Iran: time

The trial against seven members of the banned Baha’i faith who are detained for more then a year, is August 17th postponed.
ISNA news agency said that the trial was postponed at the request of the defense lawyers.
Sunday, Hadi Esma’ilzadeh one of the defenselawyers, told Reuters that a trial on Tuesday would not have been legal, as not enough time had passed between the announcement of the trial and its start.
source: televisionwashington.com


Yesterday tens of people protested in front of the newspapers office against the closure of National Trust (Etemad Melli), owned by Mehdi Karroubi.
There was a lot of police present and they dispersed the people.
Witnesses say people were arrested.
Green Brief 57 writes that newspapers Aftaabe Yazd and Sarmayeh also are banned.

source: voanews.com source: Green Brief 57



Hamid Hossein Bayg iraqhi 22 has been killed June 20 by plainclothed agents when he was on his way to home.
The family was unaware of his whereabouts, finally the police told them he was dead and they get his body after paying $13.000.
After some followups by the family they got the body for $6000 and he is buried on Behsh Zahra cemetary.
source: hra-iran.net


Amir Mohsen Mohammadi, student journalism on Meybod University in Yazd, and human rights activist ,who was arrested June 14 by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence is released yesterday.
He is to be charged with “inciting to riot”.
He was under heavy psychical pressure and was also beaten and was detained in Isfahan’s Dastger Prison.He was released after paying bail of $150.000.
source: hra-iran.net



President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has so far identified six of the ministers he intends to nominate for his new cabinet.
Hojjatoleslam Heydar Moslehi, Minister of Information.
Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi, Minister of Health.
Fatemeh Ajorlou, a member of parliament, Minister of Social Welfare.
Mohammad Abbasi, Minister of Cooperatives
Ali-Akbar Mehrabian will stay as Minister of Industries.
source: PressTV


Green brief 57






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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