by Sadra | Sep 29, 2010 | Blog
September 29, 2010 Iranian state-controlled television has accused Facebook and Twitter of being Iran’s “hidden enemies” and tools used by Western intelligence agencies in order to recruit new members and gather data on individuals. The website Mardomak has posted a...
by Sadra | Sep 29, 2010 | Blog
From CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/29/iran.new.sanctions/index.html?eref=rss_world Washington (CNN) — Citing “mounting evidence” of repression of the Iranian opposition, the Obama administration added more sanctions against Iranian...
by Sadra | Sep 28, 2010 | Blog
After months of anticipation and almost two years after his arrest and imprisonment, blogger Hossein Derakhshan was sentenced to 19.5 years in prison by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Courts today. News of the stiff sentence was first published by Mashreq website. A...
by Sadra | Sep 27, 2010 | Blog
Only a few days after her arrest, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s father passed away in the intensive care unit of a hospital. Summoned for some “explanations” to Evin prison’s court on 4 September 2010, Sotoudeh was subsequently arrested and imprisoned. Sotoudeh, a human rights...
by Sadra | Sep 27, 2010 | Blog
Nahid Kermanshahi, mother of journalist and prisoner of conscience, Hengameh Shahidi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her daughter was healthy when she first went into prison but is now suffering from various illnesses and a continuation...
