Sohrab Razaghi, head of the ngo Koneshgaran is October 24 arrested and transported to an unknown location.
Neither the reason for his detention nor the charges against him are clear at this point.
Officials have told Razaghi's family to follow up his case with the country's Islamic Revolutionary Court, which generally targets individuals suspected of acting against the country's leadership.
Sohrab Razaghi was professor of political science at Tehran's Allameh Tabatabai University before the presidency of Ahmadinejad.
October 14 is already another prominent rights activist, Emad Baghi arrested.
Shirin Ebadi Nobel Prize Winner, human rightslawyer and head of the Tehran-based Center of Human Rights Defenders, told that Baghi's arrest is the latest sign of mounting government pressure on civil society.
The new sanctions against Iran made by USA have the targets:
_ The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
_ Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics
_ Quds Force
Bank Saderat,
Bank Melli,
Bank Mellat,
These banks are used for financing terroristic organizations, the IGRC or nuclear facilities.
Khatam al-Anbya Construction Headquarters:
Oriental Oil Kish:
Ghorb Nooh
Sahel Consultant Engineering
Ghorb-e Karbala
Sepasad Engineering Co.
Omran Sahel
Hara Company
Gharargahe Sazandegi Ghaem
All these companies support or are a branch of IGRC or Qod Forces.
Gen. Hosein Salimi: Commander of the Air Force, IRGC
Brig. Gen. Morteza Rezaie: Deputy Commander of the IRGC
Vice Adm. Ali Akhbar Ahmadian: Chief of the IRGC Joint Staff
Brig. Gen. Mohammad Hejazi: Commander of the Bassij resistance force
Brig. Gen. Qasem Soleimani: Commander of the Quds Force
Ahmad Vahid Dastjerdi, head of Aerospace Industry Organization
Reza-Gholi Esmaeli, head of the Trade & International Affairs Dept., AIO
Bahmanyar Morteza Bahmanyar, head of the Finance & Budget Department, AIO
In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.
Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
Poster amnesty.nl
Friday, October 26, 2007
Iran: pressure
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