Stop Fundamentalism – Following release of a statement by a number of Iranian female political prisoners held at Evin prison Monday, condemning the death of Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti, Tehran’s prosecutor revoked family visiting rights of women prisoners until further notice, reported Iranian Human Rights Activist website Wednesday.
U.S. Warns Al-Maliki Not to Attack Kurds
Stop Fundamentalism – United States Vice President, Joe Biden, warned Nouri Al-Maliki about any armed conflict with the autonomous Kurdish region forces Sunday after earlier clashes on the Kurdistan region border in Iraq, reported the Kurdish media yesterday.
Afghans Tortured in Iran for Reporting to UN Rapporteur
Stop Fundamentalism – Three Afghan nationals are receiving torture in Iran for apparently passing on a list of executed Afghans to Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the United Nations Human Rights Rapporteur on Iran, reported the Human Rights Activists for Democracy in Iran on Monday.
Four killed in Iran train derailment
AFP, TEHRAN — Four people were killed and 26 injured late on Friday when a train derailed in central Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Iran – Blogger and Political Prisoner Dies Under Torture
Stop Fundamentalism – Iranian opposition sources say that an Iranian blogger and political prisoner by the name of Sattar Beheshti, has died under torture after eight days in custody in Iran.
Iran Denies Nuclear Enrichment Halt
Stop Fundamentalism – Iran continues its uranium enrichment to 20 percent purity as usual, Iranian state-run Fars News agency reported from official government sources yesterday.
Iranian Women Prisoners on Hunger Strike to Protest Guard Abuse
Stop Fundamentalism – At least nine Iranian women prisoners, jailed on political charges, have gone on hunger strike as of yesterday to protest abusive behavior by prison guards against women at the notorious Evin prison. The strike is concurrent with that of another female political prisoner, the internationally known Nasrin Sotoudeh, winner of the 2012 European Union Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, who has been on a hunger strike for two weeks to protest harsh prison conditions at Evin.
Sale of VPN Software in Iran is a Cybercrime
Stop Fundamentalism – The number of Iranian internet users who use various ways to circumvent the country’s internet filtering system in order to access particularly social networks such as Facebook is very high and on the rise, reports Iranian state-run news website, ISNA.
Sakharov Prize for 2012 Goes To Iranian Sotoudeh and Panahi
Stop Fundamentalism – Iranian rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh and filmmaker Jafar Panahi are the winners of this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, announced European Parliament President Martin Schulz today at the parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg.
Jailed Iranian Sakharov Prize Nominee on Hunger Strike
Stop Fundamentalism – Iranian woman lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh who has recently been named by the European Parliament as one of the candidates nominated to receive Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought award, is currently on a hunger strike in Iran’s notorious Evin prison where she is serving an eleven-year jail sentence for “conspiring against national security and running propaganda against Islamic Republic.”