Middle East

After yearlong battle with cancer Prominent religious scholar Ahmad Ghabel has passed away at Mashhad’s Ghaem hospital after a yearlong battle with cancer. The dissident ……Read More

‘Hostages not responsible for policies of Iranian regime’ Iran’s pro-democracy Green Movement has called on the Syrian opposition to ensure the release of Iranian hostages ……Read More

‘Send my greeting to Iranian people’ Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is gravely concerned about the livelihoods of ordinary Iranians amid international sanctions aimed ……Read More

A Gonabadi Sufi has been sentenced to a year in prison, an opposition site reports. According to Majzooban Noor, a site affiliated with the Nematollah Gonabadi Sufi ……Read More

A court in Iran has sentenced prominent political prisoner Mohammad Tavassoli to eleven years in prison. According to the semi-official Isna news agency, Branch 15 of the ……Read More

Members of four house churches have been arrested in Iran, according to Iranian media reports. According to the semi-official Fars news agency, the authorities have “discovered” four ……Read More