Week 02 - 2014

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Behzad Arabgol transferred back to Evin 350.
• Hasan Asadi-Zeidabadi transferred back to Evin 350.
• Emad Bahavar transferred back to Evin 350.
• Hamid-Reza Borhani transferred from Evin 350 to Rejaei Shahr.
• Jamshid and Jahangir Dehghani, Sunni prisoner on hunger strike since November, transferred to hospital.
• Alireza Kazemzadeh transferred back to Evin 350.
• Namegh Mahmoudi, 62 years old, beaten during transfer to hospital.
• Kamal Molaei, Sunni prisoner on hunger strike since November, transferred to hospital.
• Amanollah Mostaghim transferred to hospital.
• Ahmad Shah-Rezaei transferred to ward 8 in Evin.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Javad Abou-Ali sent to Behbahan prison to serve his 26 months sentence.
• Alireza Beheshti-Shirazi is back to Evin at the end of his medical treatment.
• Sharmin Ghaderi, Kurdish activist, arrested.
• Bagher Gholami, Arab Sunni activist, arrested.
• George Issaian, Christian, arrested in Karaj.
• Mostafa Naderi, Christian, arrested in Karaj.
• Sara Rahiminejad, Christian, arrested in Karaj.
• Majid Sheidaei, Christian, arrested in Karaj.

C-Liberations

• Jahanbakhsh Amous, political activist, released on bail.
• Ali-Asghar Gharavi released on bail.
• Farzad Samadi, Kurdish Sunni prisoner, freed after serving 3 of his 4 years sentence.
• Dariush Taheri, political activist, released on bail.

D-Other News

• Over 140 prisoners are on hunger strike in Evin.
• Prisoners in Maragheh are on hunger strike.

News of injustice in Iran

• Hamid Babaei, Belgian student, sentenced to 6 years in prison.
• Foad Rezazadeh sentenced to 6 years in prison.
• One hanging in Sari.
• 3 hangings in Ghazvin on Tuesday.
• One hanging in Gachsaran.
• 4 hangings in Urmiah and 2 in Salmas on Thursday.

University – Culture

• Website of senior Iranian MP Ali Motahari blocked by Iran internet regulatory office.
• Media Supervisory Committee has banned Yaltharat al-Hossein weekly.
• Two websites, Nocut Press and Hemmat News affiliated with Ahmadinejad blocked.

Protests

• Tabriz Tractor workers rally to protest the delay of eight months' salary.

Iran abroad

• Iran FM Zarif meets Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Ahmet Davutoğlu.
• Chairman of Italian Senate Foreign Policy Commission Senator Pier Ferdinando meets Hashemi Rafsanjani and Zarif.
• British parliamentarians headed by former foreign secretary Jack Straw arrive in Tehran.
• German-Iranian woman, Yasmin Fahimi,  set to head co-ruling German Social Democratic Party.
• Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Meghdad arrived in Iran to meet Foreign Minister Zarif as well as Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs. 

Iran Economics

• 200 Workers of Sanandaj Landscaping and Construction laid off.
• $150 billion lost per year due to brain drain.
• Iran, Austria annual trade stands at $1billion.

Iran Politics

• Persian Christians banned from attending Saint Peter Church.

Miscellaneous

• Ekbatan Dam freezes in Hamedan.
• A historic Qajar house, turned into rubbish dump in Yazd.
• 5-magnitude earthquake struck the Kish Island.

As usual, list of political prisoners in Iran: http://hyperactivist.info/ipr.html

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