Week 26 - 2014

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Hamed Ahmadi, death row prisoner on hunger strike, transferred to hospital for stomach bleeding.
• Mansour Arvand, death row prisoner, transferred from Urmia prison to an unknown location.
• Dr. Kamran Ayazi transferred from Evin to Rejaei Shahr.
• Shahram Chinian-Miandoab transferred to solitary in Rejaei Shahr.
• Dr. Latif Hasani, on hunger strike since May 10th, transferred to hospital and then to Evin.
• Behnam Irani, Christian priest recently converted, transferred from Alborz Intelligence detention center to Rejaei Shahr.
• Mehdi Khazali moved from Evin to Rejaei Shahr.
• Kasra Nouri transferred back from Adel Abad prison to Nezam prison.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Sivan Hosseinpour, Kurdish photographer and cartoonist, arrested at home in Mahabad.
• Bahman Khaleghi, Azeri activist, begins serving his 6 months sentence in Tabriz.
• Majid Moghadam arrested during 5th memorial at Neda Agha-Soltan grave and released the day after.
• Hojatoleslam Seyed Hamid Mahdavi-Eghdam begins serving his sentence in Tabriz prison.
• Mamousta Abdol-Salam Golnavaz, Kurdish cleric, summoned to clerical court in Tabriz and arrested ; released the day after because of people protests
• Behnam Mousivand arrested during 5th memorial at Neda Agha-Soltan grave and released the day after.
• Afshin Nadimi, Kurdish rights activist, begins serving his 6 years sentence in Sanandaj prison.
• Reyhaneh Tabatabaei, journalist, begins serving her 6 months sentence in Evin.
• Women football fans arrested and released through president intervention.

C-Liberations

• Leva Khanjani freed at the end of her sentence.
• Amir Khorram released on furlough.

D-Other News

• Reza Akbari-Monfared on hunger strike in Rejaei Shahr to support Reza Shahabi.
• Mohammad Banazadeh-Amirkhizi on hunger strike in Rejaei Shahr to support Reza Shahabi.
• Dr. Asghar Ghotan on hunger strike in Rejaei Shahr to support Reza Shahabi.
• Afshin Heiratian on hunger strike in Rejaei Shahr to support Reza Shahabi.
• Khaled Herdani on hunger strike in Rejaei Shahr to support Reza Shahabi.
• Saleh Kohandel on hunger strike in Rejaei Shahr to support Reza Shahabi.
• Mohammad-Ali (Pirouz) Mansouri on hunger strike in Rejaei Shahr to support Reza Shahabi.
• Ali Moezi banned from all visits.
• Ali Salanpour on hunger strike in Rejaei Shahr to support Reza Shahabi.
• Shahrokh Zamani on hunger strike in Rejaei Shahr to support Reza Shahabi.

News of injustice in Iran

• Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, journalist, banned from leaving the country.
• 5 hangings in Birjand prison.
• 8 hangings in Rasht on Monday.
• 2 hangings Rejaei Shahr on Wednesday.
• 11 hangings in Ghezel-Hesar on Thursday.

University – Culture

• Shahr e Sokhteh inscribed in Unesco World Heritage list.
• Two paintings by Iranian poet Sohrab Sepehri sold for over $1 million in Tehran auction.
• Iranian students blocked from UK Stem courses by Kaplan due to US sanctions.
• Islamic Association of Shiraz University of Technology reopens after 4 years 

Protests

• Tehranis celebrate great match of Team Melli against Argentina on the street.
• Retired steel workers protest withheld pension payments.
• Reporters strike at national broadcaster in Ardebil for unpaid wages.
• Miners protest to keep company private and they stop privatisation.

Iran abroad

• Zarif meets Sudanese minister of development in Tehran.
• French parliamentary delegation visits Iranian Majlis.
• Iran operates drones from former American base in Iraq.

Iran Economics

• Turkey sells 200 tons of secret gold to Iran.
• India makes $550m oil payment to Iran.

Iran Politics

• Iranian police launches new campaign to seize satellite dishes.
• Gholamali Jafarzadeh, a member of Iran’s planning and Budget Commission calls for Ahmadinejad's prosecution.
• 75% of provincial governors replaced last year.
• Vasectomy punishable by 2 to 5 years in prison.
• Health Minister challenges law against birth control.

Miscellaneous

• Iran-Argentina: 0-1 thanks to the referee.
• Iran is getting ready for its best year of tourism in a generation.
• Iranian pilgrims captured by ISIS released, back to country.
• Iran has the highest cancer rate because of contaminated gasoline.

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

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