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Persecution of Christians
Blogdei, July 1
By Pastor Sadegh Kandjani
In defiance of Articles 13 and 23 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the international, governmental and religious authorities in Iran have triggered an accelerated process of dispossession of rights of Christian minorities ...
A man lost a hand Malayer
Kayhan Daily / AFP, July 3
A man was lost a hand after being convicted of theft by a court in the city of Malayer in western Iran. It is
pasprécisé whether the verdict was executed in public or in prison, or if doctors were present at the time of amputation.
According to Iranian law based on Sharia, amputation is authorized for such crimes as theft.
Amnesty demands complete transparency
AFP, July 3
Amnesty International has called on Iranian authorities to "total transparency" in the case of two men sentenced to death for their alleged involvement in the death of at least three protesters detained in prison Kahrizak (south of Tehran) last summer ...
These death sentences were imposed for "sexual volunteers who led the murder of Mohammad Kamrani, Amir and Mohsen Javadifar Ruholamini "...
Amnesty urged Tehran to disclose" the names of the defendants, the role they have played at events in Kahrizak and provide details of their trial " .
The identity of the defendants was not disclosed during the trial, Amnesty notes that the suspects of being only "officers of lower ranks, which are merely" scapegoats of a larger system torture ".
The trial of 12 persons including 11 policemen for their alleged involvement in the death of at least three opposition demonstrators had opened in March in a military court in Tehran.
disclosure of abuse perpetrated Kahrizak had finally force the Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei to order the closure of the detention center last July.
Ten opposition protesters were sentenced to death in recent months.
Two executions in Zahedan
agency Fars / AFP, July 4
convicted of drug trafficking and armed robbery, two men were hanged on Sunday morning at the Central Prison Zahedan, capital of Sistan Baluchistan province (southeast).
Amanollah Pourian and Younes Rahman were convicted of being "mohareb" (warring against God) for a series of armed robberies, kidnappings, shootings against security guards and drug trafficking.
Mother and son executed Orumieh
IRAN, July 5
Accused of drug trafficking, a man and a woman were executed in the prison compound Orumieh (north-west ). The man identified as Mostafa Rahimi and his mother were without any announcement before hanging.
Direct cut hairstyles for men registered
ILNA / AFP, July 5
The Iranian Minister of Culture has approved a range of hairstyles "Islamic" to man's tail horse or the model including pompadour being swept from the list.
The media have disseminated photographs of male models, clean shaven and wearing a short cut, some with gel slightly stylized, in a "log headgear approved by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance" ... In recent
weeks the morality police, as every year before summer, spoke to numerous arrests and intimidation of women holding deemed non-compliant with the precepts of Islam, that is to say revealing too much hair or too skin. These women
"badly veiled" may be fined up to $ 1,300.
Several barbers have closed shop in recent years or were penalized for having made "cuts decadent West".
60 students convened
Site Jaras, July 5
Since the beginning of the year Iran (21 March), over sixty students at the Free University of Qom (center) were summoned to disciplinary committee of the university for non-compliance with the dress code. Some repeat offenders could be denied to attend classes ...
four inmates hanged in Isfahan
SNA / AFP, July 6
Four people convicted of drug trafficking were hanged Tuesday in the prison central Isfahan (central).
According to a statement from the judiciary, the four men were sentenced to death for possession of opium and other drugs. Their appeal was dismissed.
The Tehran bazaar strike
ISNA / AFP, July 6
The Grand Bazaar of Tehran, the economic heart of the Iranian capital, observed on Tuesday a day of strikes to protest against rising taxes which already operates in a delicate period for these merchants ...
In October 2008, the Tehran bazaar bazaars but also other major cities had seen several days of strike forcing the government to suspend a controversial tax on value added tax (VAT).
Big Bazaars in Iran play an important role in the economy, but also in politics. Bazaar merchants contributed to the collapse of the former regime during the 1979 Islamic revolution in observing a long strike.
international outcry against the stoning to death an Iranian
lci.tf1.fr, July 8
SakinehMohammadi-Ashtiani, 42, was sentenced to death for adultery. Many countries require Tehran to reconsider the decision.
Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani was sentenced to death for adultery in 2006. Initially, she received 99 lashes to admit that the Iranian justice system considers a sin. Execution by stoning, may now take place one day to another.
As sentencing approaches, Amnesty International and several associations for the protection of human rights, relayed by his son, put his case forward with the international community.
Switzerland, France, The United States, the United Kingdom and Norway, and criticized the project execution and call on Iran to commute the sentence of stoning in prison. "I think that stoning is a punishment medieval who has no place in the modern world and the continued use of such punishment in Iran is in our opinion a blatant disregard for human rights," by eg William Hague launched this Thursday, the British Minister of Foreign Affairs.
A young girl raped and murdered by the Basij in Tabriz
IRAN / Freedom Messenger, July 11
Elnaz Baba-Zadeh, a young 26 year old, was raped and murdered by members Basij in the city of Tabriz (northwest) last week. According
IRAN, Elnaz's car was stopped by the Basij forces because it does not follow the correct dress code of the Iranian regime. Elnaz but resisted and did not want to obey the orders of members of the Basij.
The Basij member who had stopped the car Elnaz jumped into the car and threatened her with his pistol. Shortly after, two other Basij entered the car Elnaz, then beat her, raped, killed and threw his bloody body to the tomb of Emamiye.
After investigation by local members of IRAN Tabriz, he was confirmed at funeral of Elnaz that whoever murdered her son is a senior member of Revolutionary Guards ...
The family of Baba-Zadeh Elnaz complained after the murder of their daughter, but the Revolutionary Guards are trying to handle the case and resolve them.
Religious schools
New York Times / International Mail, July 12
The Iranian authorities have planned to send 1,000 religious schools in Tehran from September. This measure aims to fight against Western influence and opposition policy. Boniadi Mohammed, Deputy Director of Education Department of Tehran, said on July 10, that religious intervene to warn students about the "conspiracy of the opposition." Many measures have been taken in recent months in Iran to eliminate schools and universities all items "disruptive" professors whose political views are deemed suspicious are returned, the music education program has been withdrawn ...
On 11 July the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivered a long speech for those who fear an Islamization of education. According to him, those who make such concerns are "malicious" and go against the interests of Iran.
Two young femmescondamnées to lalapidation
Persian2English, July 14
Accused of adultery, MaryamGhorbanzadeh, a young woman of 25 years and pregnant has been sentenced to death by stoning. She remains in the same prison as Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani.
counsel Maryam tries to reduce his sentence to lashes.
Azhar Bakri, 19, was also sentenced to stoning for adultery ...
Group Sunni Jundullah claims the bombings in Iran
AFP, July 16
The Sunni extremist group claimed Jondallah double suicide attack Thursday against a Shiite mosque in south-eastern Iran that has killed 27 people and several hundreds injured, in a statement posted Friday on their site.
Jondallah, who leads a murderous rebellion in the province of Sistan-Baluchestan, said that the attack targeted the Revolutionary Guards, the regime's ideological army, who celebrated their annual Day in Zahedan, capital of the province.
"Jondallah announcement to the people of Balochistan and Iran that tonight (Thursday), two of his son were able, during an operation unmatched hitting the heart of the Guardians gathered in the mosque in Zahedan to celebrate the Guardian, send them to hell more than one Keepers hundred, "said the text posted on the following address: http://junbish.blogspot.com / website.
The strike spread beyond Tehran bazaar
The New York Times, July 16
A strike in Tehran's traditional bazaar continues for the second week, spreading beyond the areas of origin gold and clothing as well as at least two other major cities, report news sites.
Five hangings Orumieh
Agency IRAN, July 16
Five people were hanged at dawn on Thursday in the precincts of the prison Orumieh (northwest). These men were identified as Faisal Saedi, Karam Azizi, Omid Nourani, Abdolrahman Rendi and Ali Sarban. They have all been accused of drug trafficking.
Five years jail for a protester
CSDHI, July 16 A teacher
retirement, Nahid Malek Mohammadi, 59, was arrested Dec. 31, 2009 by agents of the Iranian regime and later sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Moqayesseh. She is currently detained at the Women's notorious Evin Prison in Tehran.
Amnesty and RSF denounced the lack of care for sick inmates
AFP, July 16
Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemned Friday the detention of persons "seriously ill" in Iran, saying it remained "more than one hundred political prisoners," one year after the reelection of President Ahmadinejad ...
Ten opposition protesters were sentenced to death in recent months.
Run at Shirvan
Site deKhorasan Justice, June 18
A man accused of drug trafficking was hanged yesterday morning in the city of Shirvan in the north-eastern Iran.
Iran wants to strengthen controls on female outfits
Mehr Agency / Reuters, July 18
The Attorney General of the Islamic Republic, Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, pleaded Sunday tighter controls on women who do not respect Islamic dress codes.
The offenders are liable to lashes, fines or imprisonment.
"Unfortunately, the law, which considers the violation of the dress code as a crime, has not been applied in the country over the last fifteen years," said Attorney General Mohseni-Ejei.
"By law, the offenders to the public chastity, may be sentenced to up to two months in jail or 74 lashes," he added.
"It is the judge decide to sentence offenders a simple fine, "said Mohseni-Ejei.
strict codes of dress for women came into force after the Revolution but in recent years law enforcement efforts were not limited to a few weeks or months per year, especially during summer, when women wear lighter clothing.
The application of codes governing women's dress has strengthened since the coming to power of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005 in favor of a return to the values of the Revolution.
His supporters, who say they fight against the image of women portrayed sex symbol in the West call for tighter controls on "immoral behavior".
Three men hanged in Kerman
Shargh Daily / AFP, July 20
Three men, identified as Abbas Y., Ruhollah B. and Mohammad Naim Sh, were hanged on Monday in Kerman. They were convicted for drug trafficking.
The U.S. Court of Appeals took the side of Iranian dissidents
RGB Radio, July 21
The federal appeals court ruled in favor of Washington Friday to a group of Iranian dissidents who challenged its classification as an organization terrorist by the United States, and asked the State Department to reconsider the case.
This weekend hundreds of people attended Gord Street in Auvers-sur-Oise. Indeed, Iranian dissidents have celebrated a decision by the U.S. court, a decision that ordered the State Department to reconsider the presence of the United People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI) on the list of terrorist movements.
A year after the removal of the PMOI from the blacklist of the European Union, this decision is another step towards the recognition of that organization by the international community ...
A man hanged in Ahvaz
agency Fars / AFP, July 21
A man convicted of drug trafficking were hanged Wednesday in Karoon prison in Ahwaz city (south). Identified by only initials HS, this man had been sentenced to death for trafficking 900 grams of heroin ...
Five men with one hand amputated for theft
Agency ILNA / AFP, July 22
Five people were charged with theft of a hand amputated in Hamedan (northwest). The five men committed "numerous flights," said Attorney General the province of Hamedan, Ahmad Bighlari.
Their identities were not revealed, but the prosecutor said they "were aged from just over 25 years."
Islamic law in force in Iran provides amputation for repeated thefts. In recent years, cases of amputation have increased due to an increase in flights due to rising poverty in the country.
disappearance of the lawyer of a woman sentenced to stoning
AFP, July 26
The lawyer who defended convicted Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani to death by stoning was reported missing Monday when the Iranian authorities have issued an arrest warrant against him.
security officials went Saturday to the office of Mohammad Mostafa with an arrest warrant, but the lawyer was not there.
They failed to stop it. But Saturday night, they arrested his wife Fereshteh Halimi, and the brother of the latter, Farhad Halimi near his office. There is no news of Mohammad Mostafa.
Mostafa, who also weighs in favor of human rights, was convened twice in recent days by the authorities for questioning.
AFP failed to contact his cellphone turned off.
EU tightens sanctions and strikes at the heart of the Iranian economy
Le Monde, July 26
The foreign ministers of EU main trading partner of Iran, have adopted Monday a package of tougher sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear program ...
The energy sector is affected by European measures, in addition to those of the United States. This is a serious tightening ...
Three men hanged in Ahvaz
Site Justice Khuzestan,
July 26 Three persons, identified as AA, SZ and SM, were hanged this matindans Karoon prison in Ahwaz (southwest). These men were accused detrafic drugs.
arrested in Tabriz
IRAN / Street journalist, July 28
Blogdei, July 1
By Pastor Sadegh Kandjani
In defiance of Articles 13 and 23 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the international, governmental and religious authorities in Iran have triggered an accelerated process of dispossession of rights of Christian minorities ...
A man lost a hand Malayer
Kayhan Daily / AFP, July 3
A man was lost a hand after being convicted of theft by a court in the city of Malayer in western Iran. It is
pasprécisé whether the verdict was executed in public or in prison, or if doctors were present at the time of amputation.
According to Iranian law based on Sharia, amputation is authorized for such crimes as theft.
Amnesty demands complete transparency
AFP, July 3
Amnesty International has called on Iranian authorities to "total transparency" in the case of two men sentenced to death for their alleged involvement in the death of at least three protesters detained in prison Kahrizak (south of Tehran) last summer ...
These death sentences were imposed for "sexual volunteers who led the murder of Mohammad Kamrani, Amir and Mohsen Javadifar Ruholamini "...
Amnesty urged Tehran to disclose" the names of the defendants, the role they have played at events in Kahrizak and provide details of their trial " .
The identity of the defendants was not disclosed during the trial, Amnesty notes that the suspects of being only "officers of lower ranks, which are merely" scapegoats of a larger system torture ".
The trial of 12 persons including 11 policemen for their alleged involvement in the death of at least three opposition demonstrators had opened in March in a military court in Tehran.
disclosure of abuse perpetrated Kahrizak had finally force the Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei to order the closure of the detention center last July.
Ten opposition protesters were sentenced to death in recent months.
Two executions in Zahedan
agency Fars / AFP, July 4
convicted of drug trafficking and armed robbery, two men were hanged on Sunday morning at the Central Prison Zahedan, capital of Sistan Baluchistan province (southeast).
Amanollah Pourian and Younes Rahman were convicted of being "mohareb" (warring against God) for a series of armed robberies, kidnappings, shootings against security guards and drug trafficking.
Mother and son executed Orumieh
IRAN, July 5
Accused of drug trafficking, a man and a woman were executed in the prison compound Orumieh (north-west ). The man identified as Mostafa Rahimi and his mother were without any announcement before hanging.
Direct cut hairstyles for men registered
ILNA / AFP, July 5
The Iranian Minister of Culture has approved a range of hairstyles "Islamic" to man's tail horse or the model including pompadour being swept from the list.
The media have disseminated photographs of male models, clean shaven and wearing a short cut, some with gel slightly stylized, in a "log headgear approved by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance" ... In recent
weeks the morality police, as every year before summer, spoke to numerous arrests and intimidation of women holding deemed non-compliant with the precepts of Islam, that is to say revealing too much hair or too skin. These women
"badly veiled" may be fined up to $ 1,300.
Several barbers have closed shop in recent years or were penalized for having made "cuts decadent West".
60 students convened
Site Jaras, July 5
Since the beginning of the year Iran (21 March), over sixty students at the Free University of Qom (center) were summoned to disciplinary committee of the university for non-compliance with the dress code. Some repeat offenders could be denied to attend classes ...
four inmates hanged in Isfahan
SNA / AFP, July 6
Four people convicted of drug trafficking were hanged Tuesday in the prison central Isfahan (central).
According to a statement from the judiciary, the four men were sentenced to death for possession of opium and other drugs. Their appeal was dismissed.
The Tehran bazaar strike
ISNA / AFP, July 6
The Grand Bazaar of Tehran, the economic heart of the Iranian capital, observed on Tuesday a day of strikes to protest against rising taxes which already operates in a delicate period for these merchants ...
In October 2008, the Tehran bazaar bazaars but also other major cities had seen several days of strike forcing the government to suspend a controversial tax on value added tax (VAT).
Big Bazaars in Iran play an important role in the economy, but also in politics. Bazaar merchants contributed to the collapse of the former regime during the 1979 Islamic revolution in observing a long strike.
international outcry against the stoning to death an Iranian
lci.tf1.fr, July 8
SakinehMohammadi-Ashtiani, 42, was sentenced to death for adultery. Many countries require Tehran to reconsider the decision.
Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani was sentenced to death for adultery in 2006. Initially, she received 99 lashes to admit that the Iranian justice system considers a sin. Execution by stoning, may now take place one day to another.
As sentencing approaches, Amnesty International and several associations for the protection of human rights, relayed by his son, put his case forward with the international community.
Switzerland, France, The United States, the United Kingdom and Norway, and criticized the project execution and call on Iran to commute the sentence of stoning in prison. "I think that stoning is a punishment medieval who has no place in the modern world and the continued use of such punishment in Iran is in our opinion a blatant disregard for human rights," by eg William Hague launched this Thursday, the British Minister of Foreign Affairs.
A young girl raped and murdered by the Basij in Tabriz
IRAN / Freedom Messenger, July 11
Elnaz Baba-Zadeh, a young 26 year old, was raped and murdered by members Basij in the city of Tabriz (northwest) last week. According
IRAN, Elnaz's car was stopped by the Basij forces because it does not follow the correct dress code of the Iranian regime. Elnaz but resisted and did not want to obey the orders of members of the Basij.
The Basij member who had stopped the car Elnaz jumped into the car and threatened her with his pistol. Shortly after, two other Basij entered the car Elnaz, then beat her, raped, killed and threw his bloody body to the tomb of Emamiye.
After investigation by local members of IRAN Tabriz, he was confirmed at funeral of Elnaz that whoever murdered her son is a senior member of Revolutionary Guards ...
The family of Baba-Zadeh Elnaz complained after the murder of their daughter, but the Revolutionary Guards are trying to handle the case and resolve them.
Religious schools
New York Times / International Mail, July 12
The Iranian authorities have planned to send 1,000 religious schools in Tehran from September. This measure aims to fight against Western influence and opposition policy. Boniadi Mohammed, Deputy Director of Education Department of Tehran, said on July 10, that religious intervene to warn students about the "conspiracy of the opposition." Many measures have been taken in recent months in Iran to eliminate schools and universities all items "disruptive" professors whose political views are deemed suspicious are returned, the music education program has been withdrawn ...
On 11 July the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivered a long speech for those who fear an Islamization of education. According to him, those who make such concerns are "malicious" and go against the interests of Iran.
Two young femmescondamnées to lalapidation
Persian2English, July 14
Accused of adultery, MaryamGhorbanzadeh, a young woman of 25 years and pregnant has been sentenced to death by stoning. She remains in the same prison as Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani.
counsel Maryam tries to reduce his sentence to lashes.
Azhar Bakri, 19, was also sentenced to stoning for adultery ...
Group Sunni Jundullah claims the bombings in Iran
AFP, July 16
The Sunni extremist group claimed Jondallah double suicide attack Thursday against a Shiite mosque in south-eastern Iran that has killed 27 people and several hundreds injured, in a statement posted Friday on their site.
Jondallah, who leads a murderous rebellion in the province of Sistan-Baluchestan, said that the attack targeted the Revolutionary Guards, the regime's ideological army, who celebrated their annual Day in Zahedan, capital of the province.
"Jondallah announcement to the people of Balochistan and Iran that tonight (Thursday), two of his son were able, during an operation unmatched hitting the heart of the Guardians gathered in the mosque in Zahedan to celebrate the Guardian, send them to hell more than one Keepers hundred, "said the text posted on the following address: http://junbish.blogspot.com / website.
The strike spread beyond Tehran bazaar
The New York Times, July 16
A strike in Tehran's traditional bazaar continues for the second week, spreading beyond the areas of origin gold and clothing as well as at least two other major cities, report news sites.
Five hangings Orumieh
Agency IRAN, July 16
Five people were hanged at dawn on Thursday in the precincts of the prison Orumieh (northwest). These men were identified as Faisal Saedi, Karam Azizi, Omid Nourani, Abdolrahman Rendi and Ali Sarban. They have all been accused of drug trafficking.
Five years jail for a protester
CSDHI, July 16 A teacher
retirement, Nahid Malek Mohammadi, 59, was arrested Dec. 31, 2009 by agents of the Iranian regime and later sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Moqayesseh. She is currently detained at the Women's notorious Evin Prison in Tehran.
Amnesty and RSF denounced the lack of care for sick inmates
AFP, July 16
Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemned Friday the detention of persons "seriously ill" in Iran, saying it remained "more than one hundred political prisoners," one year after the reelection of President Ahmadinejad ...
Ten opposition protesters were sentenced to death in recent months.
Run at Shirvan
Site deKhorasan Justice, June 18
A man accused of drug trafficking was hanged yesterday morning in the city of Shirvan in the north-eastern Iran.
Iran wants to strengthen controls on female outfits
Mehr Agency / Reuters, July 18
The Attorney General of the Islamic Republic, Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, pleaded Sunday tighter controls on women who do not respect Islamic dress codes.
The offenders are liable to lashes, fines or imprisonment.
"Unfortunately, the law, which considers the violation of the dress code as a crime, has not been applied in the country over the last fifteen years," said Attorney General Mohseni-Ejei.
"By law, the offenders to the public chastity, may be sentenced to up to two months in jail or 74 lashes," he added.
"It is the judge decide to sentence offenders a simple fine, "said Mohseni-Ejei.
strict codes of dress for women came into force after the Revolution but in recent years law enforcement efforts were not limited to a few weeks or months per year, especially during summer, when women wear lighter clothing.
The application of codes governing women's dress has strengthened since the coming to power of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005 in favor of a return to the values of the Revolution.
His supporters, who say they fight against the image of women portrayed sex symbol in the West call for tighter controls on "immoral behavior".
Three men hanged in Kerman
Shargh Daily / AFP, July 20
Three men, identified as Abbas Y., Ruhollah B. and Mohammad Naim Sh, were hanged on Monday in Kerman. They were convicted for drug trafficking.
The U.S. Court of Appeals took the side of Iranian dissidents
RGB Radio, July 21
The federal appeals court ruled in favor of Washington Friday to a group of Iranian dissidents who challenged its classification as an organization terrorist by the United States, and asked the State Department to reconsider the case.
This weekend hundreds of people attended Gord Street in Auvers-sur-Oise. Indeed, Iranian dissidents have celebrated a decision by the U.S. court, a decision that ordered the State Department to reconsider the presence of the United People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI) on the list of terrorist movements.
A year after the removal of the PMOI from the blacklist of the European Union, this decision is another step towards the recognition of that organization by the international community ...
A man hanged in Ahvaz
agency Fars / AFP, July 21
A man convicted of drug trafficking were hanged Wednesday in Karoon prison in Ahwaz city (south). Identified by only initials HS, this man had been sentenced to death for trafficking 900 grams of heroin ...
Five men with one hand amputated for theft
Agency ILNA / AFP, July 22
Five people were charged with theft of a hand amputated in Hamedan (northwest). The five men committed "numerous flights," said Attorney General the province of Hamedan, Ahmad Bighlari.
Their identities were not revealed, but the prosecutor said they "were aged from just over 25 years."
Islamic law in force in Iran provides amputation for repeated thefts. In recent years, cases of amputation have increased due to an increase in flights due to rising poverty in the country.
disappearance of the lawyer of a woman sentenced to stoning
AFP, July 26
The lawyer who defended convicted Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani to death by stoning was reported missing Monday when the Iranian authorities have issued an arrest warrant against him.
security officials went Saturday to the office of Mohammad Mostafa with an arrest warrant, but the lawyer was not there.
They failed to stop it. But Saturday night, they arrested his wife Fereshteh Halimi, and the brother of the latter, Farhad Halimi near his office. There is no news of Mohammad Mostafa.
Mostafa, who also weighs in favor of human rights, was convened twice in recent days by the authorities for questioning.
AFP failed to contact his cellphone turned off.
EU tightens sanctions and strikes at the heart of the Iranian economy
Le Monde, July 26
The foreign ministers of EU main trading partner of Iran, have adopted Monday a package of tougher sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear program ...
The energy sector is affected by European measures, in addition to those of the United States. This is a serious tightening ...
Three men hanged in Ahvaz
Site Justice Khuzestan,
July 26 Three persons, identified as AA, SZ and SM, were hanged this matindans Karoon prison in Ahwaz (southwest). These men were accused detrafic drugs.
arrested in Tabriz
IRAN / Street journalist, July 28
On Sunday, July 25 to 18 hours, security forces arrested at his home FARSHA Hanieh. They searched his home and confiscated his computer, telephone and personal affairs. She was first taken to the center detention of the intelligence services of Tabriz, and transferred to Evin prison in Tehran. This
resident of Tabriz has been accused of "insulting the sacred, in connection with foreigners," which, they say, would be related to his activities on Facebook. There is no more information available on it and his family is not allowed to contact her. Hanieh, 28, has an old mother and has no past political activities.
A man executed in Qazvin
agency Fars / IRAN, July 29
Accused rape, a man identified as Joseph Kh. (OuYossefFardi) was hanged in Qazvin, near Tehran.
Rally for the victims of repression in Iran in 1988
AFP, July 31
A hundred people gathered Saturday in Paris at the invitation of the Iranian opposition in exile to commemorate the victims of repression in Iran in 1988 and those fighting in Camp Ashraf in Iraq in 2009.
The protesters carried banners and Iranian flags violets, as well as portraits of Maryam Rajavi, President NCRI whose main component is the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI).
In a message read by a participant, Maryam Rajavi urged the international community to "create a special court under UN auspices in order to avoid impunity for those responsible for the massacre of 1988, one of the greatest crimes policies since the Second World War. " On
August 1988 to February 1989, Iranian authorities have conducted mass executions of political prisoners. Nearly 5,000 prisoners were killed, according to Amnesty International. The NCRI evokes the figure of 30,000 dead.
Protesters also paid tribute to the victims of clashes in Camp Ashraf, Iraq, which resulted in 11 dead and hundreds injured in July 2009, according to the NCRI ...
resident of Tabriz has been accused of "insulting the sacred, in connection with foreigners," which, they say, would be related to his activities on Facebook. There is no more information available on it and his family is not allowed to contact her. Hanieh, 28, has an old mother and has no past political activities.
A man executed in Qazvin
agency Fars / IRAN, July 29
Accused rape, a man identified as Joseph Kh. (OuYossefFardi) was hanged in Qazvin, near Tehran.
Rally for the victims of repression in Iran in 1988
AFP, July 31
A hundred people gathered Saturday in Paris at the invitation of the Iranian opposition in exile to commemorate the victims of repression in Iran in 1988 and those fighting in Camp Ashraf in Iraq in 2009.
The protesters carried banners and Iranian flags violets, as well as portraits of Maryam Rajavi, President NCRI whose main component is the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI).
In a message read by a participant, Maryam Rajavi urged the international community to "create a special court under UN auspices in order to avoid impunity for those responsible for the massacre of 1988, one of the greatest crimes policies since the Second World War. " On
August 1988 to February 1989, Iranian authorities have conducted mass executions of political prisoners. Nearly 5,000 prisoners were killed, according to Amnesty International. The NCRI evokes the figure of 30,000 dead.
Protesters also paid tribute to the victims of clashes in Camp Ashraf, Iraq, which resulted in 11 dead and hundreds injured in July 2009, according to the NCRI ...
