News Update - August 13, 2010

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Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau - August 13, 2010

Kurdish Political Prisoner Rahim Rashi on Day 24 of Hunger Strike, Health Critical.

Detention Order Renewed for Kurdish Political Prisoner Mokhtar Houshmand

“47 Baha’is Currently In Prison”

“No Legal Reasoning for the Verdict”, says Journalist’s Attorney

Jila Bani Yaghoub – “We Couldn’t Tolerate Any Further Risk to the Health and Lives of the Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike.”

Iran changes Ashtiani stoning sentence for adultery to hanging

Statement by UNHCR Greece in relation to the hunger strike in front of its premises

Lastest Status on Isa Saharkhiz’s Physical Condition at Rajai Shahr Prison

A Political Prisoner in Evin’s Ward 240 Severely Beaten – Mounting Psychological Pressure on Protesting Prisoners

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Fox News jokes about stoning people in Iran

U.S. Magazine Says Israel Likely To Bomb Iran In Next 12 Months

Audio Reveals IRGC’s Interference in Presidential Election

Security Agents Raid House of Baha’i Citzen in Sari

Labor Activist Pedram Nasrollahi Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison

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- Heated letter from Participation front to Judiciary Chief calls Ahmadinejad's presidency Illegal & asks for Supreme Court review.

- There is still no news on the 16 hunger strikers, families have not been allowed even a phone -Very worrisome.

- It is now 3 weeks since the150 pol prisoners in ward 350 were allowed to have phone calls to their families.

- Last week DA Dowlatabadi denied all the news of problems in ward 350 & said sites are giving false news.

- Tehran DA denied last week that visitations have been banned, families of the political prisoners say otherwise.

- Evin Prison guards: Ziyai,Karbalai,Mahmoudi, known for insulting prisoners, severely tortured a prisoner in ward 350 last night.

- Participation Front asks Judiciary Chief to identify & legally pursue the people involved in the coup.

- Jouro Badrolsadat Mofidi's lawyer says her trial was more like an interrogation session than a trial.

- Esfahan Uni student Bahman Khodadadi has been released on bail.

- MP Ghanbari: Ahmadi replacing Ambassadors with his reps is to give jobs to certain people that didn't have any position.

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