Middle East

Another Iranian labour activist has been detained. According to the website of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers’ organisations, committee member Pedram Nasrollahi was ……Read More

Opposition council slams Sattar Beheshti ‘murder’ Forty-one political prisoners held at Evin Prison’s Ward 350 have issued a joint statement testifying that dissident blogger Sattar ……Read More

Reporters Without Borders ‘deeply shocked’ over prisoner’s fate The Paris-based rights group Reporters Without Borderssays it is “deeply shocked” by the death of Iranian blogger and activist Sattar Beheshti, who is believed ……Read More

Student activist Yashar Darolshafaei has referred to Evin Prison to serve out his jail-term. According to opposition site Kaleme, Darolshafaei, a postgraduate student at Tehran University, ……Read More

A week after arrest Exactly a week after his arrest by Iran’s cyber police, labour activist Sattar Beheshti has died as a result of torture at the ……Read More

‘Khamenei responsible for safety of inmates’ Reporters Without Borders says it is “very worried” about the health of eight female political prisoners currently on hunger strike in Iran’s ……Read More