Iran: more February 28th 2013

On February 24 were in the prison of Qazvin 3 prisoners hanged.
J. (33) for possession of 24 grams of cannabis and 440 grams of Shisheh, M. (32) for possession of 223 grams of heroin and 412 grams of Shisheh and M. (28) for possession of 470 grams of Shisheh.
In the prison of Behbehan was 1 man hanged. A. Gh. for trafficking of 3485 grams of crack.
IRNA reported that in the prison of Sari 1 man was hanged. His name was not revealef and he was convicted for drugs.
source: iranhr.net

An article in The Guardian reported that Iranian children should be taught lessons of chastity in kindergarten. The governor of Tehran stressed recently the importance of “popularizing” chastity and hijab. He said that it cannot be expected to see hijab and chastity exist in society without proper cultural work.
Recently, Iranian police have bolstered the enforcement of modesty laws.
source: albawaba.com


Committee of Human Rights Reporters reports that journalists Milad Fadai Asl and Pourya Alemi, who were arrested in the end of January, have been released on February 27th.
Of the 18 journalists detained during this wave of arrests, 12 have been released: Motehareh Shafiee, Ali Dehghan, Javad Daliri, Hossein Yaghchi, Fatemeh Sagharchi, Keyvan Mehregan, Emily Amrayee, Narges Joudaki, Reyhaneh Tabatabai, Akbar Montajebi, Pourya Alemi, Milad Fadai Asl.
6 journalists remain in custody: Soleiman Mohammadi, Pejman Mousavi, Nasrin Takhayori, Sasan Aghaee, Saba Azarpeik, and Ehsan Mazandarani.
source: chrr.biz

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Iran: more February 27th 2013

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Manouchehr Mottaki said that he joins the presidential elections in June.
Tuesday he said on his website: "I will propose a plan in line with Supreme Leader's beliefs and the people's demands so that in a government with the name of the Islamic Republic, the president would be more than a sympathiser for the people and give something more than a future promise".
source: dailystar.com.lb



Political prisoner Ahmad Daneshpour Moghadam,who is sentenced to death and who is imprisoned in ward 350 of Evinprison is being rejected medical furlough, despite his deteriorating health condition.
Ahmad Daneshpour and his father Mohsen Daneshpour were arrested after the Ashuraprotests and were sentenced to death after an unfair trial. They are charged with “deliberate cooperation with MKO,” “gathering and colluding against national security,” and “propaganda against the regime and in the interest of enemies.”
The deathsentences were confirmed by the Appeal Court on May 15 2010.
source: iranbriefing.net


The charges against former Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi who is on trial for his role in Kahrizakprison deaths, has been limited to "participating in unlawful detentions" and "assistance in setting up false reports or encouraging such actions in relevant officials".
Formerly mentioned charges of "conspiring in murder and torture" have been dropped from his list of charges
ISNA reported that the other two judiciary officials involved in the case are also facing charges limited to "assistance in setting up false reports."
source: payvand.com

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Iran: released and arrested February 26, 2013

IHR reported on February 3rd that in Vakilabadprison in Mashhad tens of secret executions take place. The executions began in October 2012 and have been taking place on Wednesdays and Sundays every week.
At least ten prisoners are hanged each time. On two occasions in November and December, thirty-five and fifty prisoners were executed respectively.
February 10 and 13 tens of prisoners, among them a possible minor were executed.Also there are many Afghan citizens among the executed.
source: iranhr.net


Committee of Human Rights Reporters reports that the Green Movement activist Mohsen Ghashghaizadeh member of the group Saray-e Ahl-e Ghalam (Pen Society) who were detained in October 2012 has been summoned to appear on April 9, 2013 for Tehran Revolutionary court.
source: chrr.biz



Journalists Akbar Montajebi and Reyhaneh Tabatabai who were arrested in January 2013, are release on bail.
Of the 18 journalists who were arrested during a wave of arrests, 10 journalists were released on bail: Motehareh Shafiee, Ali Dehghan, Javad Daliri, Hossein Yaghchi, Fatemeh Sagharchi, Keyvan Mehregan, Emily Amrayee, Narges Joudaki, Reyhaneh Tabatabai, and Akbar Montajebi.
Eight journalists are still detained in Evinprison: Milad Fadai Asl, Soleiman Mohammadi, Pejman Mousavi, Nasrin Takhayori, Sasan Aghaee, Pourya Ameli, Saba Azarpeik, en Ehsan Mazandarani.
source: chrr.biz

It is reported that on February 23 agents of the Ministry of Information arrested Seyed Hamid Sadr Ghabadi an employee of Evinprison when he left his workingplace. The reasons for this arrest is unknown and he was brought to an unknown location.
source: chrr.biz

Urgent call of Iranian lawyers.

Statement of members of Iranian Bar Association.

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Iran: more February 25th 2013

The Netherlands stil discriminates Iranian Dutch in certain sectors of university study.
Although the Supreme Court in December ruled that this is discrimination, Iranian Dutch who want to study or work in certain academic sectors still has to ask for a permit.
Nederlands blocks with nine master studies Iranian students and scholars.They have to apply for an exemption from the Minister of Education. The resolution of the United Nations, "Iran Sanctions Regulations" (2008), gives Iran harder knowledge about nuclear weapons. The courts in The Hague described the scheme as discriminatory.
source: Trouw



Experts of UN investigate a ship in Yemen which was intercepted in January in Persian Gulf.
The ship transported surface-to-air missiles, Katyusha rockets, explosives, ammunition and surveillance systems. The coastguard of Yemen says that Jihan II came from Iran. Tehran denies any involvement.
source: Iranfocus



Iranian media reported on February that according to a report by the coroner’s office, in the past 10 months, 1517 people have been killed in workplace accidents. Five people are killed each day, a 14-percent increase over similar statistics last year.
source: radiozamaneh.com



An Iranian delegation has arrived in Almaty in Kazachstan for nuclear talks.
Starting February 26 the nuclear talks with counterparts from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States will be resumed.
source: rferl.org

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Iran: release February 24th 2013

Committee of Human Rights Reporters reports that poet and journalist Keyvan Mehregan, who was head of the political sections of Shargh and Etemad newspapers, has been released on bail.He had been arrested several times during the past few years.
Other, in January arrested journalists who are released on bail are:
Motehareh Shafiee, reporter at Arman, Ali Dehghan, business editor at Bahar, Javad Daliri, editor in chief at Etemad, Hossein Yaghchi, editor at Aseman Weekly and Fatemeh SagharchiMilad Fadai Asl, Soleiman Mohammadi, Narges Joudaki, Pejman Mousavi, Ameli Amryaee, Nasrin Takhayori, Sasan Aghaee, Reyhaneh Tabatabai, Pourya Ameli, Akbar Montajebi, Saba Azarpeik, journalists detained in January remain in custody. Ehsan Mazandarani, reporter at Etemad, who was arrested a few days ago, also remains in custody.
source: chrr.biz




ISNA reports that following the discovery of an oilfield near the Ahvaz International Airport, this airport will be relocated within the next five years.
With some 30 flights per day, the airport is among "the country's busiest".
source: en.trend.az



IRGC said that they have captured a foreign unmanned aircraft in southern Iran.
They did not say if the drone was American.Zij zeiden niet of het een amerikaanse drone was.
Iran captured drones before.
source: rferl.org





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Iran: more February 23 2013

Iranian authorities should allow at least 20 prisoners charged with terrorism, in connection with the murder of Iranian nuclear scientists, access to their lawyers and familymembers.
Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch says that if the Iranian authorities have a credible case against those accused of committing murder, they should present real evidence, not forced confessions.
source: hrw.org

Some Gonabadiderwishes who gathered in front of Evinprison to support jailed dervishes and their lawyers, were according to Majzooban-e Noor website briefly arrested by security agents and there are reports that indicated the dervishes were mistreated.
source: zamaneh.com



Witness testimony van Abbas Sadeghi

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Iran: spy February 22, 2013

In the prison of Dizelabad in Kermanshah were on February 20 3 men hanged.
Media in Kermanshah mentioned that the men were convicted of drug trafficking. No further details were given about the charges and identities of the prisoners.
source: iranhr.net


The Iranian Intelligence Ministry announced on Tuesday that more journalists have been summoned and interrogated about their relations with the “British Government Spy Organization.” Previously, 16 journalists were arrested beginning in late January,
In earlier statements on January 30 and February 5 the Iranian Intelligence Ministry claimed that the detained journalists were in contact with the BBC and “elements of the 2009 sedition”.
In the third statement no evidence was referred to, but the Ministry added the names of several other websites, news networks, and any training in the field of media to the list of “spy networks,” claiming that that all of them are controlled by the BBC. The statement mentioned Kaleme, Rooz Online, Khodnevis, JARAS, Nedaye Sabz, Gozar, Saham News, and the Persian-language services of Radio France International, Radio Farda, Deutsche Welle, Voice of America, and Manoto TV as anti-revolutionary media, related to the 2009 “sedition elements.”
Reporters Without Borders, the International Association of Iranian Journalists, the Iran Media Program, and Mianeh School of Journalism are some of the other organizations described as “anti-revolutionary” in this statement.
Of the 16 journalists are Rayhaneh Tabatabaee, Milad Fadai Asl, Soleiman Mohammadi, Sasan Aghaee, Nasrin Takhayori, Emily Amraee, Narges Joudaki, Saba Azarpeik, Pouria Alemi, Akbar Montajebi, Kayvan Mehregan, and Hassan Yaghchi remain in prison.
In recent days Ali Dehghan, Fatemeh Sagharchi, and Javad Daliri were released on bail, Motahareh Shafiee was released the next day.
source: iranhumanrights.org



The Syrian Kurd Evin Molood Sheikhoo, 28, and the Turkish Kurd Ghedisseh Ghaderi, 25 serve a prisonsentence of 7 years for “cooperation with the Kurdish group PKK.” Intelligence Office interrogators routinely summon the two women and interrogate them about their prior cooperation with Kurdish groups, and pressure them to cooperate with the Intelligence Ministry to identify PKK organizers and supporters in the border region.
source: iranhumanrights.org



Opinions of the working group on arbitrary detention.

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Iran: pressure February 21 2013

February 20 is a man hanged in Arak.
The official judiciary website in Markazi province reports that the unnamed man (23) was convicted for kidnapping and abuse of a 15-year-old boy.
Iranian statemedia also reported that in the near future 4 men in Karaj will he executed in public for raping a girl.
Iran Human Rights (IHR) believes that the number of executions will increase as we approach the June 2013 Presidential elections.
source: iranhr.net


Human Rights Activists News Agency reports that humanrightslawyer Mohammad Seifzadeh is sentenced to 6 years in prison. Seifzadeh who is serving a prisonsentence of 2 years in Rajaei Shahr prison was recently hospitalised for kidney problems.
source: en.irangreenvoice.com



International Campaign for Human Rights reports that blogger Kaveh Taheri of Shiraz was arrested on 23 September 2012 on charges of "acting against national security" and “creating public anxiety in the virtual space.”
After his arrest, when security agents discovered his EuroNews reporter ID card, charges of “reporting for the news agency” and “collaborating in the production of a documentary film” were added.
Taheri is imprisoned in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz .
source: iranhumanrights.org

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Iran: more February 20th 2013

On February 19 were in Adelabadprison in Shiraz 8 people hanged, among them 1 woman.
The names are: "Lotfollah J.", "Noor Mohammad Sh.", "Abbas N.", "Hossein A.", "Parinaz M." (woman), "Hamid A.", "Abdolvahed M." and "Ali T.".
They were all convicted of drug-related charges.Families of the prisoners were informed that the executions would be carried out on February 20, but Iranian authorities carried out the executions one day earlier without notice.
source: iranhr.net



Newsagency Fars reported that next week in the Eastern part of Iran military exercises "Great Prophet VIII" are held.
General Mohammad Pakpour IRGC said that the exercise is in Kerman, Sirjan and Sirous provinces. The exercise will last for three days and starts on February 23.
source: en.trend.az



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Iran: more 19 February 2013

Reliable sources told IHR that on February 12 prisoners will be executed in Shiraz. They all have been sentenced to death for drug-related charges.
IHR urges UN and the international community to help stop these executions.
source: iranhr.net


The psosecutor of Tehran has confirmed the fines and the deathsentences of four of the people accused in Iran’s $3-billion fraud case.
Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, the head of Amir Mansour Arya Company, Behdad Behzadi, the financial advisor, Iraj Shojai, the financial officer of Amir Mansour Arya Company en Saeed Kiyani Rezazadeh, the head of Ahvaz Bank of Saderat branch. They will be executed following the necessary legal procedures.
source:radiozamaneh.com



Committee of Human Rights Reporters reports that blogger(pen name Siamak Mehr) and political activist Mohammad Reza Pourshajarisuffered a heartattack on February 17th and was brought to the infirmery of Karaj Central prison. Pourshajari is sentenced to 4 years in prison. He has been taken to court 11 times and endured 7 months in solitary confinement.
He was tortured during interrogations.
source: chrr.biz



On February 12 Etela’at agents searched the house of bahai Nava Na’imis in Esfahan and arrested her. She is transferred to an unknown location.
source: iranbriefing.net

The fifth Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy will be held in Geneva. Humanrightsorganizations from Iran, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, Syria, and Tibet are gathered here.
Next week is the annual session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
source: rferl.org

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Iran: more executions February 18th 2013

In the prison of Arak were on February 17 3 men hanged.
The men were named A.B. (31), M. S. (26) and A. F. (47) They all were convicted for drugs.
The official judicial website province Fars reported that 4 men were hanged in public in Shiraz.
A. B. (29) was convicted for kidnapping and rape. H.A., Y. F. and M. V. were convicted for kidnapping and sodomy of a young boy.
source: iranhr.net

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no blog today February 17 2013

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Iran: green February 16, 2013

Supreme Leader Khamenei told Saturday a group of Iranians at his home in Tehran that his country is not seeking nuclear weapons but that no world power could stop Tehran's access to an atomic bomb if it intended to build one.
source: iranfocus



Members of the Europarlement called for the release of Mehdi Karroubi, Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife Zahra Rahnavard, two years after the start of their arbitrary house arrest.
source:en.irangreenvoice.com


Rare footage from one of the leaders of the Green Movement Mir Hossein Mousavi while doing art.
Mousavi is architect and painter.The video is believed to have been taken shortly before his house arrest.



Status of political prisoners
Narges Jodaki.

Akbar Montajabi.

Keivan Mehrrgan.

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Iran: more February 15, 2013

Committee of Human Rights Reporters report that in recent days a number of filmmakers accused of collaboration with foreign media were summoned and interrogated by the Ministry of Information.
source: chrr.biz





At least two Iranian newssites and some websites reported that an Iranian armycommander in Syria has been killed by "zionists". Fars Newsagency, which is closely aligned with Iran's Revolutionary Guards says that Commander Haj Hassan Shateri was in charge of the Iranian delegation and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan and later in Lebanon. The report says that he was killed on February 12 outside Iran. He has been buried in Tehran.
Syrian Observatory for Human Right say that Syrian rebels ambushed his car on the road from Damascus to Beirut.
source: rferl.org, en.irangreenvoice.com

The head of Iranian Heritage and Tourism Studies says that lichen growing on the Tomb of Cyrus the Great causes increasing damage . The cement repairs carried out on the tomb are now causing the rocks to rapidly deteriorate.
The Tomb of Cyrus the Great, the founder of Achamenid Dynasty, underwent extensive restoration efforts in the last decade. The 2,500-year-old tomb, also referred to as Pasargad, is located in Fars Province.
source: radiozamaneh.com

USA joins calls to the Iranian authorities to lift the housearrest of Iranian oppositionleaders Mir Hossein Mousavi, his wife Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi. Mousavi and Karroubi were presidential candidates at the elections in 2009.
Two years ago they were put under house arrest and have not been charged with any crimes since.
source: rferl.org

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