News Update - October 18, 2010

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Iran's Supreme Leader Encourages Citizen Journalism

Physical Assault & Battery of Ayatollah Boroujerdi in Evin Prison

Nokia Siemens's response to access "No To Nokia" Campaign only raises more questions about complicity in human rights abuse

News Agency Editor: 'We Would Publish The News Upside Down'

Sotoudeh’s Husband Says Wife is in Solitary Confinement

“They Want to Kill My Son or Give Him Back Disabled” Says Father of Prisoner of Conscience

Contradictory Statements By Intelligence Minister Regarding Detained Americans

Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau - October 18, 2010

Leads on Recent Events in Kurdistan - This Time, Salafi Kurds Are Suspects

Ban on Printing Images of Mousavi and Karoubi - Publish Them and be Banned

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- Reports are very heavy security atmosphere in Qom, streets look like a military zone.

- Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez arrived in Tehran Monday night.

- Imprisoned attorney Mohamad Oliaifar suffering from leukemia has been moved to hospital. Family not allowed to see him.

- Oliaifar who represented many political prisoners is being watched by armed guards by his bed in the hospital.

- Member of IR military Abdollah Sarvari charged with espionage has been sentenced to death by a military court in Sanandaj.

- Sarvari who has served in IR military 25yrs was arrested last year after returning from visiting family in Kurdestian, Iraq.

- Bail has been denied for prominent cleric's son Dr. Mehdi Khazali arrested last week. He is in Evin.

- Iraq PM Nouri al-Maliki is in Tehran meeting with supreme leader & various other officials discussing bilateral relations.

- Pro regime sites blamed Mehdi Hashemi (Rafi's son) for the fake letter from Judry Chief to Khamenei. He has denied the accusation.

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