Iran: tied

August 22, 5 agents from the Ministry of Intelligence raided and searched the house of Dr. Mohammad Malaki and arrested him. They also confiscated 80 books a computer and personal papers.
They videotaped the house during their search and when asked for the reason, they replied that they wanted to deliver the tapes to Judge Hadad.
Due to treatment for his advanced prostate condition Dr. Maliki is suffering from the side-effects and spent most of the last three months at home.
source: ihrv.org

June 14 is Kayvan Samimi arrested and was in Evinprison since.
During this time, he has contacted his family twice and been allowed to visit them twice as well.
He is managing editor for the banned magazine called Nameh, executive member of the National Peace Council, head of the Society Supporting Rights to Education, member of the Committee to Pursue Arbitrary Arrests, executive member of the Society in Defense of Freedom of the Press and founder of Political Prisoners Center.
Because he believes his activities are within the limits of the laws prescribed by the constitution, he refuses to comply with the wishes of his captors.As a result he has been tortured and is in solitary confinement.
source: ihrv.org


PressTV writes that Canada asked for the release of Canadian-Iranian reporter Maziar Bahari . Bahari was arrested June and is accused of acting against Iran's national security.
He worked for Newsweek and had connections with the BBC and Britain's Channel 4 news.
source: PressTV



In a speach prior to Fridayprayers president Ahmadinejad has called for a severe punishment for those orchestrating the post-electional unrest.
He also said there was no electoral fraud in June and he called on officials to bring to justice the "architects" of the post-election unrest.
He lashed out at Western countries for interfering in the internal affairs of the country both before and after the election and advised them to compensate for their 'blunders'.
source: PressTV



The blog Revolutionary Road tells the story of a student of Ferdosi Mashhad University who was arrested, tortured and after a week transported to Evin prison, where he was blindfolded interrogated and severely beaten.
He is released after paying $50.000 bail.








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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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