News from Iran – Week 20 – 2014

Prisoners’ News

Transfers

• Arjang Davoudi refuses to appear in court; he is transferred to Evin 240 solitary and then to Bandar Abbas.
• Mehdi Dolati-Darabad transferred to Evin 7.
• Hamid Manafi-Nazerloo, Azeri activist, transferred from Evin to an unknown location.
• Amanollah Mostaghim transferred to hospital.
• Seyyed Zia  Nabavi transferred to Semnan prison.
• Seyyed Davood Rahimi transferred back from hospital to Evin240.
• Hassan Tafah transferred to hospital.

 

B-Arrests-Detentions

• Fazel Choupani, Kurdish teacher, arrested in Baneh.
• Ebrahim and Hatam Daheimi, Arab political activists, arrested.
• Setareh Davari, student activist, arrested.
• Elham Farahani (Naeemi), Baha’i, arrested to serve her 4 years sentence.
• Ahmad Karimi, Sunni activist, arrested in Saghez.
• Serajedin Mir-Damadi, journalist and political activist, arrested.
• Adel Mojarad, Sunni activist, arrested in Saghez.
• Shamim Naeemi, Baha’i, arrested to serve his 3 years sentence.
• Naser Zarei, Sunni activist, arrested in Saghez.

 

C-Liberations

• Kaveh Darolshafaei freed from Evin.
• Hossein Farzin on 3 days furlough from Vakilabad prison.
• Ali Kheirjoo freed from Ardebil prison.
• Mohammad Mirzaei freed from Vakil Abad prison after 5.5 years.
• Behnam Sheikhi, Azeri activist, temporarily released from Evin.

 

D-Other News

• Mothers of Khavaran receive Gwangju Prize for Human Rights.

 

News of injustice in Iran

• Mohammad Mataji political activist, sentenced to 1.5 years in prison.
• Tofigh Megtaeezadeh, newly converted to sunni islam, sentenced by appeals to 1 year in prison.
• Hamed, Heidar and Jafar Sayahi, newly converted to sunni islam, sentenced by appeals to 1 year in prison.
• One woman executed in Rejaei Shahr on Saturday.
• 2 executions in Zahedan on Saturday.
• 11 executions in Ghezel Hesar on Sunday.
• 9 executions in Karoun prison on Monday.
• 4 hangings in Urmia on Tuesday.
• One hanging in Semnan on Thursday.

 

University – Culture

• A concert in Yazd is raided by extremists.
• Author Marina Nemat wins Geneva Human Rights prize.

 

Protests

• 8 days protest for cement workers in Dashtestan.

 

Iran abroad

• Pakistani PM is in Tehran to visit Rouhani.
• Saudi Arabia invites Zarif to visit Riyadh.
• Zarif meets Austrian president.

 

Iran Economics

• More than 6,000 workers in Qazvin Province have not been paid for 62 months.

 

Iran Politics

• House of Ebrahim Yazdi Secretary General of Iran Freedom Movement raided.
• Justice Minister rejects the committee investigating the Black Thursday in Evin prison.
• Workers’ Union Representative of “Iran Sharq” Hassan Touzanjbani fired.
• Fourth woman appointed as Qeshm Island Governor.
• Some PJAK members form a new Kurdish party KOVAR and announce that they are ready to speak to Islamic regime.

 

Miscellaneous

• Basij commander says satellite dishes on roofs prevent angels from descending into houses.
• Seven death row prisoners spared of hanging in Zanjan by victim’s parents.
• Khorramabad is among 20 most polluted cities in the world.

 

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