Iran: motion

March 9 are in the prison of the city of Zahedan four men hanged.
One of the men was accused of kidnapping a Belgian couple in 2007.
IRNA said they were also convicted for killing of eight security agents and the kidnapping of a cleric.
source Herald Tribune iht.com


March 4, one man was hanged in the prison of Isfahan.
The daily Quds reported that the man Mostafa, an Afghan citizen, murdered his wife and his father in law.
source iranhr.net


According to the Kurdish human rights site "Parezeran", March 4, one man was hanged in the prison of the city of Miandoab, West Azerbaijan.
The man, Nader Shokrollahi was convicted for murder.
source iranhr.net



GlobalVoicesOnline writes that a group of muslimbloggers wrote a letter to the head of the judiciary Shahroudi to act in bringing justice to Hossein Derakhshan, who is detained for 4 months.
The letter has been translated in English and is here
source GlobalVoicesOnline




The wife of the missed American Robert Levinson has released a computer-enhanced photograph of what her husband may look like now, 2 years after he disappeared.
Today is Levinson's 61th birtday, he disappered during a businesstrip to the Island Kish.
The Iranian government claims to have no information about him.
source Foxnews.com




Roxana Saberi is visited in jail by a lawyer.
More then 6 years she worked as a journalist in Iran.
She was detained more than a month ago for continuing working as a journalist after her presspermit was revoked in 2006.
Friday one of the deputy prosecutors in Tehran said that she may be released soon.
source Press-TV


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Iran: strain

Iranian statetelevision reported that in Kermanshah province one man was hanged.
The man was convicted for murdering a jeweller, two years ago.
source iranvnc



The government in Tehran confirmed that Morocco has cut diplomatic ties with Iran.
The Moroccan Foreign Ministry said Friday, after the King expressed his support for Bahrain over a recent misunderstanding between Iran and Morocco, that Iran's irrational stance against Morocco has strained Tehran and Rabat relations.
source Press-TV



Dögan News wrote that yesterday two Turkish children were shot when they illegally crossed the border between Turkey and Iran.This happened in Saray, Turkish Van province.
One of the children died, the other was injured.
source hurriyet.com



President Ahmadinejad said he will put an end to recent limitations on campaign speeches.
This announcement comes shortly after Karroubi and Khatami were barred from election speeches.
Karroubi was barred to speech in Gorgan, Hamadan and Urumieh, Khatama was not allowed to speech in Shiraz.
Ahmadinejad said that no government official will be allowed to keep presidential candidates from expressing their political views.
In the end, it is the Guardian Council, consisting of 12 clerics and jurists, who has the final say as to which candidates are eligible to contest the presidency.
They can reject any contender deemed unfit to run for presidency.
The officials who barred the candidates defended their move by saying that both had not been vetted by the Guardian Council.
source Press-TV



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Iran: consumption

The Iranian police has during a crackdown in Sistan-e-Baluchestan province, killed six drugsmugglers.
Also one soldier was killed.
The crackdown is still being seriously enforced. The border Iran-Afghanistan-Pakistan is a busy narcotics smuggling route.
At the latest action, almost five tons of narcotics were confiscated and the police managed to control the region in the past 72 hours.


In Tehran is the third festival of aquatics and health held in the fruits and shrimp center. 15 companies from this sector were present.
In Iran the average consumption of fish and seafood is 7.2 kg a year, but in Tehran this is 8.8kg of fish per capita per year.
Tehran is the main consumption market of the country.
The festival is to promote consumtion of aquatics and health in Iran.



Candidate for president Mehdi Karroubi wants to include female ministers and deputies in his Cabinet should he be elected.
He said in a speech that Iranian culture does not welcome the public presence of women in political, social and even cultural spheres. Religious figures even object.
He also said that imam Khomeini fought against such convictions and significantly changed the status of Iranian women.
Karroubi was speaking on the eve of the International Women's day.



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Iran: view

GlobalVoicesOnline reports that Amir Heshmat Saran a political prisoner has died in the prison of Karaj.
The blogger Eshterak wrote (fa) that he had been beaten up and did not receive necessary medical care.
Saran was the chairman of the party Iran National Unity Front.
Five years ago he was sentenced to eight years in prison. After he described his experience inside the jail in various articles,his eight-year sentence was increased to 16 years.
sources ihrv.org and GlobalVoicesOnline



The Guardian writes that according to the site Urumiye News a shoe was thrown to president Ahmadinejad in the town of Urumiye.
The incident happened while he drove through a central square.
The journal also writes that although Iran cheered the shoethrower from Iraq, this time they were not so happy with it.
Security guards went into the crowds but failed to find the culprit.
source guardian.co.uk


ILNA wrote that the policecommander of Tehran said no men were allowed to work in shops selling clothes for women.
Only the cashier is allowed to be a man, all other workers should be women.
Any violation of this directive will be dealt with severely.
source irannewsdaily.com


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Iran: intended to

In the prison of Mashhad, Khorasan province is a man hanged.
The man, K.J. was convicted for murder and robbery.
The daily Qods did not mention the date of the execution.

source iranhr.net




Three Iranian ministers, of Foreign Affairs, Culture and Information are summoned to parliament to explain the visit of a Hollywood delegation to Iran.
The committee expressed their concern about Hollywood films that have insulted Iran.
The delegation had been invited to Iran by the House of Cinema, an affiliate of the Culture Ministry.
source Tehran Times


Two Iranian students have been wounded, one of them critically, when intruders forced their way in on their room on campus of Visva Bharati university in West Bengalen, India.
Both were wounded in the scuffle when the students refused to hand over their money.
Ilyad was shot in the chest, Yusuf was injured on his hand.
Both were admitted to the hospital.
source Thaindian news



Iran adds the national carrier Homa and its subsidiary Iran Air Tour to the list of entities to be privatized.
Shares of Homa, Iran Air Tour and the Homa Hotel Group will be sold at the stock market(TSE).
The Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) would however remain under government control. The CAO must ensure the efficient, safe and orderly development of the country's civil aviation and will therefore not be privatized.
Iranian airports have also been included in the privatization list
source Press-TV


Reports say that March 3, three medical students are expelled from university from Tabriz.
The three students Sina Dana, Sama Noorani, and Faraz Vazirzadeh have no access to online registration and course selection.
The expulsion of Bahaístudents this way, has been a regularly occurring practice in Iran.

source human rights activists in Iran



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Iran: stated

The activist for the rights of the South-Azerbaijan Abdullah Abbasi Javan is Febrary 23 released from Evin prison.
The professor on Shahid Rajai university in Tehran was arrested November 14, 2008.
He was released after paying a bail of $110,000.
The revolutionary court in Tabriz sentenced two activists for the rights of South-Azerbaijan, Hamid Valayee and Gholam Najafi to one year in prison.
source Today.AZ



The revolutionary court in Tabriz sentenced the activist for the rights of South-Azerbaijan Irac Hasani in appeal to two years in prison.
He was on trial for his participation in the events in May of 2006.
Originally Hasani was sentenced to 4 months in prison, but in appeal the court raised the punishment.
source Today.AZ


Iran will file a complaint against Turkmenistan if there is no agreement made about compensation for the gas cut in January 2008.
The Minister of Oil said to parliament that the parties have had two rounds of talks and that according to the contract, Iran can file a lawsuit if they do not reach an agreement.
He also said that last years cold snap was unprecedented. Turkmenistan halted the gasflow to Iran in December 2007 saying it was for technical reasons, forcing North-Eastern Iran struggling with no gas during the freezing wintry weather last year. Tehran says that Turkmenistan intended to raise the price of its gas amidst winter.
Turkmenistan resumed the gasflow in February 2008.
source Press-TV


Newspaper The Guardian wrote that Iranian website Fararu said that last month a group of mostly female actors who were making pornographic films, were arrested in a house in Tehran.
According to the newspaper the website did not specify names, but said most were "beautiful young women".
Fabricating of pornography is a capital crime in Iran,that carries the death penalty.
source guardian.co.uk



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Iran: reliance

In the prison of Zahedan are two men hanged.
Salaheddin Seyedi and Khalilollah Zarei were sentenced to death for "moharebeh", waging war against god and "fesad fi al-Arz ", corruption on earth, for the membership of the Jondullah-group.
Source IRANHR.net

Last week 1,000 workers of Dena Tire and Rubber Company in Shiraz went on strike.
they strike for their unpaid salaries and an amount owed to them by the management from the last year (Persian calendar year starting March 21).
Dena Tire and Rubber Company is manufacturer of all types of tire, tube and flap for passenger cars, light trucks and truck & bus vehicles, which is formed after Bridgestone Iran was privatized in 1994.
Source: ncr-iran.org


Daily Kayhan wrote that Saturday in the city of Isfahan 13 musicians were arrested.
According to the police they were composing and recording songs in the basement of a house, for a satellite-channel.
Police sized 90 CDs, a satellite receiver and an optional disk drive.
Police said that the musicians admitted to having connections with a satellite channel abroad.
Source ncr-iran.org



Nasrin Sotoodeh,Issa Saharkheiz, Parvin Ardalan, Mansooreh Shojaie en Talat Taghinia filed a complaint after continuous travel bans imposed social, political and women’s rights activists.
They were referred to branch 1 of public servants’ prosecutor’s office.
Source change for equality


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Iran: destination

March 1 are 10 men hanged in the prison of Kermanshah.
ISNA reported they al were convicted for drugstrafficking.
No names or ages were revealed.
Source iranhr.net


The Iranian Interior Ministry said May 3rd is the first day of the official registration of candidates for presidency. Candidates have five days to registrate and bring the required documents.
Until now Mehdi Karroubi of the Reformist Etemad-e Melli (National Confidence) party, and ex-president Khatami official announced their official decision to run for presidency.
It is also expected that ex prime minister, Mir-Hossein Moussavi will be a candidate.
President Ahmadinejad is believed to be candidate for the conservative Principlist.
Source Press-tv


The spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry said that the three islands in Persian Gulf (Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa) are inseparable parts of Iran.
He said this after a statement of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Iran possesses historical, legal and geographical documents verifying that these islands belong to the Islamic Republic.
They fell temporarily under British Control, but in 1971, before the state of the United Arab Emirates was created, they were returned through a legal process. According to international regulations, no state can defy any agreement that had come into being before that state's creation.
Source Press-TV


Tuesday, February 24, Farzad Kamangar was transferred out of Rajaei Shahr Prison in karaj.
Since then, neither his lawyer or his family were able to get any information on his whereabouts.
Kamangar is sentenced to death and his appeal for a stay of execution and review of the trial was denied by the head of justice.
Source IHRV


Since Thursday the site of student newspaper Amir Kabir Newsletter is attacked from various localities and was out of service for many hours.
Amir Kabir Newsletter is a site known for covering student news,and the attacks started after the publication of the arrests of protesting students by plainclothes agents. The students protested against reburial of dead of the Iran-Iraq war on campusgrounds.
Source IHRV



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Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
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Iran: statements

A father has shot his 16-year-old daughter to dead.
The father, Gholam Abbas, told police that he was suspicious of his daughters behavior for some time. That day she left the house early in the morning and when she returned at night, he shot her.
According to par. 220 of Iranian Penal Code if a father or father’s father kills his child or grand child, he will not be punished for murder.



The Iranian foreign ministry confirmed the arrest of journalist Roxana Saberi.
She is accused of "illegal activities" because she continued working in the country after the government revoked her press credentials in 2006.
The spokesman for the Ministry did not say why her credentials were revoked or whether she was in prison.


The kurdish student Habibollah Latifi was found guilty of waging war against God (moharebeh) and for cooperating with PJAK.
He is sentenced to death for this.
In december 2007 Latifa was arrested and charged with taking part in an assault on the car of the prosecutor in Sanandaj.
His lawyer said Latifi has admitted to supporting PJAK but denied being involved in the attacks, saying he was not in Sanandaj at the time.
He is going to appeal the verdict.




Womans rights activist Hana Abdi is released.
She was sentenced to five years of imprisonment in exile,but in appeal her sentence was reduced to 18 months.
Her lawyer says that she is on her way from Tabriz to Sanandaj.
There is another case against her related to Kurdish prisoners hunger strike but the ruling is not issued yet.
He also said that the case of Ronak Safarzadeh will be held on February 28.
Since Safarzadehs arrest, one year and a half ago, she hasn’t received any ruling.




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Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
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Iran: question

February 28 a man is hanged in the prison of Orumieh.
The man, Mehdi Ghasemzadeh was convicted for "moharebeh", (which often means that he was involved in armed struggle against the authorities) .
He had been in prison since 2004 and was member of a group called "Ahle Hagh".


The correspondent from newspaper NRC reports that human rights defender Mohammad Ali Dadkhah said that the prisonterm for Abdullah Al Mansouri is 30 years and not 11 like he said before.
The lawyer said that the error was made, due to the fact that he has a client with the same surname, but a different first name, who also fled Iran in the 80's.
Information about Al Mansouri is not known to him.


Reports say that Iranian-American journalist Roxanna Saberi 31, is arrested February 10 in Tehran.
She is raised in Fargo, North-Dakota and in 1997 crowned to Miss North-Dakota.
She is working as a journalist in Iran for 6 years.
More than a year ago her press credentials were revoked by the authorities in Tehran, but she still was allowed to write short stories.
The reasons of her arrest are unknown.


An Iranian newspaper reported that Mehdi Karoubi, the reformist Iranian candidate for president, protested against the demolition of the Sufi house in Isfahan.
In a letter to Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie, he asked under what right the place of worship was destroyed. He wrote that the Gonabadi dervishes are Shiíte moslems and are under pressure and restrictions.
The sect is not illegal in Iran, but many conservative clerics don't approve.
Sufimoslems and their form of mysticism arouses suspicion among orthodox Muslims, both Shiite and Sunni for centuries.


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