Glistener: News from Iran – Week 41

Prisoner News

Transfers

Sajad Beit-Abdollah, from Shush, sentenced to 15 years in prison in exile, transferred to Gorgan prison.
Ahmad Dabat, from Shush, sentenced to 20 years in prison in exile, transferred to Rasht prison.
Ahmad Kaabi (Zaghibi) from Shush, sentenced to 15 years in prison in exile, transferred to Kerman prison.
Jafar Kaabi, from Shush, sentenced to 15 years in prison in exile, transferred to Yazd prison.
Ali (Jajeh) Kanani, from Shush, sentenced to 20 years in prison in exile, transferred to Sari prison.
Yousef Khazaraji, from Shush, sentenced to 10 years in prison in exile, transferred to Shiraz prison.
Abdollah Momeni transferred to prison infirmary in emergency.
Maryam Naghash-Zargaran (Nasim), Christian convert, transferred from Evin to Modarres hospital.
Hasan Naseri, from Shush, sentenced to 20 years in prison in exile, transferred to Sabzevar prison.
Sunni prisoner Foad Rezazadeh transferred to Evin prison ward 209.
Abbas Sagouri, from Shush, sentenced to 15 years in prison in exile, transferred to Hamedan prison.
Maryam Shafeepour transferred to general ward in Evin.
Arash Sharifi, Sunni prisoner of Rejaei Shahr prison, transferred to Kashan prison.

Arrests-Detentions

Journalist Masoud Bastani back to Rejaei Shahr at the end of furlough.
Baha’i Hassan Bazar Afkan arrested.
Mousavi’s senior adviser Alireza Beheshti Shirazi is back in Evin after 2 weeks out on furlough.
Mostafa Faghihi the managing director of Entekhab site, arrested and sent to Evin for one day then released on bail.
Green Movement activist Dr. Alireza Rajabianfard arrested and taken to Evin to start serving his 3 1/2 years sentence.
Tens of people charged with promoting homosexuality and Satanism arrested in Kermanshah.

Liberations

Journalist Bahman Ahmadi Amouei released on furlough.
Journalist/HR activist Ahmad Asgari has been released on bail after more than 3 months detention most of it in solitary.
Amir Chamani released from prison.
Civil activist Mehdi Hamidi Shafigh has been released from Tabriz central prison.
Political prisoner Mohammad Reza Hosseini released from Bandar Abbas prison.
Student activist Afshin Keshtkari released from Shiraz Adelabad prison after completing his 6 months sentence.
Mohammad-Reza Moghiseh released on furlough.
Mohsen Mohagheghi released on furlough.
Kurdish political prisoner Hamzeh Sobhani has been released from Dizelabad prison in Kermanshah. He had served half of his 6 years sentence.
Mehdi Tajik released on furlough.

Other News

News of injustice in Iran

Dervish Gonabadi Hamid-Reza Arayesh sentenced to exile for life to Khouzestan.
Dervish Gonabadi Kazem Dehghani sentenced to exile for life to Sistan-Baluchestan.
Regime critic blogger Dr. Mehdi Khazali has been sentenced to 6 years imprisonment.
Court of Appeals has sentenced Christian Maryam Naghash Zargaran to 4 years.
Dervish Gonabadi Mohammad-Ali Shamshirzan sentenced to exile for life to Hormozgan.
Morteza Vafaei, Sunni student, sentenced to 21 months in prison.
6 hangings in Yazd central prison.
2 executions in Shahrekord prison.
2 public executions in Babol, carried out by victims’ family member.
3 executions in Ardabil prison.
1 execution in Bandar Abbas prison.
3 executions in Rasht, one publicly.
One public execution in Fars province.

University – Culture

13 students from the Shiraz Medical University summoned by intelligence ministry in the past month.

Protests

Semnan Lining Machine workers protest the delay of 11 month salary.
Death row prisoners’ families gathered in front of revolutionary court in Tehran.

Iran abroad

Iran Economics

More than 100 workers of Shiraz Marvdasht Factory have not received wages since 15 months.
The Central Bank confirmed that the annual inflation rate exceeded 40% on most essential items for August/September. The cost of food and drink rose by 51%, shoes by 60%, and utilities, water, and fuel by 21%. Health care was 43% more expensive and transport 45%. Only communications and education had increases of less than 15%.
2 auto assembly plants, Kerman Motors and Modiran halt production.

Iran Politics

President Rouhani appointed Ms. Shahindokht Mowlaverdi as Vice President and Head of Center for Women and Family Affairs.
Elham Aminzadeh said: “Fifty complaints by Ahmadinejad’s government against some media organizations, members of the parliament, political activists and media activists were annulled.”
Mohammad Hossein Moghimi was appointed governor general of Markazi province, Mohammad Vakili of Semnan provinces, Hasan Sadeghlu of Golestan province and Mohammad Reza Morvarid of Ilam province.
Sorena Sattari has been appointed as vice-president for science and technology.
Rouhani appointed Mohammad Shariatmadari as Vice President for Executive Affairs.

Miscellaneous

Iran: attempt to sabotage a nuclear site, four people arrested.
5 IRGC members killed and 2 injured in clashes with the Kurdish PKK Corps in Kurdistan.

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