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Amnesty International: 'Iran must release or try US hikers held without charge for a year'

The human rights group Amnesty International has called on the Iranian authorities to release three US nationals who have been detained without charge or trial for a year.

Journalist Issa Saharkhiz sentenced to 15 months in prison & barred from journalism

A court has sentenced reformist journalist Issa Saharkhiz to fifteen months in prison and has barred him from journalism.

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.

ETS Resumes TOEFL and GRE Registrations in Iran

The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has announced it is resuming registrations in Iran for its Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).

FIDH calls for end to mistreatment of Baha'is

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has expressed its "deep concern regarding the ongoing repression and intimidation against members of the Baha’i religious minority," and has called upon international intervention in the case of Ms Rozita Vaseghi, whose situation is considered to be very serious.

Following mistreatment and solitary confinement

16 political prisoners go on hunger strike in Evin prison

The names of sixteen political prisoners on hunger strike in Evin priosn have been released. The prisoners’ hunger strike is in response to their transfer from Evin prison’s ward 350 to solitary confinements in ward 240.

Saharkhiz’s Letter, Activists’ Disappearance

With the disappearance of one civil and political activist, one lawyer and the arrest of his family members, a new round of oppression has begun in Iran, showcasing the judicial and security officials’ utter disregard for the law.

Imprisoned weblog writer Hossein Roghani goes on hunger strike

Imprisoned weblog writer Hossein Ronaghi has gone on hunger strike. He has been in prison since his arrest on 13 December 2009 and is being held in solitary confinement in ward 2A of Evin prison.

Illegal Summons of a Gonabadi Nematollahi Guru to Intelligence Office

Khajeh Garashi “Vafa Ali,” a guru from the Gonabadi Nematollahi order, was recently summoned by the Lar Township Information Office. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Davood Montazeri, Garashi’s lawyer, described how the Gonabadi guru was summoned.

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Ahmadinejad says expects U.S. to attack Middle East soon

Iran expects the United States to launch a military strike on "at least two countries" in the Middle East in the next three months, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told state-run Press TV.