April 2010
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Several journalists are seriously ill inmates in the prison of Evin
RSF April 1
Reporters Without Borders is very concerned about conditions of detention in unworthy which are held prisoners of conscience in Iran today, including many journalists. When they are sick, very weak physically and psychologically, they are detained arbitrarily. "The lives of many journalists are now in danger. Baghi, Badrolssadat Mofidi, Mehdi and Mohammad Sadegh Mahmudian Kabovand are seriously ill. We call for their final release and unconditionally. We call on Iranian authorities to act in order not to continue to expose those lives. We will hold them responsible if they happened misfortune. "
Amnesty International: 112 executions in Iran in two months
AI, April 2
In its annual report on the death penalty worldwide, the advocacy organization Human Rights said that Iran executed 112 people in both months after the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009 and before his inauguration in August. In addition, the report accuses Iran and Saudi Arabia of violating international law by executing people - at least seven in total for both countries - for crimes committed when they were minors.
"Freedom of expression of association and assembly remained subject to severe restrictions. Activists of civil society, including human rights defenders in general and the rights of women and minorities in particular, have been crackdowns. Some were arrested, jailed and tried, often in unfair trials. Others were prevented from leaving the country and had their meetings disrupted. He was aware that prisoners are mistreated and tortured with impunity. Sentences of flogging and amputation were identified. At least 346 death row inmates were executed, the actual figure is probably higher. Two men were stoned. Eight prisoners executed were juveniles at the time of the crimes they were accused ... "
The website of the channel France 24 inaccessible in Iran
AFP, April 2
The French public channel for international news 24 France said Friday that his website was no longer available from Iranian territory, denouncing the "censorship" of the Islamic Republic.
Poverty Line
ILNA / BBC Radio, April 2
The Iranian government does not want to comment on the poverty line. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his ministers see no need to publicize the poverty line in Iran . The Minister of Labour, Abdolreza Cheikholeslami interviewed by the agency ILNA responded not knowing that threshold ...
still held prisoner in an isolation cell
Rights Activists of the rights in Iran, April 3
According to testimony, the activist for Human Rights Safari Marjan who was arrested March 2, 2010 and enclosed in block 2A, controlled by the Corps of the Revolutionary Guard is still in an isolation cell after more than a month.
She was accused of having committed "crimes Internet 'by the Tehran prosecutor and had allowed only one visit from his family.
A political prisoner in an isolation cell for over three months
Activist of Human Rights in Iran, Zahra Bahrami
April 4, 45, is kept in an isolation cell for over three months, at block 209 of Evin prison.
It is forbidden to visit. Zahra had been arrested during protests in Ashura (January 27, 2009). Since his arrest in an isolation cell, she was interrogated several times since. She is sexually harassed and tortured physically and psychologically during the long hours of interrogations in order to force her to make false confessions to give television interviews.
Bahrami's family said she lived in Holland and she was just visiting his family in Iran.
Lourdes charges
Agency IRAN, April 4
Mahdieh Golrou, student activist, was found Sunday in the 26th house of Revolutionary Courts in Tehran without the presence of counsel.
arrested last year during a sit-in student at Alameh University, she has been detained in Evin prison.
She is accused of "propaganda against the regime" and "plotting against state security" ...
Children threatened
Site Tabnak, April 6
A member of the Association of Child Advocacy is concerned that the statistics on the age of drug addicts, criminals or victims of marriage forcésoient alarming. These social ills are starting to hit even very young children.
veiled polemic around football
agency Fars / Le Figaro, 6 April
The Iranian footballers they will compete in Singapore in the month of August? Selected for the Olympic Youth, their participation is reflected today in the heart of a true controversy between Tehran and Lafif (Federation Internationale de Football). Not because of their competence - widely acclaimed in previous games - but held their veiled ...
According to new rules in force since 2007 in FIFA, "the uniforms of the players should not wear any sign of political, religious or personal." In other words, to play, Iranian must remove their hijab. Impossible, meet Iranian officials.
In a letter sent to five international organizations, Bahram Afsharzadeh, secretary general of the Iranian National Olympic Committee calls for a revision This new law as discriminatory, otherwise the Iranians will forfeit their participation. "The hijab is linked to Islamic culture and without veils, Muslim women can not participate in social activities," he says.
Washington and Moscow show a united front on Iran
AFP, April 8
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama did on Thursday in Prague common front on the issue of Iran's nuclear program, citing both the prospect of a new round of UN sanctions against Tehran.
Baluchi A prisoner died in prison
Radio Farda, April 9
The inmate, Shir Mohammad Bakhsh Shah, has died in a detention center in Zahedan (southeast). Arrested for his relationship with a Baloch activist, Shir Mohammad is the second political prisoner died last week in this center ...
Running five traffickers in Mashhad
agency Mehr / AFP, April 10
Five people convicted of drug trafficking were hanged Saturday morning in a prison in Mashhad (northeast). No indication was
given on the identities of five people executed, the Mehr news agency stating simply that their traffic was for "tens of kilos of heroin and opium.
The government wants to encourage five million people to leave Iran (Ahmadinejad)
Agency Meh / AFP, April 11
The Iranian government wants to encourage some five million people to leave Tehran to gradually reduce the impact of a possible earthquake, according to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
"We can not order people to empty the city (...) but we must take action. For example, we can give loans to 4% of land to people who leave Tehran (...) At least five million people to leave Tehran "that the power to manage the consequences of a possible earthquake Ahmadinejad said.
Three executions Taïbad
Agency IRAN / Quds Daily, April 11
Three people were executed by hanging Thursday, 9 April prison in the town of Taïbad (east). They were sentenced for drug trafficking.
Three traffickers hanged in Isfahan
agency Fars / AFP, April 12
Three people convicted of drug trafficking were hanged Sunday morning in the central prison of Isfahan (central), Monday announced the agency Fars.
The three convicts, identified only by their first names Morteza, 40, Ghader, 32 years and Gholamreza, 38, were convicted of having bought and sold several pounds of different drugs.
Public executions in Khuzestan
Agency Pana / Street Journal, April 13
Two men charged with drug trafficking were executed publicly, one on the Town Hall Square to Chadegan and the other on the square in the town of Ghadir Behbahan (south).
$ 2.1 billion (1.5 billion euros): this is what Iran spends in cosmetics and body care
Le Monde, April 13
This is what Iran spends on cosmetics and body care, according to a study by the private research institute TMBA. With its 74 million inhabitants, the country is the seventh consumer of cosmetics in the world ...
Sarkozy calls for sanctions against Iran "in April or May "
Le Monde, April 13
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said, Tuesday, April 13, hoped that sanctions be taken against Iran at the UN over its nuclear program in April or May , not later. "" The moment of truth approaches, "he told Mr Sarkozy during a press conference closing the Washington summit on nuclear security.
Beijing ready to work with Washington to punish Tehran's nuclear dossier
Le Monde, April 13
Barack Obama and Hu Jintao have sought Monday turn the page after several difficult months for Sino-US relations. Washington claims to have received approval from Chinese President to work for stronger sanctions against Iran. According to a U.S. official, China shares the U.S. concerns about Iran's nuclear program, and directs its representatives on the UN to work towards a resolution punishing Tehran. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao talked at length about this, the first day of the Washington summit on nuclear security ...
Public execution and amputation
Agency Fars / AFP, April 14
A man sentenced to death for armed robbery was executed by hanging in public. The man identified as Adnan Albouali, was hanged Tuesday in the main square of the city Mahshahr (south).
One of his accomplices, Morteza A., was amputated. "The amputation of a hand and a leg of another member of the group was formed in the walls of the prison," said prosecutor Mahshar.
thriller The Persian "Tehran"
JDD, April 14
By Alexis Campion-Critics' Prize at Venice, an inspiring dive into smaller trades to Tehran. A thriller prohibited Nader Homayoun.
"Even if my film is not for distribution in Iran, I have made a positive review and I am ready to discuss with the authorities." Calm and precise, Nader T. Homayoun is not only an extremely promising filmmaker, is a born diplomat. Having spent his early childhood in Paris, he speaks fluent French.
In 1978, he was ten years old when his parents, opponents of the Shah, returned to the country responsible hopes. "I went seamlessly and the Casimir Goldorak the Islamic Revolution," he says. Except that his father, intellectual Democrat propelled few months as Vice-Minister of Culture, was soon disillusioned seen several of his friends get shot or go into exile before being imprisoned himself four years ...
public executions Babolsar
Iran Daily / AFP, April 15
Three men convicted of raping 13 women were publicly hanged in the city of Babolsar in the north.
The three accused, identified by their first name only Ali (26 years), Rahmatollah (27 years) and Amir Hossein (33 years), were hanged on Wednesday one of the squares of the city ...
FatemehKhoramlu accused of espionage by the regime
Iran Focus, April 16
women rights activist, Fatemeh Khoramlu was arrested Feb. 6, 2010 on charges of spying and giving interviews to foreign radio stations.
Despite having paid 100 million toman ($ 100,000 deposit), the authorities denied his release on bail and remains in jail a state of despondency.
She was transferred to block 209 of Evin Prison after his arrest and then transferred to cell block women. She was forbidden to see a lawyer during that time.
This mother is the guardian of the eldest son of the family who is mentally handicapped in need of mothering. Also, she takes care of one of those girls who divorced with her 6-year old living with her.
Paris asks the filmmaker Panahi is released to go to Cannes
PARIS, April 16
The Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who was arrested March 1 in Tehran must be "immediately released" in order to be able to participate in May at the Cannes Film Festival where he was invited, said Friday the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
At a regular press briefing, spokesman Bernard Valero said that Paris had always condemned "the arrest and imprisonment of one of the most eminent representatives of the Iranian cinema of today."
"We call for his immediate release, we believe it should be free to move and to carry on business creation," continued the spokesman, in response to a question on his fate ...
arrested supporters of the football team Tractor Sazi
Street Journalist, April 18
The police and security forces arrested 25 supporters and supporters of the football team Tractor Sazi (team of Tabriz) Friday, April 16 and released (s) after several hours of questioning. According Says Salvan, during the match between Persepolis and Tractorsazi Tehran Friday, April 16, police attacked supporters of the team that had gathered on the hills around the stadium to watch the game Sahand with their families.
Ahmadinejad approves several new uranium enrichment sites
Le Monde / AFP, April 19
President Ahmadinejad has approved several sites for the installation of new uranium enrichment plants, has his adviser said Monday. "The president has approved the locations chosen for new nuclear sites," said Mojtaba Hashemi Samareh ...
Two major parties and a reformist newspaper banned
Iran Daily / AFP, April 20 The
Iranian authorities have banned any activity Monday in two major reformist parties that supported the losing candidate Mousavi for president in 2009, and a leading reformist daily, reported the media.
The Participation Front of Islamic Iran (FPII) and the Organization of Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution (OMRI), bringing together personalities close to reformist former President Khatami, have been banned from any further activity pending a court decision.
Similarly, the supervisory board of the press under the Ministry of Culture, announced the ban the daily Bahar for "publishing false news, and insults to the institutions and organs of the regime," according to the Fars news agency.
Time Bomb: Solana, Straw, Fischer and de Villepin have much to answer
The Wall Street Journal, April 20 By Alejo Vidal-Quadras
The European Union has been one those most responsible for facilitating Iran's nuclear progress. In particular, former High Representative for foreign policy, Javier Solana, and former British, French and German Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, Dominique de Villepin and Joschka Fischer, who have much to be ashamed ...
Turkey and Brazil are united on Iran
Mode, April 22
their mediation efforts with Tehran thwart the project of Western sanctions at the UN rapid. South-South diplomacy is taking shape on the Iranian nuclear issue. The opening match of a duet of "emerging" countries, Brazil and Turkey on the issue of proliferation, treated for years by the group called "5 1" (U.S., UK, France, Russia, China, Germany), is a fact new and striking.
The joint Turkish-Brazilian thwart the plans of Westerners seeking to adopt sanctions against Tehran to the Security Council of the UN before it is chaired, in May, Lebanon.
Iran renounces to run for a seat on the Council for Human Rights UN
AFP, April 24
Iran, reprimanded by the West for its record of compliance human rights, withdrew his candidacy for a seat on the Council for Human Rights, a UN body based in Geneva, said a diplomat AFP Friday.
Bandula Jayasekara, Deputy Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the UN, said Iran had informed the Asian Group at the UN it will not participate in the secret ballot for new members to designate Council. The vote is expected next month ...
Divorce up
AF / BBC Radio, April 26
The number of divorces has been steadily improving in Iran in recent years. The divorce rate has reached nearly 13.8% during the last Iranian year (March 2009 - March 2010), against 12.5% last year, according to official figures.
According to media reports, this rate rises to more than 25% in Tehran and in major cities.
According to official figures, 37% of the 74 million Iranians are between 15 and 29 years, which represents 26 million people age or just before the age of marriage.
few days ago, an Iranian cleric had said that the increase in illicit intercourse was the cause of the increased number of earthquakes.
"Many women badly dressed (not respecting the Islamic dress, ed)" corrupt youth, and the increase in illicit sex is increasing the number of earthquakes earth ", said Ayatollah KazemSedighi, imam of Friday prayers in Tehran
Sexual relations outside marriage are officially banned in Iran but have grown in recent years among youth, according to media reports.
diplomatic offensive to avoid sanctions
Published April 27
Tehran wants to win the support of non-permanent members of the Security Council. While the Iranian Revolutionary Guards are engaged in military exercises in Gulf waters, claiming to have successfully tested five missiles in response the "nuclear threat" from the United States, Tehran is conducting a desperate diplomatic offensive to prevent the Security Council adopts UN cons him a new set of sanctions.
scrutinized for over six years by the international community, its civilian nuclear program is actually suspected of aiming to acquire nuclear weapons.
Two men executed in Mashhad
Quds Daily, April 27
accused of committing immoral crimes, two men were executed in prison in Mashhad (northeast) in the presence justice officials and police.
A man hanged in Dezful
AFP, April 27
A man convicted of murder was hanged in Dezful (southeast), reported Fars news agency on Tuesday.
No details were given about the crime committed by Rahman R, who was executed in prison in the city.
Unemployment among women
Agency ILNA, April 27
Maliheh Mahboubnejand, the Board of Directors of the National Union of Women, ÅWARNING on the rise in unemployment among workers according to Iranian it may cause "unrest in society" ...
Mrs. Ahmadinejad: West encourages illicit sexual relations
Agency IRNA / AFP, April 28
The wife of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , accused the West of using the UN to encourage sex outside marriage and "debauchery" in Muslim countries.
"Westerners are using the UN framework to promote illicit sexual relations (...) in Muslim countries by presenting their programs inappropriate (for the wife and family) as progress against discrimination, "said Azam al-Sadat Farahi, at a seminar of Muslim scholarship.
" The family, which is the foundation of any company, collapsed in the West and Westerners are trying to spread the same in Muslim countries through programs that encourage debauchery, "she added.
The president's wife said he had to encourage" family culture "to cope.
Ahmadinejad request the Iranians to have more children
Agency ISNA / AFP, April 29
The présidentAhmadinejad reported for the third time in one week he was hostile to the policy of birth control, asking the Iranians to have more children.
"Some say it takes only two children per family, this means that in 40 years there will be nothing left of the Iranian nation (...) We see the danger and we caution" against an aging population said Mr. Ahmadinejad ...
The Iranian president denounced "those inside the country have copied the West by saying that two children were enough."
"40 years ago, Westerners were in favor of birth control and felt that with fewer children had a better life. But today, their population has aged and they encourage families to have more children by offering financial rewards, "he added.
The rate of population growth is currently 1.6% against 3, 2% after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
The government distributes free condoms and pills and the newlyweds are forced to attend classes about contraception before obtaining a marriage certificate.
Iran's population, currently 74 million, was only 36 million when the Islamic revolution of 1979. She has more than doubled in 30 years ...
Currently 70% of the population within 35 years.
President Ahmadinejad's statements were criticized by those who believe that the country lacks the economic means to cope with population growth.
Press Freedom: Iran in the league
Channel Radio Farda, April 29
According to a recent report by the organization Freedom House's Freedom of Expression in the world, Iran occupies the 185th place on 187, behind Eritrea and Burma.
Iran aperdu 6 seats compared to 2009 ... report
Clinton called Ahmadinejad does not disrupt the NPT conference
AFP, April 30
The head of American diplomacy, Hillary Clinton warned Thursday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against the temptation to "divert attention "of the follow-up conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which he intends to participate in May ...
Ashton calls for Beijing to sanctions against Tehran
AFP, April 30
The chief diplomat of the European Union said Friday Ashton Beijing had discussed with Chinese leaders the issue of economic sanctions against Iran sought by the United States and the EU.
In a meeting with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on Thursday, "I specifically wanted to reinforce the message that we need an approach on two fronts": the continuing dialogue with sanctions, said to Journalists EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
"Sanctions alone will not solve the problem but to solve the problem you need sanctions," she said.
"Recognition of sanctions is an important element," she also said.
Ashton noted that "a number of messages were from Iran in recent days indicating they (the Iranians) wanted to start talking," while the threat of sanctions is growing.
"The sentiment that the sanctions could occur has led them to want to start talking (...) This is good news," she added, refusing to comment on China's position.
However, a source familiar with the matter, the Chinese response was "positive." After the meeting between Wen and Catherine Aston, "we feel they are more committed to support sanctions if they are smart, effective, not sanctions that would affect the huge population, "the source said ...
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