Focus Iran

Kaveh Moizafari was released! Rouhi Shafii The other day, this piece of news appeared on my email more than 10 times. Various people on the group emails sent this happy message to me and each other. Happy? Did I say? Kaveh has been in...

It is two months since Shiva Nazar- Ahari, was detained by the security forces and taken to the notorious Evin prison in Tehran. Despit all efforts, her family have not been able to visit her. Her sister Nazafarin Nazar- Ahari has...

It's a never ending story. The detention, kidnapping, arrests and assualt of the Iranian people since the June presidentional elections. Days have gone into weeks and months since the day, Mahmoud ahmadinejad backed by the supremes...

A Poem written by Ghadeh Al-Sama’n Syrian poet Translated by: Rouhi Shafii If you come to my house bring me a black pencil. I want to charcoal my face so not to be caged for the crime of my beauty. And a cross to rest on my heart to...

In the summer of 1988 and prior to Ayattolah Khomeini's famous Fatwa against Salaman Rushdi, in a meeting with his top advisors he issued a dealy Fatwa, ordering the execution and the wipe out of thousands of political prisoners in...

Mehdi Karubi , the defeated presidential candidate has recnetly wtitten a letter to Ayattolah Hashemi Rafsanjani demanding an investigation into the cases of rape of young men and women in detention. Karubi has mentioned that his...

25 juillet 2009 Paris, Champs de Mars A two kilometers long petition against the Iranian regim Rassemblement contre l'élection d'Ahmadinejad Déploiement de la plus grande banderole du monde Green Scroll… Paris Iran : A global day of...

Today, Thrusday 30 July was the 40th day of Neda Agha Soltan murder by the armed Militia in Tehran. People in Tehran and many other cities went on the streets to commomerate the loss of a young woman who was shot dead in front of...

Thursday, July 23, 2009 Arab Human Rights Organisations solidarity with the Iranian People We, the undersigned human rights organizations and advocates from the Arab region, express our utter condemnation of all forms of brutal...

On Satuarday 25 July, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is inaugurated as president of Iran. The announcement of his presidency sparked demonstrations and objectioins in Iran and worldwide as the majority of Iranians believe, was engineered by an...

MEDIA RELAESE – COMMUNIQUE UNITED4IRAN GREENSCROLL Time: 17:00 – 19:00Date : Saturday 25th July 2009Location: Place du Trocadéro Time: 19:00 – 21:00Date : Saturday 25th July 2009Location: Champ de Mars: “Mur de la Paix” Two vital...

The Second Announcement of Mourning Mothers: The mourning continues Wednesday 1 July 2009 Change for equality: The silent mourning of mothers on Saturday June 27th 2009 in Laleh Park in Tehran was violently suppressed by security...

Shirin Ebadi Accepts Alexander Langer Award on Behalf of Nargess Mohammadi Nargess Mohammadi: We Now Have to Speak of Hope and Love Sunday 5 July 2009 Change for Equality: On 2 July, 2009, at a ceremony held in the City of Bolzano...

On 25 July, there is a worldwide action against the extensive abuse of human rights in Iran. On July 26, a banner which has been signed by thousands of Iranians and non-Iranians in about 200 cities world-wide, stating: AHAMDINEJAD IS...

In the post-election Iran, thousands have been deatained in cities across Iran either in peaceful demonstrations or taken from home or workplace. Families of the detainees gatrher every day in front of known prisons to get news of...

Esfahan, armed militias assault on demonstrators on 8 July www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYeZqYJmJ68

وحشيگري هاي لباس شخصي ها در اصفهان iran esfahan july فيلمي از ضرب وشتم شديد يك جوان توسط لباس شخصي هاي رژيم ديكتاتور نسخه اصلي www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYeZqYJmJ68

Source: Boroumand Foundation -Statement by the "Office for Consolidating Unity", an umbrella organization of university Islamic associations, June 16, 2009. Following the June 12, 2009, presidential elections in the Islamic Republic of...

Viedeos from 8 July protests in Tehran in which scores of people were beaten up and injured, many were unconsious due to inhaling teargas which was thrown indiscriminately. The number of people detained is unknown. http://www.youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2adQe1CBmSc&feature=email There was presidential elections. There were candidates and there were the people who were preparing themselves to vote for their selected candidate. Out of over 400 candidates 4...