Tuesday, September 14, 2010

News Update - September 14, 2010

Petitions:

We Demand the Immediate Release of Arzhang Davoudi! Over Two Months on Hunger Strike!


News Links


Dissident cleric rebukes Iran Assembly of Experts


Arzhang Davoudi under pressure to accept responsibility for consequences of hunger strike


American woman freed by Iran after bail deal


What's Really Worrying Me About Haystack


Heshmatollah Tabarzadi Denied Temporary Release Despite Court Order


Ahmad Karimi in poor condition after exile to Qonbad-e Qabus prison


Iran sees "dangerous" IAEA mistake on inspectors


Reporters’ Guide for Interviewing Iranian Officials on Human Rights Issues


Ahmadinejad Under Pressure Inside And Outside Iran


Head of Mousavi's office arrested (Farsi)


Ayatollah Speaks of Plot to Abuse Koran


Defecting Iranian Diplomat Says Ahmadinejad Government 'Damaging Iran'


Iran's Rafsanjani Chides Ahmadinejad Over Sanctions


Third Iranian Diplomat Defects in Europe, Associated Press


Released American Hiker 'Grateful and Humbled'


US challenges Iranian leader to bring home hikers


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- 45 days since Hassan & Menat Rahmani were arrested in Kamyaran Kurdestan, there whereabouts still unknown.


- Arzhang Davoudi was taken to Rejaei Shahr Med facility this morning.


- Life of Arzhang Davoudi on his 60+ days of hunger strike in SERIOUS DANGER barley able to speak or open his eyes.


- Bail has been set at $600,000 for journalist Hengameh Shahidi. Family says they can't afford such high bail.


- Hengameh Shahidi is in desperate need of medical help. Setting $600,000 bail for her temp release is outrageous.


- In a show of protest, Ayt Dastghaeib did not attend the Assembly of Experts meeting today.


- Last night offices of Rahe Mardom newspaper was vandalized, windows broken & Items were stolen.


- Editor-in-Chief of Rahe Mardom said they had received threatening calls recently & were vandalized once before.


- After 116 dys in detention, Azari teacher & poet Bahman Nasirzadeh has been released on bail from Makoo prison.


- Azari student activist Fatemeh Nasirpour has been sentenced to 6 months. She was tried in a closed court without her lawyer.


- After 10 dys Status & whereabouts of Azad Kamangar are still unknown. Family has not been able to find any info.


- Ahmad Ghabel has been rearrested. He recently wrote about Mashhad mass executions.


- 100s of unpaid workers protested at corner of Nejatollahi and Warsaw streets in Tehran.


- Diplomat at IRI Brussels embassy Farzad Farhangian resigns in protest.



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