Iraq Government Forces Slammed for Abuse, Violence
BAGHDAD (AFP) -- Iraq's security forces face a rising chorus of criticism that, with violence at the highest level in years, their heavy-handed tactics...
Iran: A prisoner was hanged in public in Nikshahr
NCRI – A prisoner identified as Abdolrahman Baluch Zehi was hanged in public by the mullahs' judiciary in the southeastern city of Nikshahr, reported...
Iran: Families of political prisoners continue their hunger strike
Members of families and relatives of political prisoners being held in Ghezel -Hesar prison in the city of Karaj continue their hunger strike. ...
Iran: Human rights in the spotlight on the 30th anniversary of the Islamic revolution
Source: Amnesty International 10 February 2009 marks the 30 year anniversary of the change in government in Iran that led to the creation of the...
Iran: Political prisoners go on hunger strike
NCRI - Political prisoners in Gohardasht Prison, Karaj (central Iran), went on hunger strike to protest against the last week raid by the guards'...
Two people publicly hanged in Kermanshah
NCRI – Two more people have been hanged in public in the city of Kermanshah amid a growing wave of executions by the Iranian...
Political prisoner Mohsen Daneshpoor Moghadam in critical conditions
Published reports in Iran on conditions inside prisons indicate that political prisoner Mohsen Daneshpoor Moghadam is in critical conditions due to the mullahs’ officials...
Iran: Kiyan-Tire factory workers sit-in
NCRI - More than 800 Kiyan-Tire factory workers held a sit-in on Tuesday morning at their workshops protesting to unpaid salaries. They hanged a...
Iran: Mayhem of women protesting gas shortage in Tabriz
NCRI – Thousands of women consumers flocked in the Saat Square protesting to home cooking gas shortage in the northeastern provincial capital of East...
Iran: Two attorneys of dervishes’ case imprisoned
NCRI - On Wednesday, two attorneys defending dervishes and a few other members of the faith were arrested by the State Security Forces (SSF)...
