Week 43 - 2012

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

• Mousavi's 2009 campaign coordinator, Mir Taher Mousavi, who was arrested 3 months ago, has been taken to hospital.
• Hossein Ronaghi Maleki was taken to hospital in dire condition but not admitted and returned to Evin.
• Jailed lawyer Mohammad Seif Zadeh transferred from Evin prison to the hospital.
• On hunger strike Human Rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh was transferred to prison infirmary.

B- Arrests/Incarcerations

• Idris Seidin Boroujerni, student activist, enters Evin 350 to serve his one year sentence.
• Journalist Abdolnaser Mahimani released on furlough.
• 19 years old Baha'i Tina Mohabati was arrested by Intelligence agent at bus station in Gorgan. Her mother Shiva Rohani was arrested last week.
• Farzin and Ramin Shahriari, Baha’i residents of Eslamshahr, in Tehran province, were arrested and taken to Evin.
• Leila Tavasoli reported to Evin to start serving her 2 years sentence.

C-Liberations

• Activist Mehdi Fakhrzadeh released on bail.
• Labour activist Behnam Keyvani released on bail.
• Green Movement blogger Siamak Namayeshi released on bail.

D-Other News

• Ahmad Ghabel, religious scholar, political dissident and whistleblower on the mass executions at Mashhad prison has passed.
• Baloch security prisoner Hamzeh Rigi in solitary last 30 months is on 25th day of hunger strike.

News of injustice in Iran

• Baha'i Akbar Pourhosseini sentenced to 28 months in prison.
• 3 executions in Sistan Baluchistan on Sunday.
• 10 executions in Evin on Monday.
• 3 executions in Ghazvine on Tuesday.
• A man convicted of adultery was lashed 99 times in public in Ghaemshahr.

Protests

• Traffic protest in Tabriz after Tractor game despite security.
• 1,000 workers from Iran Entekhab group staged a demonstration at the South Korean embassy in Tehran after Daewoo deal sours.

Iran Economics

• Iran’s inflation rate rises to 24% in Shahrivar (August 22-September 21).

Politics in Iran

• Ahmadinejad’s request to visit Evin Prison is rejected for a second time by the judiciary.
• Inflation reports are confidential; head of Iran's Statistics Center said.

Iran  abroad

• FM Salehi due to visit Lebanon on Saturday for a few-hour visit.
• German parliamentary team to visit Iran.
• Saudi coastguard 'capture 15 Iranians.

Miscellaneous

• 28 students killed in bus accident.
• Jet fighter accompanying Khamenei allegedly crashed.
• 7 earthquakes measuring from 2.0 to 3.6 have jolted Varzeghan, Ahar and Haris.
• A storm that struck Bushehr killed one and injured three.
• 3 killed in explosion in Karaj.