News Update - January 23, 2010

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Tehran fire chief: This Chaharshanbe Soori will be "special" and we need special precautions (Farsi)

Iran's Rafsanjani: Leader most qualified person to resolve problems

Khomeini's daughter-in-law attacked by hardliner clerics (Farsi)

Enough Is Enough

Neda's birthday memorial

Alireza Beheshti's son-in-law was arrested (Farsi)

Tragic: senior marine died in Evin prison (Farsi)

Ramin Aghazadeh is the Fourth Kahrizak Victim (Farsi)

West must support Iran's youth movement for reform

Iran unrest 'full-blown rights crisis'

Rafsanjani reminds Khamenei of his duty to save the Islamic Republic

Human Rights World Report 2010: Iran Targets Human Rights Messengers

Families of Iranian Detainees Targeted by Authorities

From Tweets

- Leftist student activist Abed Tabanche has been sentenced to 1 year.

- Alameh UNI students also passed around roses celebrating Neda's birthday & in memorandum of the martyrs.

- Today students of Alameh UNI protested firing of number of their instructors & asking for their reinstatement.

- All of the 3 people on trial today were charged with attending protests and sending pix & info to MKO.

- The 3 people on trial today were charged with cooperation with MKO & anti-national security activities.

- The trial of 2 of the people charged with Moharebeh was held last week.

- Last court session for the group 5 people charged with Moharebeh was held today at branch 15 of the Rev Court.

- Blogger:I went to Bank Melat, Bazaar Br to close my account, many people there to do same, at 11:30 we were told no more cash.

- There has been rumors that Alireza Firoozi & Sorna Hashemi may be detained at Sepah 66.

- The families of Alireza Firoozi & Sorna Hashemi have been trying to locate their sons for 21 days without success.

- 21 dys since the arrest Alireza Firoozi & Sorna Hashemi. Niether Intel nor Justice Dept will not give family any info.

- Security forces blocked Laleh park's entrance & special guards patrolled the park.

- Amir Abad very busy, security forces don't allow people to gather where Neda was shot.

- Security forces & special units present around Laleh park until the place Neda was shot.

- Heavy traffic, drivers horn to support pedestrians who had flowers.

- Nahid Kooh-shekaf (Ehsan Houshmand's wife) was released on bail because of her young child.

- All 10 Bahais are being charged with organizing & participating in the Ashura events.

- Names of arrested Bahais: Farid Roohani, Ahmad Roohani, Ebrahim Shadmehr & Zavesh Shadmehr.

- Names of arrested Bahais: Lava Khanjani, Babak Mobasher, Nika Hovaidai, Jinous Sobhani, Artin Ghazanfari.

- All 10 Bahais were arrested in raids of their homes, none have been allowed family visit yet.

- CHRR reports 10 Bahais arrested on Jan 3 have been moved to Gohardasht prison in Karaj.

- Baneh authorities have confiscated car of Kurdish activist Aziz Mohamadzadeh sentenced to death & sealed his home.

- Kurdish activist Habibolah Latifi has been moved to solitary & is in imminent danger of execution.

- 1- Two prisoners fr Gohardash were taken to court where they were told their death sentence is upheld.

- 2- The 2 prisoner were told their sentence will be performed within the next 10 days.

- 3- The prisoners were than taken to Vital Statistic Registrar where their ID book(shenasnameh) was voided.

- 4- One of the prisoners who was convicted when a minor passed out at the Registrar's office.

- 5- In IR people are issued an ID book at birth, marriage & divorce are registered in it. At death the ID book is voided.

- Basij's sports site (www.basijsport.ir) was hacked by green hackers.

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