Week 22 - 2013

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Maurice Bagheri was transferred to Rasht prison.
• Hamid Hadisi was transferred to Rasht prison.
• Ebrahim Khosh-Sirat was transferred to Rasht prison.
• Amanollah Mostaghim transferred to Rejaie Shahr.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Zahra (Mahboubeh) Mansouri is back to Evin in the middle of her chimiotherapy.
• Mehdi Nouri, arrested again last week, calls his family to advise he is in Tabriz prison.
• Green Movement activist Ashkan Zahebian  re-arrested in Babol.

D-Other News

• Dr. Mehdi Khazali begins a new hunger strike in Evin 209.
• 2,100 prisoners end hunger strike in Ghezel Hesar prison.

News of injustice in Iran

• 5 years imprisonment for Mahmoud Beheshti the former spokesperson of Iran Teachers Union.
• Hamid Eslami, Baha’i from Shiraz, sentenced to 3 years in prison.
• Nava Khalousi, Baha’i from Mashhad, sentenced to 4.5 years in prison.
• Nika Khalousi, Baha’i from Mashhad, sentenced to 6 years in prison.
• Mahsa Mahdavi, Baha’i from Mashhad, sentenced to 8 months in prison.
• Adib Shoaei, Baha’i from Mashhad, sentenced to 18 months in prison.
• Kaveh Taheri sentenced to 3 years in prison + 50 million toman fine.
• Rahman Vafaei, Baha’i from Shiraz, sentenced to 3 years in prison.
• 1 Afghani and one Iranian hanged in Rajaei Shahr on Thursday.

University – Culture

• Chicago film student Anahita Ghazvinizadeh wins Cannes prize.
• Internet at Qazvin University cut off ahead of elections.

Protests

• Shortages of flour and bread in Ardabil and Khuzestan trigger public protests in both provinces.
• Tehran metal market businesses announce another strike in protest over VAT and fluctuations in dollar values.

Iran abroad

• Iran grants Syria $7 billion loan
• Canada bans all imports, exports with latest Iran sanctions.
• U.S. blacklisted eight companies in Iran's petrochemical industry.
• Jahanbakhsh Mozzafari named new ambassador in Italy.

Iran Economics

• Armenia cites high price as reason for stopping import of Iranian gas.
• Japan’s crude imports from Iran slumped 96 %.
• The Central Bank reported 30.8% inflation in the past year.
• One of Iran’s petrochemical companies files lawsuit in international court against Turkish Company Next Chemicals for non-payment of its debts.

Iran Politics

• Ali Larijani appointed Majlis Chairman sixth consecutive year.
• After first presidential debate on Iranian TV, in an Isna Poll:
•  Aref 43%, 
• Ghalibaf 13%,
• Haddad Adel: 0,4 %.
• Jalili 6%
• Rezaei 11,
• Rouhani 17%
•  Velayati 3 

Miscellaneous

• Guardian launches a database of Iran's prisoners of conscience http://t.co/wxvIFztLq3.
• Karim Lahiji becomes president of FIDH.

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

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