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Wife of political prisoner on hunger strike: 'Stay alive an well for Iran'

The following is a piece by Parastoo Sarmadi wife of Hossein Nouraninejad—one of the prisoners on hunger strike in Evin prison’s ward 350.It is it titled, “Stay alive and well for Iran”

Green Movement media receive boost after RASA TV hits airwaves

RASA TV to beam into millions of Iranian homes

The launch of RASA TV will mean a new era in Iranian television news, as the Green Movement’s message will be beamed into millions of Iranian homes and will provide a different perspective on events for a wider target audience.

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In ironic twist, Iran detained US hikers critical of Israel and America

Just before Iran arrested US hikers Shane Bauer and his friends a year ago, he was nearly finished with an exposé on the Israeli army's use of illegal weapons against protesters.

Post-Election Protester’s Death Sentence Upheld; Re-Trial Denied By Supreme Court

A post-election protester’s death sentence has been upheld in an appeals court in Tehran, according to his lawyer. Jafar Kazemi’s lawyer, Nasim Ghanavi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her client’s sentence has been upheld and that Branch 31 of the Supreme Court has also turned down a re-trial request.

Abdolreza Tajik: Sexual assault in prison

Abdolreza Tajik, a journalist and member of the member of the Human Rights Defenders Centre, has been the victim of mistreatment since his arrest on 12 June. Relatives say that when they visited him for the first time in Evin prison on 14 July, he told them he had been victim of violence in the presence of the Tehran deputy prosecutor general during his first night in prison.

“When He Spoke of Being ‘Violated,’ He Was Very Upset And Angry”

Last Thursday, sister of journalist Abdolreza Tajik met with him for the first time after his arrest on June 12. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the meeting, she said that her brother was very upset and angry when he told her that he had been “violated” in prison.

'Regime assault on human sciences similar to Soviet Union'

Mousavi slams 'organised government deception'

Mousavi criticised the “organised assault” on human sciences in Iran’s universities and added, “when I see these attacks, I am reminded of the biter and alarming experiences of the former soviet regime and other totalitarian regimes of the eastern [block]. After Stalin’s era, they considered social sciences as sciences derived from imperialist and bourgeois societies."

Former and Current Revolutionary Guards Commanders Clash

Several months after Iran’s state telecommunications corporation was taken over by companies affiliated with the Islamic Passdaran Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in a sham deal, one (pro- administration) principalist Majlis lawmaker hinted that the corporation may be returned to the government.

Terrorism Undermines Legitimate Discrimination Concerns

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran strongly condemned the suicide twin bombings in southeastern city of Zahedan, which resulted in the death of at least 26 and over 300 injuries.

'My husband is being deprived his most basic right,' says Jila Baniyaghoub

Journalist Jila Baniyaghoub has received one of the most peculiar sentences of recent years, a 30-year ban on journalistic activity. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, she described details of her case and a conversation she had about her sentence with the judge.