Week 28 - 2014

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Hamid-Reza Moradi-Sarvestani transferred to hospital.
• Mohammad (Kourosh) Nasiri transferred to an unknown location.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Sarang Ettehadi, Baha’I, begins serving his 5 years sentence in Evin.
• Hossein Farzin is back to Vakil Abad prison at the end of furlough.
• Saghi Fadaee, Baha’i, arrested in Masshad.
• Seyed Mathias-Abdolreza Ali-Haghnejad, newly converted Christian, arrested in Anzali.
• Ziba Mohammadian, wife of Mohammad-Ali Taheri who recently wrote to Ahmed Shaheed, arrested at home.
• Habib Mohebian, famous pop singer, arrested in Masouleh and released after 3 days.
• Journalist Marzieh Rasouli goes to Evin to serve her 2 years and receive 50 lashes.
• Mohammad Roghangir (Vahid), newly converted Christian, arrested in Anzali

C-Liberations

• Fateh Jahani, Kurdish internet activist arrested on July 1st was released on bail on July 5th.
• Jamil Momeni, Kurdish internet activist arrested on July 1st was released on bail on July 5th.
• Abid Zarei, Kurdish internet activist arrested on July 1st was released on bail on July 5th.

D-Other News

• Saba Azarpeik, journalist, could phone her mother 39 days after her arrest.
• Reza Entesari refuses to attend visit in prison uniform.
• Dr. Latif Hasani ends his hunger strike after 58 days.
• Hamzeh Narouei, Baloch political activist, dies under torture in Zahedan prison.
• Rababeh Rezaei, wife of workers’ rights activist Reza Shahabi, on hunger strike for more than 40 days, begins a hunger strike.
• Raheleh Zakaei, on furlough from Gharchak, receives her 276 lashes.
• BandarAbbas sick prisoner Mostafa Nosrati, 32, died due to medical negligence

News of injustice in Iran

• Meiad Ahmadi, Kurdish student, sentenced to 5 years suspended in prison and 5 million toman fine.
• Behzad Nabavi, newly released political prisoner, sentenced to 10 million toman fine.
• Student Hasan Tarlani acquitted of charges and freed after 5 years in prison.

University – Culture

• Historical bathhouse Zafarani destroyed in Isfahan.
• Parinaz, a film of Bahram Bahramian, on screen after 4 years ban.
• Fars photographer reporter Milad Alai assaulted, beaten injured.

Protests

• 1400 workers of Alborz mine protest against privatisation.

Iran abroad

• Iranian pilot dies during fight in Iraq.
• Isis hackers hack website of reformist Iranian magazine Iran e Farda.

Iran Economics

• $1 under 3100 tomans on Monday, first time since months.
• Delays in payment of 150 workers of South Pars.
• At least 50 workers of Lian oil refinery fired in Bushehr.
• Iran receives 7th installment of frozen assets.
• 4 million seasonal workers unemployed.

Iran Politics

• Plan approved to dismantle dams to replenish Lake Urmia.
• Tehran Chief Justice: Accused of "sedition" will be arrested upon return to the country.
• With more than 900 Professors' support, Science Minister's dismissal postponed.
• 3 Internet cafés closed in Marivan, their managers arrested.
• Ayatollah Gilani dies in CCU.
• Bassij bikers are back on the streets to fight bad-veiled women.
• Tehran municipality employees will be segregated between men and women.
• Expediency council head says that Iran can cooperate with USA in Iraq.

Miscellaneous

• Health Ministry declares that 108 thousands people live with HIV in Iran.
• Iran has the fastest growing rate of cancer in the world.
• Increased mortality of work accidents: 11% in one year.
• Several killed and wounded in an accident in Ardakan mine.
• Retauration of Lake Urmia will take 10 years.

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