Iran: further

Iranian statetelevision said in a documentary that Facebook and Twitter are "hidden enemies" of the country used by Western intelligence agencies in order to recruit new members and gather data on individuals.
The site Mardomak has a video of the report here .
source:rferl.org



During the last 24 hrs, the Iranian government has made conflicting reports about the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiari.
According to ISNA the spokesman for the judiciary said that the murder charge has priority to her adultery charge and he emphasized that hanging for murder has priority to her Hadd (stoning for adultery).
The spokesman of the foreign ministry said that a final verdict has not been decided yet on the case of Mrs. Ashtiani.
Last week Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told CNN that Mrs. Ashtiani has never been sentenced to death by stoning.
source: iranhr.net

The blogfather Hossein Derakhshan who is detained since 31 October 2008, is by judge Salavati of Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court sentenced to 19 ½ years in prison and a five year ban from membership in any political group or party and all media activity.
He also has to pay back earned revenue of 30,750.00 Euro, 2,900.00 Dollars and 200.00 Pounds
The charges are collaborating with hostile governments, propaganda against the Islamic Regime, counter-revolutionary propaganda in favor of anti revolution groups, blasphemy, deployment and management of pornography and obscenity.
source: HRHI



Student and secretary of Advar-eh Tahkim (Office for Consolidating Unity), Mehdi Arabshahi, is summoned by the office of the prosecutor in Evinprisond to serve his sentence.
He was arrested during the Ashuraprotests and was detained for 3 months in ward 240.
After he suffered a heartattack he was transferred to a hospital and released against a bail of $200.000.
He is sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison by Judge Pirabbas of the 26th branch of the Revolutionary Court for acting against national security and anti-regime propaganda.
source: HRHI



Gharib Fatemi a resident of a village in Marivan is according to Kurdish Perspective sentenced to 10 years in prison for collaborating with Kurdish groups. He is detained in Marivan Central prison.
The Kurdish painter and director Mokhtar Houshmand is sentenced to 16 years in prison for the alleged crimes of espionage, anti- regime propaganda and collaborating with anti-regime groups.
source: HRHI


According to Population of Combat Against Educational Discrimination is the granddaughter of ne of the 7 detained Baha’i leaders, Leva Khanjani, sentenced to 2 years in prison.
She was detained on January 3 and released on bail March 1.
Her husband, Babak Mobasher, who was detained along with her, was released on bail on March 13th.
source: HRHI

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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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