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Khamenei urged to protect opposition leader’s family

The wife of one of Iran’s opposition leaders pleaded with the country’s supreme leader on Wednesday to protect her family from the regime’s militias.

After 9 months of prison

Mousavi aide Ghorban Behzadian temporarily released

The head of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s 2009 presidential election campaign has been temporarily released from prison after nine months of imprisonment.

Oliaifar’s wife: “my husband’s verdict was not served so he can’t appeal,”

Shohreh Taghati, wife of imprisoned lawyer Mohammad Oliaifar, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her husband’s one year sentence for interviewing with foreign media is not open to appeal.

FIDH & LDDHI: Stoning against a backdrop of expeditive massive hangings

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI) condemn the stoning of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and the alleged secret and massive executions of prisoners in the Vakil Abad Prison in Mashad. They call upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately cease using the death penalty as an instrument of terror and repression.

Ali Karimi Reinstated By Iranian Club Steel Azin After Ramadan Controversy

Ali Karimi has been reinstated by Iranian club Steel Azin, after he was controversially dismissed for failing to fast during Ramadan.

Senior Mousavi advisor Ghorban Behzadian Nejad gets 5-year jail term

The head of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s election campaign has been sentenced to five years in prison as well as a fine of more than $100.

'Rulers do not understand fears and pains of people'

Mousavi: We will defend national interests in case of attack

“All of us will openly and explicitly defend our national interests. Out of care and sympathy, we suggest that before it is too late, the country’s reliable, wise and experienced assets be used so that a moderate [foreign] policy is pursued and the threats against the country are [drastically] reduced.”

'Espionage charges are unwarranted,' says lawyer of three Americans

Massoud Shafiee, lawyer of the three Americans who were arrested on 31 July 2009, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the charge of espionage, which Iranian authorities have mentioned about his clients, is unwarranted in their case.

Campaign to save human rights campaigner Shiva Nazar Ahari

'Release Shiva immediately and unconditionally!'

Shiva Nazar Ahari, a 26-year-old Iranian citizen and human rights defender is illegally detained in one of the world’s most notorious prisons for defending the rights of others. Her trial is set for September 4, 2010. She is charged with conspiracy, collusion and most worryingly the charge of Moharebeh (waging war against God), an offence with the maximum penalty of death.

Zahra Rahnavard:

Family Protection Act insult to Iranian women and men

Now you see how the government that claims to be religious, suppresses millions of people on the streets and tortures and executes thechildren of the people or with a thoughtless bill called the Family Protection Act launches the destruction of the families in this nation.