News Update - December 27, 2010

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Muslim Group Says Regime’s Justification of Death Sentence for Habibollah Latifi NOT Supported by Islam

Iran presses fresh charges against student activists

Iranian judiciary comments on recent arrests

Zahra Rahnavad met w family of imprisoned Journo Nazanin Khosravani

Activists Hojatollah Nakhostin & Javad Abu Ali arrested in southern Iran

Names of 16 Individuals Arrested in Sanandaj After the Raid of Habibollah Latifi's Residence

Iraqi President Plays Role in Stay of Execution for Habibollah Latifi

Iran opposition leaders barred from travel abroad

Iran passes death sentence on 'Israeli spy'

Iran to let families visit jailed German reporters

Condemned Iranian student's lawyer criticizes media

Karoubi's sealed office robbed despite 'protection' by security agencies (Farsi)

“The Interrogator Told Me ‘We Won’t Let You Get Less Than Ten Years,’” Sotoudeh Tells The Judge

Iran hangs man convicted of spying for Israel

Iranian Internet Providers Threatened - Minister of Intelligence: We Read All Emails

Iranian judiciary comments on recent arrests

Twitter

- ISNA reporting that Ali Saremi & Ali Akbar Siyadat were hanged at Evin early Tuesday Morning (Tehran Time).

- Nassrin Sotoudeh was convicted of bad Hijab. Clearly they couldn't come up with anything better.

- Emadedin Baghi's son-in-law Ali Maghami has been arrested.

- Habibollah Latifi's lawyer denies intervention by any foreign head of state causing Habib's stay of execution.

- Tehran university student Reza Zainali has received 5 yrs suspended sentence.

- Kurdish Perspective reports Habibollah Latifi is in good condition in Sanandaj prison.

- Blogger Mohamad Reza Pourshajari has been sentenced to 3 yrs charged with propagating against IR & insulting Khamenei.

- Reformists Hadi Haydari, Mohamad Shafiei & Alireza Taheri arrested Dec 19, have been released on bail.

- 1- Appeals Court has overturned the sentences of 3 Kurdish men who were sentenced to death by firing squad.

- 2- Cases of Iraj Mohamadi, Ahmad Pouladkhani & Mohamad Amin Aghoshi have bn sent to Orumiyeh Court for review.

- Imprisoned student activist Bahareh Hedayat was summoned to Evin Court & interrogated for her joint statement with Majid Tavakoli.

- Imprisoned student activist Majid Tavakoli was summoned to Evin Court today & interrogated.

- Majid Tavakoli was pressured to take position against the Green leaders & deny his recent statements.

- Majid Tavakoli did not agree with the interrogators request to take position against the Green leaders.

- Last night more than 20 activists were arrested in Sanandaj (see next twts for list).

- 1- Arrested in Sanandaj: Labor activists Pedram Nasrolahi, Hashem Rostami, Zahed Moradian & Mahmoud Mahmoudi.

- 2- Arrested in Sanandaj: Journalist Saied Saedi & Hamid Malekolkalami, environmentalist Simin Chaichi.

- 3- Arrested in Sanandaj: Author & poet Vahed Majidi, former political prisoner zhiyan Safari.

- 4- Arrested in Sanandaj: Habibollah Latifi's father Abbas, his 3 brothers, 3 sisters, & his sister-in-law.

- 5- 5 other people were arrested during the raid of Latifi's home, ID's are not known yet. 1 was a female.

- 6- Student activist Mokhtar Zareei has disappeared since yesterday morning.

Misc. Sources

- Iran's foreign ministry spokesman says 2 detained German journalists have met family members.