Prisoners’ News
A- Transfers
- Human Rights activist Abolfazl Abedini is back in Evin after being taken to Ahvaz prison Thursday for testifying in Sattar Beheshti case - Ahvaz prison refused to accept him. He begins a dry hunger strike on Tuesday after being transferred to solitary 209 and stops it on Thursday when back to 350.
- Imprisoned, disabled Iran-Iraq veteran and civil rights activist Nader Babaei taken to hospital.
- Mehdi Karroubi and Mir-Hossein Mousavi transferred to hospital for some hours.
- 5 days after activist Saeed Madani was transferred from 209 to 350, they took him back to Intel ward 209.
- Reza Shahabi transferred to hospital for medical examinations.
- Nasrin Sotoudeh is back to Evin general ward but still on hunger strike.
- Ahmad Zeidabadi, imprisoned Secretary General of Advare Tahkim (Alumni Society) taken to hospital.
B- Arrests/Incarcerations
- Fars Ahmadi, Kurd citizen of Ravansar, arrested and sent to Dizelabad prison in Kermanshah.
- Hadi Aghaei, Kurd citizen of Ravansar, arrested and sent to Dizelabad prison in Kermanshah.
- Ovjan Akbari, member of pan-iranist party, arrested in Reza Kermani's house and transferred to Karaj police station.
- Kasra Alasavand, member of pan-iranist party, arrested in Reza Kermani's house and transferred to Karaj police station.
- Foad Angoushtan, Kurd citizen of Ravansar, arrested and sent to Dizelabad prison in Kermanshah.
- Ashkan and Saman Badiei-Arani, Baha’is from Karaj arrested.
- Poet Dr. Mostafa Badkoubei reported to Evin to start serving his 18 months sentence.
- Farhad Baghbani, member of pan-iranist party, arrested in Reza Kermani's house and transferred to Karaj police station.
- Farhad Eghbal, Baha'i citizen arrested in Gorgan.
- Hooman Eskandari, member of pan-iranist party, arrested in Reza Kermani's house and transferred to Karaj police station.
- Foad Fahandezh, Baha’i from Gorgan arrested.
- Hossein Falah previous president of NGOs in Ghazvin arrested.
- Parastou Forouhar arrested at the airport, her passport confiscated.
- Behrooz Ghobadi, brother of film maker Bahman Ghobadi arrested.
- Hossein Javid, member of pan-iranist party, arrested in Reza Kermani's house and transferred to Karaj police station.
- Hojat Kalashi, member of pan-iranist party, arrested in Reza Kermani's house and transferred to Karaj police station.
- Payam Markazi, Baha’i from Gorgan arrested.
- Adel Moradi, Kurd citizen of Ravansar, arrested and sent to Dizelabad prison in Kermanshah.
- Ramezan Mozafari, Kurd citizen of Ravansar, arrested and sent to Dizelabad prison in Kermanshah.
- Pedram Nasrollahi, workers’ rights activist begins serving his sentence at Sanandaj prison.
- Bakhtiar Nazari, Kurd citizen of Ravansar, arrested and sent to Dizelabad prison in Kermanshah.
- Ghafar Pormor, Kurd citizen of Ravansar, arrested and sent to Dizelabad prison in Kermanshah.
- Shargh newspaper reporter/Gonabadi Dervish activist Alireza Roshan started serving out 1 year prison term.
- Siamak Sadri, Baha’i from Gorgan arrested.
- Majid Sedaghat, 24 years old, went to Evin to serve his 1 year sentence.
- Hossein Shahriari, member of pan-iranist party, arrested in Reza Kermani's house and transferred to Karaj police station.
- Alireza Soleimani, member of pan-iranist party, arrested in Reza Kermani's house and transferred to Karaj police station.
- Political prisoner Mostafa Tajzadeh released on furlough Tuesday is back in Evin. Furlough was not extended.
- 29 arrested including a poet Abu Shaima attending the funeral of an Ahvaz poet Sattar al-Sayahi.
C-Liberations
- One Million Signatures Campaign member Zeinab Bayazidi, released from prison after 4 years and 5 months.
- Political activist Mahmoud Dordkeshan released on a 1 week furlough.
- Civil activist Vahid Habibcheshmeh released from Tabriz prison after serving out his 6 months sentence.
D-Other News
- Mehdi Karroubi is back at home.
- By order of the Prosecutor all in-person visits for female political prisoners have been suspended until further notice.
News of injustice in Iran
- Labor activist Saeed Hadi Daneshyar sentenced to 3 years in prison in Shiraz
- Retired teacher Masoumeh Dehghan, wife of jailed Human Rights lawyer Abdolfatah Soltani, gets one-year jail suspended for 5 years + 5 years ban on leaving country.
- Mahabad Payam Nour University student Jamal Ghadernezhad sentenced to 5 years for association with a banned group.
University – Culture
- Dormitory students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences protested bad food, lack of facilities and lack of accountability.
- Two journalists attacked in Iran.
Protests
- Women stopped by security forces entering the shrine of late dissident cleric Ayatollah Montazeri.
- Workers’ Rights rally in opposition to current labour laws changes.
- At the end of the one-day strike at Noorad Pipe Factory in Saveh to protest the withholding of salaries, worker rights’ activist Mohammad Raouf, was not allowed to return to the factory.
Iran Economics
- Ericsson helps Iran telecoms, letter reveals long-term deal.
- Iran has extended Lebanon a USD 40 million loan to finance construction of a water dam.
- China Classification Society (CCS) ended its certification of Iranian vessels
Politics in Iran
- Several people "terrorist elements related to foreign intelligence services" arrested in Khuzestan.
- A new law will obliges single women to have a legal tutor until they are 40 years old.
- Two Afghan refugees killed by Iranian border police.
- Reformists prepare to set up united front ahead of elections.
Iran abroad
- A delegation of MPs + Minister of Foreign Affairs will go to Gaza.
- U.S. denies visas to Iran officials for U.N. meeting.
- Iran denies supplying Fajr-5 rockets to Gaza militants.
- Iran speaker confirms military aid to Hamas.
Miscellaneous
- Arrests in Shush following pipeline explosion.
- Acute shortage of Deferoxamine threatening the lives of patients with Thalassemia in Iran.
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