Week 31 - 2014

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Reza Ayoubi, Kurdish political activist arrested beginning of June, transferred to Urmia prison.
• Naser Badavi, Kurdish political activist arrested beginning of June, transferred to Urmia prison.
• Cleric Hossein Kazemeini-Boroujerdi transferred to a warehouse inside Evin.
• Diplomat Shahin Dadkhah transferred to solitary.
• Mostafa Sabzi, Kurdish political activist arrested beginning of June, transferred to Urmia prison.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Saharnaz Afrouzi (Farhadi), of Yarsani religious minority, arrested in Hamedan.
• Ali Chinisaz, Facebook activist, arrested in Mashhad.
• Bahr-Ali Farhadi, of Yarsani religious minority, arrested in Hamedan.
• Hamid Hekmati, Facebook activist, arrested in Mashhad.
• Esmail Izadi, Facebook activist, arrested in Mashhad.
• Zahra Kaebi, Facebook activist, arrested in Mashhad.
• Akhir-Mohammad Milani, arrested in Khoee.
• Tajoldin Momkeni arrested in Khoee.
• Mojtaba Norouzi, of Yarsani religious minority, arrested in Hamedan.
• Farhad Salehi, Facebook activist, arrested in Mashhad.
• Farid Saremi, Facebook activist, arrested in Mashhad.
• Einollah Yari, of Yarsani religious minority, arrested in Hamedan with his two children Pegah and Amir-Hossein.
• The secretary general of Advar, Ahmad Zeidabadi, is back to prison at the end of furlough.
• 5 young musicians arrested in Esfahan.

C-Liberations

• Farzad Bahadori, Baha’i from Tabriz, released on 50 million toman bail.
• Sahar Bahadori, Baha’i from Tabriz, released on 20 million toman bail.
• Saeed Matinpour released on 3 days furlough.
• Mahnaz Ghaem-Mohammadi, wife of Jafar Panahi, released on furlough.
• Shabnam Isakhani, Baha’i from Tabriz, released on 50 million toman bail.
• Political activist Mohsen Mir-Damadi released on furlough.
• Journalist Nasour Naghipour released on furlough.
• Eighan Shahidi, Baha’I, released on 6 days furlough.
• Kamil and Gharib Sharifzadeh freed on parole.

News of injustice in Iran

• Journalist Serajedin Mir-Damadi sentenced to 6 years in prison.

University – Culture

• Security forces stop Ahmad Shamloo commemoration.

Iran abroad

• Iranian students win 1 gold and 3 silver medal in chemistry olympiads.

Iran Economics

• Hamedan-Saveh road workers have not been paid for 3 months.
• Sugar cane company pays some back wages after protests.

Iran Politics

• Government request Tehran municipality to drop gender segregation.
• Security forces raided Sunni mosque in Sanandaj to prevent Eid-el-Fetr prayers.

Miscellaneous

• Forest fires in Iran up by 40%.
• 4.2-magnitude earthquake hits Hormozgan.
• From 1964 to 2012 tuberculosis prevalence rate dropped from 143 to 14.4 per 100,000.
• Iran opens first state run alcohol rehab center.

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

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