Iran: a week

Youtube shows a video of the voices in Tehran who shout in the dark at night.





source: youtube


BBC video of shootings in Tehran.
Youtube video



Global Voices Online reports that Somayeh Tohidloo, a female reformist blogger is arrested. It seems that her blog is no longer accessible.
Mojtaba Saminejad, human rights activist and blogger in Iran reports that various bloggers are arrested.
Shiva Nazar Ahari, a female blogger and human rightsactivist, Mehesa Amarabadi, female blogger and journalist,Karim Argandehpour,blogger and journalist and Amad Baharvar are arrested. So far there is no information about the charges against them.
source: globalvoicesonline/org.



Payvandshows the English translation of a blogpost(fa) on balatarin.com from a blogger who is going to the rally today.
He writes that he maybe will belong to the people who loose their live today.He tells about things he wants to do, his study which is nearly completed, the farewell he wishes his family and friends.
He writes these sentences for the next generation, so they know that they did everything one could to create a better future for them.
The complete enlish text is here.
source: payvand.com


Human Rights Watch calls on the Iranian government to stop the crackdown against every oppositional activity.
Since the elections June 12, hundreds of people were arrested, among them prominent reformist politicians, intellectuals, students and journalists
Reliable sources report that following June 12 reformist politicians were arrested, including Mohammad Reza Khatami, member of the Central Committee of the the Islamic Iran Participation Front and the brother of former President Mohammad Khatami;
Behzad Nabavi, founding member of the reformist Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Party; Mohsen Mirdamadi, secretary-general of the Islamic Iran Participation Front; Mostafa Tajzadeh, a leading strategist in the Islamic Iran Participation Front and former deputy interior minister; and Shaeed Shariati, a member of the Central Committee of the Islamic Iran Participation Front.
Also Taghi Rahmani, Reza Alijani, and Hoda Saberi were arrested, but were released within 48 hours.
June 16, were Saeed Hajjarian,Mohammad Ali Abtahi,Abdolfattah Soltani arrested.
June 17, Ebrahim Yazd was arrested in the hospital but later returned from Evin prison under guard.
Saeed Laylaz,economist, journalist and critical of Ahmadinejad was arrested June 17, at his home.
Also arrested are Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, and members of Islamic Iran Participation Front,Bagher Oskouiee, Amir Mardani, Mohsen Aminzadeh,Mohammad Atrianfar,Mohammad Tavasoli.
It is also reported that other members of the Karroubi campaign staff have also been arrested in Tehran and Tabriz.
Dozens of other arrests of lesser-known activists, students, and politicians have been reported to Human Rights Watch.
Official media reported that seven people were killed in Tehran.
Basij forces invaded dormitories at Tehran Amir Kabir University on June 14,
There have also been reports of violent attacks in the towns of Shiraz, Isfahan, Tabriz, Bandar Abbas, and Mashhad.
There are reported sightings of armed Basij members attacking people.
There is reported banning of the foreign and domestic media from reporting on unauthorized protests and rallies, intimidating bloggers, and seeking to block websites that have been a vital tool for the opposition movement.
Journalists are not allowed to report on unauthorized opposition protests and rallies without permission from the ministry, which has not been granted.
Two major opposition dailies, Hayat e No and Aftab e Yazd, are banned, stating this was because of their prominent coverage of the peaceful opposition protests.
Mohammad Atryanfar the publisher of a number of opposition newspapers including Hamshary, Shargh, and Shahrvand Emrouz, was detained on June 15 and remains in detention.
source: hrw.org


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