Detention
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180 ringleaders behind recent unrest detained: Police statement
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) – The Iranian Law Enforcement forces said Sat. that in cooperation with other security apparatuses and the cooperation of vigilant people as many as 180 major elements behind the recent riots in the country have been arrested so far.
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Bahraini al-Khalifa regime detains another Shia cleric
TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) – Bahrain security forces have arrested another Shia cleric in continuation of the regime's crackdown on opposition groups.
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Iranian academic imprisoned in US has been denied medical needs
TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – The President of the Tarbiat Moddares Univeristy says that the imprisoned professor Masoud Soleimani has been denied access to medicine for his digestive illness by the US authorities.
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Nigerian police kill 6 supporters of Sheikh Zakzaky: report
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – Nigerian security forces have martyred 6 supporters of the top Shia cleric Sheikh Zakzaky in an attack on Monday.
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By: Mahmoud Rahimi
Rallies in front of Nigerian embassy in support of Sheikh Zakzaky
TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) – Hundreds of university students and ordinary Iranians gathered in front of Nigerian embassy in Tehran on Wednesday afternoon to condemn the continuation of illegal detention of prominent Nigerian Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky by the Nigerian government and called for his immediate release.
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Intl. association condemns detention of Iranian professor by US
TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) – International Association of Muslim University Professors has issued a statement condemning the imprisonment of an Iranian university professor by the American authorities calling for his immediate release.
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Science minister says 'US trapping Iranian scientists'
TEHRAN, May 22 (MNA) – Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mansour Gholami has rebuked the United States for “trapping Iranian scientists”, saying that Tehran is following the case of the Iranian professor detained in the US.
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Iranian scientist imprisoned in US for 8 months on no charges
TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – An academic official at Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran says that a university professor has been jailed by the US authorities for the last 8 months while his trial has repeatedly been postponed due to lack of evidence.
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Detained Press TV Journalist released by US authorities
TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) – The US government has released without charge Press TV anchor Marzieh Hashemi after 10 days of illegal detention, the Tehran-based Press TV said Wednesday.
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Iran summons Swiss amb. over case of detained journalist by US
TEHRAN, Jan. 22 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ghasemi said Tue. that the Swiss ambassador to Tehran was summoned to receive Iran’s protest against the continued detention of female journalist Marzieh Hashemi by US authorities.
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US still violates civil rights of black men, women: Zarif
TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – The Iranian foreign minister has condemned the continuation of detention of an Iranian female journalist in US jails, saying that the US government still violates human rights of black people.
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Iranian judiciary chief orders legal officials to secure release of jailed journalist
TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – Iranian judiciary chief has called on legal apparatuses of the country to take legal action to secure the release of jailed anchorwoman Marzieh Hashemi.
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Iranians to hold demo against journalist’s detention in US tomorrow
TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) – Iranian students, journalists and people from different backgrounds have planned to hold a demonstration in front of Swiss embassy in Tehran tomorrow to protest the illegal detention of a US-born anchor working for Iran's Press TV by the US authorities.
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By: Mohammad Khodabakhsh
Press TV head talks to media on Marzieh Hashemi's detention
TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) – The head of Iran's English-language Press TV held a press conference on Wednesday to explain to the reporters on the situation of the Iranian anchor Marzieh Hashemi, who was detained by the US authorities in St Louis Lambert International Airport on Sunday and has been held since then.
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Iran Basij condemns ‘barbaric’ detention of Iranian journalist by US authorities
TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) – The Iranian Basij volunteer forces have condemned today’s inhuman and barbaric arrest of Tehran-based Press TV anchorwoman Marzieh Hashemi in the United States.
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Ibrahim Zakzaky still detained, with critical health condition
TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (MNA) – Two years after being detained, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), is still kept in Nigerian government’s prison and the officials are ignoring his critical health condition.
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FM following Kuwait’s detention of Iranians: spokesman
TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) – Saying that no formal information has been submitted to Foreign Ministry about the detention of two Iranians in Kuwait, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ghasemi added that the ministry is following up the case.