Iran: Some more about Fire Festival in our homeland

"Zardie man az to, sorkhie to az man,"

"Zardie man az to, sorkhie to az man," = "May my sickly paleness be yours and your red glow be mine."

Iran: 4 recent news from our homeland

Iran: I am a teacher, for my human dignity

Mahmoud Beheshti Langaroudi, an arrested member of Iran’s teachers club, was denied to see visitors as he refused to wear prison uniform. At last prison suppressive authorities gave in to his demands. On Saturday, March 12^th, Mahmoud Beheshti met his family while wearing ordinary clothes.

Mahmoud was arrested in this year’s Iran’s nationwide teachers strike. “I am a teacher, for my human dignity I refuse to wear prison uniform”, Says Mahmoud. 

Australian government puts Iranian refugees in danger

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Australian officials have decided to return Iranian refugees there back to Iran. Australian government announced that this decision was taken after a new deal was reached with Iranian regime.

During the past decades many Iranians have fled their country for fear of being arrested, tortured or even executed.

Iran government is the enemy of Internet

“Reporters without Border” informed of its new campaign against internet censorship and filtering. In its statement for March 12, the global day against internet censorship     “Reporters without Border” has condemned Iranian government for its vast internet censorship.

Three Iranian Kurd activists get 100 years jail in total

 Kamal Sharifi, Mohammad Hossein Rezai, and Afshin Sohrab Zadeh at Minab Prison

Mullahs’ court in the southern city of Minab sentenced three Kurd political activists to long term imprisonment for sympathizing Kurdish organizations and fighting against IRGC. Mohammad Hossein Rezai, Kamal Sharifi, and Afshin Sohrab Zadeh got 45, 30 and 25 years respectively.

Iran: women without head-to-toe chadors not allowed into Mashhad medical centers

Sign reads only women with complete Islamic clothing are

 allowed into medical center in Mashhad, northeast Iran

The Vali-Asr Medical Center in Mashhad, northeast Iran, is banning women without head-to-toe chadors from entering, according to eyewitness reports from inside Iran.

“Only patients with complete Islamic cover are allowed in this medical center”, a sign reads at the entrance gate of this medical center.

“Before entering an employee confronted me and said I am not allowed to enter the facility,” said a young woman.

Iran’s freedom-loving women are enduring all types of psychological pressures and humiliations by the mullahs’ regime, including violation of their freedom of clothing. They are continuously harassed and restricted in this regard.

Reporters Sans Frontiers condemns Internet censorship in Iran

Internet censoring in Iran

Marking March 12^th as the International Day Against Internet Censoring, Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF) has issued a report condemning Internet censorship in Iran.

This organization has listed Iran as amongst the main enemies of the Internet, announcing it will continue its activities to relieve all censored Internet websites across the globe.

RSF also announced the beginning of a campaign to overcome censoring and filtering by the enemies of Internet freedom. In this new campaign RSF has prepared new software for Google Chrome to simplify and facilitate access to censored websites. With this software users will be able be directed easily to these websites without any intermediaries.