Friday, January 15, 2010

News Update - January 15, 2010

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Iran Warns Protesters Era of ‘Mercy’ Is Over

Badamchian: Green leaders could be assassinated soon (Farsi)

A few ward 209 prisoners visited their families (Farsi)

Iran's Women of War

Report: Iran to screen protest e-mails

Iran police warn against SMS, email protest calls

Iran to try 16 people soon over December unrest: report

Bomb blast reported in the city of Nahavand (Farsi)

This Is a Political Assassination

UN efforts to curb Iran’s nuclear plans hit by Chinese diplomatic snub

Iranian 9/11 Hero: STEP Act a Mistake

Iran opposition leader Mousavi condemns professor's assassination

The Latest from Iran (15 January): Refreshing?

Zhila Baniyaghoub’s letter to the judge who presided over her husband’s case

Iran arrests cleric close to Montazeri: website

100 Ashura prisoners crammed into solitary confinement cells

From Tweets


- Azarbayjani activist Yashar Hakakpour has been sentenced to 6 months & 50 lashes.


- Families of arrested students are under pressure not to talk. Little info is available on arrests outside Tehran.


- Unprecedented pressure: Currently there are 200 university students in prison in different parts of Iran.


- Milad Assadi told his family he has been put through new wave of interrogations after Ashura.


- Political prisoner Milad Asadi 46 days in solitary, one month no contact with his family, Fri had 1st family visit.


- 17 days since Zanjan UNI students Sorna Hashemi & Alireza Firoozi were arrested. Status & whereabouts unknown.


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Hizbollah.ir's website hacked!

- Abolition of gas subsidy by Ahmadinejad means regime moving the cost of sanctions onto the people. Not smart in middle of an uprising.


- Documentary director Mohammad-Ali Shirzadi (member of defenders of prisoners' right) was arrested Monday at 9pm.


- Nephew of high ranking Justice Dept official is among those arrested on Ashura & charged with Moharebeh.


- Med student Housien Mahmoushi is nephew of Hojatol-Islam Jafar Montazeri. Family was trying to keep this quiet.


- Shiva Nazar-Ahari, Mansoure Shojaie, Mahdie Golroo, Isa Saharkhiz, Saeed Leilaz, Shahab Tabatabaie & others had visits.


- Momeni was in Sepah ward of Evin for months, TORTURED so badly that could hardly walk or talk on 1st family visit.


- After 7 months in prison, Abdollah Momeni has not been allowed a lawyer visit.


- 16 indictments for Ashura protesters have been sent to court. 15 charged with anti-national security acts & 1 with Moharebeh.


- Court of Appeals upheld death by stoning sentence of Sarimeh Ebadi 30 & Booali Janfeshani 32 convicted of adultery.


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