News Update - October 05, 2010

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‘Mourning Mothers’ Supports Mother of Exiled Prisoner Ahmad Karimi, Details of Case Included

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UK religious leaders call for release of Baha’i leaders in Iran

Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau - October 05, 2010

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Poll finds Americans not trigger-happy on Iran

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- Sister of imprisoned journalist Abdolreza Tajik has been summoned to Evin court for the second time.

- Trial of 23 people charged in connection with Tehran U dormitory attack was held in a military court on Tuesday.

- Indictments were read against 23 of d 27 people charged in connection with the 2009 Tehran U dorm attack.

- Investigations of 17 more suspects charged in connection with Tehran U attack are in progress.

- Prisoner in Uromiyeh committed suicide night before his scheduled hanging. He was in prison 5 yrs for drug trafficking.

- Reports are last week arrest of members of Iran Freedom Movement was violent & included beatings, pepper spray & teargas.

- Rev Court in Zanjan has sentenced author, literary critic & journalist Mehdi Jalilkhani to 3 yrs in prison.

- In his latest interview Mousavi lashes out at the regime for it's domestic & foreign policies & asks for a referendum.

- HRDA reports currently there are a large number of women in Evin on death row charged with murder & drug trafficking.

- 1- On Death Row: Soraya Zakarianejad, homemaker, in Evin 4 yrs convicted of possession of drugs.

- 2- On Death Row: Ashraf Amraei 38, homemaker, in Evin 2 yrs, convicted of possession of controlled substance.

- 2A- Ashraf Amraei's husband has already been executed for drug trafficking.

- 3- On Death Row: Sohaila Pourhouseini 19, in Evin ward 3, 1 yr, convicted of murder.

- 4- Ashraf Kohhar 45, in Evin 9 yrs, convicted of murder & adultery, sentenced to death by stoning.

- 5- On Death Row: Shahla Jahed in Evin ward 1 upper section 8 yr, convicted of murder.

- 6- On Death Row: Kobra Rahmanpour 29, in Evin ward 2 lower section 9 yrs, convicted of murder.

- 7- On Death Row: Sogand Jahani 28, homemaker, 2 1/2 yrs in Evin ward 2 lower sec, convicted of murder.

- 8- On Death Row: Rayhaneh Jabari 25, 3 1/2 yrs in Evin ward 1, convicted of murder.

- 9- On Death Row: Sadat Savafi 45, 3 1/2 yrs in Evin Ward 1 lower sec, convicted of murder.

- 10- On Death Row: Sahar Parikhani 23, homemaker, 3 yrs in Evin ward 1 upper sec, convicted of murder.

- 11- On Death Row: Fatemeh Haddad 34, homemaker, 1 1/2 yrs in Evin ward 1 upper sec, convicted of murder.

- 12- On Death Row: Akram Alimohamadi 29, in Evin Ward 2 for 5 yrs, convicted of murder.

- Small bomb explosion at 8:30 AM at the entrance of Al-Ghadir hospital in Tehran left broken windows & no injuries.

- The hangings in Khorasan were not reported by IR official news agencies but were reports in local papers.

- HRA reports 3 men were hanged in S.Khorasan convicted of rape during month of Ramadan.

- HRA reports last week a woman convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in Shirvan, N.Khorasan.

- Former British Embassy employee Housein Rassam was found not guilty of espionage, his 4 yr sentence overturned.

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