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From Twitter
- According to Ayatollah Montazeri site 30 people were arrested at Mrs. Montazeri funeral.
- Chair of Participation Front in Mazandaran Sayed Ahmad Miri was arrested today. He is a Uni teacher & a war veteran.
- RAHANA: After 120 days in prison journalist & blogger Sassan Aghaie has been released.
- 5 members of the Defenders of Education Rights Council are still being held in prison by the regime.
- Ed rights member in prison: Zia Nabavi, Shiva Nazarahari(also CHRR), Majid Dori, Mahdiyeh Golroo & Payman.
- Zia Nabavi of Ed Rights Def Council sentenced to 15 years & 74 lashes in January, 10 years of it for MKO connection.
- Bail was set for Zia Nabvi at $500,000 but his family could not afford such high bail, so Zia is still in Evin.
- In a letter Nabavi wrote to AG Larijani he denied all of his charges. They were never able to get Zia to falsely confess.
- Zia was pressured to confess that Ed Rights Def Council is an MKO organization & he is their operative.
- Some of D pressure methods used on Zia: Sit ups, kicks, blows to the back of the head, insults & humiliation.
- Zia says because he has family members in Camp Ashraf, he was always careful not to have any contact with MKO.
- 1 of the charges on Zia's indictment read in court was that he was contacted by Iran News Agency (INA).
- Another charge was that Zia was contacted by an MKO member via phone. Zia never established contact.
- Despite all the physical & emotional pressure & torture, Zia never made any false confession.
- In court Zia denied MKO connection & said "I resent any political ideology based on violence and blind obedience".
- Judge told Zia "Despite no proven MKO connection per Inte Min written order I have to convict you of MKO connection".
- Women rights activist & Advar Member somayeh Farid has been released on Bail.
- Saied Montazeri: Today the Islamic Republic showed that they are even afraid of the body of an 85 year old woman.
- People had traveled to from Tehran, Esfahan & Najafabad to Qom to participate in Mrs Montazeri's funeral services.
- Mrs Montazeri's body was whisked away by regime forces & taken to Golzar Shohada cemetery.
Misc. Sources
- According to one source, the word "green" has been filtered form text messages.
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