News Update - October 02, 2010

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- Jaras reports Tehran Uni student Habib Farahzadi was kidnapped by Plainclothes on Sat as campus security watched.

- Reports are Plainclothes Identifying themselves as Sepah arrested Eshagh Shadbash & his son Sorna.

- Reports are that Shadbash's associate Mehrdad Fatah has also been arrested also.

- Unconfirmed reports of arrests of Gold Bazaar businessmen by Sepah.

- Reformist Safaei Farahani suffered an attack in Evin but took officials about 2 weeks to transfer him to a hospital.

- Former MP Safaei Farahani is still in CCU due to heart condition.

- Saiedeh Montazeri's (Ayatollah Montazeri's daughter) Blog Ghalam Neveshteha has been filtered.

- Eslahat news (nationwide student news site) has been filtered in Iran.

- Mashhad U student Amir Shaybanizadeh summoned to Intel office on Tues where he was arrested.

- Javanonline lashes out at the Islamic Mojahedin (not MKO) for questioning the independence of Judiciary Branch.

- Javanonline (Sepah) is blaming the Sedition Movement for instigating the Gold Bazaar closing.

- Plainclothes entering the home & making arrest of the FM members had no warrant & said they are Basij.

- Members of the Freedom Movement of Iran were arrested under the false pretence of holding illegal FP services.

- Mizan reports order for arresting high rank members of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Esfahan came from Tehran.

- Ahmad Rezai Chair of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan was arrested in Esfahan on Friday.

- Dr. Ghafar Farzdi Chair of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Azarbayjan was arrested in Esfahan on Friday.

- Dr. Ali Asghar Gharavi chair of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Esfahan was arrested on Friday.

- Hashem Sabaghiyan member of the central branch of the Freedom Movement of Iran was arrested in Esfahan.

- Sec Gen of the Freedom Movement of Iran Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi arrested in Esfahan. This is his 3rd arrest since elections.

- Sepah Commander Gen Hamedani: We are aiming to make all of 8,500,000 Tehran population into Basijs.

- Gold bazaar in Tehran continues to be closed. High end watch sellers have joined in & didn't open stores today.

- Khamenei's trip to Qom has been canceled. Apparently not enough high ranking clergies volunteered to meet & greet him.

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