News Update - September 09, 2010

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HRANA- Azad Kamangar, nephew of executed teacher Farzad Kamangar, was arrested (Farsi)

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CNN Promoting the Islamic Republic’s Perspectives on Ashtiani Case

Reformist and greens in Tabriz were attacked during their Eid prayer on Friday morning (Farsi)

Iran opposition claims to have found secret nuclear site

Iran accuses Quran burning in U.S. "planned by Israel"

Khamenei: Sunni are not to be allowed to have their Eid Prayer (Farsi)

Report on the situation of Iranian refugees in Turkey (.PDF file)

Iran should free all three US hikers: White House

Iran to free female American for holiday clemency

Karroubi on the Siege of His Home and of the Iranian People (8 September)

Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau - September 09, 2010

“They tell me to pick a simple tombstone,” says murdered protester’s wife

World Steps Up Pressure on Iranian Regime Over Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Case

Iranian security forces surround Karroubi's home

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- Thurs Arjang Davoudi visited with his wife. He was on a wheelchair, has lost a lot of weight & in bad physical shape.

- Arjang Davoudi on his 58th day of hunger strike told wife he'll remain on hunger strike until his demands are met.

- Confirmed. Sarah Shourd will be released on Saturday.

- HR actvst Abedini arrested last Mar, is sentenced to 11yrs, is among hardcore criminals in Ahvaz prison & banned from visits.

- IR Prosecutor Gen had denied HR activist Abdolfazl Abedini's request of transf fr Ahvaz prison to Evin.

- After 11 months in prison, author & Journalist Javad Mahzadeh has been released on $400,000 bail.

- Abdollah Momeni: I was beaten severely, I was suffocated by interrogators until I became unconscious.

- Momeni: I was in solitary confinement for 86 days in a 4.8×6.6 ft cell; repeatedly threatened with imminent execution.

- Momeni: Beatings, verbal abuse, degradation & illegal treatments started at the very moment of my arrest.

- Momeni: During arrest, tear gas was used, they beat me, punching and kicking me severely.

- Momeni: I was taken to Evin prison with a bloody nose, mouth and bleeding teeth and shackled arms and legs.

- Momeni: They kept telling me, regime has suffered a crack & constantly told me "you will all be executed".

- Momeni: During the 86 days I spent in solitary confinement I never saw the color of the sky.

- Momeni: During 7 months of my detention in wards of 209 & 240 I was only allowed to go into the courtyard 6 times.

- Momeni: They cursed at me & my family, while cursing at me & beating me they said they'll prove I am a bastard child.

- Momeni:They forced my head down the toilet, shoved my head so far down that I swallowed feces & began to choke.

- Momeni: At my trial my testimony was dictated to me by my interrogators beforehand.

- Momeni: When I refused to write a false confession they would force feed interrogation forms into my mouth.

- Momeni: On many occasions I was threatened with the prospects of being raped with a bottle or a stick.

- Momeni: I was told they'll shove a stick in my rear so far that even 100 carpenters wont be able to extract it.

- Momeni: days after strangulation, I suffered severe pain in the neck & throat, that eating & drinking became unbearable.

- Sepah has been attacking Kurdestan boarder villages with the intention of targeting the Kurdish PJAK group.

- Within the last month 3 people have lost their lives as result of Sepah attack on Kurdish villages. 2 were children.

- A 16 y/o Kurdish teen was killed in the boarder village of Doostani by Sepah's mortar attack on the village.

- Despite judges order to release Shiva Nazar Ahari on $500,000 bail, Intel prevented her release from prison.

- Children's rights activist Maryam Zia has been sentenced to 1 yr in prison on bunch of bogus charges.

- Security forces are outside Karoubi's residence once again today monitoring the entrance of the apartment Bldg.

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