Week 12 - 2013

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Former MP MIr Taher Mousavi moved to Ward 350 after more than 8 months in solitary.

B- Arrests/Incarcerations

• Mohammad Reza Afkhami arrested on his way to Tehran from Hamedan.
• Mohammad-Bagher Alavi, member of Freedom Movement, arrested.
• Mona Ameri, Baha’i living in Gorgan, arrested and sent to Amir-Abad prison.
• Hadi Ehtezazi arrested on his way to Tehran from Hamedan.
• Amin Faridian arrested on his way to Tehran from Hamedan.
• Christian convert Ebrahim Firoozi, rearrested by plainclothes officers.
• Pedram Ghaderian arrested in Paveh.
• Hossein Loghmanian previous MP arrested on his way to Tehran from Hamedan.
• Sadegh Moradi-Sarvestani, brother of Farzad and Hamid-Reza Moradi-Sarvestani, Gonabadi dervishes, arrested in Shiraz in front of Adel-Abad prison.
• Member of the Freedom Movement of Iran Mehdi Motamedi Mehr arrested at home.
• Rofia Pakzadan, Baha’i living in Gorgan, arrested and sent to Amir-Abad prison.
• Mehdi Ramezani father of slain Iranian protester Ramin Ramezani, summoned to Evin Prison to serve his 3 months sentence.
• Behnam Yadollahi-Farsi, brother of Farshid Yadollahi, Gonabadi dervish, arrested in Shiraz in front of Adel-Abad prison.

C-Liberations

• Mehrdad Ahan-Khah, released on furlough for Norooz clemency.
• Ahmad-Reza Ahmadpour, released on furlough for Norooz clemency.
• Hasan Asadi-Zeidabadi, released on furlough for Norooz clemency.
• Poet Dr. Mostafa Badkoobei released on furlough.
• Emad Bahavar, a political activist and head of the Youth Branch of Iran Freedom Movement released on furlough.
• Zhila Bani-Yaghoub released on furlough.
• Mehdi Khodaei, released on furlough for Norooz clemency.
• Hasan Faraji-Mousavi, released on furlough for Norooz clemency.
• Saman Hamidi-Azadi, released on furlough for Norooz clemency.
• Faezeh Hashemi-Rafsanjani freed after serving her sentence.
• Behzad Houshmand-Mavid, released on furlough for Norooz clemency.
• Ali-Akbar Mohammadzadeh, released on furlough for Norooz clemency.
• Shahabeddine Mortazavi, released on furlough for Norooz clemency.
• Fatemeh Rahnama released on furlough.
• Mohammad Rezaei, released on furlough for Norooz clemency.
• Journalist Mohammadjavad Rooh released.
• Majid Sedaghat, released on furlough for Norooz clemency.
• Nasim Soltan-Beigi, released on furlough for Norooz clemency.
• Nasrin Sotoudeh, released on furlough for Norooz clemency.

D-Other News

• Kouhyar Goudarzi left Iran.

News of injustice in Iran

• Cyber activist Vahid Asghari's death sentence was overturned by the Supreme Court and the case will be reviewed again.
• Tabriz university student Babak Baghaei was sentenced to 6 months on charges of propaganda against the regime

University – Culture

• Ahmadinejad has instructed his Minister of Science/Technology to dismiss the heads of the Tehran and Tarbiat Modarres universities. - Farhad Rahbar has been the head of Tehran University since 2007 and Bijan Ranjbar had headed Tarbiat Modarres University since 2010.
• Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel Persepolis was banned from Chicago Public Schools.

Protests

• Protest against unpaid wages at the tile factory Gilana in front of governor's office in Rudbar.
• Drivers protest outside Majlis for their confiscated imported cars.

Iran abroad

• Slovenia to close Embassy in Iran 
• MEK turned down Albania's offer of asylum to 210 of its members who are living in Iraq.
• Iran Central Bank challenges sanctions in Britain's Supreme Court.
• Mandate of UN special rapporteur on Iran Ahmed Shaheed renewed: 26 in favor, 2 against.

Miscellaneous

• Drug shortage to force closure of Iranian operating rooms.
• Iranians are perishing in large numbers by tainted China penicillin and lack of medicine, including anesthetic for operation.
• Drunk Saudi embassy staff causes fatal accident in Tehran.