News Update - February 25, 2010

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Iran leader says opposition has lost credibility

Hengameh Shahidi Arrested Again

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Hengameh Shahidi was arrested again (Farsi)

Mostafa Mir Ebrahimi Dies from Pressures in Prison

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Iran Assembly of Experts condemns opposition leaders

Rafsanjani Warns Iran's Supreme Leader

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Former Iranian Diplomat Says He's Being Threatened

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Alireza Abou Fazeli Held Incommunicado

Ali Akbar Ajami Missing Since His Arrest

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From Tweets

- Parents of attorney Maryam Ghanbari arrested 18 days ago were able to visit her in Evin on Thursday.

- Sisters Naghmeh & Taraneh Ghanouni of Bahai faith arrested on Feb 10 have been released.

- 1-Political prisoner Ali Saremi has already been sentenced to death but they have found new things to charge him with.

- 2-Ali Saremi was in court on Sunday without a lawyer. Saremi insisted on having a lawyer so court was postponed.

- 3- Saremi arrested 2+ years ago after attending memorial service for the victims of mass executions of the 80s.

- 4- Saremi was taken to Evin first than without a required court order was transferred to Gohardasht.

- 5- Saremi was sentenced to death on Dec 29 after being in prison for 28 months.

- 6- Saremi has been arrested 4 times during the past 30 years & has spent a total of 20 years in prison.

- RAHANA: CHRR member Kohyar Goodarzi is under heavy pressure to accept his false charges of Moharebeh.

- Goodarzi's mother said in a 7 visit she had with him, he look tired, had dry lips & had lost a lot of weight.

- Goodarzi is not accepting any of his Moharebeh charges & is saying his activities were all legal.

- Yesterday there were reports of arrested of Kumleh members in west IR who were planning bombings. Kumleh denied.

- Few days ago they said 100 members of Mojahedin & Monarchists who were planning bombings were arrested

- Regime said they confiscated large amount of explosives in central Iran yesterday

- Now saying booklets with pics of Pahlavi shahs & 2500 yrs history of Persian dynasties distributed to drugstores.

- Hengameh was arrested for no reason once before, went on hunger strike in Evin. was finally released on bail.

- Hengameh has many medical problems & had to go to hospital after her release.

- After 8 months former Sr. Interior Min official & Mousavi camp activist Jahanbakh Khanjani has been released on bail.

- Mousavi campaign activist & retired Pasdar Asghar Khandan has been sentenced to 2 years & 74 lashes.

- Sorna & Alireza were Zanjan U students when they reported an attempted rape of a student by a university official.

- Sorna & Alireza were on their way to Tabriz 55 days ago when they were kidnapped by the regime agents.

- Parents of Alireza & Sorna have been worried sick for 55 days & so-called Islamic regime refuses to tell them where they are.

- Sorna & Alireza have been seen by others in Evin, but Justice Dept refuses to acknowledge their location.

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