Week 12 - 2014

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Shahram Ahmadi transferred to hospital and then to Rejaei Shahr.
• Mostafa Daneshjou transferred to hospital.
• Kurdish journalist Adnan Hasanpour transferred to Zahedan prison.
• Afshin Karampour back from hospital to Evin without any treatment.
• Kurdish journalist Khosro Kordpour transferred to Tabriz prison.
• Taleb Maleki transferred to Rejaei Shahr.
• Mohammad-Hasan Yousef-Pourseifi returned to Evin from hospital.
• Hamid-Reza Moradi-Sarvestani transferred to hospital.
• Mokhtar Rahimi transferred to Rejaei Shahr.
• Behrouz Shah-Nazari transferred to Rejaei Shahr.
• Reza Shahabi, workers’ rights activist, moved from hospital to Evin.
• Arash and Kaveh Sharifi transferred to Rejaei Shahr.
• Kaveh Veisi transferred to Rejaei Shahr.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Yekta Fahandej, Baha’I from Shiraz, arrested.
• 17 young boys and girls arrested in a party in Abbasabad.

C-Liberations

• Kurdish political activist Ebrahim Hosseinpour released on furlough.
• Cyrus Mansouri released on 50 million toman bail.
• Dr. Ali Nazeri rleased on furlough.

D-Other News

• Mostafa Abdi ends hunger strike.
• Mohammad-Amin Agooshi on hunger strike and sewed his lips.
• Omid Behrouzi ends hunger strike.
• Mostafa Daneshjou ends hunger strike.
• Reza Entesari ends hunger strike.
• Amir Eslami ends hunger strike.
• Nemat Fatehi, Kurdish political activist, launches hunger strike in Dizel Abad.
• Abdol-Ghafour Ghalandari ends hunger strike.
• Afshin Karampour ends hunger strike.
• Mohsen Khodayari, Kurdish political activist, launches hunger strike in Dizel Abad.
• Gholamreza Khosravi ends hunger strike.
• Hamid-Reza Moradi-Sarvestani ends hunger strike.
• Kasra Nouri ends hunger strike.
• Kianoosh Rostami, Kurdish political activist, launches hunger strike in Dizel Abad.
• Ali Salanpour ends hunger strike.
• Farshid Yadollahi ends hunger strike.

News of injustice in Iran

• Jamal Agooshi, son of Mohammad-Amin Agooshi, sentenced to 1 year in prison for contacting Human Rights Organisations about his father’s fate.
• Nemat Fatehi, Kurdish political activist, sentenced to 10 years in prison.
• Mohsen Khodayari, Kurdish political activist, sentenced to 15 years in prison.
• Kianoosh Rostami Kurdish political activist, sentenced to 15 years in prison.
• One hanging in Semnan on Sunday.

University – Culture

• "Ayandeh Online" website stopped activities due to pressure from hardliners.
• Home of prominent artist Parviz Tanavoli was raided by officials, his sculptures confiscated and damaged.
• Hardliner weekly 9 Rooz banned.

Protests

• Kurdistan steel workers protest in front of ministry of labour.
• 40000 workers petition to Labour Ministry for immediate revision of minimum wage.
• People gathered to protest the destruction of historical monuments in Ahvaz.

Iran abroad

• Greek FM meets Zarif in Tehran.
• Zarif meets Qatari and Tajik conterparts.

Iran Economics

• Journalists of Tabnak Newspaper not been paid for three months.

Iran Politics

• Larijani condemns Ban Ki-Moon’s report on Iran.
• 13 revolutionary guards arrested for alleged trading in seized guns.

Miscellaneous

• Floods in Bandar Abbas.
• Iran is World Champion of Wrestling.
• Japan provides $1m grant to aid support effort in restoration of Lake Urmia.

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

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