Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court sentenced former vice president Mohammad Ali Abtahi to six years in prison for his role in the unrest that followed the disputed presidential elections.
Eight environmental activists arbitrarily detained in Iran in January and February remain in detention eight months later without clear charges, Human Rights Watch said. The organization called upon Iranian authorities to either immediately release them or charge them with recognizable crimes and produce evidence to justify their continued detention. The detained are all members of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation. The public prosecutor for Tehran told reporters after the arrests that the detained are accused of using environmental projects as a cover to collect classified strategic information. It is unclear what classified information they could potentially collect, as their organization says it only works to conserve and protect Iran's flora and fauna, including the Asiatic cheetah, an endangered species in Iran. Other sources indicated they have been accused of "sowing corruption on earth," a serious charge that carries the risk of execution. (Image via HRW)
Iran’s judicial authorities plan to investigate the death of a young doctor who had testified before parliament about prisoner abuses in the aftermath of the disputed election.
The US is seeking to seize the assets of Islamic charity the Alavi Foundation, claiming that the organization is actually controlled by the Iranian government and funds Tehran’s nuclear program.
Iranian authorities hanged Kurdish activist Ehsan Fattahian, 28, in Sanandaj Prison, Kordestan province. He was accused of “armed struggle” and “enmity against God.”
Pakistani security forces reportedly arrested 12 personnel of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards near the border town of Mashkel in the restive Baluchistan region.
Iran’s sentencing of Kian Tajbakhsh to 12 years for allegedly collaborating with George Soros to subvert the regime comes as neocons accuse Obama of dropping support for Iranian dissidents.
The Sunni resistance movement Jundallah took credit for a car bomb that killed two senior commanders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in a suicide attack in Sistan-Baluchistan province.
Citing leaks from the French government, the Parisian magazine Le Canard Enchainé asserts that Israel is planning to carry out military attacks on Iran after December.
Iran’s parliament this week moved ahead with a bill to sharply slash energy and food subsidies, as the judiciary ordered the closure of three opposition newspapers.
Israel and Argentina condemned Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s choice for new defense minister, Ahmad Vahidi—a man wanted in the 1994 deadly bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center.
A majority of readers support the protesters in Iran, while 43% think it is wrong to pick a side and the real enemy is US imperialism.
