Week 24 - 2014

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Behzad Arabgol, political activist, transferred from Evin to Rejaei Shahr.
• Abed Bampouri, Baloch political activist sentenced to death, transferred to solitary in Zahedan prison.
• Abdolghani Gangouzeh, Baloch political activist sentenced to death, transferred to solitary in Zahedan prison.
• Pastor Behnam Irani moved from Rejaei Shahr to an unknown location.
• Mamousta Ali Karami transferred from Rejaei Shahr to Sanandaj.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Nima Abbaspour arrested during a protest for Lake Urmia.
• Akbar Abolzadeh arrested during a protest for Lake Urmia.
• Afshin Esmailzadeh arrested during a protest for Lake Urmia.
• Soheil Ghaderi arrested during a protest for Lake Urmia.
• Mahnaz Ghaem-Mohammadi, wife of Jafar Panahi, begins serving her 5 years sentence in Evin.
• Mir-Yasin Hosseini, student in Tabriz, arrested during a protest for Lake Urmia.
• Sajad Khalilnejad, member of participation front, arrested at home.
• Jalal Mohammadloo, member of participation front, arrested at home.
• Vahid Valizadeh arrested during a protest for Lake Urmia.
• Arman Zaker arrested during a protest for Lake Urmia.

C-Liberations

• Majid Dori, student activist, freed at the end of his sentence.
• Arash Mohammadi, leftist student, freed at the end of his sentence.

News of injustice in Iran

• Peyman Aref sentenced to one extra year in prison.
• Ali Chabishat, Ahvazi activist, was executed.
• Seyed Khaled Moussavi, Ahvazi activist, was executed.
• One hanging in Rejaei Shahr on Monday.
• One hanging in Zahedan on Monday.
• One hanging in Ghazvin on Tuesday.
• 3 hangings in Rejaei Shahr on Wednesday.
• 3 hangings in Bandar Abbas on Thursday.

University – Culture

• Female musicians banned from stage in Isfahan.
• Theatre performance of “Hot Egg Tango” banned in Tehran.
• Workshop with Kelly James Clark banned in Iran.

Protests

• Over 100 bakers in Sanandaj protest after their wages remain frozen for the third year in a row.
• 23 days of strike of 5,000 workers of Bafog Iron Ore Company.
• Hardliners and reformists fight during Aref speech at Shiraz University.

Iran abroad

• About 230 Iranian MPs in a statement congratulated Assad for his victory.
• Zarif and Singapore parliament speaker meet in Tehran.
• Rouhani visits Turkey to discuss Syria and sign contracts.
• Two battalions of Quds Forces entered Iraq and fighting alongside Iraqi forces.
• New Iranian ambassador to Switzerland: Gholam Ali Khoshroo, Deputy FM under Khatami.

Iran Economics

• Closure of Mahabad Vaccines Manufacture: 120 workers lose their job.

Iran Politics

• Ayatollah Sanaei regretted arrest of journalist Sirajedin MirDamadi.
• Iran condemns terrorist attack on Iraq.

Miscellaneous

• Severe water shortage in Kerman province.
• Second storm in Tehran in one week, 15 wounded this time.
• Iranian volleyball team beats Brazil at home 3-0.

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

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