Petitions against executions in Iran
Petition to stop execution of Nemat Safavi
Petition to help Zeinab Jalalian
News Links
Iran Holds U.K. Crew and Yacht in the Gulf
Iran ignores nearly 100,000 signatures against child executions
Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau
Message from an Italian girl for the coming student day in Iran!!! MUST READ
All Government Actions Against Me Are Illegal
IRAN: Supreme leader Khamenei gives Hollywood a big thumbs down
Zhila BaniYaghoub didn't manage to meet her husband for the 3rd week in a row (Farsi)
Karroubi answer to Kayhan: some people think they are God's representatives on earth (Farsi)
Arzi: The only reason we haven't arrested Mousavi, Khatami, & Karroubi is because of Khamenei (Farsi)
Zahra Rahnavard listed 3rd on The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers list
Polytechnic Univ students met Karroubi in his home Sat 28 Nov (Farsi)
Feminist Attorney Shadi Sadr: Put Human Rights Defense on Par with Nuclear Safety Concerns
Iran's Ayatollah Montazeri: Basij not supposed to support path of Satan
Iran Guards take over naval forces in Gulf: US intelligence
Why Iran Is Targeting Nobel Winner Ebadi
Majlis Speaker Supports Hashemi
Government Presses to Segregate Sexes
Social Networking and the Making of a Civil Rights Movement
Basij Divided Into Military and Political Divisions
Shiraz University students intimidated
From Tweets
- 25 Shiraz UNI students arrested Jun 15 & charged with anti-national security acts were put on trial yesterday.
- Jun 15 agents & plain clothes attacked Shiraz UNI, beat the students & destroyed property, 100 were arrested.
- While 25 Shiraz UNI students arrested Jun 15 were put on trial, the attackers have not been questioned or punished.
- The scale of attack & destruction to univ property was so bad that the UNI chancellor resigned.
- Student activist Bahare Hedayat(she's the student on video message to EU students) summoned by Revl Court.
- Disciplinary action has been taken against Yasouj UNI students who protested gender separation Nov 2-4.
- Yasouj UNI students Saman Taghavi, Saber Miri & Ali Houseini received 2 terms suspended expulsion.
- Yasouj UNI students Behnam Andyk, Housein Mousavi & Mohamad Bagher Houseini received 1 term suspended.
- Yasouj UNI students Hamed Haydari, Hamed Vakili, Ehsan Stayandeh received 1 term suspended expulsion.
- Yasouj UNI students Amin Khosravi & Masood Mousavi have been expelled from the university.
- Shiraz UNI law students Parnian Taghizadegan & Amir Yaldachi, expelled 2 terms & received written reprimand.
- Nov 4 & days after 35 Mashhad Azad UNI & Ferdowsi UNI were arrested. 30 have been released on bail.
- In recent weeks 30 Mashhad Ferdowsi UNI students have been summoned by Disciplinary Office.
- Summoned Arak UNI students: Nima Derakhshi, Amir Khayrkhahan & Amir Yesaveli.
- Summoned Arak UNI students: Atabak Mosali, Maryam Abasi, Omid Akhvas, Amir Nazemi, Amir Madanchi.
- 8 Arak UNI students who worked for Karoubi & Mousavi campaigns have been summoned by Disciplinary Office.
- Protest for Gilan Univ students outside the Central building of Gilan Univ at 10:00am.
- Saeed Kolanki Member of Committee of Human Rights Reporters was arrested at work 8am today.
- Agents went to Saeed Kolanki's home & performed a search. Saeed was active reporting on political prisoners.
- The committee of Human Rights Reporters condemns this latest arrest of an HR activist.
- Advare Tahkim Vahdat(the Alumni Association) member Morteza Samiyari has been summoned by Intel office.
- Abdoulah Ramezanzadeh was tried today in a 4 hour session, charged w the same usual bogus charges.
- Ramezanzadeh denied all his charges and asked the court to drop all charges.
- Behzad Nabavi revealed that ex-Tehran prosecutor Mortazavi was present at 1 of his interrogation sessions
- Nabavi said, Mortazavi tried to make him agree & announce that there was no rigging of the elections.
- Mortazavi tried to make Nabavi agree to say in the mass show trials that the election result was correct.
- Nabavi told Mortazavi he will only accept the election results if he sees Mousavi on video accepting the results.
- Nabavi said he was in solitary the entire time & had no idea what was going on outside the prison.
- Human rights activist & Advare Tahkim Vahdat member Milad Assadi arrested after a search of his home.
- 1/6 Journalist, human rights & women rights activist Hengameh Shahidi sentenced to 6 yearrs, 3 months & 1 day.
- 2/6 Hengameh Shahidi charged with anti-national security acts by participating in the riots, creating.
- 4/6 to the anti regime BBC radio, signing anti establishment statements by participating in the 1 million.
- 5/6 signature campaign, the stop the stoning campaign & statements to human rights group re human rights.
- 6/6 violations in Iran and anti-establishment propaganda by writing on a weblog & insulting the president.
- Mohamad Moustafi lawyer for Hengameh said they will appeal this harsh sentence.
Misc. Sources
- Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, in continuation of their efforts to meet with the families of the victims of the post-election events and pay their respects to them, visited the family of Ashkan Sohrabi, one of the Green Martyrs who was shot dead during one if the peaceful protests, and comforted them.
Video
Monday, November 30, 2009
News Update - November 29, 2009
Petitions against executions in Iran
Petition to stop execution of Nemat Safavi
News Links
Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau
Legislation to provide €20m funding for anti-western militant groups
Maziar Bahari interview and the IRGC
Mehrnoush Etemadi's mother: Just save me from the confusion (Farsi)
Ayatollah Montazeri heavily criticizes Basij violence (Farsi)
Sasan Aghayi: Don't beleive anything I might say in prison
Cleric emerges as new spiritual leader of Iran opposition
From Tweets
(Slightly edited for grammar and spelling.)
- Green student movement has issued an invitation asking people to join them on 16 Azar for support.
- Green Student movement will announce later the speakers names & schedule for each univ through out the country.
- If security forces prevent people from entering univ students requesting people to create traffic around universities.
- Students emphasizing the peaceful nature of the protest & asking everyone to avoid violence.
- Students also inviting the armed forces to join them in celebrating the student day.
- Fars province Sepah Commander said Shiraz had the largest number of protesters after Tehran.
- Karoubi, Fatemeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, Mohamad Ali Abtahi & other reformists visited Behazd Nabavi on Sun.
- Behzad Nabavi: Arrest warrants for high rank reformists were issued 2 days before the election by an intelligence entity.
- IR Gov the worst human rights violator has allocated $20M to investigate western countries HR violations.
- Prosecutor has agreed to release Fariba Pejooh on bail, but what authority is keeping her in prison is unknown.
- Fariba Pejoohs family visited her today from behind a glass screen. She was frail & not in good condition.
- Journalist & blogger Fariba Pejooh still being held in Evin after 100 days of detention.
- MP Torabi:I have asked many times for names of Basij they claimed were killed in uprising. No list
as been issued.
- Membs of Advare Tahkim Vahdat, Bahareh Hedayat(F) & Mehdi Arabshahi have been summoned by Revolutionary Court.
- Behzad Nabavi has been sentenced to 6 years. His lawyer said they will appeal the sentence.
- Status & whereabouts of Sonya Ahmadi & Mr.Ghavatian Bahais arrested by Intel 11/2 in Mashad still unknown.
- IRIB reports an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale shook Darroud area in Khorasan province at 7:39pm.
- 2 high rank officers from IR Police & IRIG were in Parliament today to give their report of post-Elec uprising events.
- The two officers also were questioned re Kahrizak events & the death of Kahrizak physician.
- 1/2 Women rights activist Mehrnush Etemadi arrested in Esfahan 11/23 is still in prison in limbo status.
- 2/2 Her initial detention order was for 24 hrs & bond was set for her but her interrogator prevents her release.
Video
Petition to stop execution of Nemat Safavi
News Links
Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau
Legislation to provide €20m funding for anti-western militant groups
Maziar Bahari interview and the IRGC
Mehrnoush Etemadi's mother: Just save me from the confusion (Farsi)
Ayatollah Montazeri heavily criticizes Basij violence (Farsi)
Sasan Aghayi: Don't beleive anything I might say in prison
Cleric emerges as new spiritual leader of Iran opposition
From Tweets
(Slightly edited for grammar and spelling.)
- Green student movement has issued an invitation asking people to join them on 16 Azar for support.
- Green Student movement will announce later the speakers names & schedule for each univ through out the country.
- If security forces prevent people from entering univ students requesting people to create traffic around universities.
- Students emphasizing the peaceful nature of the protest & asking everyone to avoid violence.
- Students also inviting the armed forces to join them in celebrating the student day.
- Fars province Sepah Commander said Shiraz had the largest number of protesters after Tehran.
- Karoubi, Fatemeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, Mohamad Ali Abtahi & other reformists visited Behazd Nabavi on Sun.
- Behzad Nabavi: Arrest warrants for high rank reformists were issued 2 days before the election by an intelligence entity.
- IR Gov the worst human rights violator has allocated $20M to investigate western countries HR violations.
- Prosecutor has agreed to release Fariba Pejooh on bail, but what authority is keeping her in prison is unknown.
- Fariba Pejoohs family visited her today from behind a glass screen. She was frail & not in good condition.
- Journalist & blogger Fariba Pejooh still being held in Evin after 100 days of detention.
- MP Torabi:I have asked many times for names of Basij they claimed were killed in uprising. No list
as been issued.
- Membs of Advare Tahkim Vahdat, Bahareh Hedayat(F) & Mehdi Arabshahi have been summoned by Revolutionary Court.
- Behzad Nabavi has been sentenced to 6 years. His lawyer said they will appeal the sentence.
- Status & whereabouts of Sonya Ahmadi & Mr.Ghavatian Bahais arrested by Intel 11/2 in Mashad still unknown.
- IRIB reports an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale shook Darroud area in Khorasan province at 7:39pm.
- 2 high rank officers from IR Police & IRIG were in Parliament today to give their report of post-Elec uprising events.
- The two officers also were questioned re Kahrizak events & the death of Kahrizak physician.
- 1/2 Women rights activist Mehrnush Etemadi arrested in Esfahan 11/23 is still in prison in limbo status.
- 2/2 Her initial detention order was for 24 hrs & bond was set for her but her interrogator prevents her release.
Video
Saturday, November 28, 2009
News Update - November 28, 2009
Petitions against executions in Iran
Petition to stop execution of Nemat Safavi
News Links
Iran to halt voluntary cooperation with IAEA
Basiji forces attacked mourning mothers with tear gas (Farsi)
Iranians Defend Freezing of Assets of Nobel Laureate
“Instances” of Soft War
Iran's Opposition Leader Karroubi: I did not expect this level of violence
Iran's Opposition Leader Condemns Basij Role as Oppressive Force
Women’s Rights Activists and the Green Movement
BBC:If you have nothing to hide let us do autopsy (Farsi)
Iran: Call for probe into death of post-election victim Kianoosh Asa
United 4 Iran to Host International Human Rights Day Events December 12
Iranian Minister backs gender segregation in universities
Green Movement Response Outside Iran to the Political Deputy of the Revolutionary Guards
From Tweets
(Slightly edited for grammar and spelling.)
- Kurdish activist Aliolah Vaysi arrestd last year was in prison 2 months & is out on bail has been sentenced to 6 months.
- 1- Kianoush Asa's family has written to Parliaments's Fact Finding Commission requesting answers regarding his death.
- 2- Kianoush participated in the mass peaceful protest of June 15. Eyewitness say he was shot once in his side.
- For 9 days Kianoush's family tried to find his whereabouts. They contacted Evin & all detention centers.
- 4- Kianoush's body had been turned over to coroner's office on 6/18. His family identified him on 6/24.
- 5- The family says Kianoush had also been shot in his neck & his mouth was full of blood.
- 6- Why did Kianoush have a gun shot wound in his neck? Where was he shot again & by whom?
- Human rights sites are under attack. Guess the regime doesn't like the world to know the s....t they do.
- Mohamad Reza Hadadi sentenced to death as a minor is in imminent danger of execution in Shiraz.
- Court of Appeals has upheld the death sentence of Hadadi & execution order has been issued, can happen anytime.
- Abdoulah Arefi & Esmail Ghaderi Alameh UNI students were arrested by Intel 11/25. Whereabouts unknown.
- Amanj Mohamadi Alameh UNI student kidnapped by plain clothes 11/25. Whereabouts & status unknown.
Photo
Behzad Nabavi giving Khatami the victory sign
Wall graffiti - We are all Neda, We are all Sohrab, We are all Ehsan- We are one voice
Video
Petition to stop execution of Nemat Safavi
News Links
Iran to halt voluntary cooperation with IAEA
Basiji forces attacked mourning mothers with tear gas (Farsi)
Iranians Defend Freezing of Assets of Nobel Laureate
“Instances” of Soft War
Iran's Opposition Leader Karroubi: I did not expect this level of violence
Iran's Opposition Leader Condemns Basij Role as Oppressive Force
Women’s Rights Activists and the Green Movement
BBC:If you have nothing to hide let us do autopsy (Farsi)
Iran: Call for probe into death of post-election victim Kianoosh Asa
United 4 Iran to Host International Human Rights Day Events December 12
Iranian Minister backs gender segregation in universities
Green Movement Response Outside Iran to the Political Deputy of the Revolutionary Guards
From Tweets
(Slightly edited for grammar and spelling.)
- Kurdish activist Aliolah Vaysi arrestd last year was in prison 2 months & is out on bail has been sentenced to 6 months.
- 1- Kianoush Asa's family has written to Parliaments's Fact Finding Commission requesting answers regarding his death.
- 2- Kianoush participated in the mass peaceful protest of June 15. Eyewitness say he was shot once in his side.
- For 9 days Kianoush's family tried to find his whereabouts. They contacted Evin & all detention centers.
- 4- Kianoush's body had been turned over to coroner's office on 6/18. His family identified him on 6/24.
- 5- The family says Kianoush had also been shot in his neck & his mouth was full of blood.
- 6- Why did Kianoush have a gun shot wound in his neck? Where was he shot again & by whom?
- Human rights sites are under attack. Guess the regime doesn't like the world to know the s....t they do.
- Mohamad Reza Hadadi sentenced to death as a minor is in imminent danger of execution in Shiraz.
- Court of Appeals has upheld the death sentence of Hadadi & execution order has been issued, can happen anytime.
- Abdoulah Arefi & Esmail Ghaderi Alameh UNI students were arrested by Intel 11/25. Whereabouts unknown.
- Amanj Mohamadi Alameh UNI student kidnapped by plain clothes 11/25. Whereabouts & status unknown.
Photo
Behzad Nabavi giving Khatami the victory sign
Wall graffiti - We are all Neda, We are all Sohrab, We are all Ehsan- We are one voice
Video
Friday, November 27, 2009
News Update - November 27, 2009
Petitions against executions in Iran
Petition to stop execution of Nemat Safavi
News Links
Iran's treatment of Ebadi 'deeply reprehensible': US
Ahmadinejad boosts Latin America ties
Babak Dad: Coup leaders may be looking for a save place for the future in Latin America
Friends of jailed Iranian urge Irish Government to raise issue
Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau
Reyhane, Another female prisoner sentenced to death (Farsi)
Labor activists’ campaign: Free Pedram Nasrollahi & & Farzad Ahamdi (Farsi)
Azerbaijani activists invite everyone to the streets in 21Azar (Farsi)
“We’ve found the lost army of the King of Persia”
Zeynab Jalalian’s letter to the Human rights organizations
Iran tells Norway to stay out of Nobel medal row
Iran denies confiscating activist's Nobel Peace Prize
Teachers are sent to schools for political education.
Why we should still talk with Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: US and Israel 'don't have the courage' to attack Iran
Ahmadinejad: Brazilian president is to visit Iran
Do Not Become the Vehicle for Oppression
Flowers4Iran: Voices of Children in Iran coordinates “A Child’s Garden” for Arts United for Iran
From Tweets
(Slightly edited for grammar and spelling.)
- Poya Ghomrezayi expelled from Oromiyeh Univ for leading & organizing the protests in the Uni at Khordad 88.
- The other 5 liberal students arrested 8 days ago have contacted their families from Evin 209.
- Status & whereabouts of liberal students Farzan Raoufi & Alborz Zahedi arrested 8 days ago still is unknown.
- Kazem Rezaie was arrested during the police & plain clothes attack on the UNI on Nov 4.
- Yahya Tavousi had gone to Rev Court to inquire about students detained Nov 4, he was arrested himself.
- Neda Eskandari & Khadyjeh Ghahremani were summoned by Discplinary Office where they were turned over to Intel.
- Shiraz UNI student Masoud Mahdavifar was given a written reprement & expelled for 1/2 year.
- Shiraz UNI student Sayed Mohamad Housieni banned from dorm facilities for the duration of his stay at the UNI.
- 3 Shiraz UNI School of Law students were summoned by the Disciplinary Office. Two received disciplinary action.
- Amoui was arrested 1 week after the Elec along with wife Jila Baniyagoub. She was released 2 months later on bail.
- Journalist Bahman Amoui was moved back into solitary 10 dys ago. His family hasn't heard from him since.
- Faramarz Javanrodi & Akbar Karami arrested.
- Ayatollah Javad Amoli apologizes during his last Friday sermon and resigns as Qom's Friday Prayers Imam.
- Minister of Science, Research & Tech Kamran Daneshjo says, "Uni professors should speak only in favor of gov interests...".
- Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology asks government to monitor university professors.
- Recently released students activist Feraz Zahtab is charged again and his case was trialed at the Rev Court Tabriz 28Aban.
- Activists sentenced to prison in Tabriz 26 Nov: Rasul Badali, Amin GhareBaghi, Jalal Rajabzade, Arash Eshghi.
- Names of the activists sentenced to prison in Tabriz 26 Nov : Fardin Moradpour, Morteza Moradpour Ali Badali.
- 7 Azerbaijani activists were sentenced to 6-12 months prison at Tabriz Rev Court branch 3 in Thu 5Azar 1388.
- Jamshid Zarie arrested again 1Azar in Tabriz have been arrested several times in the last 13 years.
- Prominent business man Douckmechian has been in Evin for months, his wife arrested. Their daughter is in Ashraf(MKO).
- Atefeh Nabavi just received 4 years sentence. She was falsely accused of being MKO.
- Kayvan Samimi has been under torture for months. They are trying to get him to falsely confess to being MKO member.
- Women's rights activist Mohamadi was arrested Sept 30 in a raid of her home in Mahabad.
- Political prisoner Kejal ShaikhMohamadi has been on hunger strike since 11/24.
- Ali Badali, Amin Pasha Gharehbaghi & Arash Eshghi each received 6 months prison term.
- Student activist Rasoul Badali received 2 years.
- Student activist Morteza Moradpour charged with participating in protests & anti-national security acts received 3 years.
- 18 year old Fardin Moradpour charged with anti-national security acts & possession of explosives received 6 years.
- Kurdish prisoners rights site is asking human rights groups to pay attention to this crisis in Sanandaj prison.
- Influenza type A is spreading in Sanadaj prison. 2 prisoners have died so far. Proper treatment is being denied.
- Kamal Ahmadi & Khosro Iyzadi have died of flue in Sanandaj prison. Guards & officials are using face masks.
- Drug overdose was officially announced as cause of death for the 2 Sanandaj prisoners!
- IRIG Comdr: Basij should not only confront military threats but should play a role in confronting soft threat too.
- Behzad Nabavi left the hospital today & went home. He'll be back in hospital Mon to continue his treatment.
- 1/2 Prominent Kurdish author Abbas Jalilian was sent to Kermanshah prison to start his 15 months term,
- 2/2 Jalilian was convicted last spring of recruiting spies for a foreign country. He denies all his charges.
- Interview with the latest prison rape victim will be broadcast by a Farsi speaking news agency as soon she is ready.
- The interview with her is already done. But the news agency has agreed to wait until she feels safer & more secure.
- 1. Basij gathering yesterday was moved from Azadi stadium to Mosala, for lack of enough people.
- 2. The regime has claimed 7 million Basijis will rally in the streets to celebrate Basij Week today.
Photo
Beware of the public computer at the Unis or coffee shops etc.. All you type can be recorded by this gadget
Video
Petition to stop execution of Nemat Safavi
News Links
Iran's treatment of Ebadi 'deeply reprehensible': US
Ahmadinejad boosts Latin America ties
Babak Dad: Coup leaders may be looking for a save place for the future in Latin America
Friends of jailed Iranian urge Irish Government to raise issue
Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau
Reyhane, Another female prisoner sentenced to death (Farsi)
Labor activists’ campaign: Free Pedram Nasrollahi & & Farzad Ahamdi (Farsi)
Azerbaijani activists invite everyone to the streets in 21Azar (Farsi)
“We’ve found the lost army of the King of Persia”
Zeynab Jalalian’s letter to the Human rights organizations
Iran tells Norway to stay out of Nobel medal row
Iran denies confiscating activist's Nobel Peace Prize
Teachers are sent to schools for political education.
Why we should still talk with Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: US and Israel 'don't have the courage' to attack Iran
Ahmadinejad: Brazilian president is to visit Iran
Do Not Become the Vehicle for Oppression
Flowers4Iran: Voices of Children in Iran coordinates “A Child’s Garden” for Arts United for Iran
From Tweets
(Slightly edited for grammar and spelling.)
- Poya Ghomrezayi expelled from Oromiyeh Univ for leading & organizing the protests in the Uni at Khordad 88.
- The other 5 liberal students arrested 8 days ago have contacted their families from Evin 209.
- Status & whereabouts of liberal students Farzan Raoufi & Alborz Zahedi arrested 8 days ago still is unknown.
- Kazem Rezaie was arrested during the police & plain clothes attack on the UNI on Nov 4.
- Yahya Tavousi had gone to Rev Court to inquire about students detained Nov 4, he was arrested himself.
- Neda Eskandari & Khadyjeh Ghahremani were summoned by Discplinary Office where they were turned over to Intel.
- Shiraz UNI student Masoud Mahdavifar was given a written reprement & expelled for 1/2 year.
- Shiraz UNI student Sayed Mohamad Housieni banned from dorm facilities for the duration of his stay at the UNI.
- 3 Shiraz UNI School of Law students were summoned by the Disciplinary Office. Two received disciplinary action.
- Amoui was arrested 1 week after the Elec along with wife Jila Baniyagoub. She was released 2 months later on bail.
- Journalist Bahman Amoui was moved back into solitary 10 dys ago. His family hasn't heard from him since.
- Faramarz Javanrodi & Akbar Karami arrested.
- Ayatollah Javad Amoli apologizes during his last Friday sermon and resigns as Qom's Friday Prayers Imam.
- Minister of Science, Research & Tech Kamran Daneshjo says, "Uni professors should speak only in favor of gov interests...".
- Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology asks government to monitor university professors.
- Recently released students activist Feraz Zahtab is charged again and his case was trialed at the Rev Court Tabriz 28Aban.
- Activists sentenced to prison in Tabriz 26 Nov: Rasul Badali, Amin GhareBaghi, Jalal Rajabzade, Arash Eshghi.
- Names of the activists sentenced to prison in Tabriz 26 Nov : Fardin Moradpour, Morteza Moradpour Ali Badali.
- 7 Azerbaijani activists were sentenced to 6-12 months prison at Tabriz Rev Court branch 3 in Thu 5Azar 1388.
- Jamshid Zarie arrested again 1Azar in Tabriz have been arrested several times in the last 13 years.
- Prominent business man Douckmechian has been in Evin for months, his wife arrested. Their daughter is in Ashraf(MKO).
- Atefeh Nabavi just received 4 years sentence. She was falsely accused of being MKO.
- Kayvan Samimi has been under torture for months. They are trying to get him to falsely confess to being MKO member.
- Women's rights activist Mohamadi was arrested Sept 30 in a raid of her home in Mahabad.
- Political prisoner Kejal ShaikhMohamadi has been on hunger strike since 11/24.
- Ali Badali, Amin Pasha Gharehbaghi & Arash Eshghi each received 6 months prison term.
- Student activist Rasoul Badali received 2 years.
- Student activist Morteza Moradpour charged with participating in protests & anti-national security acts received 3 years.
- 18 year old Fardin Moradpour charged with anti-national security acts & possession of explosives received 6 years.
- Kurdish prisoners rights site is asking human rights groups to pay attention to this crisis in Sanandaj prison.
- Influenza type A is spreading in Sanadaj prison. 2 prisoners have died so far. Proper treatment is being denied.
- Kamal Ahmadi & Khosro Iyzadi have died of flue in Sanandaj prison. Guards & officials are using face masks.
- Drug overdose was officially announced as cause of death for the 2 Sanandaj prisoners!
- IRIG Comdr: Basij should not only confront military threats but should play a role in confronting soft threat too.
- Behzad Nabavi left the hospital today & went home. He'll be back in hospital Mon to continue his treatment.
- 1/2 Prominent Kurdish author Abbas Jalilian was sent to Kermanshah prison to start his 15 months term,
- 2/2 Jalilian was convicted last spring of recruiting spies for a foreign country. He denies all his charges.
- Interview with the latest prison rape victim will be broadcast by a Farsi speaking news agency as soon she is ready.
- The interview with her is already done. But the news agency has agreed to wait until she feels safer & more secure.
- 1. Basij gathering yesterday was moved from Azadi stadium to Mosala, for lack of enough people.
- 2. The regime has claimed 7 million Basijis will rally in the streets to celebrate Basij Week today.
Photo
Beware of the public computer at the Unis or coffee shops etc.. All you type can be recorded by this gadget
Video
Thursday, November 26, 2009
News Update - November 26, 2009
Petitions against executions in Iran
Petition to stop execution of Nemat Safavi
News Links
A Simple Idea to Influence Iran
Iran marks Basij Day
Iran seizes rights lawyer's Nobel Peace medal
Journalist Held without Charge in Notorious Tehran Prison
Chavez Hits False Note Greeting Ahmadinejad
New spy charge against jailed Iranian-American
Dead protester's mother wants answers: Sohrab Aarabi's mother Parvin Fahimi says she cannot remain silent
Total of 113 years of jail time 4 those arrested after the election events (Farsi)
Shahpur Kazemi was released (Farsi)
Mohsen Yahyavi speaks out in support of Rafsanjani, saying Larijani's remarks came a bit too late (Farsi)
Mousavi says militia being used against Iranians
World Citizen: Saudi Arabia and Iran Face Off in Yemen
60 men on motorbikes harass Karroubi
From Tweets
(Slightly edited for grammar and spelling.)
- Iran's 'cyber police division' making their move to disrupt communications. Mousavi's site considered 'illegal'.
- Blogger Housein Derakhshan in Evin 1+yr, 9 months in solitary is in bad physical & mental condition.
- Derakhshan was tortured to make false confession of being CIA spy, he did but recanted in court.
- Kurdish activist Zaynab Jalalian in danger of execution. Court of appeals has upheld her sentence.
- In Iran they executed people for being homosexual. They stone to death women for extra marital affair.
- Mousavi & his wife Zahra Rahnavard visited Behzad Nabavi in hospital today.
- Technically Nabavi is free on bond but doctors wouldn't release him from hospital. He may be operated on next week.
- Due to Taghipour suffering from effects of chemical weapons from Iran-Iraq war, his sentence was changed to paying fines.
- Retired GRN Basij Rahali Taghipour invited to attend Basij weekly ceremonies was attacked and cursed at by Basijis.
- Taghipour was arrested on Q-D, imprisoned, tried & sentenced to 6 months & 75 lashings.
- General Ramazan Sharif, head of IRGC public relations: 'The enemies' guns have become pens.'
- 20 years ago thousands of political prisoners were executed while the world remained silent.
- The worry in Iran is a repeat of political prisoners massacre that happened 20 years ago.
- The Court of Appeals has upheld the death sentence of Mohamad Reza Ali-Zamani.
- Sentenced to death:M. Reza Ali-Zamani, Arash Rahmanipour, Reza Khademi, Hamed Rouhinejad & Naser Abdoulhosieni.
- Tehran UNI Disciplinary Office has told D students they are being summoned for their participation in 11/4 protest.
- Shahpour Kazei, Mousavi's brother-in-law, has been released on bail from Evin prison.
- A form summation letter stamped urgent & classified has been sent to many Tehran UNI students.
- 10 more Khajeh Nasi UNI students have been summoned by the Disciplinary Office.
- Science & Indus UNI professor Dr. Faramarz Javanroudi arrested 11/17 by Intel. Whereabouts & status unknown.
- Behzad Nabavi is back in CCU & is going to have heart surgery on Sunday.
Video
Bear with me, my Spanish is truly horrible, but I will summarize it as best as I can. Okay, from what I'm understanding, Chavez is praising Persia, making an error (hence the headphones) which he quickly admits and thanks Ahmadinejad. He declares the greatness of Chavez brings up the eight Imam, and Ahmadinejad corrects him again with the twelfth Imam, and then explains that the eight Imam is in the city (name escapes me) where he visited not long ago. He goes on to say that the twelfth Imam, Mahdi, and Christ will return together, hand-in-hand.
After being asked about their protest, the girl in the blue shirt responds that they are against Ahmadinejad and says "since when do we open our doors to dictators, rapists and those who violate (?) the human rights?". She goes on to ask "when men and women will be equal?" after the fight for women's rights have also been ignored. The reporter asks how long they will be there (protesting); the girl replies: "well, as long as this dictator is in our country, and if more dictators come we will keep up the fight (in protests) against them and their violence against other human beings; in defense of the rights of all Venezuelans and all of humanity."
Petition to stop execution of Nemat Safavi
News Links
A Simple Idea to Influence Iran
Iran marks Basij Day
Iran seizes rights lawyer's Nobel Peace medal
Journalist Held without Charge in Notorious Tehran Prison
Chavez Hits False Note Greeting Ahmadinejad
New spy charge against jailed Iranian-American
Dead protester's mother wants answers: Sohrab Aarabi's mother Parvin Fahimi says she cannot remain silent
Total of 113 years of jail time 4 those arrested after the election events (Farsi)
Shahpur Kazemi was released (Farsi)
Mohsen Yahyavi speaks out in support of Rafsanjani, saying Larijani's remarks came a bit too late (Farsi)
Mousavi says militia being used against Iranians
World Citizen: Saudi Arabia and Iran Face Off in Yemen
60 men on motorbikes harass Karroubi
From Tweets
(Slightly edited for grammar and spelling.)
- Iran's 'cyber police division' making their move to disrupt communications. Mousavi's site considered 'illegal'.
- Blogger Housein Derakhshan in Evin 1+yr, 9 months in solitary is in bad physical & mental condition.
- Derakhshan was tortured to make false confession of being CIA spy, he did but recanted in court.
- Kurdish activist Zaynab Jalalian in danger of execution. Court of appeals has upheld her sentence.
- In Iran they executed people for being homosexual. They stone to death women for extra marital affair.
- Mousavi & his wife Zahra Rahnavard visited Behzad Nabavi in hospital today.
- Technically Nabavi is free on bond but doctors wouldn't release him from hospital. He may be operated on next week.
- Due to Taghipour suffering from effects of chemical weapons from Iran-Iraq war, his sentence was changed to paying fines.
- Retired GRN Basij Rahali Taghipour invited to attend Basij weekly ceremonies was attacked and cursed at by Basijis.
- Taghipour was arrested on Q-D, imprisoned, tried & sentenced to 6 months & 75 lashings.
- General Ramazan Sharif, head of IRGC public relations: 'The enemies' guns have become pens.'
- 20 years ago thousands of political prisoners were executed while the world remained silent.
- The worry in Iran is a repeat of political prisoners massacre that happened 20 years ago.
- The Court of Appeals has upheld the death sentence of Mohamad Reza Ali-Zamani.
- Sentenced to death:M. Reza Ali-Zamani, Arash Rahmanipour, Reza Khademi, Hamed Rouhinejad & Naser Abdoulhosieni.
- Tehran UNI Disciplinary Office has told D students they are being summoned for their participation in 11/4 protest.
- Shahpour Kazei, Mousavi's brother-in-law, has been released on bail from Evin prison.
- A form summation letter stamped urgent & classified has been sent to many Tehran UNI students.
- 10 more Khajeh Nasi UNI students have been summoned by the Disciplinary Office.
- Science & Indus UNI professor Dr. Faramarz Javanroudi arrested 11/17 by Intel. Whereabouts & status unknown.
- Behzad Nabavi is back in CCU & is going to have heart surgery on Sunday.
Video
Bear with me, my Spanish is truly horrible, but I will summarize it as best as I can. Okay, from what I'm understanding, Chavez is praising Persia, making an error (hence the headphones) which he quickly admits and thanks Ahmadinejad. He declares the greatness of Chavez brings up the eight Imam, and Ahmadinejad corrects him again with the twelfth Imam, and then explains that the eight Imam is in the city (name escapes me) where he visited not long ago. He goes on to say that the twelfth Imam, Mahdi, and Christ will return together, hand-in-hand.
After being asked about their protest, the girl in the blue shirt responds that they are against Ahmadinejad and says "since when do we open our doors to dictators, rapists and those who violate (?) the human rights?". She goes on to ask "when men and women will be equal?" after the fight for women's rights have also been ignored. The reporter asks how long they will be there (protesting); the girl replies: "well, as long as this dictator is in our country, and if more dictators come we will keep up the fight (in protests) against them and their violence against other human beings; in defense of the rights of all Venezuelans and all of humanity."
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
News Update - November 24, 2009
Hey, all, NV here; just wanted to mention that I got a new job, and I haven't gotten my schedule just yet, but I wanted to give a heads up just in case. Depending on when my shift will be, some nights I might not update at all. But I hope I will have a shift that will allow me to continue updating on the events. That was all I wanted to mention, wish me luck!
Petitions against executions in Iran
Frontline: A Death in Tehran
News Links
Obama Writes to Brazil’s Leader About Iran
Iran's leader gets backing in friendly Bolivia
Ban on Iran paper over Baha'i photo lifted-report
Crackdown on Students Ahead of National Student Day
74 lashes for insulting Ahmadinejad (Farsi)
Iranian students stage protest before Saudi, Yemen embassies in Tehran
Over 60 students arrested during the month of Aban (Farsi)
Jail & Lashes for 8 Mozandaran university students ahead of 16 Azar
Why Ahmadinejad might keep his distance from Hugo Chávez
Two more Tehran university students were arrested
Iran frees activist on bail in mass trial
Iran: Five Journalists Convicted, Another Arrested and One Released
First-Round Victory for Ahmadinejad Impossible
From Tweets
(Slightly edited for grammar and spelling.)
- 1. Conservative Majlis rep. Alireza Zakani: Saeed Mortazavi gave order to transfer prisoners to Kahrizak.
- 2. Regime is setting up ex-Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi as the sole fall guy for Kahrizak atrocities.
- 3. Majlis rep. Zakani said that he has evidence that shows Mortazavi ordered transfers to Kahrizak.
- 4. Zakani said that if Mortazavi files a complaint against him, he will produce the evidence.
- 5. Zakani made the comments on Tuesday, Nov 24.
- end of Zakani/Mortazavi piece.
- Ahmadi son's site Sanyeh is off line.
- Ramezanzadeh from Evin: I oppose Ahmadinejad & I will not change my position.
- Don't forget all the political prisoners that have been released are out on bail. Sentencing awaits all of them.
- Talks of gender separation for universities are going around.
- Sanandaj prisoner Loughman Rahmani has been moved to hospital. To prisoners died of undisclosed causes last week.
- Kurdish human rights site reports news of 2 Kurdish activists execution being overturned has not been officially confirmed.
- Journalist & Blogger Sasan Aghaie was in court yesterday where his indictment was read to him. He is Evin 209.
- Things are heating up between ex-prosecutor Mortazavi & MP Zakani, each accusing the other.
- MP Zakani had said the post-Elec protestors were sent to Kahrizak by the order of Mortazavi.
- Today, Mortazavi denied Zakani's stantement and said Zakani being an MP is making whatever statement he wants.
- MP Zakani said he still says all those sent to Kahrizak went there by the order of Mortazavi & he has proof.
- MP Zakani also said he wishes Mortazavi would sue him so all the facts would come out in court.
- Families of Alameh UNI gathered in front of court building today trying to find info re their arrested loved ones.
- MP Torabi: Sometimes students are charged with "using the internet"!
- Whereabouts of ex-Tehran prosecutor Mortazavi has been solved. He showed up at Kordan's memorial service.
- Intel Minister Maslahi: To confront enemy's cyber attack we are training an Internet army.
- MP Torabi: Recently we have witnessed pressure being put on students & even their families.
- MP Torabi: It is natural for students to react to uniformed police or agents coming into the universities.
- MP Torabi: Universities & their students are the ones who made this revolution happen.
- MP Torabi: Students were at the forefront of the Revolution & are still at the forefront.
- Women's right & million signature cmpgn activists Nahid Keshavarz & Sara Imanian exonerated of all charges.
- Mousavi campaign activist Majid Zamani has been released.
- Parents of Shiraz Med students who participated in 11/4 protest bn contacted by Univ warning them re 16 Azar.
- To protest beating of a student by masked men on Fri at Mahshahr Polytech UNI students had a sit in protest.
- Leftist student Milad Omrani arrested 2 years ago & was out on bail sentenced to 2 years suspended sentence.
- Nabavi was exonerated of charges of contact with MKO but guilty of creating civil disorder by participating in riots.
- Student activist Atefeh Nabavi(F) has been sentenced to 4 years.
- Arrested Ghazvin UNI: Saeed Sekakian, Payam Haydar-Ghazvini & Farhad Fathi.
- 3 Ghazvin International UNI students were summoned by Intel. All 3 were arrested.
- 100 students at Ahvaz Azad UNI were summoned to disciplinary office & threatened with diciplinary action.
- Mohamad Atriyanifar has been sentenced to 6 years. He was released on bail today. He can appeal his sentence.
Video
Petitions against executions in Iran
Frontline: A Death in Tehran
News Links
Obama Writes to Brazil’s Leader About Iran
Iran's leader gets backing in friendly Bolivia
Ban on Iran paper over Baha'i photo lifted-report
Crackdown on Students Ahead of National Student Day
74 lashes for insulting Ahmadinejad (Farsi)
Iranian students stage protest before Saudi, Yemen embassies in Tehran
Over 60 students arrested during the month of Aban (Farsi)
Jail & Lashes for 8 Mozandaran university students ahead of 16 Azar
Why Ahmadinejad might keep his distance from Hugo Chávez
Two more Tehran university students were arrested
Iran frees activist on bail in mass trial
Iran: Five Journalists Convicted, Another Arrested and One Released
First-Round Victory for Ahmadinejad Impossible
From Tweets
(Slightly edited for grammar and spelling.)
- 1. Conservative Majlis rep. Alireza Zakani: Saeed Mortazavi gave order to transfer prisoners to Kahrizak.
- 2. Regime is setting up ex-Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi as the sole fall guy for Kahrizak atrocities.
- 3. Majlis rep. Zakani said that he has evidence that shows Mortazavi ordered transfers to Kahrizak.
- 4. Zakani said that if Mortazavi files a complaint against him, he will produce the evidence.
- 5. Zakani made the comments on Tuesday, Nov 24.
- end of Zakani/Mortazavi piece.
- Ahmadi son's site Sanyeh is off line.
- Ramezanzadeh from Evin: I oppose Ahmadinejad & I will not change my position.
- Don't forget all the political prisoners that have been released are out on bail. Sentencing awaits all of them.
- Talks of gender separation for universities are going around.
- Sanandaj prisoner Loughman Rahmani has been moved to hospital. To prisoners died of undisclosed causes last week.
- Kurdish human rights site reports news of 2 Kurdish activists execution being overturned has not been officially confirmed.
- Journalist & Blogger Sasan Aghaie was in court yesterday where his indictment was read to him. He is Evin 209.
- Things are heating up between ex-prosecutor Mortazavi & MP Zakani, each accusing the other.
- MP Zakani had said the post-Elec protestors were sent to Kahrizak by the order of Mortazavi.
- Today, Mortazavi denied Zakani's stantement and said Zakani being an MP is making whatever statement he wants.
- MP Zakani said he still says all those sent to Kahrizak went there by the order of Mortazavi & he has proof.
- MP Zakani also said he wishes Mortazavi would sue him so all the facts would come out in court.
- Families of Alameh UNI gathered in front of court building today trying to find info re their arrested loved ones.
- MP Torabi: Sometimes students are charged with "using the internet"!
- Whereabouts of ex-Tehran prosecutor Mortazavi has been solved. He showed up at Kordan's memorial service.
- Intel Minister Maslahi: To confront enemy's cyber attack we are training an Internet army.
- MP Torabi: Recently we have witnessed pressure being put on students & even their families.
- MP Torabi: It is natural for students to react to uniformed police or agents coming into the universities.
- MP Torabi: Universities & their students are the ones who made this revolution happen.
- MP Torabi: Students were at the forefront of the Revolution & are still at the forefront.
- Women's right & million signature cmpgn activists Nahid Keshavarz & Sara Imanian exonerated of all charges.
- Mousavi campaign activist Majid Zamani has been released.
- Parents of Shiraz Med students who participated in 11/4 protest bn contacted by Univ warning them re 16 Azar.
- To protest beating of a student by masked men on Fri at Mahshahr Polytech UNI students had a sit in protest.
- Leftist student Milad Omrani arrested 2 years ago & was out on bail sentenced to 2 years suspended sentence.
- Nabavi was exonerated of charges of contact with MKO but guilty of creating civil disorder by participating in riots.
- Student activist Atefeh Nabavi(F) has been sentenced to 4 years.
- Arrested Ghazvin UNI: Saeed Sekakian, Payam Haydar-Ghazvini & Farhad Fathi.
- 3 Ghazvin International UNI students were summoned by Intel. All 3 were arrested.
- 100 students at Ahvaz Azad UNI were summoned to disciplinary office & threatened with diciplinary action.
- Mohamad Atriyanifar has been sentenced to 6 years. He was released on bail today. He can appeal his sentence.
Video
Monday, November 23, 2009
News Update - November 23, 2009
Petitions against executions in Iran
Frontline: A Death in Tehran
News Links
Iran's best-selling newspaper banned
Iran Expanding Effort to Stifle the Opposition
Iran Sentences Journalist to Jail Time
Why Iran’s Ahmadinejad is warmly welcomed in Brazil
Iran supports presence of Brazil to find peace in Middle East
Brazil: World must engage, not isolate Iran
How to survive an Iranian prison
Ziaedin Nabavi's trial will be held on 18-Azar (Farsi)
Hamshahri paper was banned today & the ban lifted on the same day (Farsi)
New Death Penalty Verdicts Issued
Names of over 70 imprisoned student activists (Farsi)
Ali Larijani speaks in support of Rafsanjani & in criticism of Ahmadinejad
20 students who had protested Saffar-Harrandi summoned to discipline committee
Ahmad Zeydabadi sentenced to 5 years prison & $350,000 bail for temporary release
Iranian official in fake degree scandal dies
Iran's Green Movement Reaches Out to U.S.
Iran's leader wants debate on 'global justice' with Obama
Maziar Bahari, Iran, and the impact of world pressure
Iran: We'll hit Israeli cities if they hit our nuclear sites
Mousavi: Country governed under Islam should not terrorize people
Opposition Leader Karroubi Presses Iran's Judiciary About "Rape Victims"
Judicial Action Against Administration?
From Tweets
(Slightly edited for grammar and spelling.)
- Saeed's wife, Sayeh Negar, was arrested the week before Komail services and still is in Evin.
- Saeed Qoraishi arrested at Komail prayer service 20 days ago has been released.
- Larijani overturned death sentence of Shirko Moarefi & Habibollah Latifi. Their case goes to Court of Appeals.
- AG Larijani complied with the request of PM Talebani and overturned the death sentence of 2 Kurdish activist.
- Leftist student Milad Omrani arrested 2 years ago and was out on bail sentenced to 2 years suspended sentence.
- Ebrahim Avazadeh was killed by Intel agents in Shiraz, Intel says they found fire arms, explosives and ammunition.
- Mousa Saket arrested Nov 4 in Tabriz was released Mon after posting bond.
- 1/8 Kobra Zaghedoost arrested 4 months ago at Tehran cemetery during martyrs 40th day ceremony.
- 2/8 she has been moved out of solitary and into the women ward in Evin. She was under heavy pressure to
- 3/8 sign a false confession. Bond was set for her but they refuse to take the bond unless she divorces
- 4/8 her husband who was arrested with her. Kobra says many times she was beaten in front of her husband
- 5/8 and her husband beaten in front of her. Kobra & her husband had no political activities and only went to
- 6/8 the ceremony at the cemetery. Her husband Mostafa Eskandari spent months in solitary and was moved
- 7/8 back into solitary 2 weeks ago. Kobra says last week during a Justice Dept official visit to Evin, she
- 8/8 told him her story, he promised to look into it. Not only that hasn't happened, they are preventing her release.
- Mail 2 Students Azad Uni Tehran South ask to bring small money bills to throw at basijis at the protest tomorrow.
- IR Telecom says SMS were being sent from unidentified number but they are working to ID the phone number.
- IR Telecom is denying sending the warning SMS saying they were SPAM & have been stopped.
- Beheshti UNI students Mohamad Nikkhah & Hamid Ghahvechian were arrested 11/19. No contact with family since.
- Political prisoners, Kamal Ahmadi & Khosro Izadi have died in Sanadaj prison during the last week.
- Families of 2 prisoners who died in Sanadaj prison haven’t received any official cause of death from authorities.
- Kurdish political prisoner been removed from Sanadaj.
- Brdg Gen Ahmad Migani said the armed forces anti-cyber war is also evaluated in the 2nd phase.
- 2nd phase of the war games includes the Army, Basij, IRIG and the police force.
- IRN army has finished the 1st phase of war games in western & central parts of Iran.
- Sima's family went to Evin yesterday trying to find info, they were told to come back in 7 days.
- Political prisoner Salman Sima arrested 10 days ago has had no contact with family.
- 1/3 yesterday a young man named Amir who was sentenced to death as a minor was saved from execution.
- 2/3 Victim's family agreed to be paid money in lieu of execution.
- 3/3 The Court sentenced Amir to 5 yrs. 2 yrs & 8 months already served and the rest as suspended sentence.
- Child Abuse: Official marriage registration shows last yearr 4.28% of females married were ages 10-14 yrs old.
- Student activist at Ghazvin Univ Yashar Dalarshfa was released yesterday after 20days in arrestat.
- Over 400 students protested at Tehran Univ EC today chanting “Riyasate Daneshga Danshjoha to Nafrosh”.
- Human rights activist Rasoul Badaghi has been moved to ward 350 Evin after being in solitary for 2 months.
- Justice Dept has not officially issued any statement re the HR report of the Kurdish activists death sentence.
- Post graduate student Yashar Darolshafa arrested Nov 4 has been released. He was detained in Evin 240.
- Ilam UNI student activists Arash Khandel & Morad Basereh were arrested today.
- Khabar newspaper decided to stop publishing the paper & concentrate on their on their site Khabaronline.
- 13 MP's have requested info from House Speaker, NAJA & Ed Ministry re the whereabouts of these students.
- Kurdish students were protesting the execution of political prisoner Ehsan Fatahian.
- Missing Kurdish students are: Amanj Rahimi, Abdoulah Arefi, Pakhshan Azizi, Layla Mohamadi.
- Missing Kurdish students continued: Sarveh Vaisi and Hazhar Yousefi.
- Status & whereabouts of 7 Kurdish students arrested at Tehran UNI Nov 16 is still unknown.
- 1/4 Student activist Naseh Faridi was tried on Sun without his lawyer being in court.
- 2/4 Faridi charged with Moharebeh(can have death sentence), anti-national security activities & contact with MKO.
- 3/4 Faridi was a Karoubi campaign activist. He is charged with sending pics & info by internet & phone to MKO.
- 4/4 Faridi is charged with sending reports to Simaye Azadi(MKO), Voice of America & Radio Farda.
- Mehdi Abrabshahi memb of Advare Tahkim Vahdat has been subpoenaed by court.
- Advare Tahkim Vahdat Ahmad Zaydabadi has been sentenced to 6 years in prison & 5 years exile to Gonabad.
- Last week bail was set & paid for Zaydabadi, but the prosecutor illegally prevented his release.
- Students at Shirza Uni didn’t attend at their classes yesterday & protested against the recent students arrests.
- Million signature campaign & Women rights activist Mehrnoush Etemadi arrested in Esfahan, personal items confiscated.
- Sasan Aghayi, journalist was arrested at his home today.
- Students protested at Yazd Univ today chanting anti-coup slogans.
- 1. Ultra-conservative Parcham web site posted a disturbing report of a double murder yesterday.
- 2. The son of martyr Mojtaba Hashemian, Morteza, and his wife were found dead in their home.
- 3. Morteza Hashemian, a low-level security officer at a stadium, also ran his father's cultural association.
- 4. Hashemian and his wife were beheaded, according to Parcham's report.
- 5. The double murder took place on the 11th anniversary of the assassination of the Forouhars.
- 6. Dissidents Dariush and Parvaneh Forouhar were beheaded in their home 11 years ago.
- 7. The regime prevented their daughter Parastou from organizing a ceremony yesterday Nov 22.
- End of piece on double murder.
- Over 1000 Students at Shahrod Univ Hunger Strike & protested against the students bad conditions in the Uni.
- Women Right Activist Mehrnosh Etemadi was arrested at her home in Isfahan few hours ago.
- Mehrnosh Etemadi is a member of 1million Signatures Campaign which seems to be the reason of her arrest.
Video
Frontline: A Death in Tehran
News Links
Iran's best-selling newspaper banned
Iran Expanding Effort to Stifle the Opposition
Iran Sentences Journalist to Jail Time
Why Iran’s Ahmadinejad is warmly welcomed in Brazil
Iran supports presence of Brazil to find peace in Middle East
Brazil: World must engage, not isolate Iran
How to survive an Iranian prison
Ziaedin Nabavi's trial will be held on 18-Azar (Farsi)
Hamshahri paper was banned today & the ban lifted on the same day (Farsi)
New Death Penalty Verdicts Issued
Names of over 70 imprisoned student activists (Farsi)
Ali Larijani speaks in support of Rafsanjani & in criticism of Ahmadinejad
20 students who had protested Saffar-Harrandi summoned to discipline committee
Ahmad Zeydabadi sentenced to 5 years prison & $350,000 bail for temporary release
Iranian official in fake degree scandal dies
Iran's Green Movement Reaches Out to U.S.
Iran's leader wants debate on 'global justice' with Obama
Maziar Bahari, Iran, and the impact of world pressure
Iran: We'll hit Israeli cities if they hit our nuclear sites
Mousavi: Country governed under Islam should not terrorize people
Opposition Leader Karroubi Presses Iran's Judiciary About "Rape Victims"
Judicial Action Against Administration?
From Tweets
(Slightly edited for grammar and spelling.)
- Saeed's wife, Sayeh Negar, was arrested the week before Komail services and still is in Evin.
- Saeed Qoraishi arrested at Komail prayer service 20 days ago has been released.
- Larijani overturned death sentence of Shirko Moarefi & Habibollah Latifi. Their case goes to Court of Appeals.
- AG Larijani complied with the request of PM Talebani and overturned the death sentence of 2 Kurdish activist.
- Leftist student Milad Omrani arrested 2 years ago and was out on bail sentenced to 2 years suspended sentence.
- Ebrahim Avazadeh was killed by Intel agents in Shiraz, Intel says they found fire arms, explosives and ammunition.
- Mousa Saket arrested Nov 4 in Tabriz was released Mon after posting bond.
- 1/8 Kobra Zaghedoost arrested 4 months ago at Tehran cemetery during martyrs 40th day ceremony.
- 2/8 she has been moved out of solitary and into the women ward in Evin. She was under heavy pressure to
- 3/8 sign a false confession. Bond was set for her but they refuse to take the bond unless she divorces
- 4/8 her husband who was arrested with her. Kobra says many times she was beaten in front of her husband
- 5/8 and her husband beaten in front of her. Kobra & her husband had no political activities and only went to
- 6/8 the ceremony at the cemetery. Her husband Mostafa Eskandari spent months in solitary and was moved
- 7/8 back into solitary 2 weeks ago. Kobra says last week during a Justice Dept official visit to Evin, she
- 8/8 told him her story, he promised to look into it. Not only that hasn't happened, they are preventing her release.
- Mail 2 Students Azad Uni Tehran South ask to bring small money bills to throw at basijis at the protest tomorrow.
- IR Telecom says SMS were being sent from unidentified number but they are working to ID the phone number.
- IR Telecom is denying sending the warning SMS saying they were SPAM & have been stopped.
- Beheshti UNI students Mohamad Nikkhah & Hamid Ghahvechian were arrested 11/19. No contact with family since.
- Political prisoners, Kamal Ahmadi & Khosro Izadi have died in Sanadaj prison during the last week.
- Families of 2 prisoners who died in Sanadaj prison haven’t received any official cause of death from authorities.
- Kurdish political prisoner been removed from Sanadaj.
- Brdg Gen Ahmad Migani said the armed forces anti-cyber war is also evaluated in the 2nd phase.
- 2nd phase of the war games includes the Army, Basij, IRIG and the police force.
- IRN army has finished the 1st phase of war games in western & central parts of Iran.
- Sima's family went to Evin yesterday trying to find info, they were told to come back in 7 days.
- Political prisoner Salman Sima arrested 10 days ago has had no contact with family.
- 1/3 yesterday a young man named Amir who was sentenced to death as a minor was saved from execution.
- 2/3 Victim's family agreed to be paid money in lieu of execution.
- 3/3 The Court sentenced Amir to 5 yrs. 2 yrs & 8 months already served and the rest as suspended sentence.
- Child Abuse: Official marriage registration shows last yearr 4.28% of females married were ages 10-14 yrs old.
- Student activist at Ghazvin Univ Yashar Dalarshfa was released yesterday after 20days in arrestat.
- Over 400 students protested at Tehran Univ EC today chanting “Riyasate Daneshga Danshjoha to Nafrosh”.
- Human rights activist Rasoul Badaghi has been moved to ward 350 Evin after being in solitary for 2 months.
- Justice Dept has not officially issued any statement re the HR report of the Kurdish activists death sentence.
- Post graduate student Yashar Darolshafa arrested Nov 4 has been released. He was detained in Evin 240.
- Ilam UNI student activists Arash Khandel & Morad Basereh were arrested today.
- Khabar newspaper decided to stop publishing the paper & concentrate on their on their site Khabaronline.
- 13 MP's have requested info from House Speaker, NAJA & Ed Ministry re the whereabouts of these students.
- Kurdish students were protesting the execution of political prisoner Ehsan Fatahian.
- Missing Kurdish students are: Amanj Rahimi, Abdoulah Arefi, Pakhshan Azizi, Layla Mohamadi.
- Missing Kurdish students continued: Sarveh Vaisi and Hazhar Yousefi.
- Status & whereabouts of 7 Kurdish students arrested at Tehran UNI Nov 16 is still unknown.
- 1/4 Student activist Naseh Faridi was tried on Sun without his lawyer being in court.
- 2/4 Faridi charged with Moharebeh(can have death sentence), anti-national security activities & contact with MKO.
- 3/4 Faridi was a Karoubi campaign activist. He is charged with sending pics & info by internet & phone to MKO.
- 4/4 Faridi is charged with sending reports to Simaye Azadi(MKO), Voice of America & Radio Farda.
- Mehdi Abrabshahi memb of Advare Tahkim Vahdat has been subpoenaed by court.
- Advare Tahkim Vahdat Ahmad Zaydabadi has been sentenced to 6 years in prison & 5 years exile to Gonabad.
- Last week bail was set & paid for Zaydabadi, but the prosecutor illegally prevented his release.
- Students at Shirza Uni didn’t attend at their classes yesterday & protested against the recent students arrests.
- Million signature campaign & Women rights activist Mehrnoush Etemadi arrested in Esfahan, personal items confiscated.
- Sasan Aghayi, journalist was arrested at his home today.
- Students protested at Yazd Univ today chanting anti-coup slogans.
- 1. Ultra-conservative Parcham web site posted a disturbing report of a double murder yesterday.
- 2. The son of martyr Mojtaba Hashemian, Morteza, and his wife were found dead in their home.
- 3. Morteza Hashemian, a low-level security officer at a stadium, also ran his father's cultural association.
- 4. Hashemian and his wife were beheaded, according to Parcham's report.
- 5. The double murder took place on the 11th anniversary of the assassination of the Forouhars.
- 6. Dissidents Dariush and Parvaneh Forouhar were beheaded in their home 11 years ago.
- 7. The regime prevented their daughter Parastou from organizing a ceremony yesterday Nov 22.
- End of piece on double murder.
- Over 1000 Students at Shahrod Univ Hunger Strike & protested against the students bad conditions in the Uni.
- Women Right Activist Mehrnosh Etemadi was arrested at her home in Isfahan few hours ago.
- Mehrnosh Etemadi is a member of 1million Signatures Campaign which seems to be the reason of her arrest.
Video
Sunday, November 22, 2009
News Update - November 22, 2009
Petitions against executions in Iran
Frontline: A Death in Tehran
News Links
Iran Tests Air Defense System for Protecting Nuclear Plants
Maziar Bahari: Witness
Iran’s Death Penalty Is Seen as a Political Tactic
Iraqi president in Iran seeking Kurd execution halt
Ali Kordan passed away (Farsi)
Iran releases ex-official on bail in mass trial
Iran's Mousavi tells government to end intimidation
Karoubi’s answer to Mohsen Ejei (Farsi)
Iran opposition leader criticises subsidy reform
Cleric Wields Religion to Challenge Iran’s Theocracy
Prisoner health cause for concern
From Tweets
(Slightly edited for grammar and spelling.)
- 13 MP's have requested info from House Speaker, NAJA & Ed Ministry re the whereabouts of these students.
- Status & whereabouts of 7 Kurdish students arrested at the Law & political science school is still unknown.
- On Nov 16 the Kurdish students were protesting the execution of political prisoner Ehsan Fatahian.
- The missing Kurdish students are: Amanj Rahimi, Abdoulah Arefi, Pakhshan Azizi, Layla Mohamadi.
- Missing Kurdish students continued: Sarveh Vaisi and Hazhar Yousefi.
- University students are being summoned by disciplinary office & Intel office by an alarming rate.
- Ezami is in ward 350 Evin. This ward is in the basement of Evin and is now crowded by political prisoners.
- Court of Appeals upheld 2 year sentence of Housein Ezami charged with anti-regime acts by participating in protests.
- Journalist & blogger Sasan Aghai was arrested today. He has previously bn summoned and interrogated.
- Eghdami was in Evin 209 solitary for 9 months. His 5 year sentence was changed to 10 years by Court of Appeals.
- Human rights activist Jafar Eghdami-Ebrahimi arrested last year was moved to ward 350 today.
- After roughing up the attendants, agents arrested Sorosh Garshasbi. His whereabouts is unknown.
- Last night in Sari(NIR) agents went to home of Vahid Esmailzadegan who was having a Bahai session.
- Students arrested 3 nights ago were taken to their homes first, agents searched and seized items before arrest.
- Status & whereabouts of the Liberal group students arrested 3 nights ago is still unknown.
- The student protests will continue protesting the arrests in many Universities cross over Iran.
- Guards blocked the exits of KNT Univ to prevent the students to take the protest to the streets.
- More students joined the protest at KNT Uni after the basiji attack.
- 100s Students at KNT Univ protested chanting anti coup slogans. Protesting students were attacked by basiji.
- Ali-Reza Kiyani exonerated of charges of inciting disturbance at the university.
- Kiyani is still charged with anti-estblishment activities and writing anti-regime articles for anti-regime sites.
- Ali Abbasi & Rahman Yagoubi Mazandaran UNI students sentenced to 6 months & 15 lashes.
- Maziar Yazdaninia, Shavaneh Merikhi Mazandaran UNI students sentenced to 6 months & 15 lashes.
- Siyavash Safafi & Ali Donyari Mazandaran UNI students sentenced to 6 months & 15 lashes.
- Mazandaran UNI students Milad Housini-Keshtan & Ali Nazari sentenced to 6 months & 15 lashes.
- Sec forces from Felestin, Enghelab 148 & Yosefabd 123 police stations block the streets around Hedayat St.
- Nemat Safavi was charged & sentenced to death as a minor for homosexual activities.
- GOODNEWS: Court of Appeals has overturned the death sentence of Nemat Safavi in Ardebil.
- 22 y/o Saleh Deldam arrested 2 days after Elec has been moved to Ghezel Hesar prison among hard-core criminals.
- Saleh suffering from a heart condition has been barred from visitation for last 4 mnths. His parents are very worried.
- Despite judges release order on bail, prosecutor has prevented Saleh's release.
- Saleh worked for Karoubi campaign and according to his interrogator that is one of his charges.
- 20 of the students who protested at Safar Harandi's speech at Gilan Uni summon to the disciplinary committee.
- Several people beaten and some arrested in Hedayat St.
- Today Compu Science & Elec Eng schools of Tehran UNI students protested arrests of classmates by a sit down,
- Students then walked to Mech Eng School & sang Yare Dabestani & asked for support from other students,
- Students then gathered in front of cafeteria and chanted. Until release of classmates this will continue.
- Many people gathered in and around Hedayat St. Plainclothes and other Sec Forces try to scatter gatherings.
- One of Human rights activism sites just went offline. Many sites have been under heavy attack lately.
- Plainclothes & Black dressed (Fadyan Velayat) prevent gatherings in Hedayat St.
- Number of families of political prisoners in ward 350 have written protest letter to Justice Dpt reporting conditions of 350.
- Shahram Chiniyan is of Bahai faith & Esfandiyari is accused of being a Mojahed(MKO).
- Saeed Matinpour is an activist/journalist from Azarbaijan serving an 8 year sentence in Evin.
- Student activists & members of women movements in Hedayat St for Foruhar´s memorial service.
- Hamed Rouhinejad was tried in the 2nd show trials. He has been sentenced to death by judge Salavati.
- Prisoners moved to ward 350: Shahram Chiniyan, Majid Aliie & Esfandiyari.
- Among those moved to ward 350 today are, Hadi Amini, Hamed Rouhinejad, Saeed Matinpour.
- Today more prisoners were moved to ward 350 Evin. This ward already overcrowded and lacks proper sanitation.
- Ahsani arrested by Intel 2 years ago, spent 68 days in Evin, 58 of which were in solitary under torture.
- Student activist Nader Ahsani who was out on bail for an arrest 2 years ago was sentenced to 1 year.
- Parasto Foruhar and the closets family are the only ones allowed to attend at the memorial service.
- Clashes around Foruhar's memorial service.
- 100s Students gathered inside KNT Uni chanting at Sec forces outside.
- Heavy sec forces presence in Enghelab St prevent any gatherings.
- Students protesting at KNT Univ. Sec forces blocked don’t let the students leave the Uni.
- Heavy Sec forces presence around Forohar's home.
- Mohamad Sadeghi, Mehdi Mahmoudian, Ali Parviz & Mahbobeh Haghighi(F) been barred from visit since their arrest.
- Evin authorities did let Dr. Kianoush Rad & Fayaz Zahed to visit their families after weeks of no visits.
- Evin authorities told political prisoners families that their next week visits will probably be canceled as well.
- Despite court ordered visitation order families of Political prisoners at Evin were prevented from visitation today.
- Plainclothes arrested 2 in Hedayat St who were going to the memorial service for Dariush & Parvaneh Forohar.
- Students demand release of arrested student’s activist Mehrdad Bozorg & others imprisoned students.
- Students chanted outside Tehran Uni mechanical Branch and continued their protest into the Cafeteria.
Hamed Rouhinejad sentenced to death writes a letter to Attorney General Larigani in next 15 tweets:
1/15 Respectfully, I would like to inform your excellency, I Hamed Rouhinejad, Son of Mohamad Reza,
2/15 with court case No.515/85/88, was tried in court branch 28 & was sentenced to death by this court,
3/15 deny all the charges and call all the accusations against me false. I deny any connection with
4/15 group called "The Monarchist Organization". In fact I had never even heard of this organization before,
5/15 much less belong to it. With objection to the verdict issued for me, & considering my poor health,
6/15 I ask that my case be reviewed and the sentence overturned.
7/15 I find it necessary to let you know that my physical situation has deteriorated as follows:
8/15 Loss of eye sight in the right eye. My left eye vision has become very cloudy. I can only see objects
9/15 by concentrating on the objects & even that is becoming more difficult.
10/15 My right arm & right leg are rapidly losing sensation. My immune & neuroligical system has become
11/15 very weak. I am constantly dizzy & cannot walk without losing my balance. I have constant headaches &
12/15 pain in my eyes. When I am stressed or agitated I totally lose my eye sight. Due to suffering
13/15 from anemia, I have no energy, especially in the mornings when I can barely move my body.
14/15 Considering all of the above, please take immediate action reviewing my case. It should be noted that
15/15 I have been suffering from MS for 7 years. Copy of this also sent to THN Prosecutor Jafari Dolatabadi
Photos:
Karroubi visiting Abtahi
Imprisoned Mostafa Tajzadeh’s birthday cake at his home.
Green wall graffiti "Basiji changing.V. to WC"
Students at KNT Univ throwing coins at basijis 22 Nov
Video
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From Tweets
(Slightly edited for grammar and spelling.)
- 13 MP's have requested info from House Speaker, NAJA & Ed Ministry re the whereabouts of these students.
- Status & whereabouts of 7 Kurdish students arrested at the Law & political science school is still unknown.
- On Nov 16 the Kurdish students were protesting the execution of political prisoner Ehsan Fatahian.
- The missing Kurdish students are: Amanj Rahimi, Abdoulah Arefi, Pakhshan Azizi, Layla Mohamadi.
- Missing Kurdish students continued: Sarveh Vaisi and Hazhar Yousefi.
- University students are being summoned by disciplinary office & Intel office by an alarming rate.
- Ezami is in ward 350 Evin. This ward is in the basement of Evin and is now crowded by political prisoners.
- Court of Appeals upheld 2 year sentence of Housein Ezami charged with anti-regime acts by participating in protests.
- Journalist & blogger Sasan Aghai was arrested today. He has previously bn summoned and interrogated.
- Eghdami was in Evin 209 solitary for 9 months. His 5 year sentence was changed to 10 years by Court of Appeals.
- Human rights activist Jafar Eghdami-Ebrahimi arrested last year was moved to ward 350 today.
- After roughing up the attendants, agents arrested Sorosh Garshasbi. His whereabouts is unknown.
- Last night in Sari(NIR) agents went to home of Vahid Esmailzadegan who was having a Bahai session.
- Students arrested 3 nights ago were taken to their homes first, agents searched and seized items before arrest.
- Status & whereabouts of the Liberal group students arrested 3 nights ago is still unknown.
- The student protests will continue protesting the arrests in many Universities cross over Iran.
- Guards blocked the exits of KNT Univ to prevent the students to take the protest to the streets.
- More students joined the protest at KNT Uni after the basiji attack.
- 100s Students at KNT Univ protested chanting anti coup slogans. Protesting students were attacked by basiji.
- Ali-Reza Kiyani exonerated of charges of inciting disturbance at the university.
- Kiyani is still charged with anti-estblishment activities and writing anti-regime articles for anti-regime sites.
- Ali Abbasi & Rahman Yagoubi Mazandaran UNI students sentenced to 6 months & 15 lashes.
- Maziar Yazdaninia, Shavaneh Merikhi Mazandaran UNI students sentenced to 6 months & 15 lashes.
- Siyavash Safafi & Ali Donyari Mazandaran UNI students sentenced to 6 months & 15 lashes.
- Mazandaran UNI students Milad Housini-Keshtan & Ali Nazari sentenced to 6 months & 15 lashes.
- Sec forces from Felestin, Enghelab 148 & Yosefabd 123 police stations block the streets around Hedayat St.
- Nemat Safavi was charged & sentenced to death as a minor for homosexual activities.
- GOODNEWS: Court of Appeals has overturned the death sentence of Nemat Safavi in Ardebil.
- 22 y/o Saleh Deldam arrested 2 days after Elec has been moved to Ghezel Hesar prison among hard-core criminals.
- Saleh suffering from a heart condition has been barred from visitation for last 4 mnths. His parents are very worried.
- Despite judges release order on bail, prosecutor has prevented Saleh's release.
- Saleh worked for Karoubi campaign and according to his interrogator that is one of his charges.
- 20 of the students who protested at Safar Harandi's speech at Gilan Uni summon to the disciplinary committee.
- Several people beaten and some arrested in Hedayat St.
- Today Compu Science & Elec Eng schools of Tehran UNI students protested arrests of classmates by a sit down,
- Students then walked to Mech Eng School & sang Yare Dabestani & asked for support from other students,
- Students then gathered in front of cafeteria and chanted. Until release of classmates this will continue.
- Many people gathered in and around Hedayat St. Plainclothes and other Sec Forces try to scatter gatherings.
- One of Human rights activism sites just went offline. Many sites have been under heavy attack lately.
- Plainclothes & Black dressed (Fadyan Velayat) prevent gatherings in Hedayat St.
- Number of families of political prisoners in ward 350 have written protest letter to Justice Dpt reporting conditions of 350.
- Shahram Chiniyan is of Bahai faith & Esfandiyari is accused of being a Mojahed(MKO).
- Saeed Matinpour is an activist/journalist from Azarbaijan serving an 8 year sentence in Evin.
- Student activists & members of women movements in Hedayat St for Foruhar´s memorial service.
- Hamed Rouhinejad was tried in the 2nd show trials. He has been sentenced to death by judge Salavati.
- Prisoners moved to ward 350: Shahram Chiniyan, Majid Aliie & Esfandiyari.
- Among those moved to ward 350 today are, Hadi Amini, Hamed Rouhinejad, Saeed Matinpour.
- Today more prisoners were moved to ward 350 Evin. This ward already overcrowded and lacks proper sanitation.
- Ahsani arrested by Intel 2 years ago, spent 68 days in Evin, 58 of which were in solitary under torture.
- Student activist Nader Ahsani who was out on bail for an arrest 2 years ago was sentenced to 1 year.
- Parasto Foruhar and the closets family are the only ones allowed to attend at the memorial service.
- Clashes around Foruhar's memorial service.
- 100s Students gathered inside KNT Uni chanting at Sec forces outside.
- Heavy sec forces presence in Enghelab St prevent any gatherings.
- Students protesting at KNT Univ. Sec forces blocked don’t let the students leave the Uni.
- Heavy Sec forces presence around Forohar's home.
- Mohamad Sadeghi, Mehdi Mahmoudian, Ali Parviz & Mahbobeh Haghighi(F) been barred from visit since their arrest.
- Evin authorities did let Dr. Kianoush Rad & Fayaz Zahed to visit their families after weeks of no visits.
- Evin authorities told political prisoners families that their next week visits will probably be canceled as well.
- Despite court ordered visitation order families of Political prisoners at Evin were prevented from visitation today.
- Plainclothes arrested 2 in Hedayat St who were going to the memorial service for Dariush & Parvaneh Forohar.
- Students demand release of arrested student’s activist Mehrdad Bozorg & others imprisoned students.
- Students chanted outside Tehran Uni mechanical Branch and continued their protest into the Cafeteria.
Hamed Rouhinejad sentenced to death writes a letter to Attorney General Larigani in next 15 tweets:
1/15 Respectfully, I would like to inform your excellency, I Hamed Rouhinejad, Son of Mohamad Reza,
2/15 with court case No.515/85/88, was tried in court branch 28 & was sentenced to death by this court,
3/15 deny all the charges and call all the accusations against me false. I deny any connection with
4/15 group called "The Monarchist Organization". In fact I had never even heard of this organization before,
5/15 much less belong to it. With objection to the verdict issued for me, & considering my poor health,
6/15 I ask that my case be reviewed and the sentence overturned.
7/15 I find it necessary to let you know that my physical situation has deteriorated as follows:
8/15 Loss of eye sight in the right eye. My left eye vision has become very cloudy. I can only see objects
9/15 by concentrating on the objects & even that is becoming more difficult.
10/15 My right arm & right leg are rapidly losing sensation. My immune & neuroligical system has become
11/15 very weak. I am constantly dizzy & cannot walk without losing my balance. I have constant headaches &
12/15 pain in my eyes. When I am stressed or agitated I totally lose my eye sight. Due to suffering
13/15 from anemia, I have no energy, especially in the mornings when I can barely move my body.
14/15 Considering all of the above, please take immediate action reviewing my case. It should be noted that
15/15 I have been suffering from MS for 7 years. Copy of this also sent to THN Prosecutor Jafari Dolatabadi
Photos:
Karroubi visiting Abtahi
Imprisoned Mostafa Tajzadeh’s birthday cake at his home.
Green wall graffiti "Basiji changing.V. to WC"
Students at KNT Univ throwing coins at basijis 22 Nov
Video
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