Abdollah Momeni (left) and Majid Tavakoli are both reportedly on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin prison. July 30, 2010 A number of political prisoners incarcerated at Tehran’s Evin prison have reportedly gone on hunger strike to protest their treatment, including their transfer to solitary confinement and cancellation of family visits. The “Kalame” website, which [...]

The European Union and Canada on Monday separately adopted new sanctions against Iran, targeting the country’s foreign trade, banking and energy sectors. The moves are the latest in a series of measures taken by the international community in an effort to halt Iran’s nuclear program.

  BERLIN — Tehran has used a small Iranian-owned bank in Germany to circumvent sanctions slapped on firms blacklisted for involvement in the Islamic republic’s missile programmes, a newspaper report said Monday. Citing unnamed Western officials, the Wall Street Journal said the European-Iranian Trade Bank AG (EIH) had done more than a billion dollars of [...]

According to UNHCR, Iranian refugees comprise 19% of the total registered refugee population in Turkey. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the passage of Penal Law in 2008 authorizing death penalty for apostasy and especially after June 2009 fraudulent election, Iranians have been seeking refuge in foreign countries in large numbers.

The government of Iran has turned its back on a rich tradition of civil society, perpetrating human rights abuses against many activists and ordinary citizens who just wanted the right to be heard.

by Hiedeh Farmani Hiedeh Farmani – Tue Jul 13, 9:05 am ET TEHRAN (AFP) – Many shops in Tehran’s main trade hub remained closed on Tuesday, even after a government compromise in a row over taxes. Last Tuesday most store owners in Tehran’s traditional bazaar went on strike, saying the government was trying to impose a 70-percent tax hike [...]

The judicial authorities in Iran must immediately clarify Sakineh

Mohammad Ashtiani’s legal status and conduct a thorough review of her case, as well as all other cases where stoning sentences have been passed

  Reza Kahlili, a self-proclaimed former CIA “double agent” inside Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, appeared in disguise at a Washington think tank Friday claiming that Iran has developed weapons-grade uranium and missiles ready to carry nuclear warheads. The pseudonymous Kahlili, whose previous accounts have been greeted with widespread skepticism, also said Iran was planning nuclear suicide [...]

Fifteen could still die in horrific sentence after being allegedly convicted of adultery Saeed Kamali Dehghan and Ian Black guardian.co.uk, Thursday 8 July 2010 21.01 BST Article history An Iranian woman at a protest in Brussels highlights the barbarity of death by stoning, in which women are buried up to their necks in front of [...]

(CNN) — Iran’s top human rights official said the Islamic regime is reviewing a sentence of execution by stoning for a woman convicted of adultery. “Sentences such as stoning will be closely reviewed and probably changed,” Mohammad Javad Larijani told Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency. Larijani was referring to the well-publicized case of Sakineh Mohammedie [...]