Week 44 - 2011

Prisoners’ News

A-Transfers

• Dervishes’ lawyer Mostafa Daneshjoo transferred from Sari to Evin.
• Hafez Mohammad Esmaeel Malazehi, Sunni cleric sentenced to 13 years in prison, transferred from  Zahedan prison to Yazd one.
• Hossein Ronaghi Maleki (@Khorramdin on twitter) is back to Evin few days after kidneys surgery. 

B- Arrests/Incarcerations

• Peyman Aref, student activist recently freed after being lashed 74 times, was arrested on Sunday at Neda’s grave; he is freed on Monday and arrested again on Tuesday after summon at Evin court.
• Parisa Babaei, Baha'i, arrested at Ghaem Shahr after summon at Intelligence Minstry.
• Asad Bagheri, previous secretary of Kurdish Students Democratic Alliance, summoned at Intelligence Minstry  in Sanandaj and arrested.
• Asal Esmaeelzadeh arrested on Sunday on Neda’ grave; she was freed on Monday.
• Davood Hermidas Davand, member of National Front, briefly detained.
• Hossein Faezi, of Mousavi campaign, arrested.
• Varia Khosravi, Kurdish environmentalist, was arrested on the 23th of October in Sanandaj.
• Student activist Sahar Mousavi arrested after summon at Ministry of Intelligence.
• Ali Rashidi, member of National Front, arrested after summon at Ministry of Intelligence and transferred to Evin.
• Student activist Omid Rezaei is arrested and sent to Ministry of Intelligence of Gilan.
• Sharar Konoon Tabrizi arrested on Sunday on Neda’s grave; he is freed on Monday.
• Mohammad Tavasoli, leading member of Freedom Movement is arrested.
• Koorosh Zaeem, member of National Front, briefly detained.
• 31 people arrested during a birthday party in Tabriz.

C- Releases

• Mehdi Afsharnik freed.
• Journalist Ali Akrami freed.
• Mohsen Hakimi, member of Freedom Movement, freed.
• Mohammad Heidarian freed.
• Abbas Palizbar freed on furlough.

D-Other News 

• Kurdish activist Jamal Rahmani, under torture in prison.
• The son of political prisoner Mohammad Reza Moghayseh beaten in the visit hall of Evin.
• Mostafa Tadjzadeh banned from visits.

News from Injustice in Iran

• Ahmad Reza Ahmadpour, veteran, cleric and blogger, sentenced to 3 years in prison and 10 years in exile by Appeals.
• Solmaz Alimoradi, member of Freedom Movement, sentenced to 1 ½ years by Appeals.
• Union member Koorosh Bakhshandeh sentenced in absentia to 1 year in prison.
• Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, Union member, sentenced to 5 years by Appeals.
• Mohammad Ghavami, Union member, sentenced to 1 year.
• Naser Gholami, Union member, sentenced to 5 years in prison by Appeals.
• Ebrahim Gohari, Union member, sentenced to 5 years in prison by Appeals.
• Mahdieh Golroo, student activist, sentenced to 6 more months by Appeals.
• Bahareh Hedayat, student activist, sentenced to 6 more months by Appeals.
• Abbas Nejad Koodaki, Union member, sentenced to 5 years in prison by Appeals.
• Journalist Saïd Laylaz, sentenced to 6 years in prison by Appeals.
• Sentenced of 6 years upheld by Appeals for Ali Akbar Mohammadzadeh, student activist.
• Davood Razavi, member of Tehran Bus Union, cleared of all charges.
• Yaghoob Salimi, Union member, sentenced to 5 years in prison by Appeals
• Parviz Shahpari,  in charge of Karroubi’s  campaign in Khorasan, sentenced to 1 year in prison.
• Majid Tavakoli student activist, sentenced to 6 more months by Appeals.
• Saïd Torabian, syndicaliste, condamné en appel à 5 ans de prison.
• Marzieh Vafahmehr’s sentence reduced to 3 months in prison by Appeals.
• Ebrahim Yazdi’s trial begins on Wednesday; he refuses to defend himself stating the court as illegal.
• One man publicly lashed on Saturday in Fereydoun Kenar in Mazandaran province.
• 3 people publicly lashed 99 times in Shahrood.
• One public hanging in Delfan, Lorestan, on Thursday.

University - Culture

• Samira Gholami, Baha'i student in Sirjan, expelled.
• Hannaneh Kana’ani, Baha'istudent in Mashhad, expelled.
• Sabha Motaheddine, Baha'istudent in Ghazvine expelled.
• Ayatollah Hamid Zandjani, previous president of Tehran University, dies.
• The government intends to withdraw all books related to family planning. 
• Ayandeh news site is closed because of many arrests among its staff.
• 70 designers arrested; they are supposed to train women mannequins.
• 3 millions young Iranians deprived from education.
• Historical caravanserai of Marand will be sold.

Economy in Iran

• Iranians will be entitled to buy currencies only once a year.
• Telephone is 12 % more expensive.
• 1 billion dollars embezzled in an interprofessional pension fund.
• Police closes 400 clothes shops in one single day.
• Some MPs supposed to be involved in embezzlement: Mohammad Dehghan, Arsalan Fathipour, Jabbar Koochakinejad, Samad Marashi.

Protests

• Workers of Karoun Agro Industry protest in front of Majles to claim 6 months unpaid wages.
• Dairy industries protest in front of Industry Ministry.
• 500 workers of Haft Tapeh factory protest to claim unpaid wages..

Iran  abroad

• Iran congratulates Islamist Tunisian party for its victory.
• Foreign Affairs Minister goes to Qatar.
• Libyan Transition council invites Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister.
• Khavari, main defendant in embezzlement who had fled to Canada, indicted about his request to obtain Canadian citizenship.
• United Kingdom and Israel ready to strike Iran to stop atomic bomb production.
• 3 Iranians sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug smuggling.

Politics in Iran

• Ali Motahari, MP, renounces to dismiss since Ahmadinejad will be questioned by Parliament.
• A parliamentary committee declares that Finances Minister is responsible for 1 billion dollars embezzlement; he nevertheless gets confidence vote from Parliament: 141 votes.
• Ahmadinejad now attacks Mojtaba, Khamenei’s son.
• 3 parties banned from participation in next elections.

Miscellaneous 

• Province hospitals will also be segregated by gender. 
• Water in 11 villages near Pol-e-Dokhtar polluted by oil.
• Khavari sells his 3 millions dollars villa to his daughter for 2 dollars.