Monthly Bulletin on Iran November 2010
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; a hundred arrests in Tehran CSDHI / State television, November 2
With the launch of a new security plan, the commander of security forces in Greater Tehran announced at the detention of hundreds of "thugs", "drug traffickers" and "thieves." In ordinary times
this should have led to raids in the government, institutions and foundations of the militia and Revolutionary Guards. Unfortunately, in this topsy-turvy world that is today's Iran, this is of key phrases to describe the young mullahs and protesters.
The commander said he was satisfied with the raid to "99%" because they had conducted operations "recognition" in neighborhoods.
This is actually for the regime to intensify the climate of terror to prevent youth gone back from the street.
Iran advises against travel to France because of social unrest! Iran Focus, November 3
Tehran on Tuesday urged Iranians to avoid as much as possible to travel to France, because of security problems created by the social situation in this country, and to exercise "vigilance" s 'they can not postpone their trip ...
Dilma Rousseff: the stoning of Sakineh would be "a very barbaric act" AFP, November 3
President-elect of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff said Wednesday that it "totally opposed "to the stoning of Iranian Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, sentenced to death for adultery, calling the act" very cruel ".
" I am totally opposed to stoning of Iranian. I have no official status to do that, but I affirm here before you that I think that stoning is an act of Sakineh very barbaric, "she said during her first press conference after his victory Sunday.
"Even taking into account the habits and customs of other countries, the stoning of Sakineh remains a barbaric act," she added ...
Amnesty calls on Iran to release the lawyer and the son of Sakineh AFP, November 3
Amnesty International called on Wednesday in a statement to the release of lawyer and son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani.
This release was published while supporting committees feared an imminent execution of this mother of 42-year sentenced to death for adultery ...
Sakineh: Nordic countries called on Iran to commute the sentence AFP, November 4
Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland called on Tehran to commute the sentence to sentence of death pronounced against Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, for adultery, according to a joint statement of foreign ministers on Thursday.
Four prisoners whipped Tabas Site Aftab, November 5
Four prisoners were flogged in Tabas (northeast) under Iran's penal code. Three of the victims were sentenced to prison terms, fines and financial whip. The fourth has been sentenced to imprisonment and flogging.
Arrests in the middle of the rap underground Tehran Emrouz Journal / AFP, November 8
Iranian police conducted a series of arrests in the rap scene in Tehran Iran.
"Boys and girls have been arrested, Western musical instruments and alcohol seized" during raids on Friday, said the police chief of Tehran, Hossein Sajedi-Nia.
He did not specify the number of people arrested.
"These groups recorded videos underground and out of unauthorized songs over the Internet or satellite," he said, adding that "these boys and girls were in the buildings deserted and in ruins, hiding places with dirty curtains, not to attract attention "...
He accused the rapper of" uttering obscenities, spread a negative image in society, and have unhealthy relationships between girls and boys as normal "...
Police raids are frequent concerts held in illegal, with dozens of arrests.
But the underground groups were still able to broadcast their music, using their personal computers for post it on the internet or transmit to satellite TV stations broadcasting from the Persian country.
Five executions Gonbad Qaboos ISNA, November 9
Five men sentenced to death were executed Tuesday in the north. The five men, whose identity was not specified, were executed within the precincts of the prison in the town of Gonbad Qaboos ...
UN Women: Iran rejected the board, not Saudi Arabia AFP, November 10
Iran has been ruled Wednesday in the board of the UN Women the new UN agency devoted to Women, while Saudi Arabia has won a seat. Iran received only 19 votes when he was 28 for him to be part of the 41 members of the board of the UN Women. Eleven Asian countries were candidates for ten seats on the board. Iran is the only country to have been rejected for this group.
This failure is due to race into East Timor in late last week amid controversy because of Iran's policy towards women.
World Philosophy Day: UNESCO withdrew its sponsorship in Tehran AFP, November 10
UNESCO announced Tuesday it was withdrawing from events held in Tehran to mark the World Day of philosophy, arguing that "necessary conditions" for the proper conduct of a conference of UN did not exist in Iran. Iran had, with the support of the UN organization for science, culture and education (UNESCO), host the main events of this day whose theme this year is "Philosophy, cultural diversity and Rapprochement of Cultures. "
This decision had raised protests in academic circles and among the defenders of human rights throughout the world.
Director General of Unesco Irina Bukova "considers that the conditions necessary to ensure the smooth running of an international conference of the UN are not met," said a statement ...
France welcomed Tuesday the decision of the Unesco, saying that "the context of repression that prevails today in Iran, particularly against" media research and teaching, "was" inconsistent with the values of culture, humanism and tolerance which Unesco is the symbol, "said the spokesman Quai d'Orsay Bernard Valero.
Paris calls "the Iranian authorities to measure the scope of this decision" and to "stop their policy of intimidation and repression," he said during a press briefing.
3829 people were arrested in Orumieh CSDHI, November 10
A Orumieh (northwest Iran), the police chief of Public Security announced that first half of this year 3,829 people were arrested for such "participation in joint meetings and trafficking of satellite antennas. He stated that the purpose of these arrests was to serve as a lesson to others.
The mother of a slain activist calls for release of political prisoners CSDHI, November 10
The mother of an executed political activist has sent a message of support for mothers of prisoners of opinion to demand the release of the parents of all political prisoners. Ms.
Saltanat Rezai said that the Iranian regime can not even tolerate the expression of solidarity with the mothers of prisoners. His son
Kamangar, a teacher in dissent, was executed in May 2010 by the mullahs' regime.
A draft resolution against the death penalty adopted by the UN Committee AFP, November 12
The Committee on Human Rights of the UN General Assembly voted Friday a new draft resolution against the death penalty, immediately welcomed by associations defending human rights.
The text was adopted with a majority of 107 votes to 38 votes against and 36 abstentions. The United States, China, Saudi Arabia and Iran voted against ...
Today, 136 of the 192 member states have abolished the death penalty by law or in practice, according to Amnesty.
127 Afghans are being executed in Iran The TV channel al-Arabiya, November 12
The Iranian regime has sentenced to death at least 127 Afghans residing in Iran. The Vice-Consul of Afghanistan said Tuesday that the mullahs' judiciary has pronounced 127 sentences of execution against Afghans living in Iran.
Mohammad Aman Amin told the Afghan senate that "the Iranian regime refuses to return the bodies of Afghans executed.
Amnesty International has repeatedly expressed its concern about the execution Afghan refugees in Iran.
Five lawyers arrested in Iran agency Fars / AFP, November 14
The Iranian authorities have arrested five lawyers, including three women, suspected breach of security, said Sunday the attorney Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi-Tehran.
"Three of them were arrested at Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport upon arrival from Antalya in Turkey. Two lawyers in connection with them were also arrested in Tehran".
The prosecutor said they were accused "crimes against the security and acts that violated the norms of the Islamic Republic outside the country."
He did not give the identity of the arrested lawyers or provide any other details.
Previously, Arman and Shargh reformist newspapers had reported the arrest in Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport, the three lawyers: Sara Sabaghian, Maryam and Maryam Kianersi Karbasi, without elaborating.
Me Sabaghian would have been a blogger jailed opposition, and Mr. Kianersi was among the lawyers defending a Kobra Najjar, a woman sentenced to death by stoning but acquitted released and there are two ans.Plusieurs lawyers defending human rights have been affected by the severe measures taken by the authorities after the presidential 2009.Plusieurs thousands of people were arrested for their participation in the protest movement against the reelection President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009.La Most were released but several hundred, including dozens of reformist officials, journalists and activists of human rights are still in jail after some were sentenced to heavy penalties.
denounces Paris violence outside the residence of its ambassador to Iran lemonde.fr, November 16
France has summoned the Iranian representative in Paris to protest against violence on Sunday in Tehran by "unidentified security services" to the entrance to the residence of its ambassador.
Sunday night, "particularly serious incidents occurred at the entrance to the residence of France in Tehran, to which access has been hampered by unidentified security services who carried out the arrest of persons invited by the Ambassador of France and engaged to unacceptable acts of violence, including against French diplomatic personnel, "the ministry spokesman, Bernard Valero.
At least two French diplomats were attacked and beaten by plainclothes security officers at the entrance residence during the incident, said Monday the embassy of France in Tehran. The incident occurred as more than a hundred people, including foreign diplomats and Iranians had been invited to a concert Iranian classical music at home ...
Human Rights: UN adopts a resolution critical of Iran AFP, November 18
The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution critical of the situation of human rights in Iran "frequently" violated. The third
UN commission cites torture, treatment or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, including whipping and amputation. She also notes the "dramatic increase in the application of the death penalty" in the absence of internationally recognized safeguards.
The resolution, presented by Ambassador Canada at the UN, John McNee, and cosponsored by 42 countries, said that the death penalty is applied to persons who at the time of the offense, had fewer than 18 years. The hanging and stoning are common methods of execution in Iran, reports the UN.
It also criticizes the blatant gender inequality and violence against women and the arrest and the violent suppression of women's rights advocates.
Generally, the text of the resolution criticizes the arrests and persistent discrimination against women and girls in law and practice.
The resolution notes the severe limitations and restrictions concerning the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. She criticizes the arbitrary arrests, detentions and long prison sentences for those who exercise these rights.
To defend Iran, Mohammed Larijani, a senior advisor from Iran, stressed that the resolution was "detrimental to international coexistence" and inflicted "severe damage to the credibility of the UN."
The resolution was adopted by 80 votes to 44 against and 57 abstentions.
Lagos has informed the Security Council of the seizure of weapons from Iran AFP, November 18
Nigeria has informed the Security Council the UN of the discovery of an illegal shipment of arms and ammunition in the port of Lagos may constitute a violation of international sanctions against Tehran, said Wednesday a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry ...
Nigeria: seizure of 130 kilograms of heroin from Iran AFP, November 19
Nigerian Customs officers have seized 130 kg of heroin from Iran to the port of Lagos, have officials said Friday ...
Australia: Iranian asylum seekers sew lips to protest AFP, November 19
... Up to ten people, including some 160 Iraqis and Iranians held in the detention center at Christmas Island, located in the Indian Ocean off the western coasts of Australia, have sewn their lips and then refused medical help, said Immigration Minister, Chris Bowen ...
Defenders of Human Rights have called on the authorities to expedite the process, following the suicide of Iraqi Ahmad Al Akaba, detained 18 months before to be notified of his expulsion, and a Fijian in September.
In 2002, some 70 asylum seekers had sewn their lips already at a center in the Australian desert, which has since been closed.
Greece: political asylum for 44 Iranians after two months of protest AFP, November 19
The Greek authorities have granted political asylum to 44 Iranians who participated in September in a protest in Athens Some have sewn their lips, to claim that status, announced Friday their support committee.
At the NATO summit, Sarkozy designates Iran as the main threat to the Alliance Le Monde, November 20
"The threat is Iran," he said, Saturday, November 20, in Lisbon, President Nicolas Sarkozy . At the end of the NATO Summit held in Lisbon, the French president has clearly identified Iran as the country that most threatens the Allies and thereby justified the missile shield project from the Alliance, approved yesterday. The text adopted on Friday did not mention any specific threat, to satisfy particular Turkey, which refused any reference to Iran or the Middle East.
Ahmadinejad calls for the marriage of girls at 16 AP, November 21
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urges girls to marry at 16 or 17 years, holding the wedding of young Iranians too late.
"Jam-e Jam reported that the Iranian president criticized the average age of marriage in Iran, which currently stands between 24 and 26 years. "We should advance the marriage age to 20 years for boys and about 16, 17 for girls," said the president quoted by the newspaper owned by the state.
Other Iranian newspapers reported For their part that the President had established the desired age of marriage for girls at 17 or 18 years.
The Iranian regime sentenced two women to be hanged NCRI, November 22
The judicial power of the mullahs in Iran has sentenced two women to death by hanging, according to news agency IRAN 20 November.
Although one of the accused suffers from psychological patents, the court openly ignored his condition and pronounced his death sentence.
Iran banned a weekly aimed at young people Agency ILNA / AFP, November 22
The Iranian authorities have banned a popular weekly Monday with youth, Chelcheragh for having published "documents contrary to public morals."
"Chelcheragh was banned because it published documents contrary to public decency and breached the rules of the media," the agency said citing a decision of the supervisory board of the press under the Ministry of Culture, and composed of representatives of justice, the Culture, Media and Parliament
... The magazine is popular for his articles on pop culture, his satires, his cartoons and because it gives pride of Iranian celebrities.
Chelcheragh was among the 17 publications that Iranian authorities had launched in early March of "warnings" for "unprofessional conduct", "rule violation" or publishing "superficial information."
More than half of university presidents removed NCRI, November 22
The dictatorship of the mullahs in Iran has sacked nearly half of the presidents of various universities in Tehran. According to the Fars news agency this week six principals of higher education have been dismissed, which means that half the universities of Tehran is now under new management.
There are 12 leading universities in Tehran ...
Sakineh: A senior Iranian official optimistic about the outcome of the case AFP, November 22
There is a "good chance" that justice savings Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani after a review of his conviction to death by stoning in a case of murder and adultery, said Monday Mohammad Javad Larijani, head of the Council of Human Rights Iranian ...
One inmate suicide Gohardasht Besouyepirouzi.com, November 23
According to information from the prison Gohardasht (near Tehran), an inmate identified by his first name Leila committed suicide. Lack of medical care, it was not saved and died shortly afterwards.
Amputation in Mashhad Site of justice of Khorassan, November 23
Accused of theft, a man identified by his initials, MB, has been sanctioned by the amputation of his hand yesterday morning to Mashad (northeast).
A young run Kashan Iran Press News, November 24
A 24 year old inmate was executed by hanging in prison in the city of Kashan (near Tehran). He was accused of drug trafficking.
Call 5000 mayors of France to save the lives of residents of Camp Ashraf AFP, November 25
Some 5,000 French mayors have signed an appeal issued on Wednesday for the end of blockade of Camp Ashraf Iraq, which houses 3,500 supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an opposition group in exile in Tehran regime.
Alongside the conference of mayors in France, a press conference on November 24 in the mayoralty of the 1st arrondissement of Paris, has issued a call to mayors by 5000 end to the blockade of the city of Ashraf, the recognition of rights of its inhabitants and emergency rescue of patients at risk of dying because of restrictions imposed by the Iraqi forces and agents of the Iranian regime.
The mayor of the first district of Paris, Jean-Francois Legaret, presented Wednesday at a town hall several workbooks containing petitions to Maryam Rajavi, NCRI's president, whose People's Mojahedin are the main component.
In this text, the undersigned, different political views, say Ashraf considered as a "sister city that embodies the democratic aspirations of the Iranian people."
They also call on UN Secretary General "to declare the prohibition of forced displacement of Achrafiens inside Iraq and all violence against them", and "to lift the blockade" of camp.
"This initiative demonstrates that elected officials consider the People's Liberation Iran as a common struggle against fundamentalism, barbarity and cruelty, in favor of peace, democracy and secularism, "said Maryam Rajavi.
The NCRI's president denounced the" medical blockade "of the camp and "psychological torture" of its residents by the Iraqi authorities, using loudspeakers.
Navy Pillay critical 'repression' growing AFP, November 25
Upper Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations, Navi Pillay on Tuesday expressed its concern vis-à-vis the situation of human rights Rights in Iran, subject to a "crackdown" growing in recent months.
"I call on Iranian authorities to urgently review the case Nasrin Sotoudeh and speed his release," said Pillay. In a statement, she worries about the fate of this inmate opponent since September in Evin prison in Tehran, and more generally of the defenders of human rights in Iran.
"I am very concerned about this case, incarceration Nasrin Sotoudeh is part of a much broader crackdown, and the situation of human rights Iran is increasingly difficult, "says Navi Pillay ...
Appeal of the European Parliament for the protection of Camp Ashraf AFP, November 25
The European Parliament on Thursday urged the head of the EU diplomacy, Catherine Ashton to order the UN to provide urgent protection for exiled Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf "in Iraq, according to subject them to a" merciless siege "by the Iraqi authorities
... In their declaration, MEPs also observe that "external pressures on camp residents endure the pretext that WIPO is still on the blacklist of the United States.
They therefore asked Ashton "to urge the U.S. to follow the example of the Union" by removing the PMOI from the list.
"The adoption of the declaration stresses the exceptional support and increasing the European population for the Iranian Resistance", welcomed the President of NCRI, Maryam Rajavi.
"The U.S. must take the protection of Ashraf is essential for their commitment vis-à-vis international law, mutual agreement with the residents of Ashraf and moral values, "she added.
.... In their declaration, MEPs also observe that "external pressures on camp residents persist in the pretense that WIPO is still on the blacklist of the United States."
They therefore asked Ashton "to urge the U.S. to follow the example of the Union" by removing the PMOI from the list.
A man hanged in Isfahan agency ISNA, 27 November
A man accused of raping several women was hanged in Isfahan
Accused of rape, an inmate identified as Mr. Hussein was executed in Central Prison of Isfahan (central).
His two accomplices were each given 74 lashes and sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Eutelsat ensures Tehran have not helped to censor broadcasts AFP, November 27
The European satellite operator Eutelsat ensures he never yielded to pressure Iran to censor emissions, refuting the criticisms of the Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace ...
Iran unveils classification system for video games that respects Islamic values Lemonde.fr, November 30
Foundation National Iranian computer games has unveiled, in partnership with Index Holding, a conglomerate originally from Dubai, a classification system for video games built around respect for Islamic values.
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