Week 49 - 2012

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Pan-Iranist member Eugene Akbari transferred from Rejaei Shahr prison to Fardis prison in Karaj.
• Anvar Moslemi transferred from Sari to Mashhad prison.
• Behzad Zabihei transferred from Sari to Mashhad prison.
• Ashkan Zamani transferred from Sari to Mashhad prison.

B- Arrests/Incarcerations

• Nader Askari, a former professor of Islamic Azad University, begins serving his 3 years sentence in Gachsaran.
• Elmira Basiri, Baha’i from Isfahan, arrested after summon together with her husband.
• Anvar Moslemi, Baha’i from Sari, recently freed after purging his 1 year sentence, arrested anew.
• Pouya Pourkhorsand, Baha’i from Isfahan, arrested after summon together with his wife.
• Mohammad Samavati  arrested. He is the brother-in-law of Lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei who fled Iran last year.
• Journalist Mehrdad Serjouie went to Evin prison to serve a 3-year sentence.
• Behzad Zabihi, Baha’i from Sari arrested.
• Ashkan Zamani, Baha’i from Sari arrested.
• Furlough extension was denied to Secretary General of Advar-e-Tahkim Ahmad Zeidabadi, he is back in Rejaei Shahr prison.

C-Liberations

• Ashkan Badiei-Arani, Baha’i from Karaj, realased on 50 million toman bail. 

D-Other News

• Ahmad Reza Ahmadpour on hungerstrike in Khorramabad prison.
• Isa Saharkhiz, imprisoned journalist suffered a head injury when attacked by security inside a hospital.
• The Iranian judiciary reversed the decision against Mehraveh "Nasrin Sotoudeh ' daughter" and therefore Nasrin stopped her hunger strike.
• Ban on visitations and threat of solitary confinement for refusing to wear prison uniforms.

News of injustice in Iran

• Hiva Ahmadi, member of Teachers’ Union of Kurdistan, sentenced to 4 months in prison and 2 years ban from teaching.
• Maryam Bahreman, women’s rights activists, sentenced to 8 months suspended for 3 years.
• Ahvaz Court of Appeals has upheld the 18 months sentence of Pan-Iranist member Saman Aryaman.
• Kamal Fakoorian, member of Teachers’ Union of Kurdistan, sentenced to 4 months in prison and 2 years ban from teaching.
• Ali Ghoreishi, member of Teachers’ Union of Kurdistan, sentenced to 4 months in prison and 2 years ban from teaching.
• Baha Maleki, member of Teachers’ Union of Kurdistan, sentenced to 4 months in prison and 2 years ban from teaching.
• Iran suspends death sentence against Saeed Malekpour, web programmer and Canadian resident.
• Parviz Nazehi, member of Teachers’ Union of Kurdistan, sentenced to 4 months in prison and 2 years ban from teaching.
• Aziz Nosrati, member of Teachers’ Union of Kurdistan, sentenced to 4 months in prison and 2 years ban from teaching.
• Peyman Novadinian, member of Teachers’ Union of Kurdistan, sentenced to 4 months in prison and 2 years ban from teaching.
• Mostafa Sarbazan, member of Teachers’ Union of Kurdistan, sentenced to 4 months in prison and 2 years ban from teaching.
• Mohammad Sedigh Sadeghi, member of Teachers’ Union of Kurdistan, sentenced to 4 months in prison and 2 years ban from teaching.
• Reza Vakili, member of Teachers’ Union of Kurdistan, sentenced to 4 months in prison and 2 years ban from teaching.
• Ramin Zand-Nia, member of Teachers’ Union of Kurdistan, sentenced to 4 months in prison and 2 years ban from teaching.
• 2 men and 1 woman were hanged in Kermanshah on Monday.
• One man publicly hanged in Kermanshah on Monday.

University – Culture

• Writer, sociologist, Ehsan Naraghi died in Iran at the age of 86.
• Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi on shortlist for Oscar nomination.
• Defense officials at Shahrekord University install cameras on campus.
• Filmmakers of 'I am a Mother" summoned to court.

Protests

• 2400 workers of SAVEH Rolling and Profile Mills and Navard Louleh Safa entered 7th day of strike.
• Nasrin Sotoudeh's friends and clients in front of the Tehran Prosecutor's office to check her status on 47th day of hunger strike

Iran Economics

• Major automotive manufacturers’ bankruptcy led to layoff of 280 auto parts manufacturing unit workers.
• Price of US dollar on the rise again in Iran - surpasses 3000 tomans.
• Closure of another manufacturing unit, Bojan Refrigerator Factory, with 242 workers.

Politics in Iran

• Following death of blogger Sattar Beheshti, Tehran's Fata (cyber) police chief dismissed.
• Rahim-Mashaee removed as Ahmadinejad's Chief of Staff.
• Ahmadinejad criticizes plan to amend Presidential Elections Act voted by Majlis.

Iran  abroad

• Egypt bars Iranian official from visiting Gaza.
• Over 300 Iranian are prisoners in Japan.
• French Petroplus petrochemical plant: Iranians want to buy it.

Miscellaneous

• Once again, Tehran’s air pollution reached an alarming level.
• Schools, offices will be closed in Tehran on Tuesday and Wednesday because of high air-pollution levels.
• An earthquake with a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale in the city of Kerman.
• An earthquake with a magnitude of 6 on the Richter scale in the city of Birjand : 5 dead.