News Update - February 07, 2010

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From Tweets

- 1- Saied Mortazavi & his efforts to execute 3 political prisoners (see next tweets 2 thru 25).

- 2- Despite being gone from Tehran District Attorney's office for months,

- 3- ex prosecutor Mortazavi's still casts a controlling shadow in the halls of justice.

- 4- Three political prisoners are sitting on death row, unable to appeal their case or ask for a new trial.

- 5- Their case files & documents are nowhere to be found in the justice Dept.

- 6- Farzad Kamangar, Ali Haydarian & Farhad Vakili are all on death row & in danger of execution at anytime.

- 7- By taking & keeping the case files of these prisoner, Mortazavi has practically put a stop to any appeals.

- 8- Twice before Mortazavi tried to carry out these death sentences.

- 9- As Farzad Kamangar continues to declare his innocence, his attorney officially requested Justice Dept

- 10- for an enactment of Article 18 which allows a case to be re-opened & reviewed.

- 11- Finally the Justice Dept after months of not giving a concrete answer to Kamangar's request,

- 12- last September admitted they do not have his records on file.

- 13- It should be noted that at 2 separate times, these 3 prisoners were taken to ward-240 in preparation for execution

- 14- Both times the executions were halted by intervention of an entity of Intel Min which opposed the executions

- 15- With persistent follow up of family & attorney of Kamangar, on 1/31/2010 Justice Dept at last admitted,

- 16- from the time the review request was received 19 months ago these case files

- 17- were in the possession of Mortazavi, thus preventing any further action on these cases.

- 18- Justice Department officials have said they will question Mortazavi regarding this matter.

- 19- Currently Mortazavi holds the position of Deputy General Prosecutor of Iran

- 20- He was also appointed by Ahmadinejad as the head of Bureau of Anti Smuggling of Currency & Goods.

- 21- Mortazavi was found guilty by the Canadian government & by the Committee of Article 90 of

- 22- the 6th Parliament in the murder of Canadian Iranian journalist Zahra Kazemi.

- 23- She died while in the custody of Tehran Prosecutor Office.

- 24- Mortazavi was also was found guilty by the Parliament Fact Finding Commission as the main culprit.

- 25- in Kahrizak events that lead to torture & death of number of people during post-election unrest.

- Mourning mothers supporter Parvaneh Madah was released after 40 days.

- 1- Is regime putting the life of journalists Ahmad Zaydabadi & Maoud Bastani in danger(see next 3 tweets)

- 2- Zaydabadi & Bastani were recently moved to Rejai Shahr prison where hard core criminal are kept

- 3- Cell mates of Zaydabadi & Bastani have been told they are banned from visitation due to their presence in the cell

- 4- Action taken by prison authorities can lead to retaliation by the criminals against the 2 journalists.

- CHRR: 8th member of Committee of HR Reporters has been arrested. Ali Kalayi has been arrested.

- Execution of Arash Rahmanipour has had an effect on the mental state of mind of Tajik. He is not doing well.

- Tajik along with Housein Nourinejad were cell mates of 20 y/o Arash Rahmanipour who was executed recently.

- Journalist Abdolreza Tajik arrested, released on bail & re-arrested after Ashura is suffering from mental distress.

- Siyamak Nadali ex Secretary of Lorestan UNI Islamic Assoc was arrested in Khoramabad. Whereabouts unknown.

- More journalists & activists arrested today: Somaye Momeni, Mahsa Jozini, Zeinab Kazemi.

- Reports are many of the journalist who were arrested previously & released later have been summoned by Intel again.

- Ali Gholi Tabar & Morteza Saremi members of the Islamic Mojahedin(NOT MKO) have been released on bail.

- HR activist Sama Bahmani was arrested by Intel agents on 2/2 in Mahabad. Her status & whereabouts are unknown.

- Warning: Kurdish political prisoner Housein Khazri was moved to solitary Sat night at 10 PM.

- Housein Khazri was sentenced to death on Jun 11, his sentence was upheld by the Court of Appeals.

- 1/5- Thanks to the efforts of the tireless attorney Mohamad Mostafi, another young man was set free today.

- 2/5- Ahmad Bahari arrested at 15 & sentenced to death was forgiven by the parents of the victim.

- 3/5- Despite all the evidence that Ahmad had acted in self defense, he was found guilty of homicide.

- 4/5- Ahmad arrested & sentenced 3 yrs ago at age 15 & has been in prison since his arrest.

- 5/5- With the efforts of activists & attorney Mostafai parents of the victim gave their consent for Ahmad's release.

- Journalist Ahmad Jalali-Farahani was arrested at home by 8 Intel agents. Computer & items confiscated.

- Journalist Zaynab Kazemkhah(F) was arrested at home 3 AM Sun by Intel agents. Items were confiscated.

- Journalist & Women rights activist Samiyeh Momeni(F) was arrested at home 3 AM Sun by Intel agents.

- Journalist Akbar Montajabi was arrested at his home 2 AM Sun by Intel agents.

Misc. Sources

- Another prisoner has committed suicide.

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