Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts

Monday, February 22, 2016

Syrian political prisoner on hunger strike in Iran

Ramadan Ahmed Kamal, a political prisoner from the city of Kubani in Syria, held in Iran

Ramadan Ahmed Kamal, a political prisoner from Syrian detained in Gohardasht Prison of Karaj, west of Iran, is on hunger strike protesting authorities’ refusal to provide him any medical care.
It is worth noting that this political prisoner is from the city of Kubani in Syria. Back in 2008 he had mistakenly entered Iran with three Kurdistan Workers Party members and was arrested by Iranian border guards.

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Iran: Rouhani defends dispatching IRGC to Iraq, Syria


Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attempted to explain why such a large number of Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) commanders have been killed in Syria, and why these forces are constantly dispatched to fight in Syria and Iraq, state-run IRIB reported on Monday, February 8th.