Thursday, June 3, 2010

News Update - June 02, 2010

For Neda (Documentary)

News Links


Majid Tavakoli Writes from Evin Prison: “The Will of My Nation Creates Victory”


The Shrewd Calculus Behind Khamenei’s Release of 81 Political Prisoners


Addressing the Supreme Leader


Hengameh Shahidi


Green Supporters Want West To Help Iranians Access Internet, Uncensored Information


Moderate Iranian cleric Rafsanjani urges action against system's "deviations"


Who Will Be Iran's Next President?


Mousavi: While I still believe in Ayatollah Khomeini, I'm not after returning to his era (Farsi)


Iran suspends girl university students for ‘improper veiling’


Guards Organize Memorial Service for Khomeini - Rafsanjani Absent


Two women reporters arrested as Iran cracks down on media


Students at Tehran's Elm o Sanat University Hold Gathering to Honor Postelection Victim Kianoosh Asa


PhD Student Ali Arshadi Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison


Bail Order Issued for Mehdi Boutorabi’s Release


Dozens Summoned at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences


Dr. Sara Tavassoli Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison and 74 Lashes


Journalist Azam Vaysameh Arrested


Mehdi Boutorabi Released on $50,000 Bail


From Twitter


- Political prisoner Hamid Haeri has been sentenced to 15 yrs to be served in Karaj Gohardasht prison.


- Haeri arrested Dec 6 in a raid of his home, put in Evin 209 solitary 74 days under pressure & torture.


- Haeri a former political prisoner, spent 3 yrs in prison in the 80's under harsh interrogations & torture.


- Haeri was charged with Moharebeh, visiting his son in Ashraf Camp, supporting MKO & propagandizing against IR.


- Haeri is in poor health,had suffered 2 heart attacks before, walks with a cane, had hip injury due an accident before arrest.


- Kamran Assa, brother of Kianoush Assa, has been arrested in Kermanshah. This is the 2nd time they are arresting him.Kamran Assa brother of Kianoush Assa has been arrested in Kermanshah. This is the 2nd time they are arresting him


- Good News: HR activist Laleh Hassanpour has been released on bail.


- Union leader Mansour Osanlo has been in Sepah solitary last 3 days under new pressure to accept new charges.


- Amjad Kourdnejad & Jamal Rahmati Tehran U Kurdish students have been missing for 2 days & feared arrested by Intel.


- Court was held today for Kouhyar Goudarzi charged with working with a terrorist Org based outside country through CHRR.


- Goudarzi was also charged with propagandizing against the regime & giving interviews to foreign media.


- Goudarzi's lawyer rejected all of his charges & said neither he nor CHRR have any connection with the said Org.


- Rejaei Shahr prisoners are under pressure since HRA Iran released 2 videos documenting torture there.


- Bahram Tasviri with broken arms & legs & Mohsen Baykvand with burns on his body have been moved to solitary-No Med help.


- Behrooz Javid Tehrani has been moved to solitary in Rejaei shahr prison.


- Arash Nouri has been sentenced to 6 years & 74 lashes. He was arrested Feb 8 in a raid of his home & is out on bail.


- Founder of Persian Blog Mehdi Botourabi has been released on bail.


- Ghazvin Intl Uni student activist Farhad Fathi has been arrested.


- At the urging of his family & lawyer, Kurdish pol prisoner Habiolah Golparipour has broken his hunger strike.


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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

News Update - June 01, 2010

Petitions:

Save Habibollah Golparipour from Death!


Investigation into crimes committed by Ali Khamenei


Isa (Issa) Saharkhiz: Request for his release from Evin Prison Iran


News Links


The thugs attack Saba Vasefi's house, her whereabouts are unknown (Farsi)


Arrest of six Kurdish students in Sanadaj/attempts to arrest Farzad Kangar’s nephew
(English and Farsi)


Iranian Teacher Activist Says Beaten In Prison


Reporter Gets Jail Time In Iran For Gay-Looking Ahmadinejad Picture


Bassidj taking film of Students during protest in ELO SANAT university


Men of Violence — Perpetrators of the Post Election Crackdown


Iran Bars Music in Private Schools, May Impose University Code


Hamed Rouhinejad Transferred to New Ward


Human Rights Abuses Inside the Mojahedin Khalq Camps


Close-Up: Students commemorate Kianoush Asa's death


Iran arrests two reporters ahead of poll anniversary


HBO documentary For Neda debuts June 14


Zahra Shams Released


Mohammad Sadegh Javadi-Hesar Released after 5 Months


PhD Student Ali Arshadi Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison


Bail Order Issued for Mehdi Boutorabi’s Release


Dozens Summoned at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences


More Iranian newspapers shut down


From Twitter


- Kurdish civil activist Ziba Bakhtiyari, Jalal Azrang & Kaveh Hasanpour went on trial Tues charged working with anti-establisment group.


- Ahmad Mohamad Niya former member of Islamic Society of Babol Anoushiravan Uni has been arrested.


- Bahai Pejman Roshankouhi was arrested in a raid of his home May 26 in Sary(N.IR). Family has had no news since.


- This is journalist Mahboubeh Khansari arrested middle of the night in raid of her home.


- Large number of Shiraz U Med School students have been summoned by disciplinary office, mostly those with history of protest.


- Journalist Mohamad Sadegh Javadi-Hesar arrested Jan 1 has been released on bail.


- Maryam Akbari Monfared arrested on Ashura has been sentenced to 15 yrs in Rejaishah prison.


- Maryam, a homemaker with 3 children, the younger of which is 5 yrs old is charged with Moharebeh.


- Maryam was convicted of Moharebeh for connection with MKO, a charge that she has repeatedly denied.


- Maryam arrested Jan 31. Her detention is illegal since her temporary detention order was never renewed.


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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

News Update - May 31, 2010

News Links

Habibollah Golparipour unconscious as a result of hunger strike


Mousavi & Karroubi jointly request authorization for 12 June demonstration


Detailed list and info of ward 350 prisoners (Farsi)


Iran opposition asks for anniversary rally permit


Khamenei's brother, Hadi: Regime extremists are diverting the revolution (Farsi)



Police stuff three suspects into car trunks


Iranian ambassador: No deal on US hikers


Jafari’s View on the “Fateful Month” - Revolutionary Guards Is a Security-Political Institution


Post Election Detainees Eligible for Amnesty if They Repent


Adnan Hasanpour’s Sentence Reduced to 15 Years in Prison


Hashem Khaster’s Condition Ignored by Vakilabad Prison Officials


From Twitter


- Journalist Mahboubeh Khansari (F) was arrested after midnight last night.


- Journalist Azam Vaysimeh (F) was arrested in the middle of the night last night.


- Court of Appeals has upheld the 3 1/2 yrs in prison & 50 lashes sentence of Mohamad Nourizad.


- Mohamad Nourizad, being punished for writing 3 letters criticizing Khamenei.


- Habibollah: "I know that I will be executed soon, therefore I will end my own life in order to shame you, even after my death".


- Daneshpour-Moghadam family were accused of being members of MKO, a charge that they all deny.


- The family of Daneshpour-Moghadamd seem to have been targeted because they do have a son in Ashraf camp.


- Mohsen's wife Motahareh Bahrami initially sentenced to death but Appeals Court overturned the sentence.


- Mohsen did not know status of his arrested family for 65 days & was finally allowed to see his family for Norooz.


- Mohsen is almost 70 y/o, did not have access to a lawyer, his son was beaten badly in front of him.


- Mohsen Daneshpour-Moghadam & his son Ahmad both arrested Ashura & both are sentenced to death.


- More than 40 Beheshti Uni students have been handed down disciplinary action.


- Rasoul Badaghi severely beaten & abused in Rajai Shahr prison.


- Appeals Court has reduced sentence of Omid Shaifi Dana from 6 to 3 yrs in prison but upheld the monetary fine.


- Dr. Sara Tavasoli has been sentenced to 6 yrs & 74 lashes. She spent 50 days in Evin 209 & is out on bail.


- Dr.Tavasoli received this harsh sentence for participating in Ashura protest & being at Mousavi nephew's home after his assassination.


- Dr. Tavasoli's farther is Mohamad Tavasoli Chair of political office of the Freedom Movement of Iran.


- Dr. Tavasoli's husband Farid Taheri is still in detained in Evin 350.


- Good News: Lawyer Mohamad Mostafai reports his client Zaynab Sadeghzadeh has been cleared of Moharebeh charges.


- Zaynab Sadeghzadeh is married to Amir Reza Arefi who was convicted of Moharebeh.


- Zaynab arrested last march & charged with Moharebeh for being the wife of Amir Reza Arefi.


- Amir Reza Arefi's case is connected with the executed political prisoners Arash Rahmanipour & Ali Zamanian.


- Majid Tavakoli has issued a statement thanking all everyone who supported him during his hunger strike.


Misc. Sources


- Dr. Sara Tavasoli was sentenced to 6 years in prison and 74 lashings for attending the demonstrations on Ashura and expressing condolences towards martyr Mousavi's family.


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