Iran: remorse

The Iranian rial Saturday reached a historical new low against the U.S. dollar.
The rial felt 5% and was trading for 28,400 per dollar, compared to 26,920 on Thursday and 26,400 on Wednesday. There was no clear reason.
source: reuters

Iranian/American computerprogrammer Saeed Malekpour who has been sentenced to death for espionage, has reportedly “expressed remorse and repented”, his lawyer can apply for clemency in his case.
Mehrnews agency reported that the lawyer confirmed that his client’s death sentence has been approved by the Supreme Court.
source: radiozamaneh



President Ahmadinejad said that he is disappointed that his aide had been arrested and he promised to follow up on the matter.
The head of IRNA and chief aide from Ahmadinejad, Ali Akbar Javanfekr, was arrested the same moment Ahmadinejad was giving a speech at the United Nations General Assembly.
source: radiozamaneh

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Iran: more September 29, 2012

Wednesday were in Gheselhesarprison 8 men hanged.
Their names are: (Mehrdad Salimi, Hussin Moradi, Reza Ruzbahani, Jahanshad Geravand, Jafar Haghi, Ali hedayat, Manouchehr Zangane, Asghar Sarlak.Initially they were scheduled to be executed in Evin prison.
The next day, at least six prisoners with charge of drug trafficking were transferred from Ghezelhesar prison and were executed in Evin prison.
source: en-hrana.com

A court in Baku, Azerbaijan sentenced the Azeri Rasim Aliyev, Ali Huseynov en Rauf Abilov of an Iran-linked group to prisonsentences of 8 to 14 years for a plot to kill the head of a Jewish school in the capital, Baku.
source: iranbriefing.com




Iranian newsagency Fars picked up a story from the satirical site The Onion, showing an overwhelming majority of rural white Americans would rather vote for Iranian PresidentAhmadinejad than President Barack Obama.
source freedomessenger.com


Iran's political familiytree

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Iran: more September 28, 2012

Human Rights Watch says that Iranian judiciary should move forward to prosecute former Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi, for the death of protestors after the elections of 2009.
Mortazavi, now head of Social Security Organization in Iran is accused of involvement in the deaths, torture, and arbitrary detention of dozens of protesters and other rights abuses perpetrated over more than 12 years.
source: hrw.org


The wife of civil activist and journalist Saeed Matinpour from province Azerbaijan, said in an interview with International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that she had submitted her husband’s latest request for conditional release and furlough to the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office.
Matinpour was sentenced to 8 years in prison, and has served four years, therefore he can qualify for conditional release.
source: iranhumanrights.org

Imprisoned humanrightsactivist and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh,is nominated this week for the European Union Sakharov Human Rights Prize.This news came just as she has been deprived of in-person visitation because she wrote her defense bill on a tissue paper.
She has been deprived of visiting with her two young children in person for three months now and has not been allowed to visit with her mother and brother for the past year.
source: iranhumanrights.org

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Children are being hanged to death.

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Iran: more September 27th, 2012

An Iranian diplomat was in New York surrounded and threathened by angry protestors .
He was escorted by police to a safe place.
The incident happened after the speech held by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the U.N. General Assembly. Hundreds of protestors raided in front of the building of the United Nations.
In International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran is a commentary to the disappointing interview that CNN made with President Ahmadinejad.
source: freedomessenger.com, iranhumanrights.org




A top-aide of President Ahmadinejad,who also heads Iran's official IRNA news agency, Ali Akbar Javanfekr is arrested in Tehran, as the Iranian president was delivering a speech and brought to Evinprison to serve his 6-months prisonsentence on charges of publishing material offensive to Islamic codes and public morality.
source: rferl.org



International Campaign for Human Rights supports a new initiative of the teachers organization Be Voice of Iranian Teachers to raise awareness about the condition of teachers in Iran.
Be Voice of Iranian Teachers has issued a partial list of nearly 40 teachers who have been detained, imprisoned, and harassed by Iranian officials since 2009.
source: iranhumanrights.org, facebook.com

Iranian newspaper Shargh was banned on September 26 following publication of a cartoon entitled “The Blindfolded Men,”. The cartoonist Hadi Heydari is summoned to court and Mehdi Rahmanian, the manager of the newspaper has been brought to Evin Prison.
Those protesting the cartoon state that it is an insult on Iran-Iraq War veterans, but many believe this to be a mere excuse for banning the reformist newspaper.
source: iranhumanrights.org


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Children are being hanged to death.

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Iran: more September 26th, 2012

Iranian media reported that on September 25 one man was hanged in the prison of the city of Semnan.
The man, "H. Ch." was convicted for keeping 3400g crack.
source: iranhr.net




The revolutionary court in Sanandaj sentenced 4 Kurds to a total of 120 years prisonterm.
Chengiz Ghader Kheiri was sentenced to 40 years in exile, Fakhroldin Faraji, to 30 years, Mohammad-Hossein Rezaei, 30 years and Ayoub Asadi, to 20 years.
source: iranbriefing.net




According to reliable sources the prison authorities refused to treat medically Zanyar Moradi, who is sentenced to death.
The Kurds Zanyar and Logman Moradi signed a confession after being tortured and are both sentenced to death for the murder of an official.
Zanyar Moradi since suffers heavy backpains.
source: iranhr.net

Following a study, made by Khosrow B. Semnani, and published by Hinckley Institute of Politics, University of Utah and Omid for Iran, named The Ayatollah’s Nuclear Gamble, a military strike on Irans nuclear facilities would have a devastating effect on those who dream of democracy in Iran.
source:en.irangreenvoice.com

Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers’ Organizations in Iran reported that Alireza Asgari has been released on September 19 by Appeals Court of the Karaj Revolutionary Court.His sentence was commuted to one year with flogging, delayed for three years.
The physical condition of Asgari is bad.
September 22 additional 10.000 signatures were presented to the Ministry of Welfare, Labor and Social Affairs. The signatures were on the petition originally signed by 10,000 workers protesting the high cost of living and inadequate minimum wages.
source: iranlaborreport

The family of the American-Iranian Amir Hekmati, who is imprisoned in Iran on charges of espionage, asked President Ahmadinejad to release Hekmati on humanitarian reasons.
Last week, his father was diagnosed with inoperable cancer in the head and he is asking to see his son before he dies.
source: iranfocus.com

Mehragency reports that in Gilan province the cities Langroud, Siahkal, Shaft, Fuman, Astane Ashrafia and Lahijan were flooded by heavy rains.e inwoners zijn gedeeltelijk geevacueerd.
The Iranian regime has yet to report the possible amount of damages and casualties.
source: freedomessenger



Witness testimony of Soma Kamangar.

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Iran: more September 25, 2012

The arrest of a son and daughter of Rafsanjani is seen as the latest blow by hardliners to his position. He has been banned from leading Tehran’s Friday Prayers, lost his role as the head of the Assembly of Experts. He also had been openly attacked at public events.
Both arrests are an escalation at a moment he seems to regain his position.
source: rferl.org


Last week agents of security service arrested bloggers and translators Ali Ranjbar and Hamid-Reza Abdollahi. Their families were not informed of the reason for their arrest and were denie to contact them.
source: iranbriefing.org

weekly report 23-9-2012 systematic violations of the right to life

weekly report 23-09-2012 inhumane treatment and cruel punishments

weekly report 23-09-2012 religious and ethnic minoritiee

weekly report 23-09-1022" prison and arbitrary arrests

weekly report 23-09-2012 basic freedom and rights abused

weekly report 23-09-2012 violence against women

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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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Iran: filter September 24, 2012

IRNA wrote that on September in Shar-e-Tork, province Azerbaijan a man had been hanged in public.
The man. Reza M. was convicted for murder.
source: iranhr.net

Elcin Hatami, a humanrights activist from Southern Azerbaijan wrote an article over IRGC’s role in stoking up ethnic strife and fueling ethnic tension between Iranians and Azeri Turks.
source: iranbriefing.info




International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has released a short video, for president Mahmoud Ahmadinejads visit in New York demonstrating and highlighting systematic cover-ups in human rights violations over the eight years of his presidency.
source: iranhumanrights.org

Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani, son of Akbar Rafsanjani arrived in Tehran on Sunday. He left Iran after the presidential elections in 2009 and lived 3 years in England.
Analysts suggest his father's political fortunes may be reviving.
source: reuters
Rferl reports that Hashemi Rafsanjani has been arrested.

Google and Gmail are filtered in Iran, in reaction to the antimoslim film. Fars newsagency did not indicate whether the filtering would be temporary or permanent.
Iran soon wants to close the world wide web and open its own "internet".
source:The Guardian


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Children are being hanged to death.

A child will be hanged to death.

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Iran: more September 23, 2012

Kermanshah Post reports that on September 15 Kermansheh Bus Workers went on strike leaving the passengers stranded.They striked for not receiving gas subsidies and the low fares.City officials mobilized taxis and vans in the city.
The secretary of the Labor House in Qazvin says that last month more then 300 workers from factories of autoparts are laid off.
The workers with year of service ranging from 10 to 18 years worked with Poly Otan, Iranian Sanden Industries, Edrish Khodro, Malik Sun, etc.
A report about Plant closures, wages being delayed and protests due to the economical circumstances in various cities.
source: iranlaborreport



The daughter of Rafsanjani and member of Iranian parliament, editor-in-chief of banned newspaper Zan, Faezeh Hashemi Saturday has been arrested in Tehran to serve her six months prisonsentence.
source: iranhumanrights.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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Iran: pri(c)ze Se22, 2012

Detained studentactivist Majid Tavakoli, won the 2013 Student Peace Prize.
The announcement coincides with the United Nations International Day of Peace.
The text of the announcement is here.
At this moment is Majid Tavakoli detained in Rajaei Shahr Prison.
source: iranhr.net




Human Rights Watch urged Iran to to lift restrictions on women attending university and enrolling in certain academic fields.
36 universities in Iran have banned women from 77 different majors, including accounting, counseling, and engineering, for this school year.
source: reuters



An anonymous source told AlArabya that Supreme Leader Khamenei ordered the Qods Forces of Iran Revolutionary Guard to stop their activities worldwide, especially in Africa and Latin America, and to focus on the neighboring countries.
The source said that the Supreme Guide fears a possible military strike against Tehran, on the one hand, and the grave financial effects of the international sanctions against Iran, on the other.
Joint Staff J-2 of the Pentagon says that the frequency of cyberattacks from Iran have increased. Recently there was a major cyber attack on a major U.S. financial institution that a military intelligence report said is a sign Tehran is waging covert war against the West.
For the first time, Iran’s highest-ranking military official has tied the reappearance of the last Islamic messiah to the regime being prepared to go to war based on ideology.
Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said according to Mashregh news, which is run by the Revolutionary Guards, that wiith having the treasure of the holy Defense, Valayat and martyrs, Iran is ready for a big war.
Shiietes believe that at the end of time great wars will take place, and Imam Mahdi, the Shi’ites’ 12th imam, will reappear and kill all the infidels, raising the flag of Islam on the world.
source: iranbriefing.net


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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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Iran: more September 21, 2012

September 20were in Iran at least 6 people hanged.
IRNA reported that in the prison of Doroud, Lorestan Province one man has been hanged.
The unnamed man was sentenced for keeping 9 kilos and 618 grams of heroin.
In the prison of Shahrud were "M.M.", "A. M." and "M. R." hanged.
They were convicted for keeping and trafficking great amounts of crack.
Kurdish site Kurdpa writes that in the prison of Urmia Hashem Jahangiri and Iraj Deylami were hanged on drugsrelated charges.
Unconfirmed reports say that another 4 men had been hanged.
source: iranhr.net



Student activist Sarosh Sabat has been reported to Evinprison to begin serving a two-year sentence. He was accused of undermining state security and public order.
source: iranbriefing.net

A tombstone from an Iranian major in the IRGC in Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran with a picture is one of the proves that Iran is providing Syria with active military support.
Muharram Turk, born March 30, 1978 and died on January 19, 2012 in Damascus.A blog in Iran and various media wrote about this.
Iran continues to send more troops to Syria to help Assad.
source: iranbriefing.net


Since 2010 are more then 300 Christians in Iran arrested. They included at least 41 people detained from one month to more than a year, sometimes without official charges.
United Nations human rights investigators said Thursday that muslims who convert to Christianity face persecution and churches operate in a climate of fear.
source: freedomessenger.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.

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Iran: more September 20, 2012

Oppositionleader Mir Hossein Moussavi spent on September 19th several hours at the Tehran Heart Center for coronary and heartdisease for follow-up treatment.
Moussavi,who was heavy secured and still is under housearrest, was hospitalized three weeks ago for a angioplasty treatment.
source: banouyesabz.wordpress.com

The Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology, said that Iran's National Internet will start next week.
Mehr Newsagency reported that about 42,000 government offices will have their internet networks transferred to the national network.
He added that National Information Network will not be available for the general public at this phase.
source: payvand.com




Mohammad Ali Javari said that IRGC has increased the precision  of its Zelzal rockets and narrowed their margin of error.
These rockets were produced for 20 years, but after a recent update, their margin of error has been lowered to less than 50 meters.
source: iranbriefing.net

Findings of the Truthcommission at the Irantribunal.

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Children are being hanged to death.

A child will be hanged to death.

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Iran: more, September 19, 2012

Member of Iran’s Freedom Movement Party and activist Mohammad Tavasoli refused to defend himself in court to protest in what he called an “illegal court.”
Tavasoli was arrested in November 2011 gearresteerd in connection with a letter that 143 political activists had written to former president Mohammad Khatami.
source: radiozamaneh.com

Ali Akbar Salehi, Iranian minister of Foreign Affairs arrived in Damascus.
He meets the foreign minister of Syria after the meeting from the so-called "contact group" on Syria -- Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
source: rferl.org


weekly report 16 september Suppressive maneuvers and violence against women.

weekly report 16 september Basic freedom and rights abused.
weekly report 16 september prison.

weekly report 16 september inhumane treatment and cruel punishments.

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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