Week 18 - 2013

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Saeed Abedini transferred to Evin 240 solitary for protesting against warden’s request of dismissal of political prisoners’’ representative Saeed Madani.
• Abolfazl Abedini-Nasr transferred to Evin 240 solitary for protesting against warden’s request of dismissal of political prisoners’’ representative Saeed Madani.
• Kamran Ayazi transferred to Evin 240 solitary for protesting against warden’s request of dismissal of political prisoners’’ representative Saeed Madani.
• Amir-Khosro Dalirsani transferred to Evin 240 solitary for protesting against warden’s request of dismissal of political prisoners’’ representative Saeed Madani.
• Mohammad Ebrahimi transferred to Evin 240 solitary for protesting against warden’s request of dismissal of political prisoners’’ representative Saeed Madani.
• Pouria Ebrahimi transferred to Evin 240 solitary for protesting against warden’s request of dismissal of political prisoners’’ representative Saeed Madani.
• Siamak Ghaderi transferred to Evin 240 solitary for protesting against warden’s request of dismissal of political prisoners’’ representative Saeed Madani.
• Saeed Madani transferred to Evin 240 solitary for protesting against warden’s request of his dismissal as political prisoners’ representative.
• Abdollah Momeni transferred to Evin 240 solitary for protesting against warden’s request of dismissal of political prisoners’’ representative Saeed Madani.
• Noura Nabilzadeh children’s rights activist, transferred from Vakil-Abad prison to Minister of Intelligence detention center.
• Sanaz Tafazoli transferred from Vakil-Abad prison to Minister of Intelligence detention center.
• Mehdi Yousefpour transferred to Evin 240 solitary for protesting against warden’s request of dismissal of political prisoners’’ representative Saeed Madani.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Maryam Alengi, widow of Mohsen Dogmechi-political prisoner who died of cancer while in custody, was summoned to serve her 3-year sentence for interview with media.
• Ashura detainee Behzad Arabgol transferred to Evin prison.
• Former diplomat Bagher Asadi was arrested last month.
• Somayeh Bakhtiari, Christian, arrested.
• Mostafa Bani-Sharif arrested after summon by Intel in Shahre-Kord.
• Majid Bavi, Ahvazi civic activist, arrested in Ahvaz.
• Shirzad Beigzadeh, former political prisoner, arrested on Urmia street.
• Haj Ali Chilan, 103 years old, is serving a 8 years sentence in Maku prison.
• Mohammad-Ali Dehghan, dervish Gonabadi, arrested in Kavar.
• Mohsen Esmaili, dervish Gonabadi, arrested in Kavar.
• Shamim Etehadi arrested in Yazd.
• Omid Habibi arrested in Sarv-Abad.
• Awat, Kawan and Rouhollah Heidari arrested in Sarv-Abad.
• Chairman of the Coordination Council of the Reformists in Fars province, Abdolhamid Moafian arrested.
• Mohammad-Ali Sadeghi, dervish Gonabadi, arrested in Kavar.
• Ronak Samavat, Christian, arrested.
• Civil rights student activist Vahid Sheikh-Beigloo arrested to serve his sentence.
• Adel Simari, Ahvazi civic activist, arrested in Ahvaz.
• Medical furlough extension was denied for student activist Hassan Tarlani, he is back in Kerman prison.

C-Liberations

• Hanif Atarzadeh released on furlough.
• Pan-Iranist member Milad Dehghan was released on bail from Karoon prison in Ahvaz.
• Christian convert, Ebrahim Firouzi, was temporarily released on 30 million toman bail.
• Golrokh Firouzian freed on 100 million toman bail from Semnan prison.
• Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad released from Bandar Abbas's Central Prison.
• Dina Karimi released on furlough.
• Mohammad-Hossein Nakhaei, 87 years old, freed on bail from Birjand prison.
• Asef Rezaeian released on furlough.

D-Other News

• Jailed journalist Khosro Kordpour is on hunger strike.
• On furlough Human Rights activist Hossein Ronaghi-Maleki underwent surgery for the 6th time.
• Mohammad Ali Taheri is on hunger strike in Evin Prison.

News of injustice in Iran

• Political prisoner Ali Moezzi who refused to take part in his trials sentenced in absentia to 1 year in prison in exile.
• 4 hangings in Kerman prison.
• A prisoner hanged in Bandar Abbas prison the day after he attempted to commit suicide.
• One person hanged in Zahedan on Sunday.
• 4 people were hanged in Arak prison on Thursday.
• The Guardian Council approved the new Islamic punishment code; it will be implemented from June this year.
• Stoning retained in penal code.
• Three Majlis deputies found guilty in Iran’s biggest embezzlement case.

University – Culture

• A Reformist newspaper banned in Kerman.
• Kavir Publication denied participation in the International Tehran Book Fair for the 3rd year in row.
• Reformist daily, Asr-e Zohur, closed until after the elections.
• Security forces prevented the meeting to celebrate Rumi's Masnavi at the The Hosseinieh Ershad Public Library.

Protests

• Severe confrontation between the people of Hormozgan and Security Forces.
• Shushtar municipality workers on strike re unpaid wages.
• Shahran residents gathered in front of Tehran City Council protest felling of trees and neglect of municipal park.
• More than 1000 workers of the Bushehr Sadra Company are on strike.

Iran abroad

• Bosnia expels two Iranian diplomats.
• Senior Egypt officials in Iran for Syria talks.
• Iranian Embassy in Damascus hit in explosion.

Iran Economics

• Rising price leads Iranians to drink less milk.
• 16 months delay in the salaries of 43 workers in Mahabad ranch.
• 600 Lifeguard in province Mazandaran have not received their wages since last year.
• ZamZam Cola Company liquidated in East Tehran leaving over 500 without jobs.
• More than 1000 workers of the Jabal Bor Company in Bandar Abbas have been fired.

Iran Politics

• The parliament rejected the new labor law of the government.
• Conservative MP Ali Motahari supports reformist presence in election.
• IRGC will not support any presidential candidate.

Miscellaneous

• Exorbitant cost of pollution damage: $8 billion per year.

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