Saturday, September 25, 2010

News Update - September 24, 2010

Press conference with peace/solidarity activists targeted by FBI raids

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Friday's Most Intriguing People: Hossein Derakhshan


Cyberworm 'targets Iran'


Freed Hiker Sarah Shourd Pleads Case to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad


After the sudden transfer of Zia Nabavi to Ahvaz prison, group of ward 350 prisoners wrote a letter to him


Forced Media Blackout For Prisoner Families


Basijis supporting Ahmadinejad keep attacking innocent students. Last night it happened again
(Farsi)


Bsalamati Ahmadinejad regime has executed 135 people in the past 6 months! (Farsi)


Majid Tavakoli's letter asking uni students to keep opposing Ahmadinejad, the dictator (Farsi)


Iran Insists US Attacked Itself to Attack Others


Iran says group behind deadly bombing identified


Barack Obama condemns Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's UN speech


Tehran hospital sacks nurses for 'improper Islamic covering'


Taking the New York Streets: activists make their mark


Rafsanjani’s Risky Move Reveals Increasing Support from Khamenei


One Million Signatures Campaign Activist Navid Mohebbi Detained


Afshin Hossein Panahi Detained


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- Zia Navabi a student activist is sentenced to 10 yrs in prison for receiving emails from INA news (MKO).


- Amnesty International in a statement asking IR to release HR activist & journalist Emadedin Baghi.


- Reformist Safaei Farahani suffered a heart attack while going under test in hospital, he is doing fine.


- Farahani 1 of the 7 reformists who filed a lawsuit against Sepah was out on $700,000 bail when rearrested.


- Pro Ahmadinejad sites are going after Rafsanjani, bashing him for his recent visit with political prisoner's families.


- Russia has placed names of a number of scientists & officials associated with IR nuclear program on a list banned from entering.


- Among people banned from entering Russia is Basij Commander Gen Mohamad Reza Naghdi.


- After 5 yrs of imprisonment, political prisoner Mohamad Nikbakht still enduring physical & psychological torture.


- Nikbakht arrested 5 yrs ago in Uromiyeh, was under torture for 3 months, then transferred to Intel ward in Esfahan.


- Tortures that Nikbakht has endured; being hung from the ceiling to the point of losing consciousness.


- Nikbakht's tortures: Being tied to a metal pipe for days & beaten with a water hose & no food or water for those days.


- Nikbakht's tortures: Sleep deprivation, months in solitary under torture & banned from family contact.


- Nikbakht was sentenced to 8 years & after revealing his torture account he received an additional 1 yr.


- Labor activist Reza Shahabi, arrested Jun 12, still being held under temp detention order & is in limbo status.


- Father of imprisoned HR attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh passed away few hours ago.


- Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested after being summoned to Evin Court, her father was hospitalized at the time.


- After Sotodeh's arrest 10 agents performed search of her home while her frightened 3 & 12 y/o children watched.


- Budget has been approved for 4 more detention centers to be built on the outskirts of Tehran.


- Dr. Gholamreza Sarabi who was shot by a stranger as he was leaving his office on Wednesday has passed away.


- Dr. Sarabi was the 2nd doctor to be the subject of shooting by unknowns in 2 days. Dr. Soudbakhsh was shot & killed on Tues.


- Shiraz Sanati Uni student's Islamic Association has been ordered to dissolve & offices were locked & sealed.


- Last night 2 basijis supporting Ahmadinejad attacked Tehran uni students.


- 26-yr old Aziz Mohammadzadeh has been missing for 7 months in one of Ahmadinejad's prisons.


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