Numerous protest rallies in Tehran, Ilam People from all walks of life and different ethnicities staged numerous protest and rallies on Sunday in Tehran and Ilam, western Iran, making their voices heard for their demands. In Tehran retired workers of the Tehran Baharestan Steel Company rallied … [Read more...] about News from inside Iran & reports on Syria
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Crackdown wave in Iran & protests in response
Theater actor sentenced to 99 lashes The mullahs’ so-called judiciary in Iran has sentenced a young theater actor by the first name of Payam to 99 lashes. This inhumane ruling was upheld yesterday by the Iranian regime’s supreme court. It is worth noting that following the lashing of Agh Dare … [Read more...] about Crackdown wave in Iran & protests in response
Iran: executions, suicides & meddling in Syria
Inmate executed in Kermanshah, west of Iran A prisoner by the name of Ali Akbar Karami was executed on Tuesday, December 6th at Kermanshah’s Diesel Abad Prison in western Iran. This inmate, from the city of Kangavar, had been held behind bars since 2013. Prisoner hanged in Salmas, … [Read more...] about Iran: executions, suicides & meddling in Syria
Reports of increasing protests in Iran
Iran: political prisoners condemn jailing of Montazeri’s son A group of political prisoners in Gohardasht Prison issued a statement condemning the 21-year jail sentence issued for Ahmad Montazeri, son of the late Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri. … [Read more...] about Reports of increasing protests in Iran
My Iran report – Dec 1, 2016
Iran: Sunni prisoner becomes paralyzed behind bars Sunni prisoner Suleiman Pirouti has become half paralyzed after authorities in Iran deprived him of any medical care. He also is no longer able to speak. … [Read more...] about My Iran report – Dec 1, 2016
Dissident revealing prison brutality in Iran smuggled into Europe
Shabnam Madadzadeh was held for six years in some of Iran's most infamous prisons By Callum Paton - November 26, 2016 An Iranian dissident who secretly disclosed the excesses of prison brutality in the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, endangering her own life, has escaped to Europe. … [Read more...] about Dissident revealing prison brutality in Iran smuggled into Europe