News Update - July 19, 2010

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Mehdi Karroubi Visits Osanloo Family

Death Row Political Prisoner in Critical Condition

Iran Sanctions and the World

No Word on Kurdish Political Prisoner Sentenced to Execution Raises Suspicions of Death Under Torture

Ashura Witness Sentenced to Two Years in Prison

Mansour Osanloo Charged with Anti-Regime Propaganda for the Second Time

Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau - July 19, 2010

Seven women and three men are sentenced to death for adultery

Amiri Told CIA Iran Has No Nuclear Bomb Programme

PART I - Isa Saharkhiz's Moving Defense Behind The Closed Doors of The Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Court

Ahmadinejad angers conservatives, reformists

Iran calls for world body free of big power control

Sections of Bazaars in Mashhad Join Strike

Political Prisoner Hamid Reza Mohammadi Deprived of Rights for Over Five Years

One person hanged in northeastern and five others hanged in northwestern Iran

Mousavi’s Meeting with Students from Teacher’s College

Iranian Intellectual Calls to Impeach Khamenei

74 lashes for women who are “un-Islamically” dressed (Graphic image)

HRA reports: Increasing pressure on labor activists in Iran (Farsi)

Mousavi has sent a message of condolence to Baluchestan's bomb victim families (Farsi)

Iran: Breaking your own laws

Fars Editor: You Are All Betrayers and Agents of Zionists - An Interview That Never Was

Latest News from Journalists and Political Prisoners: Books Banned, Drugs Allowed

Mehdi Karroubi: As a part of this system, I am ashamed

Campaign Backs Student Photographer Arrested Over Protest Pix

Concerns Over Saeid Torabian’s Physical and Mental Condition

Detained Journalist Abolfazl Abedini-Nasr Denied Prison Visits

Adeleh Ziaei Received Travel Ban for Publishing a Note to Personal Weblog

Deprived Baha’i Student Sara Mahboubi Released on Bail

Before and After Prison Pictures

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- Protester Mostafa Papay was put on trial today in the court room of judge Moghayeseh, charged with bunch of BS charges.

- BBC Persian: Iran has banned government jobs for smokers.

- Kurdish activists Kambiz Ebrahimzadeh & Nader Darvishi have been arrested by Intel agents in Mahabad.

- Appeals Court has upheld the 1 yr sentence of Arak Uni student Abbas Ahmadlou. He reported to Arak prison 10 days

- Pol prisoner Rashid Akhkandi in Saghez prison, sentenced to death, banned from visits, suffering from Kidney infection.

- On Sunday 3 men were hanged in Kerman & 1 in Shirvan (Khorasan) charged with drug trafficking.

- A man was hanged in public in Ahvaz this AM charged with drug trafficking. Charges cannot be independently verified.

Misc. Sources

- A group of families of political prisoners celebrated the birthday of Mahsa Amrabadi, journalist who after being detained for months was released on bail. In this simple celebration which was held at the weekly gathering of the families of political prisoners, Zahra Rahnavard, Elaheh Mojaradi (wife of Mohsen Mirdamadi, imprisoned chairman of Participation Front), Family of Emadedin Baghi (Journalist who was recently released from prison on bail) and Mahdiyeh Mohammadi (wife of Ahmad Zaydabadi, imprisoned journalist and chairman of Takhim-Vahdat) were present. The families of political prisoners gathered for the birthday celebration of Mahsa Amrabadi and while congratulating her who her husband is also in prison at the moment and comforting her also reminded that the families of political prisoners have not forgotten each other. Mahsa Amrabadi is the journalist who was arrested following the rigged presidential elections and was detained for months. Masoud Bastaani, Mahsa’s husband, while was following up on her wife’s case during her detention was also arrested and has been imprisoned since then.

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