News from Iran – Week 15 – 2014

Prisoners’ News

A-Transfers

• Hasan Javani transferred to solitary in Bandar Abbas prison.
• Mohammad Seifzadeh transferred to Tehran Heart hospital.

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Meyad Ahmadi arrested in Sanandaj.
• Mahmoud Bagheri is back to prison at the end of furlough.
• Rahman Ghahremanpour-Bonab is back to prison at the end of furlough.
• Ghazab Golparipour, brother of executed Kurdish prisoner Habibollah Golparipour, arrested in Sanandaj.
• Shahoo Heidari, arrested in Sanandaj.
• Nader Jani is back to prison at the end of furlough.
• Hamid Kerbasi is back to prison at the end of furlough.
• Nasour Naghipour is back to prison at the end of furlough.

C-Liberations

• Reza Malek (Malekian) released at the end of his sentence.

D-Other News

• Mahmoud Fazli, Azeri civil activist, begins hunger strike at Central Prison of Tabriz.

News of injustice in Iran

• Blogger Vahid Asghari prevented from attending his trial.
• Mohammad Karimi, Kurdish workers’ rights activist, sentenced to 2 years in prison
• Jamal Minashiri, Kurdish workers’ rights activist, sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.
• Ebrahim and Ghasem Mostafapour, Kurdish workers’ rights activists, sentenced to 2 years in prison
• Mohsen Rahmani, political activist and student, sentenced to 7 years in prison.
• Hadi Tavanmand, Kurdish workers’ rights activist, sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.
• One hanging in Ardabil on Tuesday.

University – Culture

• Cheshmeh Publications banned under Ahmadinejad resumes activity after more than 2 years.
• 10,500 students left Iran in one year.
• ‘Sugarland’ and ‘Adventures of Mirzabalad’ grab best film award at Irish animated film festival.
• Maziar Maleki, Baha’i student, expelled from Birjand University.

Protests

• Two hundred workers from the Zagros Steel Factory gathered in front of the ministry of labour in Qaravah in Kurdistan Province to protest the closure of their factory.
• Basij protest in front of Embassy of Greece in Tehran condemning EU resolution on Iran.

Iran abroad

• Spain arrests four accused of attempting to export equipment to Iran.
• IRCG claims arrests of several ‘spies’ at the border between Iraq and Khuzestan.
• Iran’s choice for UN post denied access to the USA.
• Rouhani and supreme leader meet Azerbaijan president.

Iran Economics

• 9-month delay in paying the salaries of 127 workers of Rasht Nopoush factory.

Miscellaneous

• Iranian athlete wins gold medal at IPC Powerlifting Championships.
• Massoumeh Ebtekar injured in a car crash on Wednesday.

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