Week 07 - 2014

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Arjang Davoudi transferred to hospital.
• Ali Salanpour transferred to hospital.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Naim Abbasi, brother of executed prisoner Ghazi Abbasi, arrested.
• Baha’i prisoner Amanollah Mostaghim is back to Rejaei Shahr.
• Political prisoner Hasan Tafah, 86, returned to prison despite blood cancer.
• 12 people arrested during demonstrations on February 11th; they are released the same day.
• 5 fishermen arrested in Ahvaz.

C-Liberations

• Pezhman Abdolhosseinzadeh freed 3 months before the end of his sentence.
• Mohammad Heidari freed 2 months before the end of his sentence.
• Saeed Jalalifar freed 2 months before the end of his sentence.
• Pan-Iranist member Mehdi Maleki released on 100 million toman bail.
• Ali-Akbar Mohammadzadeh freed.
• Shahabeddin Mortazavi freed 5 days before the end of his sentence.
• Fatemeh Mosanna was released on bail from Evin.
• Mohammad Sa'emi freed 2 months before the end of his sentence.
• Hasan Sadeghi-Khorramdashti was released on bail from Evin 350.
• Fereydoun Seidi-Rad freed 1 month before the end of his sentence.
• Alireza Seyedian released on 5 days furlough.
• Hani Yazerloo freed from Vakil Abad prison at the end of his sentence.
• Detained workers of Isfahan Polyacryl workers released.

News of injustice in Iran

• Abol-Ghasem (Javad) Fouladvand sentenced to 18 years in prison + 24 lashes.
• Reza Akbari-Monfared sentenced to 5.5 years in prison.
• 2 public hangings in Shiraz.
• 2 hangings in Vakil Abad prison.

University – Culture

• “One Hundred Years of Solitude” translator Bahman Farzaneh, passes away.
• Faezeh Hashemi becomes head of press freedom group.
• Banned under Ahmadinejad, Cheshmeh Publications can resume activities after serving 24-month suspension.
• Ayatollah Sanei's site has been filtered.

Protests

• More than 100 mechanical engineers involved in agriculture held a protest action in front of Iran's parliament.

Iran abroad

• South Korea pays its 2nd and 3rd installment of blocked assets.

Iran Economics

• France eliminates sanctions on Iran’s gas.

Iran Politics

• Jaish al-Adl abducts 5 Iranian border soldiers.
• Supreme guide defends Rohani’s policies.
• Tehran councillor slams ex-military hired as city managers.

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

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