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Four unionleaders from Haft Tapeh sugarunion are released.
Gorban Alipour and Mohammad Heidari have been released after completing all or part of their sentences.Jalil Ahmadi and Feraydoon Nikfar have been released conditionally on probation after partially serving their sentences.
Ali Nejati remains in prison for "endangering national security", also Reza Rakhshan is still awaiting final sentencing on similar charges.
At Haft Tapeh, nothing has changed after the actions to obtain payment of their wages.
Mansour Osanloo and Afshin Baymani were questioned and threatened with solitary detainment by the head and the deputy head of prison’s intelligence office.
Later that day Mansour Osanloo was transferred to an isolationcell in ward 1 ( aka Doghouse)from Rajaii-Shahrprison.In this ward the prisoner is not allowed to have contact with his family or to use sanitary facilities, his food will be rationed and his medications will be cut off.Prisoners are also tortured.
source: RAHANA


The arrest of Vahid Pourostad brought the number of arrested journalists to 65.
Reporters without Borders writes that this is unprecedented for 25 years.
source: RSF


18 mothers of arrested political and civil activists (
Hava Ebrahimi, Saeed and Masoud Nourmohammadi’s mother,Mahin Javaheripour, Mehrdad Rahimi’s mother,Sakineh Kharmandiz, Mehrdad Aslani’s mother, Zahra Reza, Hossein Noraninejad’s mother, Soghra Alipour, Parisa Kakaee’s mother,Tayebeh Fakhri, Emadeddin Baghi’s mother, Esmat Kashani, Saeed Leylaz’s mother, Shahrzad Kariman, Shiva Nazar Ahari’s mother, Faezeh Malekshahi, Saeed Haeri’s mother, Marzieh Mohebi, Saeed Jalalifar’s mother,Masoomeh Molool, Massoud Bastani’s mother, Malekeh Mohammadi, Samieh Alamipasand’s mother, Narges Mousavi, Peyman Chalaki’s mother, Parvin Mokhtareh , Koohyar Goodarzi’s mother, Soraya Mohamad Zadeh, Saeed Kalanaki’s mother, Arefeh Nouri, Maryam Zia’s mother, Khodabas Nazari, Bahman Ahmadi Amooyi’s mother) made a statement to the people of Iran about the arrest of their children.
source: persian2english



Foroogh Mirzaee, Mahin Fahimi, Zohreh Tonkaboni,Alireza Beheshti en Mohammad Reza Tajik are released from Evinprison.
source: RAHANA



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Maryam Mirzaei who was released from Evinprison, told that following women still are detained:
Marzieh Khodabakhsh, Samira Khodabakhsh, Sogol Hajimobin, Mitra Ghasemi, Bahar Keshani, Masoomeh Rakhsha, Simin Valikhani, Mahnaz Talebi, Niloofar Babakhani, Anahita Sabur, Samira Sajoodi, Mehri Shapouri, Masoomeh Fatallahi, Fatemeh Rahnamah, Parvaneh Maddah, and Fatemeh Vahab.
source:persian2english


Mass arrests of social-, women’s rights- and political activists during the ten days for 22 Bahman has continued.
Arrested are:
Maryam Ghanbari,Mah-Farid Mansourian, Kaveh Ghassemi Kermanshahi, Maziar samiee, Mahsa Jazini, Somayeh Momeni, Zeinab Kazem Zadeh, Niloofar Laripour, Nooshin Jafari, Nazanin Farzanjoo, Nazanin Hassan Nia, Sahar Ghassemi Nejad, Jamileh and Banafsheh Darolshafaee, Ali Kalaee, and Golnaz Tavassoli
source: iranhumanrights.org


In the city of Lar, Fars province are since the beginning of February clashes between the people of Lar and Special Guard forces.The unrest began as a result of the people’s discontent over the decision to turn Gerash, a nearby village, into a city.
Four cars and two motorcycles and the city hall building were set on fire, and numerous documents were reportedly destroyed in the fire.
A number of people suffered gunshot wounds and over 50 people were arrested.

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Iran: write

This moment are approximately 57 journalists in Iranian in jails.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported 47 names on February 3. At least 26 journalists have been jailed in the last two months alone.
Last week are also a number of journalists arrested.
Their names are:
Adnan Hassanpour, Aso, 25 January 2007
Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand, Payam-e Mardom, 1 July, 2007
Mojtaba Lotfi, freelance, 8 October 2008
Hossein Derakhshan, freelance, blogger, November 2008
Nader Karimi Jooni, Jahan-e-Sanat, Sharq, Gozaresh, Fekr, and Siasat-e-Rooz, december 2008
Ahmad Zaid-Abadi, freelance, June 2009
Omid Salimi, Nesf e Jehan, 14 June 2009
Kayvan Samimi, Nameh,14 June 2009
Saeed Laylaz, Sarmayeh, 17 June 2009
Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, freelance, 19 June 2009
Issa Sahar-Khiz, freelance, 3 July 2009
Massoud Bastani, Farhikhtegan and Jomhoriyat,5 July 2009
Marjan Abdollahian, Hamshahri, 9 July 2009
Saeed Matin-Pour, Yar Pag en Mouj Bidari 12 July 2009
Reza Nourbakhsh, Farhikhtegan, 4 August 2009
Mohammad Hossein Sohrabi Rad, Saham News, September 2009
Mohammad Davari, Saham News, 5 September 2009
Alireza Moghiseh, Iranian Journalists Association, 18 October 2009
Javad Mahzadeh, freelance, 22 October 2009
Mazdak Ali Nazari, Nasim Haraz Monthly and Journalism for Peace, November 2009
Sassan Aghaee, freelance, 22 November 2009
Saeed Jalalifar, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, 2 December 2009
Saeed Kalanaki, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, 2 December 2009
Kouhyar Goudarzi, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, 20 December 2009
Shiva Nazar Ahari, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, 20 December 2009
Saeed Haeri, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, 20 December 2009
Mohammad Nourizad, freelance, 20 December 2009
Emadeddin Baghi, freelance, 23 December 2009
Alireza Beheshti Shirazi, Kalameh Sabz, 23 December 2009
Arvin Sedaghat Kish, Farhang va Ahang, 27 December 2009
Khalil Darmanki, Asr Azadegan, Shargh, Etemad-e Melli, 27 December 2009
Mostafa Izadi, Etemad e Melli, 28 December 2009
Sam Mahmoudi Sarabi, Etemad, 29 December 2009
Kayvan Mehregan, Etemad, 29 December 2009
Badressadat Mofidi, Iranian Journalists Association,29 December 2009
Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, Iranian Committee for the Defence of Freedom of the Press, 29 December 2009
Abdolreza Tajik, Etemad, 29 December 2009
Omid Montazeri, freelance, 30 December 2009
Mahsa Hekmat, Etemad e Melli, 1 January 2010, released 7 february 2010
Parisa Kakaee, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, 1 January 2010
Mehrdad Rahimi, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, 1 January 2010
Rouzbeh Karimi, Kargozaran, 2 January 2010
Yadollah Eslami, Jonbesh-e-Rah-e-Sabz, 4 January 2010
Behrang Tonkaboni, Farhang va Ahang, 6 January 2010
Kayvan Farzin, Farhang va Ahang, 6 January 2010
Mostafa Dehghan, freelance, 8 January 2010
Mehraneh Atashi, freelance, 11 January 2010
Lili Farhadpour, freelance, 21 January 2010
Nilofar Laripour, Chelcheragh, 1 February 2010
Omid Mehregan, website Rokhdad, 4 February 2010
Nooshin Jafari, Etemad, 4 February 2010
Jamileh Darolshafaie, Etemad, 5 February 2010
Ahmad Jalali-Farahani, Mehr News Agency, 6 February 2010
Mahsa Jazini, Iran (Isfahan), 6 February 2010
Akbar Montakhabi, Etemad-e Melli, 6 February 2010
Somayeh Momeni, freelance women’s rights activist, 7 February 2010
Ali Kalayi, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, 7 February 2010
Ehsan Mehrabi, Farhikhtegan,7 February 2010


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Between the nine of moharebe accused people are 2 women (24 and 30) who are accused of association with diplomats from the German embassy by accepting green bracelets with engravings written in English that read “I Am Neda”.
One of the women is born in Manchester and has dual citizenship.
Mohammad Amin Valian, 20 member of Central Council of Islamic Association of Damghan Science University, is accused of moharebe, spreading of corruption on earth, congregation and mutiny to commit crimes against national security, propagation activities against the Islamic regime, and Insulting top regime officials.
Among other charges was the students’ active participation in the Friday Prayer, by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Since his detainment he is in isolation and is not allowed to have visitors.
Massoud Nour Mohammadi is detained for sending e-mail and sms.
He is a member of the Participation Front and worked for Mousavi’s presidential campaign. He was arrested 2 weeks ago.
source: ihrv.org, iranhumanrights.org, RAHANA


Mehdi Islamian, 30 was arrested May 3rd and was tortured in Evinprison by striking electric cable against the soles of feet, back or other sensitive parts of the body; blows with fists and kicks to his head, face, chest or stomach, or other parts of his body, while he was strapped to a chair; injection or forced ingestion of mind-altering drugs; insults, intimidation, and other similarly inhuman acts.
He was accused of involvement in the bombexplosion in Shiraz, and to admit to having lent financial assistance to his brother for political means.
He was finally charged with moharebe, spreading corruption on earth, attempts to dismantle the Islamic Republic of Iran, membership in a kingdom assembly, and his influential financial aid toward anti-revolution groups, and he was given death sentencing.
22 april 2009 was his brother Mohsen (21) along with Ali-Asghar Pashtar and Roozbeh Yahyazadeh hanged in Adelabadprison for the explosion in Shiraz.
February 2nd are the frequenters of Ghoba Mosque in Shiraz attacked by Basijforces who threw rocks and stones.
Many people were injured. In the last months pro-government elements in plain clothes have often attacked supporters of the reformist Ayatollah Dastgheib.
source: ihrv.org, payvand.com

The Mourning Mothers issued a statement in which they condemn the exections and ask revocation of the death sentences for political prisoners.
They warn Iran not to repeat the 1980’s catastrophe. In 1988 thousands of political dissidents were executed.
The government always maintained silence on these executions.
source: iranhumanrights.org


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Iran: questions

Amnesty International asks people to show their solidarity with 22 Bahman (11 februari) in Iran by placing this badge on their blogsite or homepage.
This day is Victory of the Revolution Day in Iran, a day commemorating liberty, independence and freedom.
The Green Movement will demonstrate this day for freedom and justice in Iran.
source: ammestyusa.org





January 25, 2010 Reporters & Human Rights Activists in Iran started its activities with a website dedicated to reports of human rights violations in Iran.
After just 10 days is this website filtered in Iran. RAHANA will announce shortly its new web address.
source: rhairan.com


De High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton has published a statement concerning Iran.
The EU strongly condemns the executions Jnuary 28, 2010 of Mohammed Reza Alizamani and Arash Rahmani and expresses its profound concern at the death sentences imposed on persons tried in the mass trials.
The EU opposes the death penalty, whatever the circumstances.
The EU calls on the Iranian authorities to suspend the sentences passed and to declare a moratorium on all forms of capital punishment.
source: consillium.europa.eu


Student Yashar Darolshafa is arrested in his house in Tehran on February 3rd. His whereabouts are unknown.
Bahar Tarakameh is arrested February 4, she is the sister of filmstudent and documentarywriter Ardavan Terakameh who was arrested on Ashura (December 27, 2009).Their father is Younes Terakameh, writer and critic.
Member of Mothers for Peace Mahin Fahimi and some of her guests were arrested on Ashura. Her son, Omid Montazeri is arrested December 28 when he went to the office of the Ministry of Intelligence to seek information about the arrest of his mother and his friend Ardavan Terakameh.
source: persian2english.com



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Iran: arrests

The International Committee Against Executions (ICAE) published a report saying that Iran prevents the names of political prisoners at risk of execution from being released.
Currently are 56 political prisoners in danger of being executed.
The list includes 21 people from Kurdistan, 12 people from Sistan and Baluchestan, 12 people from Ahvaz, and 11 people from Tehran.
The list is here.
source:persian2english.com

February 3 is Noushin Jafari,22 arts and literature correspondent arrested. In the last days were Omid Mehregan, Kaveh Ghasemi-Kermanshahi and Maziar Sami also arrested.
Student Salan Sima, senior member of studentsorganization Advar Tahkim Vahdat is reportedly in critical condition following a hunger strike.
He was arrested November 14.
February 3 is journalist Omid Mehregan arrested in his home.
source:persian2english.com

Rahana reports that at least 15 activists were arrested in the last 48 hours.
The names:
1. Noushin Jafari, arts & Culture correspondent at Etemad newspaper
2. Bahar Tarakameh
3. Omid Mehregan, author & journalist
4. Yashar Darloshafa, student
5. Kaveh Darolshafa
6. Yashar & Kaveh Darolshafa’s mother
7. Maziar Samiee, Student
8. Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi, humanrights activist (arrested in Kermanshah)
9. Nazanin Hassan-Nia
10. Sahar Ghasem-Nejad
11. Ardavan Ghara’ati, Karrubi’s campaignmanager in Kohgilooyeh province (arrested in Yasuj)
12. Reza Akvanian, humanrights activist (arrested in Yasuj)
13. Ehsan Mirsaeedi, student
14. Abolfazl Karimi, student
15. Maryam Karimi

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Iran: not justified

The court in The Hague ruled February 3rd, that the decision of the Dutch government to ban Iranian students from certain locations in The Netherlands (like the nuclear researchreactors in Delft and Petten, the nuclear plants at Borssele, Urenco and COVRA) as to refuse them at certain parts of masterdegrees at Technical Universities in Nederland , is contrary to the prohibition of discrimination ( article 26 of IVBPR) because an objective and reasonable justification for distinction to Iranian nationals is missing.
source: rechtspraak.nl



Journalist , humanrights activist, member of the central council of Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi is arrested February 3 in Kermanshah.
Seven security agents searched his home and confiscated personal belongings.
He is transferred to an unknown location.
source: iranhumanrights.org



Sahar Ghassem Nejad and Nazanin Hassan Nia, familiemembers of people who were executed in the 1980's, are arrested february 3 in their house. A reason was not given.
Alireza Saghafi journalist,union rights defender and member of Iranian Writers’ Association, is arrested on February 3.
source: iranhumanrights.org



Three members of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, Mehrdad Rahimi, Saeed Haeri and Shiva Nazar-Ahari, are charged with moharebe(war against god) for the transmission of e-mail containing incidents of human rights violations.
In recent days they have been under constant pressure to submit to a confession before a television camera.
source: ihrv.org


According to several prisoners who were released from prison, are Alireza Firoozi and Soorna Hashemi somewhere in a ward in Evinprison.
They have not contacted their for more than a month.
During this time agents from the Ministry of Intelligence used their e-mail information to check the contents of their accounts and chat online with their friends and families.
Alireza and Soorna were expelled from Zanjan University and detained after exposing a university official for sexual abuse.
Soorna Hashemi is a member of a liberal student organization and Alireza Firoozi is blogger-journalist and human rights activist.
source: persian2english

Hilary Clinton rejected the suggestion of Ahmadinejad for a prisoner swap for several Iranians jailed in the US for the three American hikers Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd en Josh Fattal currently being held in Iran.
An american official said that there is no equivalence between three students who accidentally crossed a border and an Iranian citizen who has been indicted and/or convicted of arms trafficking in violation of international law.
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Iran: change

Mir Hossein Mousavi has given an interview to the newssite Kaleme.
He condems strongly dictatorship in name of Islam.
Complete English text of the interview is here.
source: khordaad88.com





Roozonline published in an articlee that the judiciary in Tehran announced that the execution last Thursday from Arash Rahmanipour and Mohammad Reza Alizamani is not related to the post-election events. They were executed without notification of their lawyers or their relatives.
The judiciary announces that they were arrestee because of their membership of Iran Monarchy Council.
This is contrary to the announcement of the judiciary from last Thursday.
source: roozonline.com



Iran lifted visa requirements per February 1st for shortterm visitors from Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani journalists will still need permission.
Almost 8 million ethnic Azeris live in Iran.Azerbaijani nationals can travel to Iran for 15 days without a visum. They can extend the stay by submitting a request to the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
source: eurasianet.org

The blog lissnup.posterous.com writes about news from people who were released from Evinprison.
Every day hundreds of people post at Evinprison, hoping their familymembers will be released.



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Iran: unknown

Since 21 days Alireza Firoozi and Sourena Hashemi, two students from Tehran,are missing.
Since they left to visit Tabriz, nothing is heard from them, although the GPS-track from Alireza Firoozi's mobile phone indicates he is in Tehran.
His family has applied to all courts, public prosecutor offices, military and security organisations in Tehran but as yet no one has provided any official information about the missing students.
source: lissnup.posterous.com


The wife, son and daughter from Saeed Pourazizi, chief editor of the banned Bahar paper, were all three wounded during the Ashuraprotests.
The son had a serious headinjury which needed surgery. After that he was arrested.
The mother and sister were also arrested. The doctor who gave medical assistance is arrested also.
source: ihrv.org


Website Alef reports that the Iranian Interior Ministry evaded 12 questions regarding the 2009 presidential election. The Ministry of Interior was asked to respond to the inquiries through one of their election officials who would act as a “special online guest”on Alef’s website.
source: persian2english.com



January 12th, 2010 is photographer Mehraneh Atashi, along with her husband Madjid Ghaffari, arrested.
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reports that they are detained in isolation in ward 209 of Evinprison. They have had no access to a lawyer and they have been allowed no visit by their family. They were allowed to one brief telephone call they used to inform relatives they had been arrested.
source: iranhumanrights.org


Currently are 16 people on trial of which five people are in danger of being sentenced to death for being charged with moharebe (enmity with god).
The others are among other things charged for conspiracy to commit crimes against national security and propaganda against the state.
The names of the 16 defendants were not released.
The defendants:

-defendant 1: commit crimes against national security, insulting top officials and propaganda against the state through extensive soft war activities against the state,

-defendant 2: commit crimes against national security and propaganda against the state through membership in the counter revolutionary branch of the student organization Office to Foster Unity (Daftar-e Tahkim Vahdat),

-defendant 3: neo-communist sympathies and commit crimes against national security and propaganda against the state by participating in protests on Ashura and interviewing with foreign media,

-defendant 4: propaganda against the state through membership in the Baha’i religion and assembly and conspiracy to commit crimes against the state through participation in the riots following the orders of Baha’i leaders,

-defendant 5: charged as Mohareb through communications with the terrorist hypocrites’ organization (Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization),

-defendant 6: charged as Mohareb and Corruptor of the Earth (Mofsed fel-Arz), assembly and conspiracy to commit crimes against national security and propaganda against the state,

-defendant 7: charged as Mohareb through communicating, sympathizing, and cooperating with the terrorist hypocrites group (Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization) and propaganda against the state,

-defendants 8 and 9: charged as Mohareb and Corruptor of the Earth (Mofsed fel-Arz),

-defendant 10: commit crimes against national security, propaganda against the state, insulting top government officials, and disobeying government agents,

-defendant 11: commit crimes against national security, committing arson against public property, and propaganda against the state,

-defendants 12, 13, 14 en 15: commit crimes against national security, and propaganda against the state by participating in Ashura protests,

- defendant 16: commit crimes against national security, propaganda against the state, insulting top government officials, participating in the destruction of public property, and disobeying government agents.
source: iranhumanrights.org


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Iran: to report

The blog Persian2English writes that Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran (HRDAI) reported (fa) that on the evening before the execution of Arash Rahmanipour and Mohamdreza Alizamani a video was played with false confessions in an attempt to justify the crime of executing them.
In the video, four other political prisoners who were tortured were forced to confess.
The four prisoners who were arrested late October are Mahmoud Dolatabadi, Mehdi Saeidi, Abaas Vali Khani, and Borzu Kamrani.
Since then they are in solitary confinement. They were told that they were freed if they sign a confession and pay $30.000 bail.
HRDAI sent the report January 29, 2010 to:The [UN] High Commissioner for Human Rights, the European committee for Human Rights, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
source: persian2english.com


Today the annual ceremonies to celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. This lasts 10 days to February 11 / 22 Bahman.
226 reporters from 120 foreign countries have applied for a visum.
The director general of Iran's Culture Ministry for foreign media affairs,told Farsnews that reporters from India, Japan, Britain, Norway, Germany, Lebanon, France, Hungary, Azerbaijan, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Greece are among those who have asked to cover the ceremonies.
The Green Movement announced protestmarches for 22Bahman.
source: en.trend.az


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