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Journalist Hoda Saber who died on the tenth day of his hungerstrike, is according to a statement of 64 of his fellowprisoners of Ward 350, severely beaten by authorities on the 8th day of his hungerstrike.
Because of complications of his hungerstrike he was transferred to the infirmerie, but instead of receiving treatment he was insulted, beaten and thrown out by officials wearing infirmary personnel uniforms.
According to his cellmates Saber had been healthy, getting regular exercise and reading regularly.
The signatories include: Emadeddin Baghi, Mohammad Seifzadeh, Mohammad Sedigh Kaboodvand, Bahman Ahmadi Amouyi, Abdollah Momeni, Feizollah Arabsorkhi, Mohammad PourAbdollah and Ebrahim Madadi.
The text of the statement can be read here.
source: HRHI


The political prisoner Abdollah Momeni,,spokesman of students organization Advar-e Takim-e Vahdat, was hospitalized twice in the past month for healthcomplications. He suffers cardiac complications and back problems.
Last September Momeni wrote a letter to Khamenei claiming he had undergone “severe torture” and had been forced to sign a false confession.
source: HRHI


Political activist, journalist Farid Salavati been arrested by security agents in Isfahan and brought to an unknown location.
source: HRHI





Mehdi Khazali has written in a blogpost about the silent protest of June 12.
Opposition websites report that many people were arrested.
He describes in his blog how a friend was arrested just because he answered a question via his mobile phone about his whereabouts and said that he was on Vali Assr street. It was noticed that the Bassij arrested mostly goodlooking young girls, without reasons.
source: rferl.org

The IMF says that Iranian government's monetary policies of cutting subsidies has helped cut inflation from 25,4% two year's ago to 12,4% this year.
The IMF said this in a statement after consultation in Iran.
source: rferl.org

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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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