"Najib Hassani", a Kurdish detained writer, was transferred to Dizl Abbad prison in Kermanshah province after being held detainee for a month in the Intelligence agency in Pawa city (north of Kermanshah).
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has launched a fresh tirade against the West, saying the Islamic Republic does not fear military action, Iranian media reported on Sunday.
Syrian troops have pushed ahead with a new assault on the northern region of Idlib, shelling one of the centres of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule and sending families fleeing for safety as members of the armed…
Based on a report on Monday, March 5, Mostafa Salimi—a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to execution and currently held at Saqqez prison—got into a scuffle with prison authorities.
The European Parliament held a meeting on March 8 to reflect on the impact of sanctions against Iran driven by human rights concerns.
On the eve of the last Wednesday of the Persian year (which ends on 21 March), Iranians gather to light bonfires in the streets and jump over the flames.
The Harald Edelstam Foundation presents the name of the Laureate of the first Edelstam Prize, Mrs. Bahareh Hedayat. She has dared to play a leading role in the student's movement as in the women's rights movement in Iran, and has been an…
Simin Daneshwar, one of the greatest female writers passes away in Tehran. The most famous work of Daneshvar was the novel "Suvashun" which was translated into 17 languages including English, German and Dutch in 1990s.
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran has released his new report in time for the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The prison authorities in the majority prisons located in the Kurdish regions notified to the political prisoners that they have no right to request for furlough.
Kurdistan Press Agency
