Concerns over the health of Iranian hunger-striking civil rights leader Hossein Ronaghi have risen after he was transferred to a hospital in Tehran from the notorious Evin prison where he is being held.
As anti-government protests rage across Iran, some young people are knocking off clerics' turbans in the streets, in the latest form of protest. While some Iranians praise the "turban throwing," others express concern that clerics not affiliated with the state could suffer harassment and violence.
The family of Iranian activist and civil rights leader Hossein Ronaghi says his health is deteriorating after going on a hunger strike while incarcerated at Tehran's notorious Evin prison.
Iranian political reformist Mostafa Tajzadeh has been found guilty of three charges related to his repeated calls for structural changes in the country and sentenced to five years in prison.