Week 17 - 2015

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

 

 

 

• Poet and satirist Mohammad-Reza Ali-Payam "Haloo" moved to Rejaei Shahr.
• Masoud Bastani back to prison.
• Seyed Mohammad Ebrahimi hospitalized.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Kurdish workers’ rights activist Reza Amjadi arrested.
• Student activist Ehsan Dolatshah arrested and sent to Evin.
• Kurdish workers’ rights activist Osman Esmaili arrested.
• Political activist Farkhondeh Kargar arrested in Shiraz.
• Political activist Mohammad-Javad Keshvarzi arrested in Shiraz.
• Mehran Khandel, Baha’i, arrested in Hamadan.
• Workers’ rights activist Ebrahim Madadi arrested.
• Political activist Omid Masoudi arrested in Shiraz.
• Journalist and political activist Hossein Nouraninejad begins serving his 1 year sentenced in Evin.
• Workers’ rights activist Davoud Razavi arrested.
• Kurdish workers’ rights activist Mahmoud Salehi arrested.
• Political activist Mehdi-Sadat Shojaei arrested in Shiraz.
• Student activist Majid Tavakoli returned to prison after one week out on furlough and only 13 days before his sentence is complete.

C-Liberations

• Farideh and Parvaneh Ayoubi, Baha’is from Hamedan, released on bail.
• Hamid and Masoud Azar-Noosh, Baha’is from Hamedan, released on bail.
• Mahmoud Badevam, Baha’i, freed at the end of his sentence.
• Political activist Ahmad Hashemi on a 3 days furlough for the death of his wife.
• Mina Hemmati, Baha’i from Hamedan, released on bail.
• Mehran Khandel, Baha’i from Hamedan, released on bail.
• Fataneh Moshtagh, Baha’i from Hamedan, released on bail.
• Davar Nabilzadeh, Baha’i, freed at the end of his 5 years sentence.
• Shahin Rashedi, Baha’i from Hamedan, released on bail.
• Farhad Sadeghi, Baha’i, freed at the end of his sentence.
• Romina Tabibi, Baha’i from Hamedan, released on bail.
• Atefeh Zahedi, Baha’i from Hamedan, released on bail.
• Ramin Zibaei, freed at the end of his sentence.

D-Other News

• Ghadrieh Ghaderi begins a hunger strike in Yasouj prison.
• Journalist Saeed Pourheydar is on hunger strike.

News of injustice in Iran

• Armenian Christian Sevada Aghasar sentenced to 5 years in prison.
• Mohammad-Amin Akramipour, Facebook activist, sentenced to 7 years by Appeals.
• Masoud Ghasem-Khani, Facebook activist, sentenced to 7 years by Appeals.
• Amir Golestani, Facebook activist, sentenced to 7 years by Appeals.
• Fariborz Kardarfar, Facebook activist, sentenced to 7 years by Appeals.
• Mehdi Reyshahri-Tangestani, Facebook activist, sentenced to 5 years by Appeals.
• 9 hangings in Shiraz last Wednesday.
• 9 hangings in Bandar Abbas last Thursday.
• One hanging in Ghazvin on Wednesday.
• One hanging in Sanadaj on Thursday.
• Kermanshah death row prisoner pardoned by family’s victim.
• 2 death row prisoners pardoned by family’s victim.

University – Culture

• Women magazine "Zanan Emrouz" banned.
• Kermanshah teacher fired because of her faith.
• Sattar Beheshti posthumously received the 2015 Pen-New England Vasyl Stus Freedom to Write Award.

Protests

• Over 150 train workers protest in Ahvaz against wages delay then go on strike.

Iran abroad

• Iran, Iraq sign security agreement.
• Syrian Defense Minister arrives in Tehran.

 

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