by Sadra | Feb 24, 2010 | Blog
On February 12, a couple graduate students in New York organized “Iran: Politics of Resistance”. The conference was made up of a 3-part panel to “explore the strategies and tactics of everyday resistance, in particular that of women and youth, under...
by Sadra | Feb 24, 2010 | Blog
From the Association of Iranian American Writers http://www.iranianamericanwriters.org A Literary Reading by Association of Iranian American Writers Poetry by Farnaz Fatemi, Shideh Etaat Fiction by Laleh Khadivi (author of The Age of Orphans), Siamak Vossoughi,...
by Sadra | Feb 24, 2010 | Blog
24 Feb 2010 A source close to Mahsa Jazini told International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Jazini is in detention at the Dastgerd Prison of Isfahan for the past 15 days. Mahsa Jazini,a women’s rights activist and a journalist with Iran Newspaper in Isfahan,...
by Sadra | Feb 24, 2010 | Blog
The judge in the case of student leader Abdollah Momeni, who was arrested after the Iranian elections and has been in prison for more than eight months now, has issued an $800,000 bail order for his freedom. Bail is a cautionary measure which must maintain a...
by Sadra | Feb 23, 2010 | Blog
A prominent non-governmental organization dedicated to the defense of Iranian political prisoners, the Center of Defenders of Human Rights in Iran, whose members are some of the most distinguished attorneys in the country, has sent a letter to the United Nation’s High...