Glistener: News from Iran – Week 08

Prisoners’ News

A- Transfers

On death row, political prisoner Saman Nasim was transferred from Mahabad prison to Urmia prison.
Human Rights attorney Mohammad Seifzadeh was transferred back to Rejaei Shahr prison after completing treatment at hospital.

B- Arrests/Incarcerations

National Religious activist; Roin Atoufat arrested.
Civil activist Behboud Gholizadeh was arrested by Intel Ministry’s office in Miandoab.
Another journalist, Ehsan Mazandarani, arrested
Nava Naeemi, Baha’i from Esfahan arrested.
Semnan Baha’i, Akbar Pour-Hosseini, summoned, arrested and taken to start his 18 month prison term.
Baha’i Sama Raoufi was arrested by 5 armed Intel agents in Sanandaj.
Ali Shariati begins serving his 8 month sentence in Evin.
300 Gonabadi Dervishes arrested in front of Evin, they had gathered to show support for jailed Dervishes lawyers on Thursday; they were released on the same day.

C-Liberations

Etemad newspaper editor-in-chief Javad Daliri has been released on bail.
After 3 years Mohammad Davari granted prison furlough.
Fatemeh Sagharchi Jamaran site editor/journalist/media activists detained three weeks ago, has been released on 120 million Tomans bail.
Journalist Hossein Yaghchi has been released.

D-Other News

Political prisoner Jafar Afshari in Urmia prison launched a hunger strike and sewed his lips.
Mohammad Reza Pourshajari suffered heart attack in Rajaei Shahr prison.
After 37 days of no news from the Gonabadi Dervishes lawyers imprisoned in solitary, their families were allowed a visit.

News of injustice in Iran

Political prisoner Mostafa Farjam who suffers from amnesia due to torture sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Mostafa Fegheh has been sentenced to 4 years imprisonment on charges of affiliation with a banned Kurdish group.
Student activist Hesam Ghorbani -from Yasouj University- sentenced to flogging (20 lashes) & have to pay a fine.
Student activist, Yashar Piri, sentenced to 3 months in prison and 30 lashes by Tabriz court.
Mohammad Seifzadeh, Human Rights lawyer, was condemned to 6 years in prison.
One man hanged in Sanandaj prison last week.
4 executions in Zahedan prison.
3 executions à la prison d’Arak dimanche.
3 public executions in Shiraz on Sunday.
8 executions in Adeleabd prison in Shiraz on Tuesday.
1 execution on Wednesday.
3 executions in Kermanshah prison on Wednesday.
1 public execution in Arak on Wednesday.
2 executions in Yazd prison on Thursday.

University – Culture

Sepideh Vaziri-Pourhaghighi and Samir Golshan have been expelled from the Kharameh campus of Payam-e Nour University because of their Bahai beliefs.
Noroozi, Iranian photographer, wins awards at World Photo Press.
Jafar Panahi won the Berlin Film Festival prize for the Best Script for “Pardé” (Closed Curtain).

Politics in Iran

Supreme Leader criticizes Iran’s president for first time.
Iranian president proposes new Minister of Communications and Technology.
Maternity leave for Iranian women has risen from 6 to 9 months.
Naeemeh Eshraghi, Ayatollah Khomeini’s granddaughter, sharply criticized house arrest of Mousavi, Karroubi and Rahnavard.
Keyan Market in Ahwaz, which is an important center of commerce for impoverished Arabs, was burned down by Iranian security forces on February 14.

Iran abroad

Intelsat in US and Canada Removes Iranian Channel PressTV.
Nigeria says arrests Iran-linked cell targeting U.S., Israel.
Vice President for International Affairs arrives in Havana.
An Iranian diplomat asks for asylum in Norway.
Spain arrests 3 men for allegedly spying for Iran on regime dissidents seeking asylum.

Miscellaneous