Week 41 - 2014

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Rasoul Abdollahi transferred from Evin to Rejaei Shahr.
• Soheil Babadei transferred from Evin to Rejaei Shahr.
• Ebrahim Firouzi transferred from Evin to Rejaei Shahr.
• Alireza Kazemzadeh transferred from Evin to Rejaei Shahr.
• Karim Marouf-Aziz returned to Rejaei Shahr the day after a heart surgery.
• Arash Moghadam-Aslanpour (Ashaei) transferred from Evin to Rejaei Shahr.
• Seyed Alireza Seyedian transferred from Evin to Rejaei Shahr.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Iraj Amidi, member of Halgheh Erfan, arrested.
• Emad Baghi, converted to Christianity, arrested in Esfahan.
• Maliheh Biganian, member of Halgheh Erfan, arrested.
• Narges Farhadi, member of Halgheh Erfan, arrested.
• Hiva Fouladi, Kurdish journalist, arrested in Saghez.
• ,Shahram Ghaedi converted to Christianity, arrested in Esfahan.
• Mohammad Modarresi, Kurdish Sunni, arrested in Mahabad.
• Ali Nouri, Kurd living in Tehran, arrested during a protest in support of Kobani.
• Asou Rostami, Kurd living in Tehran, arrested during a protest in support of Kobani.
• Salar Saeedi, Kurdish Sunni, arrested in Mahabad.
• Heshmat Shafiei, converted to Christianity, arrested in Esfahan.
• Masoumeh Zia, member of Halgheh Erfan, arrested.
• 47 boys and girls arrested during a party in Tehran.

C-Liberations

• Journalist Bahman Ahmadi-Amouee freed at the end of his sentence.
• Journalist Yeganeh Salehi freed on bail.
• Workers’ rights activist Reza Shahabi released on medical furlough.
• Ramin Tonbakouei freed from Evin.

D-Other News

• Ghoncheh Ghavami, women’s rights’ activist, launches a hunger strike.
• Zahra Rahnavard had eye surgery; her family was not allowed to attend.

News of injustice in Iran

• Arjang Davoudi sentenced to 2 extra years by Appeals.
• Chief Editor of Bahar newspaper Saeed Pourazizi acquitted.
• One hanging in Zahedan.

University – Culture

• Iranian documentary 'Banooye Urmia' wins a prize in Finland after winning one in Rhode Island and in Croatia.

Protests

• Protest in front of Evin for British woman.
• Protests in all Kurdish towns and in Tehran in support of Kobane.

Iran abroad

• Zarif meets with Dominique de Villepin, former French FM.
• Rouhani meets with new Afghan president.

Iran Economics

• The trade volume between March-September 2014 grew by 22% to 53 billion dollars.
• Unemployment is down by 1.2% compared to last year and is now at 9.5%. The youth (15 to 21) unemployment rate is 22.9%.

Iran Politics

• Sunni citizens prevented from holding Eid-el-Adha prayers in Tehran.
• The Commission for the Affairs of the Council has approved a plan to increase the number of representatives in the house of the nation to 310 persons.

Miscellaneous

• Fire at Iranian defense industry plant kills two people.
• Several policemen killed in Sistan-Balochistan.

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

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