Iran: hungerstrike

USA blacklisted an important a portoperator and the Iranian national airline Iran Air .
According to USA these are being used to aid Irans efforts to develop weapons.
These sanctions prohibit U.S. entities from any transactions with Tidewater Middle East Company, which operates seven port facilities in Iran, and Iran Air, which serves 35 international and 25 domestic destinations with a fleet of about 40 aircrafts.
source: rferl.org




According to letters, written by political prisoners and published on various oppositional websites, political prisoners got raped by criminals on a regular base and even condoms are handed out.
In a letter, published by oppositional website Kaleme Mehdi Mahmoudian, member of Irans Participation Front,who is since the elections 2009 detained in Rajaei Shahrprison, rape in prison is common. Mahmoudian writes that a young political prisoner has been raped seven times at one night.
Mahmoudian has been transferred to a solitary confinement after his letter attracted attention.
source: guardian.co.uk

The hungerstrike to protest the killings of Hoda Saber and Haleh Sahabi spreaded from Evin prison to Rajaei Shahr prison.
It is reported that Abdollah Momeni and Abolfazl Ghadyani were transported to a hospital.
The hungerstrikers in Evinprison are: Emad Bahavar, Ghorban Behzadian Nejad, Bahman Ahmadi Amouie, Abdollah Momeni, Hassan Asadi Zeidabadi, Amir Khosrow Dalirsani, Abolfazl Ghadyani, Feizollah Arabsorkhi, Mohammad Reza Moghiseh, Mohammad Davari, Mohsen Aminzadeh, and Mehdi Eghbal.

Hierbij hebben zich Keyvan Samimi, Isa Saharkhiz, Masoud Bastani, Ali Ajami, Jafar Eghdami and Heshmatollah Tabarzadi gevoegd.
source: iranhr.net, en.irangreenvoice.com

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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