Iran: bread and circuses

Fortieth day of mourning ceremony for the victims in Ahwaz was raided by security forces with batons and they used pepper gas to attack the crowd.
Hundreds of people gathered for a peaceful march were dispersed. At least 10 people were arrested.
Also, a number of young people were detained as soon as they got out of their cars or taxis.
A number of those detained were transferred to the security detention station in the city of Padad Shahr.
source: ihrv.org


July 27th has Alireza Davoudi, an expelled student of Isfahan university, died.
February 12 he was arrested and April 26th he was released after paying a bond of $100.000.
During his incarceration, he was subjected to psychological pressures by Intelligence investigators and a month ago he was admitted to the hospital with severe depression.
According to the medical staff he died of a heartattack.
source: ihrv.org

The commander of security forces in Tehran, Azizullah Rajabzadeh, said that last Thursday fifty people were detained during gatherings held in Behesht Zahra Cemetery as well as in the Mosala section.
source: ihrv.org


July 31st, six plainclothed officials searched the residence of Ali Kantori, a leftish student and they took away his brother Abolfazel Kantori to an undisclosed location and confiscated some personal effects.
They did not identify themselves and follow-ups by the Kantori family have not been successful and as well the Intelligence Ministry as security forces in the city of Ghazvin have denied any knowledge of him.
Ali Kantori was arrested during the mass arrest of students in 2007, and he spent five months in Evin and Ghezel Hesar prisons.
His third court session will be held in mid-August.
source: ihrv.org



Mehrnews reports that MP Hamid-Reza Katouzian said that a number of prisoners who were arrested in the post-election unrest died due to the beatings they received at the Kahrizak detention center.
He told reporters that no information about the incident has been provided to the parliament and the culprits should be punished.
Kahrizak prison has been closed by Ali Khamenei last week for "not meeting the standards".
Katouzian also says that national Police Chief Esmaeil Ahmadi Moqadam, is direct responsible. The police commander receives reports regularly and on a daily basis.
When asked, the policecommander said that a number of detainees who were released from the detention center and died soon afterwards, did die of a disease.
Sunday he told some reporters that it is not clear yet whether the prisoners caught the disease inside or outside the prison.
He said that 3 policemen who beat detainees have been jailed as well.
Another MP, Ali Motahhari has called for the national police to identify by name the police officers who violated the law and emphasized that the issue should be dealt with in a transparent manner.
source: mehrnews.com



Mehdi Karroubi wrote a letter to Rafsanjani, asking to investigate the rape of arrested people.
In his letter he writes that both male and female detainees had been raped, with some suffering serious injuries.
He also wrote that even if one account is true, it would be a tragedy for the Islamic Republic… and it would whitewash the sins of many dictatorships, including that of the deposed Shah.
source: BBC

In Tehran and different other cities there is a variety of programs and concerts in August, approaching the ramadan .
Singer Hesameddin Seraj will perform in Isfahan, August 12 and 13.
American based Iranian artist Lily Afshar will perform in the Iranian Artists Forum 19 and 20 August.
A childrens musical is hold in Vahdat Hal in Tehran.
Exclusively for women, Orkideh Hajivand will perform from August 12 to 14. The performances will contain some old classic songs plus several new pop songs.
Also in Vahdat Hal, the Mehr Band will play Iranian traditional music.
For Pop and rock fans Reza Yazdani will play at the Arikeh Iranian Complex where he performs new hits on August 13.
Ehsan Khajeh-Amiri has performances on 12 and 13 August on Kish Island.
source: mehrnews.com



Green Brief has still not been published, due to internet problems.





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