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Political Prisoner ends his hunger strike after his wife is granted temporary furlough in Iran
Arash Sadeghi, a political prisoner who was on hunger strike for 72 days, has ended his strike after his demands were met and his…
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Happy 2017: Ten Years of Zamaneh Media
2016 marked the ten year anniversary of Zamaneh Media – an independent non-profit media outlet established in 2006. Zamaneh’s mission in the past ten…
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More than 50 days on hunger strike; Iranian political prisoners are slowly dying
As the number of political prisoners on hunger strikes are increasing in Iranian prisons, three prisoners who have been on hunger strike for the…
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Mother of jailed activist challenges son’s arrest
Mother of Iranian prisoner Omid Alishenas who was arrested last week by Sarallah Forces to serve his sentence in Evin Prison has once more…
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Women’s Leadership in Iran: a Panel Discussion.
Mansoureh Shojaee a leading Iranian feminist author and activist, Masih Alinejad, journalist and writer and trouble maker for the Islamic Republic of Iran and…
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Unprecedented Ruling Lightens Jail Term for Imprisoned Baha’is
Twenty four Iranian Baha’is who had been sentenced to heavy sentences ranging from 6 to 11 years for charges ranging from threatening national security…
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Arash Sadeghi; Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike Approaching Death
Iranian political prisoner Arash Sadeghi is facing grave health concerns with over forty days on hunger strike in Evin Prison in protest to the…
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Iranian-German Interpreter of Berlinale Rep is Summoned by IRI intelligence
Nourshafarin Dastouri who was accompanying the Berlinale film festival representative in and Iranian trip has been summoned to questioning by Iranian intelligence services.
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Man receives a 21 year sentence for disclosing a file about state execution of 4000 political prisoners in Iran
Ahmad Montazeri the son of a high-ranking political and religious cleric has received a 21 year prison sentence for publishing an audio file belonging…
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Saeed Mortazavi and Zahra Kazemi’s Unresolved File
by: Fareshteh Ghazi There are currently five open cases against Tehran’s Former Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi; however, after 14 years he has still not been…
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Shirin Ebadi: Western governments maintain a dialogue with the real civil society in Iran
Referring back to a speech by Human Rights Ambassador of Netherlands, Kees van Baar who expressed hope of visiting Iran, Ebadi asked the western…
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Domestic politics and human Rights in Iran; a panel discussion
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Zamaneh Meida, Raha Bahreini, Ammar Maleki and Azadeh Pourzand gathered to discuss the domestic politics of…