Iran: common

Fars newsagency reported that the Revolutionary Guards killed 26 Kurdish members of the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) and other groups.
This happened in an operation to clean up the West Azerbaijan and Kurdistan provinces.
There was no mention of when the killings took place.
source: en.trend.az



Arash Sadeghi , member of Young Wing of Islamic Iran's Cooperative Party, and active member of Mir Husayn Mousavi's electionscampaign is 44 days ago arrested.
Since his arrest his condition and location are unknown.
There is a possibility that he was transferred to Kahrizak.
Despite the closure of this prison the whereabouts of those arrested and kept at Kahrizak prior to its closing remain unknown.
source: hra-iran.net



August 17 augustus are in the city of Ahvaz political activists Pejman Rahimi and Mohammad Esmail Vandi arrested.After their arrest they are transferred to an undisclosed location.
Despite follow-ups by the families, no further information is available.
source: hra-iran.net



Human rights activist and a member of the School Teachers Union Jafar Ebrahimi-Azandaryani has been transferred 3 weeks ago to ward 209 of Evinprison. He has anxiety attacks, difficulty breathing and is not able to move his right leg.
The warden has refused him medical treatment as he believes anxiety attacks is common in prison.
He has been detained without arraignment.
source: hra-iran.net


The speaker of parliament , Ali Larijani has agreed to meet Mehdi Karroubi.
July 29 reported Karroubi in a letter to Rafsanjani about torture and rape in prisons. August 12 Larijani said that the claims that detainees were raped or sexual abused were “totally baseless”, he later said that 100 charges had been examined before he made the remarks.
19 August Karroubi said he had documentation to support his allegations and that he wanted a meeting with president Ahmadinejad, Ali Larijani, EC Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani,the new judiciary head Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani, and head prosecutor Ayatollah Qorban-Ali Dori-NajafabadLarijani.
source: tehrantimes.com



Time writes an article about Mehdi Karroubis growing role in the challenge of Irans government.
Since the presidential election he is more and more confronting the government.
source: time.com





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In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
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