January 27, 2016: Iran’s Council of Experts who oversee the ongoing implementation of the 1979 Revolution, will remain an all male body for the near future. The group, which is made up of 88 Shiite …
November 11, 2015: Two reformist political prisoners of Evin Prison began a hunger strike last Thursday, November 5, after sending a letter to President Rouhani which indicated that they will only stop their strike after their …
November 11, 2015: Jafar Azimzadeh, head of Iran’s Free Trade Union, began his six-year prison sentence on Sunday at 10pm. Azimzadeh was convicted on charges of “propaganda activities against the regime” and “disrupting public order”. …
Prominent Iranian journalist Issa Saharkhiz was arrested by the IRGC on charges of “propaganda against the state” and “insulting the Supreme leader“. His arrest follows an uptick of journalist arrests that began last week, with …
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