December 24, 2009 A former Iranian government spokesman has been jailed for six years. Iranian media reported that Abdullah Ramezanzadeh was...
Reuters: France rejects prisoner swap for woman held in Iran
PARIS (Reuters) - France urged Iran on Tuesday to deliver a swift verdict in the espionage trial of a young French teaching assistant, saying that...
NYT: Iran Charges 12 at Prison Over Death of Protesters
By ROBERT F. WORTH Published: December 19, 2009 BEIRUT — The Iranian authorities acknowledged Saturday for the first time that at least three...
BBC: Iranian men don hijabs in protest at student’s arrest
Iranian opposition supporters have launched an online campaign to free a student activist accused of dressing as a woman to try to avoid arrest....
CNN: New protest statement builds in Iran — men in head scarves
By Eve Bower, CNN// // < ![CDATA[ cnnAuthor = "By Eve Bower, CNN"; // // // -1) {document.write('December 14, 2009 -- Updated 1459 GMT...
Rights Groups Appeal to Judiciary to Stop Persecution
Groups Unite to Urge Due Process in ADVAR Cases (10 December 2009) Forum Asia today, along with other Asian human rights organizations from India,...
No Evidence of Espionage in Tajbakhsh’s File, Lawyer Says
14th December 2009 (14 December 2009) The case against the Iranian-American social scientist Kian Tajbakhsh contains no evidence to support the...
The Independent: Men turn tables on regime by donning headscarves and dresses
Monday, 14 December 2009 Some of the hundreds of images of men in headscarves that have appeared on the internet. The "Be a Man" campaign is in...
Majid Naficy: To a Journalist in Prison & More
by Majid Naficy 01-Nov-2009 Oh, street soul! I see you sitting there in your metal box Near the Blue Bus, And no finger taps On your glass pane Save...
New Charges of Espionage Filed Against Iranian-American Sociologist
(26 November 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expressed serious concerns about new charges introduced by Revolutionary...