5 prisoners sentenced to death in Oroumiyeh prison have been severely beaten and tortured on the pretext of preventing them from jailbreak by officers and special guards of the prison.
US State Department spokesperson, Victoria Nuland called upon the Iranian Government to release Kaboudvand and the some 90 other journalist it’s currently holding in Iranian prisons.
According to latest news and information received from Kurdistan and on-the-ground events in the Kurdish areas of Iran in the last month and all the evidences available show that the lack of any sense of civilian security and safety is…
At least 70 people have been killed in shelling and firefights between government troops and army defectors in Syria, according to reports.
Fierce clashes have been reported between Syrian government forces and opposition fighters in Douma, near the capital Damascus, and in other parts of the country, amid doubts over the government's declared commitment to meeting an imminent…
The head of Iran's Welfare Organization has warned preschool and daycare centres against teaching "immoral programs such as dancing" to children.
A Kurdish porter lost his life on the seventh day of New Year because of the storm and extreme cold weather.
- Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadeinejad praised Syria's government for its handling of an uprising against President Bashar Assad, saying Iran would do “all in its power to support this country,” according to state media.
The Syrian government has agreed to accept the joint UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's six-point plan on ending the violence in Syria, the former UN chief's spokesman has said.
Sherko Moarefi's lawyer said that his client is in the imminent danger of execution.
Kurdistan Press Agency
