Week 38 - 2014

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Ali Alaei transferred from ward 350 to ward 7 of Evin.
• Esmail Barzegari transferred from ward 350 to ward 7 of Evin.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Saghi Fadaee, Baha’i from Mashhad, arrested again.
• Seyed Ali-Asghar Gharavi, journalist and political activist, begins serving his 6 month sentence.

C-Liberations

• Behieh Manavipour, Baha’i, released on bail.
• Mohsen Shoja, political activist, released on 50 million toman bail.

D-Other News

• Khaled Herdani, Kurdish political activist, ends his hunger strike.
• Cell of Hamid-Reza Moradi-Sarvestani, dervish Gonabadi, raided.
• Mohammad-Reza Pourshajari (Siamak Mehr), political prisoner recently released, denied passport.
• 40% of political and civic activist in prison, are Kurdish citizen.
• Common law prisoners join dervishes’ hunger strike.
• Families of dervishes on hunger strike organize a sit-in in visit hall of prisons.

News of injustice in Iran

• Ghoncheh Ghavami, British citizen, will be detained for 60 more days.
• Badi Hosseinpanahi, Kurdish activist, sentenced to 7 years in prison.
• Sasan Soleimani, producer of “Happy” video, sentenced to 1 year suspended for 3 years.
• 3 executions postponed in Bandar Abbas due to request of victims’ families.
• 4 suicides in Rejaei Shahr prison last week.
• 4 Razi petrochemical workers sentenced to lashes and imprisonment.
• One political Kurdish political prisoner hanged on Monday in Urmia prison.
• One hanging in Qom on Tuesday.
• Two hangings in Urmia on Wednesday.
• 5 public hangings in Shiraz on Thursday.
• 8 hangings in Kerman prison on Thursday.
• 4 hangings in Bandar Abbas on Thursday.

University – Culture

• Nora Sabet, Baha’i, denied access to University.
• Cyber police claims that 135 prostitution pages were found on Facebook.
• Many Iranian writers publish their books in Afghanistan to bypass censure.

Iran abroad

• Iran is sending troops to Iraq to fight against Islamic State.
• Large delegation from German University visits Iran.
• France drops case against MEK after 11-year.
• Zarif, Ashton meet at Iran UN mission in New York.
• Kenya detains two Iranians on suspicion of planning attacks.
• Zarif meets North Korea FM in Tehran.
• Hossein Dehghan, Iran’s Defense Minister meets president of Turkmenistan in Ashkabad.
• Meeting between Rouhani and Zarif with the Slovak Foreign Minister.
• Rouhani meets Azerbaijan minister of trade and commerce in Tehran.

Iran Economics

• EU court rescinds Iran central bank sanctions.
• Indian imports of Iranian oil rose by nearly half to 271,000 barrels per day (bpd) in January-August from a year ago.

Iran Politics

• Ministry objects to patrols enforcing hijab.
• Iran to scrap 400,000 cars to ease pollution.
• The reformist camp led by Mohammad Khatami is aligning itself with the technocratic faction of Ayatollah Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani for the March 2016 parliamentary election. 

Miscellaneous

• Explosion at Iran's Keyvan Ardakan steel plant.
• Kurdish activists in Sanandaj burn Isis flag.
• Iran wins 2014 Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships.
• Official with Iran's Asian Games delegation charged with sexual harassment and banned from leaving South Korea.
• Clashes in Mariwan, several members of  Islamic Revolutionary Guards killed and injured in the clash.
• Queiroz will remain at his post in Iran national team.

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Week 37 - 2014

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Mostafa Abdi, Gonabadi dervish, back to general ward in Evin.
• Amir Eslami, Gonabadi dervish, back to general ward in Evin and then to hospital.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Omid Alishenas arrested in Tehran.
• Ghorban-Ali Behzadiannejad back to Evin at the end of furlough.
• Golrokh Ebrahimi, Arash Sadeghi’s wife, arrested in Tehran.
• Atna Farahdani, children’s rights activist, arrested in Tehran and sent to Evin Aleph.
• Seyed Navid Kamran arrested in Tehran.
• Behnam Mousivand arrested in Tehran.
• Masoud Pedram is back to Evin at the end of furlough
• Arash Sadeghi, Student activist, arrested with his wife.
• 44 arrests in a party in Mazandaran.

C-Liberations

• Mohammad Davari, journalist and teacher, freed after serving 5 years in prison.
• Houtan Dolati, political activist, freed at the end of his sentence.
• Seyed Saeed Haeri freed at the end of his 2 years sentence.
• Seyed Navid Kamran released on bail.
• Behnam Mousivand released on bail.
• Hossein Rafiei, National-Religious activist, released on 500 million toman bail.

D-Other News

• Mostafa Abdi, Gonabadi dervish, on hunger strike.
• Omid Behrouzi, Gonabadi dervish, on hunger strike.
• Behnam Ebrahimzadeh ends hunger strike.
• Amir Eslami, Gonabadi dervish, on hunger strike.
• Kasra Nouri, Gonabadi dervish, on hunger strike.
• Workers’ rights activist Reza Shahabi has a new surgical operation.
• Brutal attack on jailed dervishes in ward 8 of Evin.

News of injustice in Iran

• Soheil Arabi, web activist, sentenced to death for insulting the prophet.
• Badieh Hossein-Panahi, Kurdish political activist, sentenced to 7 years in prison.
• 4 months sentence of Masoud Shamsinejad confirmed by Appeals.
• Mahmoud Soroush, baker and blogger, sentenced to 1 year in prison.
• Sousan Tabianian, Baha’i, sentenced to 1 year in prison.
• 2 public hangings in Hamedan.
• A man and a woman hanged in Rejaei Shahr.
• 2 hangings in Rasht.

University – Culture

• In Venice, award for best screenplay goes to Rakhshan Banietemad and Farid Mostafavi for the film Ghesseha (Tales).
• Yalda Naimeyan, Baha’i, expelled from Payam-e-Nour University in Miandoab.
• Iran becomes associate member of Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).
• Leftist student Milad Omrani expelled from Tabatabai University.
• Farnaz Rouhani, Baha’i, expelled from Shiraz University.
• Mahsa Shakerloo, woman’s rights activist and internet pioneer dies.
• 360 Baha’i students prevented from entering the University.
• The last book of novelist Mohammad Jazini is the first one banned under Rouhani’s government.

Protests

• Zabol city workers protest unpaid wages.

Iran abroad

• Zarif meets with his Danish counterpart in Mashhad.
• Iran's interior minister said they've detained a number of Afghans and Pakistanis who were seeking to join ISIS through Iran.
• Rouhani visits Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.
• Iran president Rouhani meets Russian counterpart Putin at Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Dushanbe.

Iran Economics

• According to official sources 6 million are unemployed in Iran.
• Cost of living multiplied by 4 (+365%) in past 10 years in Iran. Iranians consume 30% less food and drinks.

Iran Politics

• Prayers now compulsory in Iranian schools.
• Iranian government hackers hunting the political and civic activists.
• Rouhani speaks out against harsh enforcement of veil.
• Head of judiciary reinstated for 5 more years.
• Mohamad-Reza Khatami brother of former Iran's President banned from leaving Iran.

Miscellaneous

• A Ukrainian citizen arrested at Bushehr suspected of sabotage.
• Khamenei had prostate surgery.
• Case of cholera confirmed in Tehran.
• One soldier killed and 2 wounded after attack of Jaesh in Sistan-Balouchistan.
• Iran beats Australia in volleyball world championship.

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Week 36 - 2014

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Mostafa Abdi, Gonabadi dervish, moved to solitary.
• Amir Eslami, Gonabadi dervish, moved to solitary.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Behrouz Abdollahi, Sunni student, arrested and sent to Adel Abad prison in Shiraz.
• Salam Ahmadi, Kurdish shop keeper, arrested in Urmia.
• Zeinab Akbari, newly converted to Christianity, arrested in Isfahan with her husband.
• Torki Alboukhanfar, Arab Sunni, arrested in Ahvaz.
• Hamid-Reza Borhani, newly converted to Christianity, arrested in Isfahan with his wife.
• Farhad Eghbali, Baha’i, begins serving his 5 years sentence in Gorgan.
• Kamran Ghoreishi, Kurdish civic activist, arrested in Mahabad.
• Shahram Mansour arrested in Shiraz and sent to Pelak 100 (Intel).
• Mehdi Mojadam, Arab Sunni, arrested in Ahvaz.
• Zaniar Samanpour, Kurdish civic activist, arrested in Mahabad.
• Farhad Sarafraz arrested in Shiraz and sent to Pelak 100 (Intel).
• Amin Zeibidi, Arab Sunni, arrested in Ahvaz.
• Ali Zohairi, Arab Sunni, arrested in Ahvaz.

C-Liberations

• Abdollah Al-Mansouri, Dutch citizen, released.
• Naser Aroushi-Moghadam, Baha’i, released on 25 billion rial bail.
• Ataollah Ashrafi, Baha’i, released on 20 billion rial bail.
• Ghorban-Ali Behzadiannejad, released on furlough.
• Mohammad Ebrahimi on furlough for the 1st time in 5 years.
• Rouyeh Ghavami-Nik freed on bail.
• Mehdi Mahmoudian, journalist, freed at the end of his sentence.
• Rouhollah Manzavi, Baha’i, released on 1 billion rial bail.
• Babak Mobasher, Baha’i, released on 25 billion rial bail.
• Masoud Pedram on 4 days furlough.
• Seyed Hossein Ronaghi-Maleki was freed.
• Molouk Rouhani, newly converted to Christianity, arrested in Esfahan.
• Nine workers of Bafgh mine freed.

D-Other News

• Mostafa Daneshjou, Gonabadi dervish, is on hunger strike.
• Reza Entesari, Gonabadi dervish, is on hunger strike.
• Afshin Karampour, Gonabadi dervish, is on hunger strike.
• Hamid-Reza Moradi-Sarvestani, Gonabadi dervish, is on hunger strike.
• Gonabadi Dervish Farshid Yadollahi is on hunger strike.
• Workers’ rights activist Shahrokh Zamani denied furlough for his daughter’s wedding.

News of injustice in Iran

• Soheil Arabi sentenced to 3 years in prison.
• The work permit of Nasrin Sotoudeh is extended.
• 4 hangings in Ghezel Hesar.
• One public execution in Mahmoudabad Mazandaran stopped by revolt of the audience.
• One public execution in Savad-Kouh Mazandaran.
• One public hanging in Ghazvin.

University – Culture

• 8,600 less places for women in the University in 3 years.
• Sanandaj University cannot find enough teachers in Kurdish language.
• Iran wins 2014 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award of Distinction for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
• Prominent Iranian academic and law professor, Nasser Katouzian, who was involved in drafting Iran's post-revolution constitution dies at 87.

Protests

• Isfahan residents protest against disappearing of Zayandeh Rood.

Iran abroad

• Finnish FM meets Zarif in Tehran.
• Zarif meets Van Rompuy in Brussels.
• Iran played a role in breaking the siege of Amerli.
• Deputy FM Araghchi left for France to talk with his French counterparts.
• Sudan orders closure of Iran cultural centers, tells diplomats to leave.
• An Iranian drug trafficker executed in Saudi Arabia.

Iran Economics

• Iran receives $1 billion under extended nuclear deal.

Iran Politics

• Special conditions for allowing Bahai burials in Semnan.
• Former minister summoned over “unhealthy gasoline”.
• Mehdi Chamran elected head of Tehran City Council.
• Women prohibited from working in cafes and restaurants.

Miscellaneous

• Clashes between ISIS and IRGC in an Iranian village (Movana) near Urmia.
• Iran volleyball team beats Italy in first round of world championship then USA.

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