News Update - July 14, 2010

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- 4 Kurdish political prisoners have received stiff sentenced charged with cooperation with anti State groups.

- Kurdish prisoners sentence: Nemat Eshaghi 12yrs, Peshtivan Asem 15yrs, Loghman Monfaredi 11yrs & Sabah Khayat 11yrs.

- Shiva Nazar Ahari, rearrested 200 days ago, is in Evin 350 in limbo status. No court date has been set for her.

- Behrooz Javid Tehrani has been moved out of solitary after 53 days of enduring pressure.

- Daryoush Arjomand a non-pol prisoner in Rejaishahr prison has died. He was in solitary for 2yrs.

- Arjomand was suffering from AIDS & did not received medical help during his time in solitary.

- Today Bazar strike continued & included larger section of Bzar than previous days.

- Identity of another martyr revealed by his wife: Masoud Khosravi shot to death Jun 20,09 on the streets of Tehran.

- Intel is busy destroying graves of victims of the 80's mass executions in Rasht cemetery.

- Court was held for Dr. Akbar Karami in Qum yesterday. He was charged with promoting prostitution & insulting Ahmadinejad.

- Dr. Karami looked very thin, very depressed & overall looked not in good health.

- Dr. Karami is being charged with promoting prostitution for writing articles on equal rights in sexual relationships.

- Dr. Karami was already tried & sentenced to 3 yrs & fines earlier on separate charges.

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