Iran: depth January 15, 2012

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Since 3 months there is no news about Ramin Shahriary,, a bahai from Islamshahr.
He was summoned to the office of the ministry of information in Islamshahr and since he only contacted his family once per telephone.
In this telephonecall he said that he was detained in Ward 209 of Evinprison.
source: iranbriefing.net



January 13 is student at private university of Tabriz Amir Chamani arrested by agents of the ministry of information. .
He was arrested earlier in July 2009 and sentenced to 6 months in prison on accusation of insult of the leader and the founder of the Islamic Republic. In a separate case he was sentenced to 100 days in prison for propaganda against the regime.
He seems to be arrestee to serve his prisonsentence and is brought to the prison of Tabriz. His family has received no information yet.
source: iranbriefing.net

A passenger of Qatar Airways told International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he and other passengers on December 12, 2012 on the airport of Doha were discriminated. They had to spend 15 to 20 hours on the airport.The passengers had received 24-hour temporary visas (STPC) and had made hotel reservations through travel agencies or directly through Qatar Airways offices in Tehran,
Upon arrival into Doha Airport, airport authorities refused to allow the group of Iranian passengers to be transferred to hotels. The reason for the refusal was cited as a new directive by Qatar’s Immigration Office, which stipulates that Iranian passengers must re-apply for permission in order to be transferred to hotels.After waiting for hours, the passengers were transferred back to the transit area.
This problem has stemmed from political issues, and according to the airline staff, it is a new requirement for Iranian, Syrian, an Jordanian passengers only since early December 2012.
The eyewitness reported that between a period from 8 and 24 hours, only Iranian and Syrian passengers faced this clear discrimination.
source: iranhumanrights.org



According to the researchcentre of the Iranian ministry of youth, high divorce rate among young couples in the country is due to moral corruption, mental disorder, unemployment, and alimony payments.
According to the head of the researchinstitute the rate of divorces is highest in the provinces Tehran, Khorasan and Fars.
He also said most of the time, women are the ones filling in for the divorce.
source: en.trend.az

The granddaughter from ayatollah Khomeini, Zahra Eshraghi, Iran is on the edge of the precipice. Eshraghi, who is married to Mohammad Reza Khatami, the brother of former reformist President Mohammad Khatami, gave an interview to the Iranian website Anarpress.
She also said that politicians should find a solution quickly to the crisis.
bsource: rferl.org



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