Ali Motahari has condemned attempts by certain government officials to curtail freedom of speech, warning that he and his fellow MPs would impeach the interior minister if the current trend persisted. Ali Motahari, a principlist Tehran MP, has called in an open letter on President Rouhani to order a stop to repeated cancellation of speeches and ...

[caption id="attachment_109171" align="alignright" width="205"] A view of Iran's Majlis[/caption] Tehran, March 15, IRNA A member of Parliament said Sunday that 110 MPs have signed a letter to the judiciary chief expressing support for their colleague in the Parliament Ali Motahhari who was attacked last Monday by unknown people. Iraj Abdi told ...

[caption id="attachment_110343" align="alignright" width="218"] Chairman of Irans Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani[/caption] Tehran, March 16, IRNA State Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has described a recent physical attack against an outspoken MP an outrageous accident and against the interests ...

[caption id="attachment_154973" align="alignright" width="244"] Iranian outspoken MP Ali Motahari was attack by a group of assailants in Shiraz on March 9, 2015.[/caption] The Fars governor announced on Saturday March 14 that the assailants who attacked MP Ali Motahari have been identified. IRNA reports that Mohammad Ahmadi did not provide any further ...

[caption id="attachment_154973" align="alignright" width="226"] Iranian outspoken MP Ali Motahari was attack by a group of assailants in Shiraz on March 9, 2015.[/caption] The Fars governor said on Tuesday March 10 that he will forward a report to the Supreme Council of National Security about the attack on Ali Motahari, an Iranian MP who was assaulted ...

[caption id="attachment_154973" align="alignright" width="204"] Iranian outspoken MP Ali Motahari was attack by a group of assailants in Shiraz on March 9, 2015.[/caption] Over fifty assailantsattacked outspoken Iranian MP Ali Motahari in Shirazwith pepper spray, rotten tomatoes and bricks, causing injury to his face. ISNA reports that Motahari,...