Iran: summoned July 26, 2012

The bahai Zahra Nik-A’in and Taraneh Torabi, were summoned to serve their sentences of resp. 23 and 20 months despite they both have infants of five months and one month old.
source: iranbriefing.net


Humanrightsactivist Dr.Mohamed Hasan Yousef Pourseifi is convicted to 5 years and 6 months in prison. Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran reports that the member of Human Rights Activists Organization in Iran and member of Defense of Child Laborers is convicted on July 25 for articles 500, 513 and 610 of Islamic Penal Code.
source: persianbanoo.wordpress.com

Seventeen Gonabadi derwishes from Kovar have been summoned by the revolutionary court in Shiraz.
Charges are: acting against national security, disturbing public order, assault and battery and carrying of illegal weapon.
Their names are: Mehrdad Keshavarz, Omidali Akbaritabar, Mohamad Ali Shamshirzan, Mohamad Ali Dehghan, Gholamali Bairami, Amir Hamzeh Dehghan, Mohamad Ali Sadeghi, Behyar Rajabi, Kazem Dehghan, Seyed Ebrahim Bahrami, Abozar Malekpour, Abdolreza Aarayesh, Mohamad Aarayesh, Hamid Aarayesh, Mohsen Esmaeili, Manoochehr Zare and Aman Cheragh
source: persianbanoo.wordpress.com

Humanrightsactivist Nargess Mohammadi, who was brought to the hospital was allowed to contact her family after 13 days and told them that she lost her vision and then recovered it after five days of hospital care.Despite negative advice from doctors she has not been released.
source: iranbriefing.net

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Iran: more July 25, 2012

Sixteen Iranian members of parliament, conservatives and pro reformists urged the minister of justice to “speed up” the 2009 case involving detainees at the Kahrizak Detention Centre who were reportedly tortured and murdered.
In 2009 former Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi along with 2 judges were quickly removed when a a parliamentary probe found that the officials in charge of transferring prisoners to the notorious prison must have known they would be subjected to torture.
source: iranbriefing.net



Iran Daily Brief writes that the pro-government blogger Ahmad Shariat, from the site Nedaee az daroon, is arrested and because he is unable to pay the fine of $ 80,000, he is in jail.
source: iranbriefing.net



Website Masregh News reports that former pro reformist member of parliament Rajabali Mazrooei is convicted to 18 months in jail on charges of insulting the president and propaganda against the regime. He also is banned from membership in political parties and press-related activities.
source: iranbriefing.net


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Iran: before July 24, 2012

The official judicial website reported that on July 19 in the prison of Ilam a man was hanged.
The man, H.B. was convicted for keeping and carrying drugs.
source: iranhr.net

The ecological situation of Lake Urmia is very tense.
Newsagency Fars reported that the Deputy Head of Iranian Environmental Protection Department, said on Monday that if nothing changes, in the near future this will create problems also in the security sphere.
The area of Lake Urmia is about 6000 square kilometres. By the dehydration of more then onethird of the lake, the saltconcentration is extremely high, which is disastrous, not only for flora and fauna, but also for drinkwaterresources.
source: en.trend.az

F-Secure Security Labs wrote that an Iranian scientist who works for Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) reported that probably a cyberworm in Natanz and Qom affected computers with “some music playing randomly” at high volumes on workstations during the night.
F-Secure says that the report not is confirmed.
source:  businessinsider.com


In Iran has been announced that suspects had been arrested in connection with the July 2011 killing of a nuclear scientist. The minister of intelligence said this on Sunday on the anniversary of the death of one of the victims. He gave no further details.
source: CNN

The "Aids-doctors" Arash and Kamiar Alaei, who were jailed in Iran on spycharges were at the worlds biggest Aidsconference in Washington awarded with the "Elizabeth Taylor" award.
source: rferl.org

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Iran: further July 23, 2012

On July 22 were in the prison of Isfahan 3 men hanged.
The men, named Eidi Sh. , 55, convicted for participating in 148 kilos and 850 grams of opium, Malang S.A., 54 convicted for possession of 10,435 grams of crack, Teymor M. Gh, 49, convicted for possession of 147 kilograms and 850 grams of opium.
source: iranhr.net




Noorollah Qabitizade48 a converted Christian has been released on July 17th from Karoonprison in Ahwaz.
He had been arrested along with 10 others on Christmas Eve 2010 in Dezful.
He had been tortured during interrogations and him was told that he was going to be sentenced to death.
source: worthynews

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Iran: July 22nd, 2012

Executiondate has been set on September 10 for political prisoner Gholamreza Khosravi




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Iran: more July 21, 2012

Imprisoned studentactivist and former vice secretary of Tehran’s Tahkim Vahdat (student alumni organization) and the Islamic Student Association at the Tarbiat Moalem University Shabnam Madadzadeh wrote a letter about the transfer of two female political prisoners from Evin prison to Gharchak prison in Varamin.
She has been sentenced to 5 years in prison and is currently held in Evin prison.
Her brother Farzad Madadzadeh, is also sentenced to five years in jail. He is currently held incommunicado in Rajai Shahr ‘Gohardasht’ prison.
source: persian2english.com

New York police says that Iranian revolutionary guards and their proxies so far this year are involved in at least nine plots on Israelian or jewish organizations.
Reports from intelligence analysts for the New York Police Department (NYPD) say three plots were foiled in January, three in February and another three since late June.Iran repeatedly denied supporting militant attacks abroad.
source: iranbriefing.net



Political prisoner Afshin Yavari, who is imprisoned in Rejaei-Shahr prison (in Gohardasht), was hospitalized after suffering a nervous breakdown.
Reports claim this is the result of not receiving his medication. The infirmery in Rajaei Shahrprison long ago stopped supplying many prisoners with critical medications.
source: iranbriefing.net



The Iranian government already privatized 17 of its 45 power plants and will transfer 28 more plants with an estimated value of $11.4 billion , by the end of the current Iranian calendaryear.
The price for 18 of the plants have been set and will be offered in the form of shares or assets. The value of 10 more stations is being evaluated and will be announced by the end of the summer.
source: en.ttend.az.

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Iran: punishment July 20 2012

On July 19 were 2 men hanged in public.
In Shiraz was A.T. hanged for rape and murder.
In Zahedan was an unnamed man hanged for murdering Gholamhossein Jafari, a commander of the revolutionary guards.
source: iranhr.net

USA urges harborauthorities to be on extra watch that no Iranian vessels flying false flags or sailing under fraudulent registrations.
Treasury Department said Thursday that Irans stateshipping line, IRISIL, was caught operating vessels with altered registrationnumbers to avoid the sanctions.
Friday the price for oil dropped  in Bangkok to $92.
The American government said Iran is developing a plan to disrupt international oiltrade, including attacks on oilplatforms and tankers.
source: iranfocus.com, online.wsj.com

The official deadline for closing Camp Ashraf in Iraq is July 20.
The UN Special Representative for Iraq, said to the Security Council that 1,200 members of the People's Mujahedeen of Iran despite an agreement to move, stay in Camp Ashraf.
source: rferl.org

Since the head of Iran’s Defenders of Human Rights Center, Narges Mohamadi was admitted to a hospital eleven days ago, she has had no contact with her family.
There are unconfirmed reports that Narges Mohammadi was severely beaten ring clashes between prisoners in Zanjan prison.
source: persianbanoo.wordpress.com

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Iran: explosives July 19 2012

Studentactivist and journalist Peyman Aref was suspended once again and not permitted to continue studying.
Before he was sentenced to 74 lashes after being convicted of insulting the President.
source: iranbriefing.net


The humanrightscommittee of studentorganization Tahkim-e Vahdat issued a second report to the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights for Iran..
This 2nd report examines student rights violations in the past nine months.
Among other things it says that while some jailed student activists have been released after serving out their sentences, 50 students remain behind bars.
Among them are Bahareh Hedayat, 10 years in prison, Ziaeddin Nabaviand Majid Dori, who are exiled to one of the worst prisons in the south of the country and Majid Tavakoli, who is in Karaj’s Rejaishahr Prison.
source: iranbriefing.net


After the suicidebombing in Burgas, Bulgaria on a bus with Israeli tourists, Iran is accused by Israel. Iranian statemedia claimed that the accusations were ridiculous.
Bulgarian authorities started an investigation to determine who was responsible. At the attack were six people killed.
source: iranfocus.com, rferl.org


Newsagency SABA in Yemen reported that members of a spyring, led by a former IRGCcommander were arrested in Yemen.
SABA said the spy cell had operated in Yemen as well as in the Horn of Africa and that it had kept an operations center in Sana’a, Yemen’s capital. An Interior Ministry official said all those detained were Yemenis.
source: iranbriefing.net

The revolutionary guard said Wednesday that it is impossible for USA to clear the Gulf waters of mines in case of conflict .
September 16-27 USA and about 20 other nations are to hold a major anti-mine operation near the Gulf.
source: iranfocus.com






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Iran: more July 18, 2012

In the prison of Qazvin were on July 17 3 men hanged.
According to the judicial website all three men (32, 35 and 40 years old) were convicted on drugsrelated charges.
source: iranhr.net



Newsagency Fars reported that during shootings with police in the western border of Iran Khalid Darabi has been arrested. Another person was killed.
According to the report, Khalid Darabi is the brother of Hussein Darabi, who was propagandizing Wahhabism and was a spy for the CIA.
Hussein Darabi escaped from Iran last year.
source: en.trend.az



Website Mukriam news reports that labouractivist Pedram Nasrollahi by Branch One of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj is sentenced to 3 years in prison for “propaganda” against the Islamic Republic, having ties to opposition groups and membership in The Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers’ Organisations.
source: iranbriefing.net




Brigadier General Mohammadreza Yazdi told Monday in an interview with Young Reporters Club that IRGC is starting procedures to reclaim the confiscated assets.
At the annual gathering of IRGC Navy commanders said general Qassem Solemeini that Enemies of the Islamic Revolution have been left hopeless and paralyzed due to the IRGC’s missile and naval might and power.
source: iranbriefing.net


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Iran: more July 17, 2012

In the prison of Kerman were July 16 three men hanged.
The not identified men were convicted for rape.
source: iranhr.net




In an interview with International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran told the mother of detained blogger and cleric Arash Honarvar Shojaee, that her son is in bad health .Shojaee started a hungerstrike on June 30 to protest his situation.
He has been sentenced to four years in prison, 50 lashes, $800 in cash fines, and lifetime defrocking as a cleric on charges of espionage, propaganda against the regime, acting against national security, and disrespecting the clergy.
According to his mother he was healthy before he was arrested, now he suffers from epilepsy, doctors determined that this is because, while he was in solitary confinement, the beatings and tortures he was subjected to.
source: iranhumanrights.org



Iranian authorities can be creative in their attempts to counter Western symbols. Bassij commander Naghdi of the bassij opened an exhibition of art by bassij by cutting keffiyehs tied end-to-end instead of cutting ribbon.
The keffiyeh was worn by many Iranian soldiers in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq conflict and became a symbol of that war. Nowadays colorful keffiyehs have also become a popular fashion item among Iranian young people.
source: rferl.org



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Iran: more July 16, 2012

Since the effects of inflation grew and the prices of food, like chicken have risen recently, the head of Iran's police warned for films depicting scenes of chicken dinners.
The rising price of chickens symbolise the difficulties of average Iranians in a grim world.
In recent weeks, shoppers have had to pay£3.67 for a kilogram of chicken, around three times last year’s price.
source: freedomessenger




Since January 5 are Bahai Bakhtiyar Rasekhi and his wife and daughter, Farhnaz Na`imi and Farin Rahimi from Kerman detained.They are charged with propaganda against the regime in favour of oppositional organizations and groups, spying for the benefit of foreigners; promoting deviant Baha’i ideas, supporting the apostasy of a large number of Muslims and blasphemy against Islam.
Till now every two months, the Ministry of Intelligence extends their detention without trial.
source: sensday.wordpress.com




Former political prisoner, author, journalist and documentarymaker Mohamad Nourizad who has written critical letters before to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei wrote a letter to head of justice Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, in which he writes about the lack of independent judicial system and calls for the Chief Justice to put his brothers, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, head of the human rights council Javad Larijani, president Ahmadinejad and the Supreme Leader Khamenei on trial.
source: persianbanoo.wordpress.com

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Iran: authority July 15, 2012

Iranian physicsstudent at the University of Texas Omid Kokabee was in May sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of espionage.Scientists around the world disputed these charges.
In June the chief of the University of Texas sent a request to UT System Chancellor to waive certain rules imposed by the Board of Regents that prohibit university personnel from making official statements on behalf of UT related to political or controversial issues.
This is him denied.
source: statesman.com

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces has said that although a plan for closing the Hormuz Strait is pursued, but the final decision is with Supreme Leader Khamenei.
July 7 he said that the decision of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of parliament for the Strait of Hormuz to be blocked to prevent the passage of tankers that carry oil for the countries that have imposed sanctions on Iran, is a wise one.
source: en.trend.az



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Iran: more July 14, 2012

Human Rights Watch urged Iranian authorities to stop immediately the mistreatment of two imprisoned journalists.
Mohammad Sadigh Kaboudvand is serving a prisonsentence of 10 ½ years. In March he started a hungerstrike to protest the denial of his repeated requests to visit his son, who suffers a bloodcondition.
Bahman Ahmadi-Amoui, a journalist of numerous reformist publications, who is serving a prisonsentence of 5 years in the same ward, was transferred to a prison in Karaj on June 12, as punishment for marking the anniversary of the death of another hunger-striking prisoner.
source: hrw.org



Azerbaijan poets Farid Huseynzade, 23 and Shahriyar Hajizade, 21 were arrested May 3 when they returned from a festival in Tabriz . Since then,  the foreign ministy in Baku sent five formal notes requesting an explanation to Tehran.
In a telephonecall with familymembers they told that they are accused of entering the country illegally, while Iran media reports suggest they might have been spying for Israel.
source: iwpr.net

The manager of SAFRA announced Friday that on July 23 the largest Iranian made oil tanker will be launched.
source: en.trend.az

Cartoon 15 Larijani, the farmer

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Children are being hanged to death.

A child will be hanged to death.

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