyvan Rahimian, a member of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority, has been sentenced to a total of nine years in prison.  The Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Rahimian to five years’ imprisonment, six years of social rights deprivation and a 50-million-toman ($920) fine for engaging in “deviant educational or propaganda activities contrary to Islamic Sharia.” He was also handed a …

Read More »

Jailed Iranian Protest Rapper Salehi Sentenced to Prison in New Case

Iranwire – The appeals court of Isfahan province has rejected Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi’s appeal against his one-year prison sentence, his lawyer says. “Our appeal against the initial one-year imprisonment verdict was dismissed by Branch 17 of the Isfahan court, making the sentence final,” lawyer Amir Raisian told the semi-official ILNA news agency.  “We will continue to explore other avenues …

Read More »

Iranian Baha’i Woman Jailed for Five Years

Iranwire – A Baha’i woman was apprehended by agents of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence on the streets of Shiraz on February 13 and taken to Adel Abad prison to start her prison sentence. The First Branch of Shiraz Revolutionary Court sentenced Mina Karami to five years in prison after finding her guilty of “deviant educational and propaganda activities contrary …

Read More »
0