Monthly Bulletin on Iran
January 2011
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hanged four people in Zahedan IRNA / AFP, January 1
Four men convicted of murder and hostage-taking were hanged Saturday morning in Zahedan (southeast East).
These Barahoui Mahmoud Shahram Naroui, Zohour-Assef Ahmad-Doust and Jahanbaksh Barahoui, who participated in several "hostage" to demand ransom from their families. They killed several of their hostages.
seven executions in Kermanshah
agency ISNA, January 3
The Attorney General of the province of Kermanshah, Mojtaba Maleki, announced the execution by hanging of seven drug traffickers in the Central Prison in the city of Kermanshah (west).
A man hanged in Zahedan Zahedan Press, January 3
A man was hanged early this morning of Jan. 3 in the prison of Zahedan (southeast). The man was identified as Bahman Rigi, convicted of shooting four people and killing them in 2008.
Ashton accepts the invitation of Iran Window on Europe, January 7
The European Union declined the invitation from Tehran and not visit Iran's nuclear facilities, as confirmed by the High Representative Catherine Ashton, January 7.
Iranian agents attacked Ashraf, 175 wounded, including 83 women Iran Focus, Jan. 7
Resistance Iran asked the United Nations intervention against what it described as a new aggression against the Iraqi forces in Camp Ashraf, home to 3,400 members of WIPO, the main opposition movement to the Iranian regime. According to a statement of the NCRI, 175 people were wounded in the attack, including 83 women.
Shiva Nazar-Ahari sentenced to prison and flogging AFP, 9 January
journalist and activist for human rights Shiva Nazar-Ahari was sentenced on appeal to four Saturday years in prison and 74 lashes, after been convicted of "waging war against God."
In September she was sentenced to six years in prison for "conspiracy against the institutions" and "war against God" ...
The court also sentenced to be imprisoned in the city of Karaj, 35 km west of Tehran, while Shiva Nazar-Ahari denied all the charges against her.
activist of Human Rights, this young 26 year old woman was first arrested shortly after the disputed re-election of President Ahmadinejad in June 2009, which triggered a wave of demonstrations across the country.
Released on bail three months later she was arrested again in December 2009 while she was preparing to attend the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a former dolphin Imam Khomeini became a symbol of resistance to power . She was released on bail in September ...
Wearing tight jeans, coat hangers and tattoos banned in universities Fars Agency / Reuters, January 10
The Iranian authorities have tightened dress code at several universities including banning students long nails, clothes and colorful tattoos.
This new regulation prohibits women from wearing "hats or hats without a head scarf and tight jeans or short." It also prohibits the piercing, earrings aside, coat hangers and banned from some universities. The Fars news agency has published the list of establishments involved in this new dress code imposed.
authorities generally intensify their efforts in anticipation of the summer months during which women tend to wear lighter clothing and scarves in bright colors often thrown back, exposing the hair.
77 dead in plane crash AFP, January 10
Seventy-seven people were killed and 27 injured, according to a latest report of the crash of a Boeing 727 Iran Air Company crashed Sunday night in north-western Iran probably because of bad weather.
Eleven years in prison for Nasrin Sotoudeh International call for the release of lawyer NCRI, January 11
"In a decision imposing and criminal, Ms. Nasreen Sotoudeh, lawyer for political prisoners in Iran, was sentenced to 11 years in prison, 20-year ban from leaving the country and 20-year ban on practicing. She was accused of "collaborating against national security, propaganda against the system and failing to comply with the dress code in a speech." Ms.
Sotoudeh, mother of two children aged 3 and 10 years, is held in solitary confinement in Section 209 of Evin Prison in Tehran since his arrest Sept. 5, 2010.
The Iranian Resistance calls on the Security Council of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Special Rapporteurs on the arbitrary arrests and women, all organizations defending the rights of women, lawyers and bar associations around the world to take urgent action to free Ms. Sotoudeh and other political prisoners.
French Senators support the Iranian Resistance and Camp Ashraf CFID, January 13
The French Committee for a Democratic Iran (DIFC), which includes MPs, former ministers, judges, politicians and Defenders of Human Rights, held Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Senate meeting, entitled "French senators to support the Iranian Resistance and Camp Ashraf." Welcoming Maryam Rajavi, NCRI's president, Senator Jean-Pierre Michel gave him a declaration of support signed by a majority of senators.
Authorization required the husband to leave the country agency ISNA, 14 January
The direction of the border police mandates the husband's permission for his wife to travel and leave the country.
Children under 18 are also need the permission of their father to travel abroad.
Execution of activist and political prisoner Hossein Khezri IRAN / AFP, Jan. 15
A rebel Kurdish Iranian, Hossein Khezri, was hanged in prison Orumieh (northwest) .
Hossein Khezri was arrested in Kermanshah, Kurdistan of Iran, in 2008 and detained in premises owned by the Intelligence Ministry and Revolutionary Guards before being sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in Orumieh, in a trial of five minutes for "moharebeh" (war against God). Accused of belonging to the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK), his sentence was confirmed in August 2009.
A man hanged in Zarand Agency ISNA / AFP, Jan. 18
A man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in the town of Zarand in southern Iran. Attorney Zarand Mehdi Bakhshi, said the man, identified as Ali K., had been executed in the city jail. He did not specify the date of the hanging.
Hanging ten drug dealers in Karaj AFP, January 19
Ten drug traffickers were hanged on Wednesday morning in the prison in Karaj, a town west of Tehran, reported the website of state television ...
A man executed Bojnurd Agency ISNA / AFP, Jan. 21
A man sentenced to death for drug trafficking was hanged in a prison in the town of Bojnurd in the north-east .
The man, identified only by his initials M. Gh., Convicted of trafficking opium while serving a prison sentence Life was executed Thursday.
Iran is a leading drug traffickers in the world (Wikileaks) AFP, January 22
Iran is a leading drug traffickers in the world, and leaders of the Revolutionary Guards are involved in trafficking, said Friday the German daily Die Welt, quoting American diplomatic telegrams obtained by Wikileaks.
A confidential telegram, dated June 12, 2009 and from the U.S. Embassy in Baku, reports that the heroin seized from Iran to Azerbaijan were passed 20 kilos in 2006 to 59,000 pounds for the first quarter of 2009 alone.
Istanbul failed negotiations on Iran's nuclear Le Monde / AFP, Jan. 23
Discussions Istanbul on the Iranian nuclear issue between Iran and major powers fear that Tehran acquires atomic weapons, were completed in failure on Saturday, and no new meetings are planned in this case sensitive.
Iran, asking preconditions "totally unacceptable" during multilateral talks in Istanbul on its nuclear program, has "blocked everything," he denounced the French minister in Amman Foreign Michele Alliot-Marie.
A man executed Yasuj Jomhuri Eslami Daily, January 24
charged with rape, a man identified as A. Massoud, 29, was executed by hanging in the Central Prison in the city of Yasuj .
Two political opponents executed in Iran this morning AP / Euronews, January 24
Members of the People's Mujahedeen of Iran, Jafar Kazemi and Mohammad-Ali Hajagahaei, arrested in Iran during antigovernment demonstrations in 2009 were hanged on Monday morning, according to the website of Iranian state television quoted a statement from the attorney general's office in Tehran.
Several countries including France have urged Iran not to execute opponents, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke last August, namely the situation of Jafar Kazemi and Mohammad Ali Hajaghei to seek clemency from Tehran. ..
These are the first two executions of opponents condemned to death for their involvement in the wave of violent protests that followed disputed reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009. The organization of the mujahideen
denounced "heinous execution" on Monday by hanging in Iran of two of its activists arrested during anti-government demonstrations of 2009.
This execution "is an act of helplessness and revenge of a religious dictatorship besieged by internal and external crises and escalating public discontent," said Maryam Rajavi, leader of the movement in a statement issued in Paris.
She called the Security Council of the United Nations and the European Union to suspend their economic and diplomatic relations with this medieval regime, to improve the situation of human rights and a total cessation of torture and executions.
HRW Report: Iran
has used torture and threats to maintain power AFP, January 24
Crisis of Human Rights has intensified in 2010 in Iran, the regime that used torture and intimidation to maintain pressure on its opponents and consolidate his power, said Monday the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW).
"The limitations on freedom expression and association, and religious and gender discrimination have continued unabated, "said the NGO based in New York in its 2010 report.
The band also regrets that the controversial Iranian nuclear program has" overshadowed the serious concerns about the greater crisis of human rights in this country. "
According to HRW, more than 6,000 people were arrested after the disputed presidential June 2009, which saw the reelection of the Conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the opposition denounced fraud.
"Investigators have used torture to obtain confession, on which the judiciary has handed down sentences to long prison terms and even capital punishment, "said HRW.
Iran has executed at least nine" political dissidents "since November 2009, all convicted of "moharebeh" ("enemy of God"), the NGO said, noting that 16 Kurds also await their execution for their alleged support for armed groups.
"Hundreds of people including lawyers, Defenders of Human Rights, journalists, civil society activists and opposition leaders were detained without charge, "HRW said, accusing Iran intimidation against lawyers who deal with human rights and prevent them from defending political prisoners ...
"Iranian law continues to discriminate against religious minorities, including Sunni Muslims in employment and education," HRW wrote, noting that "the Sunnis (10% of the population), can not build mosque in big cities. "
Seven Heads Baha'is have been accused of espionage and sentenced to 10 years in prison ...
A young hanged in Karaj AFP, January 24
A man convicted of killing, raping and stole ten women, named Omid Barak, 24, was hanged in public on the role of Karaj, a town near Tehran.
Three executions in Evin agency Fars / AFP, Jan. 24
convicted of rape, three men were hanged at dawn in Evin prison in Tehran. They were recognized as Ghavam Atakesh-Zadeh, Mostafa Karimi, and Reza Dehghan Khaneghah.
Some MEPs ask EU to toughen sanctions against Iran AFP, January 25
The MEPs called on Tuesday to toughen sanctions against Iran, considering that continue to "be flexible" with the Iranian regime's nuclear issue "is futile."
"The Baroness (Catherine) Ashton left Istanbul empty-handed last weekend. If we continue to save time, we will end up paying for a long time and we will pay dearly. An Iran with nuclear weapons will be a global threat, "said British Conservative MEP Struan Stevenson during a meeting in Brussels to support the" resistance "in Iran.
These MEPs participated along with former U.S. officials, including former national security adviser to President Barack Obama, General James Jones, at a conference in support of the People's Mojahedin Organization (WIPO).
This is "the only realistic opposition to the corrupt fascist regime" of Iran, said Mr Stevenson.
hanged two brothers Bojnurd Daily Donya e Eqtesad / AFP, Jan. 26
Two brothers sentenced to death for killing a guard at a petrol station, were hanged in Bojnurd a prison in north-east.
Kamran Mehran and Khaki, also convicted of being the authors of a series of robberies, were executed on Monday.
Four prisoners hanged in Orumieh IRNA / IRAN, January 26
Accused of drug trafficking, four inmates were executed in the central prison in Orumieh (northwest). They were identified as Mirza Rostam, Esmaeil Rostami, Mohammad Farhad Hatami and Chenar.
Ashton retouched by the Iranian press 7sur7.be, January 26
Several Iranian newspapers have retouched a photo of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Ashton, to bring its holding less "provocative" and close his chest.
The original photo was taken last week in Istanbul, Turkey, the Iranian negotiator on the nuclear issue, Saeed Jalili.
Photo editing is a common practice in Iran, according to a BBC contributor, who explains that this is more to avoid problems with the authority to harm the image of people.
September
drug traffickers executed in Karaj AFP, January 27
September traffickers were hanged Thursday Ghezelhessar prison in Karaj, a suburb of Tehran, for various traffic heroin, opium and cannabis, "said website of state television, without providing further details.
Executions in Iran:
The EU urges Iran to declare a moratorium AFP, January 27
The European Union on Thursday urged the Iranian authorities to "Immediately stop" the planned executions of death sentences and order "as expeditiously as possible" a moratorium on the death penalty.
"Executions are carried out at an alarming rate. In addition to the abominable practices such as public executions and hangings continue to be used despite Iran's international obligations," complained the head of European diplomacy Catherine Ashton in a statement.
UN and U.S. must protect Camp Ashraf (Europe Parliamentary Council) AFP, January 28
Parliamentarians Council Europe were asked Friday to the UN and the U.S. guarantee the protection of Camp Ashraf in Iraq, who suffered a stroke 176 wounded on January 7 by the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
In a written statement which commits the signatories, the 150 parliamentarians (out of 318) were also asked "to immediately cease the psychological torture by agents of the Iranian intelligence services that have deployed 180 loudspeakers around the camp "...
Events in Afghanistan against killings of Afghans in Iran AFP, January 29
About a thousand Afghans in total, chanting anti-Iranian demonstrated on Saturday in the three main cities of Afghanistan to protest against alleged killings of Afghan citizens in Iran. A thousand demonstrators marched through downtown Herat (west), the second city of Afghanistan, while similar demonstrations were attended by hundreds of people in Kabul, the capital and several tens to Mazar-i-Sharif main northern city of countries.The protesters, waving placards and hostile to the Iranian government calling for the death of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for an end to executions in Iran of Afghans but also of Iranians, without specifying if they were referring to executions in particular ...
Zahra Bahrami Run:
Hague "freeze" its contacts with Iran AFP, 29 January
The Netherlands announced Saturday the "freezing" of their contacts with Iran after the execution of the Iranian-Zahra Bahrami Netherlands, accused by Tehran of drug trafficking, and denounced "an act committed by a barbaric regime ".... Zahra Bahrami
, 46, had been sentenced to death on Jan. 2, according to Radio Netherlands citing his daughter. Zahra Bahrami
was arrested in December 2009 in Teheran while she participated in a protest against the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The Tehran prosecutor's statement confirms that Ms. Bahrami has been "arrested for crimes related to security," without elaborating.
But during the search of his home "450 grams of cocaine and 420 grams of opium were discovered," and the investigation "revealed that it had sold 150 grams of cocaine," the statement said.
Execution Zahra Bahrami "arbitrary" (President of the EP) AFP, January 30
President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, Sunday denounced the execution "arbitrary" of Iranian-Zahra Bahrami Dutch ...
in a statement it "strongly condemns the execution of a European citizen" and denounced "a cowardly act of arbitrary justice."
"The dramatic increase in death sentences since the protests against the presidential election is manipulated source of grave concern," he says.
"The European Union condemns the death penalty on principle, as a violation of human dignity human, but the case of Sarah Bahrami is particularly abhorrent, "said he.
Jerzy Buzek judge the charges" highly questionable "and believes that" this trial has been anything but fair and balanced ", citing in particular the fact that Sarah Bahrami could not use the Dutch consular assistance.
The EU condemns the execution of the Iranian-Zahra Bahrami Dutch AFP, January 31
The leader of European diplomacy Ashton "condemns" the hanging occurred Saturday Zahra Bahrami, and again calls for a moratorium on all executions in Iran.
Ashton "strongly condemns" the execution and also expressed "dismay at the refusal of the Iranian authorities to grant consular access to Ms Bahrami before the execution and criticized the absence of" judicial process fair and transparent "about the ...
Iran threatens to sever cultural ties with France Daily Tehran Emrouz / AFP, Jan. 31
Iran could break its cultural relations with France if not the Louvre Tehran agrees to organize an exhibit of historical Iranian, "said Vice-President Hamid Baghaie ...
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