Largest Wave of Arrests by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Since 2009
- Created on Sunday, 29 November 2015 18:16
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Judiciary Denies Knowledge of 170 Recent Arrests
November 19, 2015—The recently announced arrests of 170 people in Qazvin Province, a number of others in Gilan Province, and five journalists in Tehran, all by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, amounts to the largest crackdown since the violent state suppression of the protests that followed the disputed 2009 presidential election in Iran.
Read more...One-year sentence finally catches up with reformist journalist
- Created on Saturday, 21 November 2015 17:30
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Reyhaneh Tabatabai, an Iranian journalist and member of the reformist Islamic Iran Participation Front, has been sentenced to one year in jail and a two-year ban from political and media activities.
Read more...Court to Issue Decision on Farghadani’s “Illegal” Handshake with Her Lawyer
- Created on Thursday, 15 October 2015 00:16
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The imprisoned artist and civil activist Atena Farghadani will soon learn the verdict in the case judicial officials brought against her after she shook her lawyer’s hand when he met with her at Evin Prison. The case, in which she was charged with “non-adultery illegitimate relations,” is set to be decided within three weeks following her October 3, 2015 closed-door trial.
Labour activist found dead in prison
- Created on Sunday, 13 September 2015 18:41
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Jailed Iranian labour activist Shahrokh Zamani was found dead in Rejaishahr Prison by other inmates. HRANA and Kaleme websites report that his death was “sudden” and preliminary reports indicate that it was caused by a stroke.
Read more...Brother of jailed, ill activist warns judiciary
- Created on Sunday, 13 September 2015 18:29
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The brother of jailed human rights activist Nargess Mohammadi has written to the head of Iran’s judiciary, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, 
urging him to issue an order for the hospitalization of his sister, who is suffering from several ailments in prison.
Thousands lose stone-cutting jobs in Fars
- Created on Sunday, 30 August 2015 05:02
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The closure of 410 stone-cutting factories in Fars Province has resulted in more than 4,500 workers being laid off
Read more...Journalist Heidari arrested at offices of daily newspaper
- Created on Saturday, 21 November 2015 17:25
Hadi Heidari, an Iranian journalist and cartoonist, was arrested on Monday November 16.
Read more...Authorities Deny Hospitalization for Ill Activist and Postpone Her Trial Again
- Created on Thursday, 15 October 2015 00:13
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No Explanation Given for Third Postponement of Narges Mohammadi’s Trial Date
Jailed activist refuses food to protest lack of medical care
- Created on Sunday, 13 September 2015 18:36
Iranian political prisoner Saeed Razavi Faqih is refusing food and drink as of Saturday September 12 to protest the failure of prison 
authorities to provide him with adequate medical care for his heart and lung complications.
Reactivated suspended sentence keeps activist in jail two more years
- Created on Sunday, 30 August 2015 05:06
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Iranian student activist Bahareh Hedayat has to serve another two years in jail, even though her family expected her to be released having served five and a half years in jail.
Read more...Officers block memorial for executed political prisoners
- Created on Sunday, 30 August 2015 04:58
Iranian intelligence and security officers prevented a gathering of families and activists from taking place at Khavaran Cemetery on August 28
Khavaran is the burial ground of some of the thousands of political prisoners who were executed in the late eighties following an edict by the late leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini.
Zamaneh reports that the gatherers congregated outside Khavaran in order to the enter the cemetery for their annual 
commemoration service, but security officers refused to let them enter.
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