Glistener: News from Iran – Week 49

Prisoners’ News

Arrests-Detentions

Rasoul Abdollahi, Christian convert, transferred to Evin 350 to serve his 3 years sentence.
Reza Ahmadinejad, Webmaster of Aftab News, arrested.
Masoud Ghasemkhani, Facebook activist, arrested and sent to Evin.
Amir Golestani, Facebook activist, arrested and sent to Evin.
Ali-Asghar Honarmand, working for Naranji web site, arrested in Kerman.
Hashem Hossein-Panahi, Kurdish Sunni cleric, summoned to Evin to serve his 3 years sentence.
Roya Irani, Facebook activist, arrested and sent to Evin.
Akbar Jabari arrested because of Facebook comments criticizing nuclear deal.
Fariborz Kardar, Facebook activist, arrested and sent to Evin.
Samad Khatibi, film maker living in the Netherlands, arrested upon his return.
Mohammad-Hossein Mousazadeh, working for Naranji web site, arrested in Kerman.
Maliheh Nakhaei, working for Naranji web site, arrested in Kerman.
Nasim Nikmehr, working for Naranji web site, arrested in Kerman.
Mohammad-Sadegh Rabani-Amleshi is back to Evin at the end of his furlough.
Sara Sajadpour, working for Naranji web site, arrested in Kerman.
Seyed Masoud Seyed Talebi, Facebook activist, arrested and sent to Evin.
Amir Tataloo, underground singer, arrested.
Abbas Vahedi, working for Naranji web site, arrested in Kerman.
Ali-Reza Vaziri, working for Naranji web site, arrested in Kerman.
439 Afghans arrested in 4 months in Kerman.
Over 20 social activists arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

Liberations

Osman Ghadernejad, Kurdish political prisoner, freed before the end of his sentence.
Mohammad-Amin Ghaderzadeh, Kurdish political prisoner, freed before the end of his sentence.
Mohsen Mir-Damadi released on furlough.
Ali and Osman Molanejad, Kurdish political prisoners, freed before the end of their sentence.
Farhad Sabok-Rouh, Christian convert, freed from Ahvaz prison.
Naser Tarighi, Kurdish political prisoner, freed before the end of his sentence.
Naser Zamen-Dezfouli, Christian convert, freed from Ahvaz prison.

Other News

Political prisoner Houtan Dolati on hunger strike to protest against medical negligence.
Narges Mohammadi named Honorary Citizen of Belgium Louvain.
1,800 prisoners of Ghezel Hesar end their hunger strike.

News of injustice in Iran

Ahmad-Reza Ahmadpour sentenced to 100 days in prison for writing to the leader.
Fariba Ashtari, Baha’i, sentenced to 3 years in prison.
Murder file of blogger Sattar Beheshti closed without any charge.
Farzad Ebrahimi Sunni prisoner of conscience, sentenced to execution.
Farzad Honarjoo (Abou-Bakr), Sunni prisoner of conscience, sentenced to execution.
Erfan Majidi, Kurdish political activist, sentenced to 4 years in prison.
Shabnam Motahed, Baha’i, sentenced to 3 years in prison.
Keivan Momeni-Fard, Sunni prisoner of conscience, sentenced to execution.
Iman Rashidi, Baha’i, sentenced to 4 years in prison.
Gharib Sharifzadeh, Kurdish political activist, sentenced to 2 years in prison.
Kamil Sharifzadeh, Kurdish political activist, sentenced to 3 years in prison.
Publicly lashing punishment for a Kurdish citizen in Takab.
One execution in Zahedan.
3 executions in Rasht on Sunday.
2 executions in Bandar Abbas on Sunday.
One hanging in Gachsaran prison.

University – Culture

The Iranian cartoonist Behruz Firouzi has won the first prize at the 17th edition of the international competition Fax for Peace , Fax for Tolerance in Spilimbergo, Italy.
Writers Association of will hold ceremony in memory of Mohammad Pouyandeh and Mokhtari this Friday in Karaj.
Newspapers Neshat and Hammihan will not be published.
Three Sunni students summoned, threatened and banned from education.
Professor Mohammad Kazem Motamednejad dies at 79. He was named Iran’s Father of Communication Studies.

Protests

Dozens of workers protest in Kermanshah.
Iraqi Kurds protest on behalf of Iranian Kurds in Erbil.
Students of Shiraz University of Technology stage protest.

Iran abroad

Javad Zarif visits Kuwait and Oman.
UK chargé d’affaires Ajay Sharma makes 1st visit to Tehran.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki meets Iran’s Supreme Leader.
Iraqi Kurds protest on behalf of Iranian Kurds in Erbil.
Rouhani meets Syrian Prime Minister.

Iran Economics

Stock exchange index reaches new record high, 121% jump since beginning of March 2013.
Medicine imports to Iran rise 40% in month0

Iran Politics

Iran minister of labour revokes huge bonuses unlawfully awarded to directors of Social Security Organization..

Miscellaneous

Bomb neutralized in Abadan-Mahshahr pipeline.
Alireza Razm-Hosseini was appointed as governor-general of Kerman and Abdolmohammad Zahedi as governor-general of Kurdistan.
4 Iranian cities rank in 10 most polluted cities of the world.

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