IFP- Amir Raeisian, the lawyer of Sadeqi and his wife, told ISNA in a Farsi interview with Iraee has been released on a $130,000 bail, and will be on leave for less than a week. These furloughs are usually five to six days long, but they can be extended, he noted. Arash Sadeqi, who is in hunger strike in protest at his wifes arrest, will also ...

IFP- Hunger strike made him popular. Domestic and foreign media talked about Arash Sadeqi and the 19-year prison term he has been sentenced to by Irans Judiciary. His wife Golrokh Iraee was also the subject of popular demands in major campaigns launched for Sadeqi in Iranian social media. She has been sentenced to 6 years in prison, and this made ...

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the head of Irans Expediency Council, has met with the families of a number of political prisoners and expressed hope for their release. The Etemad daily reported on Tuesday September 2 that Ayatollah Hashemi met with the families and said that no one benefits from having people in jail on political charges. At the beginning ...

Irans former president Mohammad Khatami has called for the release of political prisoners and urged an end to house arrest for two leaders who alleged fraud after the 2009 election. In remarks published by ISNA news agency, Khatami, in office between 1997 and 2005, said such steps would benefit the country. He was referring to Mir Hossein Mousavi ...

Tehran, April 20, IRNA Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission in a session on Tuesday reviewed claims by the BBC about clashes between prisoners and Iranian security forces in Evin Prison. The British broadcaster has claimed a number of prisoners were injured in clashes which it says took place on Thursday in a section of prison ...

Amir Mirazai Hekmati, an American citizen of Iranian background who is in prison in Iran accused of spying, has written to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to insist that he is innocent and to urge the minister to save his case from falling prey to the historic diplomatic differences between Iran and the U.S. ISNA reports that in a letter ...

Iranian MP Ali Motahari has called on prison authorities to arrange for the families of political prisoners in Ward 350 of Evin Prison to visit their kin, following the publication of contradictory reports about prisoners in that ward receiving beatings. Qanoon on line reports that Motahari said: The head of Prison Organizations has to be held accountable....

SUMMARY:Speaking after a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday the first after his return from five days of diplomacy and public relations in New York President Rouhani pressed his line of engagementand nuclear discussions with the US and other countries, claiming that Iran had established its key starting points. Rouhani, referring to two of Tehrans essential ...

Norway welcomes the fact that Iran has decided to release a number of political prisonerss, including human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh. "I hope that the release of these prisoners is the first important step towards improving the human rights situation in Iran under President Rouhani," says Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide. On ...

(CNN)-- The less-than-confrontational comments coming from new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani are not what the West is used to hearing from that country's office in recent years. Rouhani, a cleric and moderate politician elected in June, has signaled his desire for better engagement with the West, most recently in aThursday Washington Post op-ed,...

Outline of nuclear deal begins to emerge before UN debut as president says people should 'be completely free in private life' PresidentHassan Rouhanihas signalled his intention to lead a newIranon to the international stage at the United Nations next week, laying out a manifesto for personal freedom at home and compromise abroad. "We want the ...

(Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday commended efforts byIranian President Hassan Rouhani's government to engage with the international community and praised Tehran for releasing several prominent prisoners. Ban met with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif earlier on Thursday and said he plans to meet with Rouhani on the sidelines ...

BRUSSELS, Sept 19 (KUNA) -- EU High Representative Catherine Ashton Thursday "warmly welcomed" the release of a group of Iranian political prisoners, including the prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh. "I hope that this positive step will mark a new departure, in line with the commitments announced by the new leadership, and will pave the ...

SUMMARY:The manoeuvring via public relations over nuclear talks escalated on Wednesday, with President Rouhani giving an interview to an American TV channel and both Washington and Tehran confirming Rouhanis exchange of letters with Barack Obama opening up discussions on the issue. Rouhani, telling NBC News that Iran will never develop nuclear weapons,...

The move comes just ahead of President Rouhani's first-ever address to the UN, and is being seen as a message to the West that he is ready to engage. Irantoday made a surprise release of nearly a dozen prominent political prisoners, including award-winning human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, on the eve ofPresident Hassan Rouhani'sfirst-ever address ...

TEHRAN On the eve of a visit by Irans moderate president, Hassan Rouhani, to the United States, the Iranian authorities on Wednesday unexpectedly freed 11 of Irans most prominent political prisoners, includingNasrin Sotoudeh, a human rights lawyer. Analysts said the prisoner release was a significant step in Mr. Rouhanis efforts to repair Irans relationship ...

Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been released two years into her six year prison sentence, according to her husband. At least seven more political prisoners have also been reportedly set free. "It's not a temporary release, it's freedom. They put her in a car and dropped her off at the house,"Sotoudeh's husbandReza Khandan ...