• Apr 5 2013
  • 11:06am
Detention of more than 170 Arab speaking citizens in southern regions of Iran
In recent weeks and in an unprecedented act security and intelligence forces have attacked homes and workplaces and detained more than 170 people and transferred them to the notori...
  • Nov 4 2012
  • 7:48pm
Women Prisoners on Hunger Strike in the Evin Prison
The women's ward of the Evin prison in Iran where political and ideological prisoners are serving their time is once again the sight of ugly encounters between women and the pr...
  • Jun 26 2012
  • 1:20pm
Pressure on political prisoners: Bahman Ahmadi Amouie transfered to solitary
Bahamn Ahmadi Amouie, journalist and husband to DJila Baniyaquob (journalist herself with a suspended sentence) has been transfered from the common ward at the Evin prison to 
  • Apr 10 2012
  • 10:39pm
Iranian Revolutionary Court sentenced Mansoureh Behkish to 4 years Imprisonment
Mansoureh Behkish, women's rights activists and member of Iran's Mourning Mothers, a woman who had lost 6 members of her family to the bloody revolution, is sentenced
  • Feb 10 2012
  • 8:39pm
Thirty Three years after the Iranian Revolution
On the anniversary of the Iranian revolution
  • Feb 10 2012
  • 6:05pm
Iran Mourning Mothers protest against mass detention of the Bahaies in Shiraz
Stop persecutions, detentions, executions!
  • Jan 23 2012
  • 2:55pm
On the eve of the Iran's parliamentary elections silencing journalists is on top of menu!
In recent weeks, detention of journalists has increased to an alarming scale.
  • Oct 11 2011
  • 10:54am
Iran, once the land of nightingales and rose gardens, now the land of violence and darkness!
In other parts of our worlds 3 women won the Noble Peace Prize for their efforts to bring peace to their countries.
  • Sep 27 2011
  • 11:42pm
Symposium of Short Documentaries made by Iranian Women
November is the Month to Stop Violence Against Women Amnesty International Women’s Action Network (WAN) in Collaboration withInter
  • Aug 6 2011
  • 11:57am
Innocent Voices Speak out!
Innocent Voices Speak OutThe impact of harassment and prison on the children of human rights campaignersSaba Vasefi

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Focusiran aims to reflect human rights as well as civil rights situation in Iran. It is a blog of accurate news and views. This bog is the centre of information on Iranian women, students and the youth, who are fighting with their lives to get their protests heard.

We aim to keep Neda's memory alive and support many thosands like her, who are fighting against the oppression and injustice imbedded in laws, regulations, customs and decrees in Iran.