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Iran accuses U.N. rights investigator of taking U.S. bribe

March 8, 2013 13:00
DUBAI, March 8 (Reuters) - An Iranian official has accused the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Islamic Republic of receiving bribes from the United States, a news agency reported on Friday. In a report last month, the investigator Ahmed Shaheed said Iran had failed to investigate "widespread, systemic and systematic violations of human rights" and urged Tehran to immediately release detained human rights advocates, journalists and lawyers.

Iran questions opposition head's daughters: reports

February 11, 2013 13:46
Iran's security prosecutor questioned on Monday two daughters of leading opposition figure Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has been under house arrest for nearly two years, the ISNA news agency reported. Zahra and Narges Mousavi were summoned to "the security prosecutor ... to give some explanations," a spokesman for the Tehran prosecutor said, quoted by ISNA, without giving details on the interrogation. The two returned home later the same day, ISNA quoted Mohammad Saleh Noqrekar, a relative of Mousavi, as saying.

UN voices concern over Iran opposition detentions

February 11, 2013 13:30
Three UN human rights watchdogs on Monday expressed concern about Iran's reported arrest of family members of detained opposition figure Mir Hossein Mousavi, who they said should also be set free. In a joint statement, the monitors said Iran should release Mousavi's daughters, detained Monday, plus Mousavi and his wife, and fellow opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi.

UPDATE 3-Iran holds, questions opposition leaders' children

February 11, 2013 11:30
* Daughters, son held two years after house arrest * Mousavi and Karoubi stood in 2009 president vote * Both effectively barred from next poll in June (Adds calls from independent U.N. human rights investigators) DUBAI, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Iranian authorities held and questioned two daughters of detained opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi and the son of fellow opposition figure Mehdi Karoubi for several hours on Monday, opposition websites reported.

Iran arrests opposition figure's daughters: website

February 11, 2013 08:01
Security forces on Monday arrested two daughters of opposition figure Mir Hossein Mousavi who along with his wife is under house arrest, an opposition website reported. "Security forces raided the home of Zahra and Narges, and arrested them in the morning," Kaleme.com, which is close to Mousavi, said without citing a source. The judiciary is yet to comment on the report. Mousavi was a leading figure guiding opposition protests against the result of the 2009 presidential election, which gave President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a second four-year term.

Iranian authorities arrest opposition leader's daughters-report

February 11, 2013 07:31
DUBAI, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Iranian authorities on Monday detained two daughters of leading opposition figure Mirhossein Mousavi, a former presidential candidate held under house arrest for nearly two years, an opposition-linked website reported. Mousavi stood in presidential elections in 2009 and was a figurehead of the big street protests over allegations of vote rigging that followed. He is held under house arrest with his wife Zahra Rahnavard.

Iran cracks down on media before election

January 28, 2013 06:45
* News outlets have been critical of government * 2009 vote prompted accusations of rigging, riots * Authorities mindful of more protests By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have arrested more than a dozen journalists in the past two days over their links to "anti-revolutionary" media, Iranian media reported, in what appeared to be a coordinated crackdown on the press.

Daughters demand contact with detained Iran opposition couple

January 26, 2013 08:00
DUBAI, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Two leading Iranian opposition figures held under house arrest for almost two years have been denied contact with their children, their daughters said in a statement published on Saturday. Mirhossein Mousavi stood in presidential elections in 2009 and became one of the figureheads of the huge street protests over allegations of vote rigging that followed. He was detained with his wife Zahra Rahnavardstood in February 2011.
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