Week 09 - 2015

• Prisoners’ News

 

A- Transfers

  

• Teacher and woekers' rights activist Ali-Hamzeh Asgari transferred to Rejaei Shahr.
• Political prisoner Afshin Baymani returned from 40 days in solitary to Rajai Shahr prison.
• Journalist Masoud Bastani back to prison without completing his treatment.
• Green journalist Serajedin MirDamadi returned to prison without medical care.
• Teacher and workers’ rights activist Milad Darvish transferred to Rejaei Shahr.
• After 6 months in detention at IRGC's ward 2-A, former student activist Arash Sadeghi was transferred to Ward 8 in Evin.
• Journalist Keyvan Samimi hospitalized.
• Lawyer prisoner on medical furlough Mohammad Seifzadeh forced to return t Rajai Shahr prison.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Labor activist Jafar Azimzadeh arrested to serve his prison term.
• Naser and Gha’ez Bagheri, Baha’is, arrested in Yazd.
• Esfahan Baha'i Khosrow Dehghani arrested in Isfahan.
• Civic activist Shahnaz Karimbeygi arrested and released the same day.
• Free Trade Union Board Member Khalil Karimi arrested and released the same day.
• Civic activist Mohammad Maleki arrested and released the same day.
• Civic activist, member of Freedom Movement Khosro Mansourian arrested and sent to Evin.
• Labor activist Jamil Mohammadi arrested to serve his prison term.
• Civic activist Mohammad Nourizad arrested and released the same day.
• Hossein Ronaghi Maleki arrested and sent to Evin.
• 95 young people arrested during parties in Mashhad.

C-Liberations

 

• Civil activist Naser Abdolhosseinzadeh released from Meshkin Shahr.
• Civil activist Ali Akbar Lou released.
• Hasan Ashtiani released on furlough.
• Lawyer Omid Behrouzi released on bail.
• Labor activist Zaniar Dabaghian released on bail.
• Lawyer Amir Eslami released on bail.
• Civil activist Amin Hajilou released.
• Lawyer Afshin Karampour released on bail.
• Civil activist Araz Khasehtarash released.
• Erfan Halgheh's activist Peyman Mirzaei released on heavy bail.
• Labor activist Afshin Nadimi released on bail.
• Lawyer Farshid Yadollahi released on bail.

D-Other News

• Atena Farghadani ended her hunger strike.
• Hossein Ronaghi Maleki launches a hunger strike after his transfer to Evin 8.

News of injustice in Iran

• Hamed Ahmadi, Sunni Kurd, executed in Rajeaei Shahr.
• Sanandaj labor activist Mehrdad Aminvaziri sentenced to 5 years in prison.
• Jahangir and Jamshid Deghani, Sunni Kurds, executed in Rajeaei Shahr.
• Seyyed Hadi Hosseini, Sunni Kurd, executed in Rajeaei Shahr.
• Sedigh Mohammadi, Sunni Kurd, executed in Rajeaei Shahr.
• Kamal Molaei, Sunni Kurd, executed in Rajeaei Shahr.
• 2 hangings in Rasht on Monday.
• 10 hangings in Shiraz on Tuesday.
• One hanging in Bandar Abbas on Tuesday.
• 6 hangings in Rejaei Shahr on Wednesday.
• 15 hangings in Ghezel Hesar on Wednesday.
• Blinding of a prisoner implemented.
• A Salmas death row prisoner, 38, pardoned by victim's parents.

University – Culture

• Iranian film critic, Zaven Ghokasian passes away at 65.
• Gathering of Iranian writers’ group cancelled by authorities.
• For the first time, Kurdish language courses taught in Saqqez schools.
• New wave of satellite dishes collecting in Sanandaj.

 

Protests

• Teachers’’ demonstrations in different towns of Iran.
• Hundreds of students protest at Tehran University dormitory.

 

Iran abroad

• Italian FM arrives in Tehran.
• Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Yemen freed.
• Azita Raji became the first Iranian woman and the first female to be nominated as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden.
• Iran demands extradition of Jaish al Adl leader.

 

Iran Economics

• Iran to supply gas to Iraqi Kurdistan
• $314 million’ worth of carpets have been exported.

 

Iran Politics

• Parliament approves government proposed budget for next fiscal year.

 

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