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News Update - January 17, 2010

Hi, sorry for the late update. Just as I was finishing this update my connection decided to mess around. I'm not sure how it's going to act later, but I may or may not be able to update, but check later on or tomorrow anyway.

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Deprivation of Dezful students, threats against Tehran students

A student was left in ray city (south of Tehran) with broken bones after 3 days of detention (Farsi)

Mournful Mother: You can invade Laleh Park, but you can not invade our country (Farsi)

Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau

What's monitored online?

Iran Demonstrators Facing Death Sentence

The Iranian Regime Bans Reformist Weekly

Arrest of Yazd's reformist activists continued today (Farsi)

Hasan Khomeini visited family of Ali Mousavi (Farsi)

Man dies after setting off bomb in Iran city: report

Ex-Tehran prosecutor rejects post-vote abuse report

Cases for 17 victims of recent events has been sent to court (Farsi)

Professor's murder prompts unprecedented joint statement of Tehran U.Physics Faculty Student Basij & Islamic Society (Farsi)

The Iranian Exile’s Eye

Iran ex-prosecutor denies role in torture deaths

Death of an Iranian Doctor

Iran's political winds are shifting

Iran threatens to cut cultural ties with Britain over Cyrus Cylinder

Latest from Iran (17 January): Setting Aside Diversions

The Latest from Iran (18 January): Firewall

Security forces prevent the gathering of ‘Mourning Mothers’

Picture of Martyr Shahram Farji Zadeh

Report on women prisoners at ward 209 who met with their families

From Tweets


- 1/2 The father of Mousavi's nephew who was killed on Ashura said his son had been threaten many times


- 2/2 He said witness told him the ___forces cleared the way for the car to drive through. It's driver shot Ali Mousavi.


- 1/3 Gov announced the explosion Sat night in Mashhad that killed an 18 yrs old was an accident.


- 2/3 There were 3 young men, 1 was carrying the explosive that went off killing him, location was not pre-planned.


- 3/3 The police chief said the 3 young men have no political affiliation.


- 1- A student arrested by an Intel entity, kept for 36hrs, tortured & left on the side of a road in city of Kashan.


- 2- The student suffered a broken arm & leg. He was interrogated about his father's activities.


- 3- The father of this student is an ex city council member & was deputy campaign manager for Mousavi's camp


- 4- The father is also a university teacher. The student had signs of cigarette burns on his body


- 5- The student was forced by Intel to sign some papers while blindfolded
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- 6- In city of Kashan 20 Mousavi campaign activists have been summoned & interrogated within the last month.


- 7- Out of the 20 summoned, some were held for days before being released on bail.


- 15 Ashura detainees were released today.


- Photographer Mehraneh Atashi & her husband were both arrested in their home on Tuesday.


- Solmaz Alimoradi & Farid Taheri, both members of the freedom movement, were arrested today & send to min. of intel.


- Commander Rajab-zadeh: We'll arrest every single person who attended Ashura.


- MP Motaheri re Ahmadinejad's role in the unrest: Ahmadi is like a driver who caused a car accident & then fled the scene.


- Sahamnews: Police has issued special publication with pix of 65 protesters from Ashura asking people to ID them.


- 1/2 Student activist Majid Dari sentenced to 11years, charged with GD-BS & connection with MKO.


- 1- MP Ghanbari: Mortazavi is busy trying to exonerate himself of Kahrizak crimes.


- 2- MP Ghanbari: Indictments should be issued based on the Parliament report on Kahrizak.


- 3- MP Ghanbari: Mortazavi cannot be the accused & a judge issuing verdicts at the same time.


- 4- MP Ghanbari: The Justice Dept must take action on the accusations against Mortazavi.


- 1/3 Tehran district attorney has sent cases of 17 people killed during uprising to court for further investigation.


- 2/3 District attorney claims the perpetrators can not be identified!! Names of the individuals not released.


- 3/3 Well Mr. district attorney, look at the pix & videos of protests you can clearly see some of their faces.


- Head of the Administrative Tribunal Court has denied news of his nephew being charged with Moharebeh.


- Hojatolislam Montazeri chief of the Admin Tribunal Court says he does not have a nephew named Housein Mahmodi.


- Hojatolislam Montazeri is asking the district attorney to investigate & confront the originator of this false news.


- Attorney for political prisoner Mohsen Safai-Farahani said his client has been sentenced to 6 years. They will appeal.


- Farahani was under heavy pressure to do TV confession, he refused. He was in the show trials.


- Many Ashura prisoner's have been released & they are mostly in a good mood. More releases expected soon.

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