By Armin Baldwin
In a statement that referred to the prison and lashing sentences for Nasrin (Azam) Khezri Javadi, the Free Union of Iranian Workers announced that workers and retirees have to sustain poverty, misery and low salaries and they don’t have permission for the smallest protest against the exploiting and ransacking of their wages.
by Navid Felker
As yet another British citizen is reportedly arrested in Tehran by Iranian security forces, political scientist Dr Majid Rafizadeh says the British government should hold the Iranian Regime to account for taking their citizens hostage.
British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady, who originally hails from the Kurdistan region of Iran was arrested recently on an unknown charge, at a time of increased tensions between the UK and Iran. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) seized a British-flagged oil tanker and its crew last month in retaliation for the UK detaining an Iranian oil tanker supposedly headed for Syria in violation of EU sanctions.
by Atousa Pilger
Security agents of the Iranian Regime have arrested at least seven Iranian Baha'is in the past ten days, according to recent reports, which were confirmed by an international Baha'i organisation.
The Geneva-based Baha'i International Community said they do not know which state-run entity is arresting the members of the religious minority or what charges they are being held on, but that at least five Iranian Baha'is have been arrested in different cities on Saturday.
By Armin Baldwin
Kameel Ahmady, a British-Iranian anthropologist, was arrested from his home in the capital city of Tehran last weekend. Mr Ahmady has been living in Tehran and is well-known for the studies and research he has carried out on issues that are considered controversial in Iran. For example, he has written papers on the concept of “marriage blanc” which most countries consider to be unconsummated marriage but in Iran it is the opposite – a couple that live together but have not got married.
by Navid Felker
The Iranian regime is known for its brutality against its own people and its mistreatment of political prisoners. It is known for its torturous punishments and arbitrary arrests. It is known for the lack of justice that it is responsible for.
Every day, reports from inside the country indicate that the human rights situation is as bad as ever; if not getting worse.
by Navid Felker
Iranian political prisoner Peiman Mirzazadeh went on hunger strike yesterday to protest his unfair sentence of two years in prison and 100 lashes for the charges of “blasphemy” and “drinking alcohol”.
Mirzazadeh, who is being held in Urmia Prison in northwestern Iran, started his hunger strike the day after being flogged. Mirzazadeh was transferred to the 4th Branch of the Sentence Implementation Department on Sunday, where he received 100 lashes.