Week 49 - 2013

Prisoners’ News

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Rasoul Abdollahi, Christian convert, transferred to Evin 350 to serve his 3 years sentence.
• Reza Ahmadinejad, Webmaster of Aftab News, arrested.
• Masoud Ghasemkhani, Facebook activist, arrested and sent to Evin.
• Amir Golestani, Facebook activist, arrested and sent to Evin.
• Ali-Asghar Honarmand, working for Naranji web site, arrested in Kerman.
• Hashem Hossein-Panahi, Kurdish Sunni cleric, summoned to Evin to serve his 3 years sentence.
• Roya Irani, Facebook activist, arrested and sent to Evin.
• Akbar Jabari arrested because of Facebook comments criticizing nuclear deal.
• Fariborz Kardar, Facebook activist, arrested and sent to Evin.
• Samad Khatibi, film maker living in the Netherlands, arrested upon his return.
• Mohammad-Hossein Mousazadeh, working for Naranji web site, arrested in Kerman.
• Maliheh Nakhaei, working for Naranji web site, arrested in Kerman.
• Nasim Nikmehr, working for Naranji web site, arrested in Kerman.
• Mohammad-Sadegh Rabani-Amleshi is back to Evin at the end of his furlough.
• Sara Sajadpour, working for Naranji web site, arrested in Kerman.
• Seyed Masoud Seyed Talebi, Facebook activist, arrested and sent to Evin.
• Amir Tataloo, underground singer, arrested.
• Abbas Vahedi, working for Naranji web site, arrested in Kerman.
• Ali-Reza Vaziri, working for Naranji web site, arrested in Kerman.
• 439 Afghans arrested in 4 months in Kerman.
• Over 20 social activists arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

C-Liberations

• Osman Ghadernejad, Kurdish political prisoner, freed before the end of his sentence.
• Mohammad-Amin Ghaderzadeh, Kurdish political prisoner, freed before the end of his sentence.
• Mohsen Mir-Damadi released on furlough.
• Ali and Osman Molanejad, Kurdish political prisoners, freed before the end of their sentence.
• Farhad Sabok-Rouh, Christian convert, freed from Ahvaz prison.
• Naser Tarighi, Kurdish political prisoner, freed before the end of his sentence.
• Naser Zamen-Dezfouli, Christian convert, freed from Ahvaz prison.

D-Other News

• Political prisoner Houtan Dolati on hunger strike to protest against medical negligence.
• Narges Mohammadi named Honorary Citizen of Belgium Louvain.
• 1,800 prisoners of Ghezel Hesar end their hunger strike.

News of injustice in Iran

• Ahmad-Reza Ahmadpour sentenced to 100 days in prison for writing to the leader.
• Fariba Ashtari, Baha’i, sentenced to 3 years in prison.
• Murder file of blogger Sattar Beheshti closed without any charge.
• Farzad Ebrahimi Sunni prisoner of conscience, sentenced to execution.
• Farzad Honarjoo (Abou-Bakr), Sunni prisoner of conscience, sentenced to execution.
• Erfan Majidi, Kurdish political activist, sentenced to 4 years in prison.
• Shabnam Motahed, Baha’i, sentenced to 3 years in prison.
• Keivan Momeni-Fard, Sunni prisoner of conscience, sentenced to execution.
• Iman Rashidi, Baha’i, sentenced to 4 years in prison.
• Gharib Sharifzadeh, Kurdish political activist, sentenced to 2 years in prison.
• Kamil Sharifzadeh, Kurdish political activist, sentenced to 3 years in prison.
• Publicly lashing punishment for a Kurdish citizen in Takab.
• One execution in Zahedan.
• 3 executions in Rasht on Sunday.
• 2 executions in Bandar Abbas on Sunday.
• One hanging in Gachsaran prison.

University – Culture

• The Iranian cartoonist Behrouz Firouzi has won the first prize at the 17th edition of the international competition Fax for Peace, Fax for Tolerance in Spilimbergo, Italy.
• Writers Association of will hold ceremony in memory of Mohammad Pouyandeh and Mokhtari this Friday in Karaj.
• Newspapers Neshat and Hammihan will not be published.
• Three Sunni students summoned, threatened and banned from education.
• Professor Mohammad Kazem Motamednejad dies at 79. He was named Iran's Father of Communication Studies.

Protests

• Dozens of workers protest in Kermanshah.
• Iraqi Kurds protest on behalf of Iranian Kurds in Erbil.
• Students of Shiraz University of Technology stage protest.

Iran abroad

• Javad Zarif visits Kuwait and Oman.
• UK chargé d’affaires Ajay Sharma makes 1st visit to Tehran.
• Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki meets Iran's Supreme Leader.
• Iraqi Kurds protest on behalf of Iranian Kurds in Erbil.
• Rouhani meets Syrian Prime Minister.

Iran Economics

• Stock exchange index reaches new record high, 121% jump since beginning of March 2013.
• Medicine imports to Iran rise 40% in one month.

Iran Politics

• Iran minister of labour revokes huge bonuses unlawfully awarded to directors of Social Security Organization..

Miscellaneous

• Bomb neutralized in Abadan-Mahshahr pipeline.
• Alireza Razm-Hosseini was appointed as governor-general of Kerman and Abdolmohammad Zahedi as governor-general of Kurdistan.
• 4 Iranian cities rank in 10 most polluted cities of the world.

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

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