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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