Iran: power

Human Rights Activists in Iran

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Alireza Eshraghi is sentenced to five and a half year in prison for insulting
the Leader.
The psychological condition of journalist Hengameh Shahidi is worrying.



Ahmad Zaidabadi, chairman of Iranian Student Organization and a wellknown

journalist is heavily beaten by a team of interrogators in Evin prison.
His most serious charge is composing an open letter to the leader.
His wife tells that they were notified that he did not need a lawyer and when she asked
him he said that he had not made such a statement, and that the authorities have lied.
There was also a change of interrogators and one of the interrogators told him they
were authorized to do anything they wish.
source: ihrv.org



PressTV reports that Sunday 22.936.000 shares (51%)
of Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) have been obtained by Etemad Mobin
consortium.
The consortium is composed of three companies, Mobin Electronics Development Company,
Shahryar Mehestan and Tose'e Etemad Investments.
ILNA describes the consortium as "quasi-governmental".
The TCI was the latest privatization from the government.
The only fully private-sector contender for the shares, Pishgaman Kavir Yazd Cooperative Company,already spent $15 millions on the preparations , before it was disqualified for "safetyreasons", a couple of hours before the bids opened.
source: PressTV

TeleGeography reports that two of three companies of Etemad Mobin are controled by Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) the military elitegroup.
This means that the Iranian telecomcompany is in armyhands.
The managing director of Securities and Exchange Organisation of Iran said that the firm will be required to pay 20% of shares within 30 days to make the deal effective.
source:TeleGeography



Yesterday, on the first day of the new Iranian schoolyear hundreds of students protested against president Ahmadinejad.
Despite massive policeforces, there were no clashes.
The article on Ledeblog of NewYork Times has videos and pictures.




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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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