Week 03 - 2015

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Omid Alishenas, political activist, moved to general ward in Evin.
• Afshin Baymani, political activist, moved to solitary in Rejaei Shahr.
• Atena Daemi, civic activist, moved to general ward in Evin.
• Arzhang Davoudi, political activist, moved to solitary in Rejaei Shahr.
• Mohammad-Saeed Hosseinizadeh-Movahed, journalist, moved to general ward in Evin.
• Ali Nouri, political activist, moved to general ward in Evin.
• Journalist Saeed Razavi-Faghih transferred to hospital.
• Asou Rostami, children’s rights activist, moved to general ward in Evin.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Jalil Badavi, Kurdish citizen, arrested in Mahabad.
• Mohsen Darianoosh, Kurdish citizen, arrested in Mahabad.
• Ahmad Dehnad, Kurdish citizen, arrested in Mahabad.
• Mansour Hosseinzadeh, Kurdish citizen, arrested in Mahabad.
• Zahra Khandan, journalist, arrested in Tehran.
• Sadigh Kakeh-Mami, Kurdish citizen, arrested in Mahabad.
• Majid Khakdan, Kurdish citizen, arrested in Mahabad.
• Reza Makri, Kurdish citizen, arrested in Mahabad.
• Saha Mortezaei, women’s rights activist, arrested in Tehran.
• Mansour Naderi, Kurdish citizen, arrested in Mahabad.
• Kamil Nejati, Kurdish citizen, arrested in Mahabad.
• Nader Rasouli, Kurdish citizen, arrested in Mahabad.
• Reza Soltani-Azar, Kurdish citizen, arrested in Mahabad.
• Shahab Zarin, Kurdish citizen, arrested in Mahabad.
• 84 people arrested during a party in Mashhad.
• 20 people arrested during a party in Amol.

C-Liberations

• Parastou Biravand, journalist and women’s rights activist, freed after 4 days.
• Vali Doroudi, Kurdish activist, released on an 8 days furlough.
• Mohsen Mir-Damadi, political prisoner, released on furlough.
• Fardin Mirki, Kurdish workers’ rights activist, released on bail.
• Ali Rashidi, economist, on a 4 days furlough.
• Alireza Rejaei, political activist, released on furlough.
• Rozita Vaseghi, Baha’i, freed at the end of her 5 years sentence.

News of injustice in Iran

• Sentence of Jabar and Malek-Mohammad Abadian revoked by Supreme Court.
• Mohammad-Sadigh Mangouri, Kurdish activist, sentenced to 3 years suspended.
• Sentence of Nezam-Oldin Molazadeh revoked by Supreme Court.
• Sentence of Molavi Fatehi Mohammad Naghshbandi and Molavi Abdolghafar Naghshbandi revoked by Supreme Court.
• Temporary detention order of Arash Sadeghi extended for 2 months.
• 2 public hangings in Shiraz.
• One hanging in Khorasan.
• 3 public hangings in Azerbaijan.
• A man sentenced to removal of an eye and an ear.

University – Culture

• "Mardom Emrouz" seized banned in relation with Charlie Hebdo's support.
• Authorities forced a female musician off-stage during a live concert in Tehran.

Protests

• Bafgh mine workers protest in Tehran for back wages.
• Teachers on strike across Iran to protest the economic problems.

Iran abroad

• Defense Minister IRGC Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehghan met with his Russian counterpart General Sergei Shoigu in Tehran.
• Hossein Amir Abdollahian travels to Qatar.
• IRGC Navy Commander meets with Omani National Defense College Commander.
• Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iran’s Parliament, touched down in Turkey.
• Mohammad-Javad Zarif, Iran’s Foreign Minister, travels to Kabul,

Iran Politics

• A large number of Mazanderan photography studio sealed.
• One Sunni mosque sealed in Tehran.
• MPs lodge complaint against Motahari.

Miscellaneous

• 2,000 deaths of addicts in 8 months.

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

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