News Update - March 01, 2010

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Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau

Prominent Film Maker Jafar Panahi Arrested

More Iranian publications banned

One of Nine Ashura Defendants Sentenced to Death

A New 'Sedition' On The Way

Etemad newspaper has been shut down (Farsi)

Released prisoners forced to interview praising Supreme Leader

Iran Frees Some Detainees in New Year Gesture

Prime Minister of Spain Urges Respect for Human Rights in Iran

Six-Year Prison Sentences for Omid Montazeri and Hengameh Shahidi

Student Activist Eftekhar Barzegarian Being Held in Hardened Criminals’ Ward

Heavy Sentences For Students on the Way: 15 Years for Ali Kantoori

Inside view is worth risk, reporters in Iran say

Faezeh Hashemi in Exclusive Interview with Rooz: Rafsanjany’s Demands are the Same as the Greens’

First Official Reaction to Film of University Dormitory Attack Wasn’t the Police; Reporters Not to Investigate

Mousavi and Karoubi Respond to Latest Threat Regime’s Legitimacy Eroding Faster

Gold for Canada, Green for Iran: Vancouver closes the Olympics with a second demonstration

Mansour Oslanloo’s Wife Fears for His Life

From Tweets

- The official government news agency IRNA is either having tech problems or has been hacked.

- Mahmoudian had written extensively about atrocities in Kahrizak detention center both before & after the election.

- Journalist & Participation Front membr Mehdi Mahmoudian had 1st visit with his young daughter since arrest in Sept.

- RAHANA: Director Jafar Panahi, his wife Mahnaz Mohamadi, their daughter along with 15 guests have been arrested.

- 3:25 AM Intel agents are still inside director Jafar Panahi's home conducting a search.

- News of agents inside director Jafar Panahi's home is spreading on many sites, some report 20 agents inside his home.

- Dr.Mohamad Maleki 76 has been released on bail after 191 days.He suffers from prostate cancer & family was very concern.

- Faoud Sadeghi Managing Director of Ayandeh News was released short time ago. He was arrested on 2/11.

- A questioner has been distributed to ward 209 prisoners in Evin which they MUST FILL OUT.

- Evin questioner asks if prisoner believes there was cheating in the elections.

- Another question on the questioner form asks if prisoner believes Reform leaders are connected to foreign entities.

- Regime's Revolutionary Court sentenced an unnamed Ashura protester to death on March 1.

- Samiyari tried recently & sentenced to 6 years in prison for a meeting with EU Parliament members that never happened.

- Bail has bn set 4 student activist Morteza Samiyari at $800,000. His family says they can't afford such high bail.

- Journalist Mahsa Josaini has been released on $100,000 bail in Esfahan.

- Sina publication in Hamedan province has lost it's publishing license.

- Etemad newspaper has been banned from publishing temporarily subject to final decision by media oversee council.

- Weekly publication Irandokht lost it's publishing licence. The publisher is Fatemeh Karoubi & CEO Housein Karoubi.

- Haleh Houshmandi, Farham Masoumi, Kayvan Karami, Hadi Masoumi & Afshin Ahsanian R the Bahais sentenced.

- In Shiraz 5 Bahais have been sentenced to 10 months in prison for propagating against the Islamic Republic.

- The 9 Ashura protesters were tried within last weeks all charged with same charges that people have been receiving lately.

- Justice Dept announced 9 more Ashura protesters have been sentenced. 1 sentenced to death, 8 prison sentences.

- 1. Competitivity Council head Jamshid Pejvian spoke to pro-regime Jahan News.

- 2. Pejvian to Jahan News: I have nothing to say in defense of this year's budget bill.

- 3. Pejvian to Jahan News: The gov disregarded our needs. I'm paying our workers' salaries out of my own pocket.

- Regime goons rallied in front of Karroubi's house in Niavaran, Tehran, on Sunday afternoon.

- Mistaking Egypt for Iran, Fars news: Ex-IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaredei will be arrested by Egyptian authorities.

- Higher Ed Minister Kamran Daneshjou: Only professors loyal to the values of 22 Bahman will get tenure.