Iran: silence

Dutch Foreign Minister Verhagen wrote yesterday on Twitter that the arrest of Vahik Abramiyan, pastor with dual Dutch/Iranian citizenship is known, and that the Dutch government and Ambassy are attending the case.

I will closely follow this, and once there is news I will report it.




There is absolute lack of information about the condition of Ehmad Bahavar, political activist and director of the youth branch of Freedom Movement in Iran.
March 13, he was arrested for the 4th time this year..
Since he was not allowed to contact his family or a lawyer.
Also Farid Taheri and Amir-Hossein Kazemi two other members of Freedom Movement are currently held in detention.
source: HRANA


The majority of the factories along the Karaj Jaddeh Ghadim highway have not paid their workers in three or four months.
The workers, a.o. Sannaye Felezi (Metal Industries) protested without success.
They face extremely difficult conditions while coping with high inflation rates and severe economic pressures.
source: persian2english



More then 12 Afghan immigrants are in prison since the June elections.
Most of them work in Tehran as a constructionworker and were just spectators.
Although they were not involved in the demonstrations, they are charged with "acting against national security".
Many of them were observing the protests from sidewalks.
The group Afghan immigrants have not received support by the Afghan government or the embassy of Afghanistan in Iran.
Ten months after their arrest, they still are detained.
source: persian2english




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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.
Poster amnesty.nl