Since the beginning of Iranian calendar year of 1390 (March 21, 2011), around 182 couriers people who carry goods on their back) have been killed and injured by the government forces along the border of Kurdish regions in Iran.
Iranian media report that the Fars Provincial government has prohibited the sale of food and the delivery of public and medical services to “illegal immigrants” in the province.
Maryam Taghavi is feeding her family more pasta and grinding vegetable filler into her chopped meat as she seeks to cope with international sanctions that are taking their toll on the Iranian economy.
Three United Nations' special rapporteurs -- on Iran, summary executions, and torture -- have condemned the recent executions of four members of the Ahwazi Arab minority in Iran.
As more economists speak of the impossibility of bringing the new wave of inflation in Iran under control, Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and the police are preparing themselves to confront potential social unrest in the future.
Some reports indicate that a new round of arrests of youth and Internet activists has begun. Reports indicate that the interrogators and Intelligence officers, for reasons unknown, have desperately tried to keep these arrests from being…
The ISNA news agency, in a report published in the "Donya-E-Eqtesad" daily, quotes Hassan Shariati, the judiciary chief of northeastern Khorasan-e Razavi Province, as saying the two people -- who are unidentified -- were repeat offenders.
A motion passed on the floor of House of Commons of the British Parliament on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 criticizes the government in Iran for its treatment of Ahwazi Arabs.
In solidarity and in concurrence with Mohammad Sedigh Kaboudvand’s hunger re-strike, Kurdistan Human Rights Organization’s high council and Kaboudvand’s family members are set to begin their hunger strike as well.
Two Kurdish youth from the city of Mariwan (western-Iran in Kurdistan province) were arrested by the intelligence agents on the border on their way back to Iran from Iraqi Kurdistan.
Kurdistan Press Agency
