News Update - October 03, 2010

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- Nazila Dashti, Motahareh Bahrami, Mahdiyeh Golrou, Fatemeh Rahnama are women political prisoners in Evin.

- Farah Vazehan, Kobra Zaghedoost, Aliyeh Eghdamdoost, Saba Rezvani are women political prisoners in Evin.

- Hengameh Shahidi, Bahareh Hedayat, Parvin Javadzadeh, Sousan Taryanian are women political prisoners in Evin.

- Rayhaneh Hajebrahim Dabagh, Manizheh Safar Elahi, Fatemeh Khoramjoo are women political prisoners in Evin.

- Atefeh Nabavi, Ozrasadat Ghazi Mirsaied, Kefayat Malekmohamadi, Zahra Jabari are women pol prisoners in Evin.

- Mousavi's senior advisor Alireza Beheshti has been released on 500,000 bail.

- Nourmohamadi was sentenced to 1 yr in prison, 4 yrs suspended term & 30 yrs ban from all political activities.

- Participation Front member Saied Nourmohamadi is back in Evin to serve the remainder of his 1 yr sentence.

- Women's ward in Evin has been without running water for 4 days. Water from a tank was being used, tank is empty now.

- Dirty dishes, not being able to flush toilet, no showers, number of new homeless people in the ward. WOMAN'S WARD STINKS.

- A number of women have their infants in prison with them. No water is posing danger of skin infection for the infants.

- Jomhouri Islami newspaper has received a written reprimand for criticizing Judiciary Chief Larijani.

- Number of Tehran U students have been summoned by the Judiciary Branch of the Armed Forces.

- After 3 postponements, Emad Bahavar went on trial today, charged with propagating & actions against national security.

- Mahdiyeh Golroo was threatened & told to stop giving out news of inside Evin happenings.

- Golroo was pressured to repent & declare her support for the regime. She denied. She is sentenced to 2 yrs.

- Golroo was arrested along with her husband Vahid Lalipour in a raid of their home on Dec 3, 2009.

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

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