Tuesday, October 5, 2010

News Update - October 04, 2010

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Zahra Rahnavard Condemns Prisoner Exile & Speaks Out for Zia Nabavi


Jewelers continue strike in Tehran


50 Gender Equality Activists Deliver Petition to Iranian Parliament


Mounting Pressure on Political Activists: Seven Members of Freedom Movement Arrested


Appeal by Ayatollah Boroujerdi Read in Geneva to UN Council


Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau - October 04, 2010


Mousavi’s Senior Advisor Released from Prison


Iran insists computer worm was Western plot


Family of Imprisoned Freedom Movement Members Talk to Rooz - Friday Congregational Prayers Threaten Society


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- Mashhad U student Amir Shaybanizadeh summoned to Intel office on Tues where he was arrested.


- 1. Zia Nabavi was exiled to the far away Karoon prison in Ahvaz.


- 2. Zia Nabavi's Father: "I come from a family of simple peasants, rural workers with little to no financial resources."


- 3. Zia Nabavi's Father: " I have worked hard my entire life to earn a honorable, yet simple living for my family."


- 4. Zia Nabavi's Father: " We don't even have the financial resources to visit our son in a far away location such as Ahvaz."


- defected Iranian diplomats said that more than 80% of foreign ministry employees privately support the green movement.


- Labor activist Behnam Ebrahimzadeh arrested 4 months ago, is in solitary, went on hunger strike for 5 days ago.


- Supreme Court has upheld death sentence of Habibollah Golparipour charged with ties banned Kurdish PJAK Group.


- Is he or isn't he going to Qom? According to Jahannews Khamenei is going to Qom & the Marja's can't wait to see him.


- HRA reports that HR attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh may have started a hunger strike. She was arrested a month ago.


- Ahmadinejad met with number of MP's Sunday night trying to smooth things out with the Parliament members.


- Fars article accuses Khatami, Mousavi, Karoubi & Rafsanjani & lists their supposed connections to the west.

Monday, October 4, 2010

News Update - October 03, 2010

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Pressures Continue for Members of Committee of Human Rights Reporters


Ahmadinejad and Rahim Mashaei Directly Responsible for Hossein’s Life | VOA Interviews Friend of ‘Blogfather’


Ahmadinejad calls for US leaders to be 'buried'


Alireza Beheshti was released (Farsi)


Saeed NourMohammadi took his place (Farsi)


Iran sentences Baha'i aide to Nobel laureate to 2 years in jail


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- Nazila Dashti, Motahareh Bahrami, Mahdiyeh Golrou, Fatemeh Rahnama are women political prisoners in Evin.


- Farah Vazehan, Kobra Zaghedoost, Aliyeh Eghdamdoost, Saba Rezvani are women political prisoners in Evin.


- Hengameh Shahidi, Bahareh Hedayat, Parvin Javadzadeh, Sousan Taryanian are women political prisoners in Evin.


- Rayhaneh Hajebrahim Dabagh, Manizheh Safar Elahi, Fatemeh Khoramjoo are women political prisoners in Evin.


- Atefeh Nabavi, Ozrasadat Ghazi Mirsaied, Kefayat Malekmohamadi, Zahra Jabari are women pol prisoners in Evin.


- Mousavi's senior advisor Alireza Beheshti has been released on 500,000 bail.


- Nourmohamadi was sentenced to 1 yr in prison, 4 yrs suspended term & 30 yrs ban from all political activities.


- Participation Front member Saied Nourmohamadi is back in Evin to serve the remainder of his 1 yr sentence.


- Women's ward in Evin has been without running water for 4 days. Water from a tank was being used, tank is empty now.


- Dirty dishes, not being able to flush toilet, no showers, number of new homeless people in the ward. WOMAN'S WARD STINKS.


- A number of women have their infants in prison with them. No water is posing danger of skin infection for the infants.


- Jomhouri Islami newspaper has received a written reprimand for criticizing Judiciary Chief Larijani.


- Number of Tehran U students have been summoned by the Judiciary Branch of the Armed Forces.


- After 3 postponements, Emad Bahavar went on trial today, charged with propagating & actions against national security.


- Mahdiyeh Golroo was threatened & told to stop giving out news of inside Evin happenings.


- Golroo was pressured to repent & declare her support for the regime. She denied. She is sentenced to 2 yrs.


- Golroo was arrested along with her husband Vahid Lalipour in a raid of their home on Dec 3, 2009.


- Jaras reports Tehran Uni student Habib Farahzadi was kidnapped by Plainclothes on Sat as campus security watched.


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Sunday, October 3, 2010

News Update - October 02, 2010

Petitions:

Free Arya Aramnejad


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Iran sentences Baha'i aide to Nobel laureate to 2 years in jail


Iran Arrests 'Spies,' Fights Cyber Attack


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- Jaras reports Tehran Uni student Habib Farahzadi was kidnapped by Plainclothes on Sat as campus security watched.


- Reports are Plainclothes Identifying themselves as Sepah arrested Eshagh Shadbash & his son Sorna.


- Reports are that Shadbash's associate Mehrdad Fatah has also been arrested also.


- Unconfirmed reports of arrests of Gold Bazaar businessmen by Sepah.


- Reformist Safaei Farahani suffered an attack in Evin but took officials about 2 weeks to transfer him to a hospital.


- Former MP Safaei Farahani is still in CCU due to heart condition.


- Saiedeh Montazeri's (Ayatollah Montazeri's daughter) Blog Ghalam Neveshteha has been filtered.


- Eslahat news (nationwide student news site) has been filtered in Iran.


- Mashhad U student Amir Shaybanizadeh summoned to Intel office on Tues where he was arrested.


- Javanonline lashes out at the Islamic Mojahedin (not MKO) for questioning the independence of Judiciary Branch.


- Javanonline (Sepah) is blaming the Sedition Movement for instigating the Gold Bazaar closing.


- Plainclothes entering the home & making arrest of the FM members had no warrant & said they are Basij.


- Members of the Freedom Movement of Iran were arrested under the false pretence of holding illegal FP services.


- Mizan reports order for arresting high rank members of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Esfahan came from Tehran.


- Ahmad Rezai Chair of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan was arrested in Esfahan on Friday.


- Dr. Ghafar Farzdi Chair of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Azarbayjan was arrested in Esfahan on Friday.


- Dr. Ali Asghar Gharavi chair of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Esfahan was arrested on Friday.


- Hashem Sabaghiyan member of the central branch of the Freedom Movement of Iran was arrested in Esfahan.


- Sec Gen of the Freedom Movement of Iran Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi arrested in Esfahan. This is his 3rd arrest since elections.


- Sepah Commander Gen Hamedani: We are aiming to make all of 8,500,000 Tehran population into Basijs.


- Gold bazaar in Tehran continues to be closed. High end watch sellers have joined in & didn't open stores today.


- Khamenei's trip to Qom has been canceled. Apparently not enough high ranking clergies volunteered to meet & greet him.


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