Glistener: News from Iran – Week 18

Prisoners’ News

Transfers

Mostafa Abdi transferred back to Evin 350.
Mehrdad Ahan-Khah transferred back to Evin 350.
Soheil Arabi transferred back to Evin 350.
Asadollah and Majid Asadi transferred back to Evin 350.
Ali Asgari transferred back to Evin 350.
Omid Behrouzi transferred to Evin clinic, he begins a dry hunger strike.
Yashar Darolshafaei transferred back to Evin 350; he is on hunger strike.
Mohammad Davari transferred back to Evin 350.
Houtan Dolati transferred back to Evin 350.
Farshid Fatehi transferred to hospital in emergency after raid against ward 350.
Amir Ghaziani transferred back to Evin 350.
Asadollah Hadi transferred back to Evin 350.
Reza (Arash) Hampaei transferred back to Evin 350.
Adnan Hasanpour, Kurdish journalist, transferred to Marivan prison.
Davar Hosseini-Vojdan transferred back to Evin 350; he is on hunger strike.
Mohammad-Sedigh Kaboudvand transferred back to Evin 350 and then to Evin clinic.
Seyed Mehdi Khodaei transferred back to Evin 350.
Amir Rezazadeh transferred back to Evin 350.
Mostafa Rismanbaf transferred back to Evin 350.
Soroush Sabet transferred back to Evin 350.
Seyyed Mohammad Seifzadeh back to Rejaei Shahr despite doctors’ recommendations.
Abdol-Fatah Soltani transferred back to Evin 350.
Shahrokh Zamani transferred to Rejaei Shahr clinic.
Omid Zareinejad, on hunger strike, transferred to Evin 290.

B-Arrests-Detentions

Ahmad Afravi arrested in Ahvaz to serve his 1 year sentence.
Ayoub Ahmadi arrested in Ahvaz to serve his 1 year sentence.
Maryam Asadi, newly converted Christian, arrested in Tehran.
Abdolrahim Chaneh, Kurdish Sunni, arrested in Mahabad.
Kaveh Darolshafaei arrested.
Namegh Deldel, Kurdish Sunni Muslim, arrested in Bokan.
Ghazi Hendali-Farahani arrested in Ahvaz to serve his 1 year sentence.
Behzad Forouzesh arrested in Tehran to serve his 5 years sentence.
Jafar Ghafouri sunni activist, arrested in Mahabad.
Abdolreza (Abdolwahab)and NaserJalali arrested in Ahvaz to serve his 1 year sentence.
Masoud Javadi, Kurdish Sunni Muslim, arrested in Bokan.
Saeed Khezri-Hamadi arrested in Ahvaz to serve his 1 year sentence.
Jamal Hezbavi arrested in Ahvaz to serve his 1 year sentence.
Hamid Khanfari-Betrani arrested in Ahvaz to serve his 1 year sentence.
Hashem Khoobiari arrested at home in Téhran.
Amin Mazloumi, newly converted Christian, arrested in Tehran.
Mohammad Mohammadi, Kurdish Sunni Muslim, arrested in Bokan.
Seyed Jafar Mousavi arrested in Ahvaz to serve his 1 year sentence.
Seyed Ahmad Nazari arrested in Ahvaz to serve his 1 year sentence.
Hossein Nouraninejad journalist, arrested in Tehran.
Milad Pourissa, student of Tehran University, arrested in front of President Office during protest against Black Thursday.
Ebrahim Rasouli, Kurdish Sunni Muslim, arrested in Bokan.
Ali-Askar Ravanbakhsh arrested in Ahvaz to serve his 1 year sentence.
Mahmoud Rasoulizadeh, Kurdish Sunni Muslim, arrested in Bokan.
Nada Sabouri, student of Tehran University, arrested in front of President office during protest against Black Thursday.
Ehsan Sadeghi, newly converted Christian, arrested in Tehran.
Mohammad Safa, arrested in front of President office.
Vahid Safi, newly converted Christian, arrested in Tehran.
Sohrab Salehin, student of Tehran University, arrested in front of President Office during protest against Black Thursday.
Khalaf Zeibidi arrested in Ahvaz to serve his 1 year sentence.

C-Liberations

Kurdish workers’ rights activist Pedram Nasrollahi freed at the end of his sentence.

D-Other News

Akbar Amini on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Hasan Asadi-Zeidabadi on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Emad Bahavar on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Masoud Bastani on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Ghorban-Ali Behzadiannejad on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Amin Chalaki on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Jafar Eghdami on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Reza Entesari on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Amir Eslami on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Seyyed Mehdi Khodaei on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Saeed Madani on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Mehdi Mahmoudian on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Hamid Manafi-Nazerloo on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Mohsen Mir-Damadi on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Ali Moradi on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Mostafa Nili on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Masoud Pedram on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Mohammad-Sadegh Rabani-Amleshi on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Saeed Razavi-Faghih on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Alireza Rejaei on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Mohammad-Hossein Rezaei on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Hossein Ronaghi-Maleki on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Reza Shahabi on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Kamal Sharifi on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Afshin Sohrabzadeh on hunger strike to protest raid against Evin 350 and denial of authorities.
Shahrokh Zamani ends his hunger strike.

News of injustice in Iran

Fariba Ashtari, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 3 years + 1 year suspended.
Farah Baghi, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 2 years + 1 year suspended.
Fariborz Baghi, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 3 years + 1 year suspended.
Hossein and Salaheldin Chabishat, Ahvaz activists, sentenced to 6 months in prison
Habib and Karim Chayan, Ahvaz activists, sentenced to 6 months in prison.
Khosro Dehghani, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 4 years + 1 year suspended.
Shahram Eshraghi, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 4 years + 1 year suspended.
Mehran Eslami, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 2 years + 1 year suspended.
Shahram Falah, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 4 years + 1 year suspended.
Naghmeh Farabi, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 2 years + 1 year suspended.
Saba Golshan, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 5 years + 1 year suspended.
Navid Haghighi, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 4 years + 1 year suspended.
Sasan Haghiri, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 2 years + 1 year suspended.
Farahnaz Misaghian, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 2 years + 1 year suspended.
Azam Motahari, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 2 years + 1 year suspended.
Shabnam Motahed, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 3 years + 1 year suspended.
Nategh Naeemi, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 3 years + 1 year suspended.
Sohrab Naghipour, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 2 years + 1 year suspended.
Vida Parvini, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 3 years + 1 year suspended.
Azar Pourkhorsand, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 2 years + 1 year suspended.
Iman Rashidi, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 4 years + 1 year suspended.
Taher Rouhani, Baha’i, sentenced by Appeals to 2 years + 1 year suspended.
Habib Silaveh, Ahvaz activist, sentenced to 6 months in prison.
One hanging in Zahedan on Saturday.
3 hangings in Mashhad on Monday.
5 hangings in Rejaei Shahr on Tuesday.
One hanging in Sari on Thursday.
One hanging in Sanandaj on Thursday.
8 hangings in Kermanshah prison on Friday.

University – Culture

Short movie “The Night the Earth Stopped” to go on screen at 67th Cannes Film Festival.
Kowsar Bagherzadeh, PhD student of Medicinal Chemistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, wins poster award in Spain.
Dropbox is blocked in Iran.

Protests

Residents of Shahrekord city protest transfer of water from Zayandeh-Rud River, a key water basin in central Iran.
Families of political prisoners of Evin gathered in front of prosecutor office on Saturday and in front of Parliament on Sunday; MP Mottahari joins the Sunday protest.
Workers in Ahvaz protest unpaid wages.
Elm o Sanat University students protested against violent incidents in Evin.

Iran abroad

A sky-scrapper in New York belonging to an Iranian foundation is seized; Iran protests.
Iran FM Zarif meets Russian counterpart Lavrov on the sideline of meeting of Caspian Sea littoral states in Moscow.
Iran releases South Korean jailed on spying charges.
Iran won seats on 5 UN Economic and Social Council subcommittees, including the Commission on the Status of Women.

Iran Economics

Thread Factory in Alvand lays off 45 workers.
New price of gasoline 1,000 toman, up from 700. Monthly ration now 700 toman, up from 400.

Iran Politics

The head of Bureau of Prisons and the head of Evin prison have been summoned by the Parliament to explain the events of Ward 350.
Prison chief fired after reported disturbance in ward no. 350 of Evin prison.
Violent incident in Evin prison will be investigated by a special group and its conclusion will be published.
Ali Asghar Jahangir named new head of Iranian prisons.

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