Week 30 - 2014

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Death row prisoner Hamed Ahmadi stops hunger strike and is relocated to Rejaei Shahr.
• Death row prisoners Jahangir and Jamshid Dehghani stop hunger strike and are relocated to Rejaei Shahr.
• Political prisoner Khaled Herdani transferred to hospital.
• Death row prisoner Kamal Molaei stops hunger strike and is relocated to Rejaei Shahr.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Bahman Ahmadi-Amouee is back to Rejaei Shahr at the end of furlough.
• Abdolreza Ghanbari, political prisoner, is back to Borazjan prison at the end of furlough.
• Saeed Heidari, newly converted Sunni, arrested in Mahshahr.
• Hamid-Zareh Mohammadi, journalist and blogger, begins serving his 1 year sentence in Tabriz prison.
• Maryam Rahmanian, photographer, arrested at Jason Rezaian home.
• Jason Rezaian, Washington Post correspondant, arrested in Tehran.
• Hossein Sabouri, Sunni Muslim, arrested in Mahshahr.
• Yeganeh Salehi, journalist, wife of Jason Rezaian, arrested in Tehran.
• Khouzair Sharhani, Sunni Arab Muslim, arrested in Ahvaz.
• Sami Zabadi Alboughabish, Sunni Arab Muslim, arrested in Ahvaz.
• Hamid, Hossein, Mohammad, Mousa and Salem Zargani, Sunni Arab Muslims, arrested in Ahvaz
• 8 persons accused of Satanism arrested in Firouzkouh.

C-Liberations

• Dr. Asghar Ghotan released on furlough.
• Student activist Bahareh Hedayat released on 4 days furlough for medical reasons.
• Political prisoner Nader Jani released on 6 days furlough.
• Journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi released on furlough.

D-Other News

• Mohammad-Reza Ali-Payam "Haloo", sentenced to 3 months + 1 day for a satyre.
• Cleric Mohammad-Sadegh (Arash) Honarvar-Shojaei-Khoee begins a hunger strike.
• Reza Shahabi, Workers’ rights activist, ends his hunger strike after 50 days.

News of injustice in Iran

• Arjang Davoudi, political prisoner since 20 years, sentenced to execution.
• Taha Kermani, Azeri environmentalist, sentenced to 3 years in prison.
• Hossein-Ali Mohammadi, Azeri environmentalist, sentenced to 3 years in prison.
• Rasoul Razavi, Azeri environmentalist, sentenced to 1 year in prison.
• 5 people publicly flogged in Kermanshah for eating publicly.
• 50 hangings in 6 months in Kerman.
• 6 men and 4 women hanged in Birjand.
• One defendant sentenced to death by stoning.
• One Christian had his lips burnt by cigarette in public in Kermanshah for eating during the day.

University – Culture

• Tehran Vocal Ensemble receives 3 medals, 2 gold and 1 silver at 8th World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia.

Protests

• Coal miners protest again against privatization.
• Several protests in front of US office in Tehran to support Ghaza.

Iran abroad

• E.U. suspends one of the sanctions taken against Iran.
• An Iranian NGO receives Red Ribbon Award.
• Iran opened its airspace as an alternative route for northern Europe to east Asia.

Iran Economics

• Iran to get $2.8 billion during extended talks, most sanctions stay.
• Thai Wan Hai Company became first foreign shipping line that resumed operation in Iran after its ship berthed in Rajayee port.
• Petrochemical exports are up by 6% in one month.
• Boeing will provide spare parts to Iran, 1st time since 1979.

Iran Politics

• Work hours for Iranian nurses increased from 150 to 300 hours.
• Jannati chosen again as head of guardians’ council.

Miscellaneous

• Volleyball: Iran loses to USA in semi-finales.
• 500 new cases of tuberculosis in Zabol every year.
• 3 killed and 6 wounded in clash of police with population of Qeshm Island over smuggled fuel.
• Saeed Marouf nominated best setter in Volleyball World Championship.

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

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