Iran: fates

The newspaper Kayhan reports that November 15 a man is hanged in public on Velayatsquare in the city of Ghaemshahr.
The man, A. B. 24 was sentenced to death in 2007 for the rape of a woman.
source: iranhr.net



The Feminist School writes about woman's rights activists who still are detained.
Hangameh Shahidi has been released after months and the November 4th arrested Vahideh Molavi, Raheleh Asgarizadeh and Somayeh Rashidi are released on third party guaranty.
Journalist Negar Sayeh who was arrested early November is still held in solitary.
She was allowed a phonecall with her family.
Her husband Saeed Qoreyshi, Ashkan Mojallali , Mohamed Hussein Khorvash and Mojtaba Hussein khani who were arrested at Komail Prayers, are transferred to ward 209 of Evinprison after two weeks.
Mahdiyeh Minavi and Mahboubeh Haghighi, two members of the Islamic Iran Participation Front,were arrested October 22 at the Komail Prayers along with 60 other people, most of them were released.
Azar Mansouri, political deputy of Participation Front, who was arrested August 22, was transferred to a general ward after 50 days of isolation.
Kobra Zhaghedoust and her husband Mostafa Eskandari who were arrested July 31st at Behesht e Zahra cemetery, were not allowed to contact their family since then. They both are not politically engaged and did not participate in the demonstrations.
Atefeh Nabavi was arrested June 15th along with 7 others.
Journalist Nafise Zare Kohan, was arrested November 4th, together with her husband , Hojat Sharifi, and although they were allowed to make a phonecall home, they did not know their location.
All visiting rights and telephonepermits in the woman's ward are revoked because the women refused to take part in the forced fresh air break at 6 in the morning when they are sick.
Shabnam Madadzadeh,member of the Islamic Association and deputy secretary general of Tahkim Vahdat was arrested February 22, together with her brother Farzad Madadzadeh.
In Semnan is Tayebeh Nabavi sentenced to 3 years in prion with one year suspended sentence.
Monireh Rabiee who was summoned October 7th in the Revolutionary Court is arrested and in solitary in Evin prison.
Zahra Jabbari was arrested on Qods Day, September 18, and is in Evinprison since.
Journaliste Fariba Pajooh is detained for more than 80 days and is under great psychological pressure. She is not allowed to contact her family and is interrogated harshly.
source: payvand.com

A petition to release womens rightsactivists is here.


Ramin Pourandarjani 26, who worked as a doctor in Kahrizakprison instead of mandatory military service, was found dead in his room in a building which is affiliated with Tehran police.
As cause of death was a stroke announced, but his family was not allowed to perform autopsy on his body and the funeral was held under a heavy security presence.
Pourandarjani visited as a doctor prisoners in Kahrizak, under which Mohsen Rouholamini t whose death lead to investigation and the closure of Kahrizak.
Pourandarjani was arrested and forced to report Rouholamini’s cause of death as meningitis despite forensics had determined the cause of death as heavy blows to the head area.
Finally he was released, short before he died he told his friends about the terrible things he witnessed and said repeatedly he feared for his life.
source: english.mowjcamp.com



November 11, a courtsession started for 48 arrested from Shiraz.
All were released on bailbond except for the students Saeed Rezaei, Ahmad Aref, Khayber Safarpour, Ayoub Pourfathi, Ehsan Poursultan and Abu Alharari,who are imprisoned in Adelabad prison in Shiraz.
Kazem Rezaei, also a student went on hungerstrike, initially he was also in Adelabadprison, but later he was transferred to block 100 of the Ministry of Information.
The courtsession is postponed to next Sunday.
source: iranhr.net



In Mianeh is an article written by Behzad Yaghmaian about the Green Movement Spreading Despite Crackdown.

Green brief

Enduring America




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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