RFE/RL Iran Report
12/16/2010 8:25:13 PM
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Iran.
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Jailed Iranian Director Hospitalized
Jailed Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Nourizad has been hospitalized and members of his family including his wife have been detained. More 
Iranian Religious Scholar Jailed
Iranian scholar Ahmad Ghabel has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for spreading antistate propaganda and insulting the supreme leader. More 
Dozens Killed In Iran Mosque Bombing
Death and destruction returned to one of Iran's most volatile regions today when at least 39 people were killed and at least 90 injured in a suicide bombing of a Shi'ite mosque. The attack happened in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan as worshippers were preparing to mark the Shi’ite religious festival of Ashura. More 
New 'Hijab' Charges Target Iran Rights Lawyer
Reza Khandan told Radio Farda on December 14 that his wife, rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, must appear in court on December 27 to defend herself against charges of "not wearing the hijab" and "not observing Islamic standards of conduct." More 
Mottaki Doomed By Personal Animus, Not Political Visions
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's firing of Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki was sudden and brutal. But the firing may say more about Ahmadinejad's personal style and preferences than about disagreements over foreign policy. More 
Wife: 'No News' Of Iranian Filmmaker
The wife of jailed Iranian filmmaker and journalist Mohammad Nourizad says she has had no news about his health, just days after he planned to begin a dry hunger-strike in Tehran's Evin prison. More 
Iran 'Refuses To Release Labor Activist'
The family of a jailed Iranian trade union activist says authorities continue to hold him some two months after bail was posted. More 
Nazanin Khosravani's Mother Protests Charges
Iranian journalist Nazanin Khosravani has been accused of acting against national security, a charge that was made public last week, six weeks after she was originally arrested and confined to Evin Prison's ward 209. Her mother was warned to give no interviews to any media if she wants to help her daughter. More 
Iran TV Denies Ashtiani Reports
Iran has quashed international media reports that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, has been freed. The denials, broadcast by state television, dashed the hopes of campaigners who initially celebrated rumors that Ashtiani had been released. More
Jailed Iran Lawyer Back On Hunger Strike
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and women's rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh is on hunger strike for the third time, her husband told RFE/RL's Radio Farda. More |
