News Update - March 26, 2010

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Iran’s ordinary post-election detainees reach out for help

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards behind recent arrest of activists

Juvenile Offender Hossein Haghi Spared from Execution

Imprisoned Tech Expert Saeed Malekpour Writes of Torture

A Step Too Far

Regime Hoarding Gasoline, Reducing Consumption in Anticipation of US Sanctions

Human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari allowed family visit

From Twitter

- HRA says most of these activists are in solitary & all are under pressure to do on camera confession.

- All the HR activists arrested across the country have been transferred to Evin ward 2-A(Sepah) & 209(Intel).

- Sama Bahmani arrested in Mahabad 2- Hamed Asgari (student) arrested in Tehran.

- Ehsan Sabet arrested in Tehran 4- Labor activist Rasould Badaghi arrested in Tehran.

- Student activist Alireza Fifroozi 6- Blogger Reza Akvanian arrested in Yasouj.

- 1- Journalist Abolfazl Abedini arrested in Ahvaz.

- 2-Mahbobeh Karami arrested in Tehran.

- 3- Former student activist Sayed Mehdi Khodai arrested in Tehran.

- 4- Journalist & blogger Nasour Naghipour arrested in Ghazvin.

- 5- Journalist & blogger Behzad Mehrani arrested in Karaj

- 6- Milad Ebrahimian (student) arrested in Tehran.

- 7- Mohamad Reza Lotfi-Yazdi (student) arrested in Mashhad.

- 8- Blogger Abdolreza Ahmadi arrested in Tehran

- 9- Saleh Salmasi arrested in Sanandaj.

- 10- Marjan Safari arrested in Tehran.

- 11- Raziyeh Alamai (student) arrested in Tehran.
- 12- Mojtaba Bayat arrested in Qom

- 13- Somayeh Ojaghlou arrested in Esfahan.

- 14- Tahmineh Momeni arrested in Sari

- 15- Sayed Salman Houseini arrested in Tehran.

- 16- Sepehr Soufi arrested in Kish

- 17- Morad Hassanlou (student) arrested in Tehran.

- 18- Nafiseh Mojtahedi arrested in Tehran

- 19- Sholeh Mansouri arrested in Tehran.

- 20- Daniel Sobhi (student) arrested in Tehran.

- 21- Sharareh Sobhi arrested in Tehran.

- 22- Mostafa Pirabbasi arrested in Tehran.

- 23- Ahmad Najafzadeh arrested in Tehran.

- 24- Davar Abasi arrested in Tehran.

- 25- Pobak Nazemi (student) arrested in Tehran.

- 26- Housein Housenzadeh arrested in Tehran.

- 27- Sajad Alemzadeh arrested in Tehran.

- 28- Mahla Moeinzadeh (student) arrested in Tehran

- 29- Shahram Shokofian arrested in Tehran.

- 30- Attorney & university teacher Dr. Vahid Ahmad Fakhreldin arrested in Ahvaz.

- 31- Nilofar Mehrabi (student) arrested in Tehran.

- 32- Journalist Mojtaba Kahestoni arrested in Ahvaz.

- 33- Film producer & director Dr. Mohamad Hassan Yousefpour Saifi arrested in Tehran.

- 34- Dorsa Sobhani arrested in Sari.

- 35- Blogger Laleh Hassanpour arrested in Tehran.

- Vahik Ebramian a Christian with IR/Dutch dual citizenship arrested Feb 20 has not been allowed lawyer/family visit.

- HR activist Mahbobeh Karami in Evin almost a month has not been charged & still doesn't know why she was arrested.

- Aliyeh in Evin 1+year serving a 3 year sentence was charged with new charges & tried in D Evin court without presence of a lawyer.

- Women rights activist Aliyeh Eghdamdoost was put in solitary 1 week 4 reading about Intl Women Day to female prisoners.

- HARANA:Status of Blogger &HR activist Abdolreza Ahmadi arrested Mar 3 still unknown. Family has had 1 phone call.

- Medical student Shirin Gherche-Daghi(F) was arrested by 5 agents in front of Tehran UNI today. Reason Unknown.

- Azizi along with other Kurdish student activists were arrested during rally protesting Kurdish political prisoners executions.