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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Green Brief #22

I'm NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar - twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter - and I've been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from tweets. (My work is released under Creative Commons (CC). So use it freely and post it wherever you wish to.)

These are the important happenings that I can positively confirm from Wednesday, July 8 in Iran.


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Protests / Unrest

1. Tomorrow, July 9th (18th of Tir in Iran), marks a very important day. It memorializes the 10th year anniversary of a student uprising for freedom. Many students were killed and thousands were beaten, arrested and tortured.

Thousands are expected to take to the streets tomorrow in a peaceful march. It will be in memory of those slain, the revived fight for freedom, and to once again show their discontent with the election results. Cities confirmed to protest include: Ahvaz, Arak, Adrabil, Bandar Abbas, Birjand, Bojnurd, Bushehr, Esfehan, Ghazvin, Ghom, Gorgan, Hamedan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khorramabad, Mashhad, Rasht, Sanandaj, Sari, Semnan, Shahrekord, Shiraz, Tabriz, Urmieh, Yasuj, Yazd, Zahedan and Zanjan.

2. Protesters have been advised to walk calmly through cities, as well as to carry Korans and roses in their hands – to show their peaceful intent. Sardar Ismail Ahmadi-Moghadam, a high-ranking commander in the Iranian security forces, claimed that no one had requested permission for permits to hold rallies or to stage protests. Reports also suggest that Rafsanjani’s family is planning on attending the rallies.

3. Mir Hossein Mousavi released a new statement calling on Iranians “To honor and commemorate those slain in the post-election violence by going to mosques and other religious establishments to mourn and pray for them.” He has specifically asked them to do so in the late afternoon. Mousavi went on to endorse rallies and protests that are to be held for this purpose. Furthermore, he declared that he will be joining the mourners.

4. News circulated today of security forces attacking internet cafes in Kermanshah. It was reported that they checked people’s cell phones and interrogated them as to what they were doing there. Reports say Basijis started marking people’s doors with red ink at night – those of who chanted on their rooftops. It was suggested that Basijis would then go back in the morning and intimidate those residents. Recent reports say that people voluntarily marked their doors with red ink in order to confuse and overwhelm the Basijis.


Opposition

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5. IIPF (Islamic Iranian Participation Front) – a reformist political party with close ties to Mohammad Khatami – released a new statement on Iranian websites asking for the immediate release of all political detainees and non-political detainees. The statement slams the government’s brutality and violence and called the election, “a coup against democracy in Iran.” They asked the government to reduce the presence of security forces in Tehran because it was, “starting to look like an army brigade.”

6. It has been reported that Hashemi Rafsanjani has yet again decided to NOT lead Friday Prayers. It is speculated that the rationale behind his decision has to do with wanting to remain neutral until the issues regarding the election are resolved. Two days ago, his political party declared the election invalid. Rafsanjani himself has not made it clear whether he supports that statement or not.


Government / International / Clergy

7. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is continuously canceling trips abroad and inside Iran. So far, he has cancelled his trips to Libya and Egypt (to attend the meeting of Non-Aligned Nations). He cancelled his trip to Mashhad and now there’s news that he has cancelled his trip to Shiraz as well. Heads of States from around the world have also cancelled trips to Iran – among them, The Sultan of Oman and the President of Ukraine. Recent reports from inside his faction divulge that he will not be traveling abroad until the situation in Iran is “completely calm.”

8. International media is reporting that Mojtaba Khamenei – the son of Ayatollah Khamenei – has taken direct control of Iran’s militia group (Basij) in order to suppress the Sea of Green. They also report that officials within other security forces, along with the powerful clergy, are not happy with the situation. However, solid confirmations from our Iranian sources have yet to be confirmed.

9. The spokesperson for the Guardian Council today announced, “That even though the Guardian Council could be approached through legal channels, any complaints against the election were meaningless.” According to him, the Guardian Council’s decision was final.



Arrested / Released / Killed

10. Mohammad Ali Dadkha, a prominent lawyer and human rights activist, was arrested at his office today. Amir Raeesian and Malihe Dadkhah – who were in his office at the time – were also taken into custody. Mohammad Reza Yazdan-Panah of the Islamic Iranian Participation Front was also arrested. Partially confirmed reports suggest that Zhila Bani-Yaghoub and Ahmad Amavi have been put under house-arrest.

11. The Iranian Government released 22 of the 25 staff members from Kalameh Newspaper who had been arrested two weeks ago. Twenty members of the Mourning Mothers Group, arrested last week, were let go. Nine civilians were discharged. High-profile releases include: Gholamreza Zarifiyan (a Cabinet Minister during Khatami’s administration), Zainab Paighambarzadeh, and Poyesh Asaanlo.

12. Ismail Ahmadi-Mogham, Commander of the Iranian Police, announced that 100 detainees will be released in the next few days. He claimed the government had already released two-thirds of the 2,500 protesters arrested. Roughly 500 of those still detained, will be prosecuted in a court soon.


Media Communications

13. IRG’s (Islamic Revolutionary Guard) Javan Daily Newspaper continues to publish confessions of reformists and other detainees who had been arrested in the post-election unrest. Independent sources have confirmed that prisoners have been tortured to confess that they were, “directed by foreign nations into instigating violence in Iran.”

14. Internet connection speed has slowed even further in Iran. Connecting phone calls to Iran has also become notoriously difficult. Chants of Allah o Akbar continue to echo across the night in most parts of Iran -every night.




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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Green Brief #16

I'm NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar - twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter - and I've been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from tweets. [B](My work is released under Creative Commons (CC). So use it freely)

These are the important happenings that I can positively confirm from Thursday, July 02 in Iran.

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Protests

1. Thousands of people gathered at Iran’s Beheshte Zahra Cemetery and other smaller cemeteries to mourn the people who’ve died in the protests. The numbers were hard to confirm, but various sources claimed somewhere between 10-15 thousands. Large numbers of Basijis were reported to have been stationed in and around Beheshte Zahra, but no clashes were reported. Shopkeepers in Tabriz shopkeepers have reportedly stopped their strikes because of government intimidation and threats by the Basijis.

2. Mousavi’s Facebook page asked for protesters to form a human chain on Sunday, however, this could not be confirmed through other sources. This while about 120 women from the group Mourning Mothers gathered at Laleh Park again today and lit candles in memory of the fallen protesters. They have planned mass gatherings in Laleh, Andisheh and Mellat parks for July 4. Some relatives of detainees gathered in front of Evin Prison again today and asked for the release of their loved ones.


Government / International

3. Hard-line parliament members today again called on the Judiciary to prosecute Mousavi for allegedly breaking the law by calling protests and for instigating violence. The call had been made in the past as well and several state-run newspapers have also made similar demands in the past few days. Unconfirmed reports from Qom and Khorasan indicate that more clerics are considering to denounce the government’s actions in the past week and to declare the protests legitimat

4. Samareh Hashemi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s campaign manager, told PressTV today that the SMS outage and cell phone service restrictions were put in place to "ensure security" during and after the election. He added that Mousavi wasn’t really an opposition leader because he’s views closely matched those of the governments. He claimed that all the candidates fully know that the election was as impartial as any and that no voting fraud had taken place.
5. More international pressure is being mounted as in a meeting next week; EU member nations will consider pulling their ambassadors from Iran because of the government’s actions. Russia’s foreign ministry announced today that Russia opposed international sanctions against Iran and that the election and its aftermath were Iran’s internal issues that needed to be dealt with by Iranians, MosNews reported. A former Justice Minister of Canada, Irwin Cotler, has asked the international community to ban Ahmadinejad from entering their countries, Deutsche-Welle reported.
6. An Egyptian lawyer belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, Mamdouh Ismail, has filed a complaint in the prosecutor general’s office in Egypt asking them to ban Ahmadinejad from entering Egypt next month to attend a diplomatic meeting there. He has accused him of winning the election fraudulently and insulting two of Prophet Mohammed’s companions. This was reported on Al-Arabiya’s website.


Arrests, Casualties, Releases

7. Seven people were arrested in Qazvin today in connection with the protests. The head of Participation Front in Hormozgan province, Mr. Ramezanpour, was arrested there today. The government-owned media now claims that 20 people have died in the post-election protests. Real numbers are hard to obtain, but the number is reportedly much more than what the Iranian media reported. Iranian journalists Maryam Ameri and Omid Mohaddes were released from prison today in Tehran.

8. However, Saeed Hajjarian – a prominent politician and backer of Mousavi – is being said to be in deteriorating health. Amnesty International today once again called upon the government to release Hajjarian. On Wednesday News Week asked Iran for immediate release of their reporter Maziar Bahari who had been detained earlier and rejected accusations by the Iranian media that Bahari had a hand in the post-election violence. He was arrested on June 21 and has been denied access to a lawyer.

9. Meanwhile media reports of six protesters being hanged in Evin were denied by the government. Iranian Students News Agency reported on their website that the six people were accused of killing their spouses and other people. They didn’t indicate that any of the people were implicated because of any involvement in the protests.

10. Interpol today denied that the witness to Neda Agha-Soltan’s death is wanted by the Interpol. They also denied receiving any requests from the Iranian government for his arrest. Iranian media and government have claimed that the witness, Arash Hejazi, was wanted by the Interpol. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the Iranian government’s intelligence agencies as well as the Ministry of Islamic Guidance are compiling a list of Iranian journalists which will be barred from traveling abroad.

11. Reports of torture at Evin and other Iranian prisons are mounting. Some sources claim that detainees are being beaten every night and others are being water-boarded with hot water in order to get confessions from them.


Statements

12. Yet another Ayatollah has joined the cause of the protesters. Ayatollah Bayat-Zanjani today said that demand for justice and protesting for one’s rights was legal. He also denounced the suppression of protesters and called the act illegitimate. He asked Mousavi to stand for justice and help people get their rights. Zanjani joins Ayatollahs Taheri, Ghaffari and Montazeri in their support for the cause of the protesters. Karoubi announced again today that he would not recognize the government and would continue to stand by people demanding for their rights till the end of his life.

13. It has also been reported that Rafsanjani, who is also one of the Imams who rotate leading Friday prayers in Tehran’s largest mosques, has for the second week decided to not lead the prayers. Last week, his spot was first filled by Khamenei, but Khamenei pulled out at the last minute leaving Ahmad Khatami to lead the prayers. Rafsanjani is not planning to attend this Friday's prayer either.


Media

14. Parlemaan News’ website has been blocked by the government. The website was one of the only remaining sources of impartial news for the Iranian people. The government closed it after it posted several of Mousavi’s statements and Khatami’s criticism of the government. Parlemaan News – parlemaan means parliament in persian – is the official news webstie of the Imam’s Way faction of MP’s in the Iranian parliament. They had been warned last week by security forces and the Judiciary to restrict criticism of the government.

15. The BBC reported today that the Kingdom of Jordan had banned Iran’s state-run Al-Alam and Press TV stations from broadcasting in Jordan and revoked their operation permits. Al-Alam broadcasts news in Arabic and Press TV is the main English language news channel of Iran. The latter today showed footage of what it called ‘thugs attacking Basiji Headquarters in Tehran’ which showed several protesters chanting in front of the headquarters at an unspecified date. The footage didn’t show any of the ‘thugs’ actually using any of Molotov cocktails they were holding.


COMMUNICATIONS

16. Even though SMS was back in Tehran yesterday, reports indicate that it has been cut-off once again. Sources indicated that they’d asked twitter users from Tehran to not text each other using the service because it could be a ploy by the government to find dissidents. There are reports that Iran’s main telecom companies were trained in China in how to how weed out dissidents using their data posted on the net as well as monitoring and other techniques.

17. Even though yesterday’s news of four unopened ballot boxes being found in Shiraz couldn’t be verified, reliable sources indicate that the governor of Fars province where Shiraz is located announced today that the boxes were from past elections. He added that they will be stored as national documents. Mohammad Reza Nasab-Abdollahi, the journalist that broke the news, has been reportedly intimidated by the government and is being pressured to recant his report and deny the claim.

18. Chants of Allah o Akbar again echoed across Iran. Reports have suggested that dozens of people – in some cases the residents of entire apartment buildings – have been arrested by Basijis for chanting on their rooftops at night. Residents in Northern Tehran have also been warned that they could either stop chanting or risk losing their satellite antennas – which are illegal in the country, but widely owned by the public.

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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Green Brief #12

I'm NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar - twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter - and I've been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from tweets. No news media outlets have been used. (All my work is released under Creative Commons (CC). You can freely use it and repost it wherever you'd like to. Just provide a link to the original source at the bottom.)

These are the important happenings that I can positively confirm from Sunday, June 28 in Iran.

1. URGENT: Rumors of Mousavi’s arrest are being spread around the blogosphere and twitter. So far, no reliable source has confirmed this. At the time of the writing of this brief – 9:27 PM ET – he is still free.

2. Thousands of people gathered in Tehran's Ghoba Mosque today at a rally planned to coincide with the 7 Tir bombing that killed Ayatollah Beheshti and 70 other prominent clerics in 1981. The mosque was filled and the streets and alleys leading up to the mosque were completely crowded by protesters chanting "Where's our vote?" Reports indicate that the number was somewhere between 3 and 10 thousand. Beheshti's son addressed the crowd and said that the current regime was pushing people backwards and was not in touch with current realities of the world. He said that the Sea of Green could stand this and were protesting.

3. Mahdi Karoubi was able to join the protests spoke to protesters. Mousavi wasn't able to make it to the center of the crowd and was forced to deliver his message by calling a cell phone as the receiving phone was put on a loudspeaker. Other prominent members of the reform movement were also present, including the wife and daughter of Rafsanjani. Mousavi urged people to continue fighting for their legitimate demands and announced that he would not stop pursuing their collective goals. Rezaei also issued an open letter to the GC today asking them to investigate the whole election & all protests & complaints.

4. Later, intense clashes broke out between the security forces and protesters. Several shots were heard from the vicinity of the mosque. Fires were started in the area and smoke could be seen coming out of some streets from afar. Police violently beat some protesters in order to disperse them. Although the protesters had received a permit by the government, they were still attacked by the police under the pretense that people were only allowed to be inside the mosque. Protesters were beaten, tear gas was used and many protesters were hauled away and arrested by the security forces. Some of the high-profile arrests today included Reza Ataraan - a movie star and filmmaker -, Shokoofeh Azar, reporter for Sarmaye Emrooz, and Kambiz Norouzi, legal secretary of journalists' union. The actual number of protesters arrested today could not be confirmed, but several dozens people were likely arrested, reliable sources indicated. There were also reports of protests in other parts of the city and clashes as well, yet they could only be partially confirmed.

5. Rafsanjani today spoke to reporters today and said that the election had created a complex situation and that enemies were trying to create a divide between the regime and people. He praised Khamenei's decision to extend the period for complaints to the Guardian Council about the election. Khamenei today said that people shouldn’t stoke emotions and both sides should not create tensions and inflame the youth. He also accused the world of meddling with the affairs of Iran and warned them to back off of Iranian affairs.

6. In a letter addressed to the Guardian Council, Karoubi said that the election was engineered in such a way that people's presence was only a pre-designed show. Karoubi: For every candidate a share of the vote was previously defined. He added that before the election a member of GC said that the leader had chosen Ahmadinezhad and it's not wise to cross him and that the small share of the votes assigned to him will not stop the pursuit of people’s demands.

7. Yesterday, it was reported that 9 UK Embassy staff from Tehran were arrested. Today, reports have surfaced that at least 4 of them have been released. It is being reported that the rest are not being kept at Evin, but rather at an undisclosed location. They were all accused by the Iranian government of having a hand in the protests which they claim are 'riots'.

8. A representative of Tabriz spoke in the Parliament today and said that it was not fair to listen to only one-side of the dispute and ignore the cries of the other side completely. He called upon the government to not act against the country’s laws when dealing with people. Ahmadinejad's supporters in the parliament tried to force him from continuing his speech by yelling and shouting at him.

9. A government spokesperson today said that there have been no serious incidents during the protests and that people should go to courts to complain if they’ve been beaten with sticks. The bodies of some protesters who've been killed so far are being released to their relatives if they quietly bury them. Mousavi's head of campaign, Ghorban Behzadian Nezhad and all but three staff members of his newspaper were released today.

10. A selected team of the parliament's security commission will meet with Mohammad Khatami regarding the recent events. The team will meet Ahmadinezhad as well. Previously they met Ayatollas Javadi Amoli, Mousavi Ardebili and Sobhani. Amoli said today that the separation of powers was not a recent phenomenon and it had existed before in Islam and called for it. Ayatollah Javadi Amoli previously criticized the government in Friday prayer in Qom. Amoli said that if someone's the judge, jury and executioner, then there was a problem.

11. Insurance companies are shunning people. They're being told that the government has told them not to talk to rioters. This is after people went to insurance companies after the destruction of property or death of a loved one.

12. The Min. of Interior has been asked to cancel the permits of IIPF, the Combatant Clerics and Mojahedin-Enghelab parties. They are going to legally pursue them and if found guilty of a crime - the protests have been called law-breaking and a crime - their permits will be cancelled. It is being reported that the online results of the election released by the Ministry of Interior are continuously being changed.

13. Tonight people are continuing their chants of Allah o Akbar as Basijis have started to harass them. During past days plain cloths went door to door and warned people to stop chanting. Website of ministry of internal affairs which uploaded election statistics keeps updating files as people find more errors in the results.



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Friday, June 26, 2009

Green Brief #9

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I'm NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar - twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter - and I've been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from tweets. No news media outlets have been used. (There was precious little today to offer so I waited very long)

These are the important happenings that I can positively confirm from Thursday, June 25 in Iran.

1. Protesters continued to swarm the streets of Tehran today, however, the number of security forces deployed to stop them from gathering in large numbers proved effective. We had previously reported that large numbers of motorcycles have been brought into Tehran by the government and given over to Basij and other security forces. They are being used very efficiently to mobilize the security forces and protesters are being hunted down wherever they are suspected to be. In the mess, several people who aren't protesters have also been beaten as the beatings have turned to indiscriminate persecution of citizens of Iran.

2. News of protesters came from different parts of Tehran, but confirmation as always have been a bit tricky as twitter sources continue to give out information that is sometimes uniform and at times widely divergent. What we were able to confirm was that a large mass of people that tried to gather at martyred protester Neda's grave site was beaten and dispersed. No one was allowed to stand near her grave for more than a few seconds as police actively sought to beat the protesters out of the area. There were reports of Basijis firing at people from atop a mosque in Tehran. It can be partially confirmed, however, the number of casualties cannot be.

3. The Minister of Interior in the mean time has declined to issue a request for the holding of requests by Mousavi's supporters. He has stated that any permits need to be sought in person at least 7 days before the planned date. (There are reports, however, that Mousavi has been granted a permit for a small rally tomorrow.) Chants of Allah o Akbar and Ya Hossein echoed across Tehran yet again and there were reports of protests in Shiraz by university students and a strike in Tabriz. (I can only partially confirm this as only a few of my reliable sources could confirm it.)

4. As reported yesterday, no massacre can be confirmed to have occurred in Baharestan square. Readers have sent me several photographs of bodies with gaping wounds that might suggest the use of axes - I have confirmed ISOLATED use of axes in the previous report -, however, all of the photos have been from past protests. As of yet, the claim by Mainstream Media that there was a massacre at Baharestan cannot be confirmed. (At the time of the writing of this brief, many have retracted their previous statements and some have actually began to kill the story that was used to increase viewership of US TV networks...)

5. In new statements today, Mousavi, Khatami and Rezaei have pledged their support for the cause of the protesters yet again. Mousavi released a statement today declaring that he won't back down from their legitimate demands. He also accused the people who have rigged the election of the violence that has wracked Tehran and continues to destabilize the country. Rezaei who has taken back his complaints to the Guardian Council regarding the election has yet against said that he has not abandoned the protesters. According to him, he has only taken back the complaints and the cause of the protesters and just and must be followed until successful. Khatami declared today that everyone should stand up because opportunities like these are rare and will not be granted again.

6. There were reports today indicating that several journalists that have been arrested in the past few days have been transferred to Evin prison. A Washington Time correspondent who was arrested yesterday was about to leave the country through Tehran's main airport when he was arrested. The government's media outlets have claimed that John Layne - the BBC correspondent in Tehran who was forced to leave Tehran days ago - was behind the murder of Neda. They claim that he hired people to gun her down so he could then report on it and use it in a documentary he is making.

7. Seyed Alireza Beheshti Shirazi, the editor in chief of Kalameh Sabz newspaper which is pro-Mousavi, who was arrested yesterday, has still not been released. Of the 70 professors that were arrested after meeting Mousavi yesterday, 66 have been released by the Iranian government. The fate of the rest remains unknown. More and more people were arrested today for even wearing green signs or any clothing that had the color green. The Society for the Defense of Prisoners' Rights has announced that they are ready to provide legal aid to recent detainees and their families. For a list of people so far killed and arrested as well as released, please check this link: List of Killed and Arrested – English

8. Government sources now confirm that eight Basijis have so far been killed in the protests. The number cannot be confirmed using our sources. So far, even the most impartial twitter sources have not confirmed that any protester has succeeded in taking the life of a Basiji. (Apparently, many have wished for their death and would show great joy if it can be confirmed as their brutality has been quite pronounced in the past few days.) Sources also claim that Basijis are receiving extravagant amounts of money as per diem in order to secure their loyalty.

9. A group of Iranian lawyers - most of them female - have released a statement, asking the government to cancel Nobel-laureate Shirin Ebadi's law license. They claim that she has acted unconstitutionally by contacting governments outside Iran and asked them to interfere in Iran's internal affairs. They also accuse her of breaching Islamic verdicts.

10. Meanwhile, Ali Abbaspour, a prominent parliamentarian and the head of the education committee in the parliament, has told the media that they are insistent on impartial investigations being carried out on the attacks in various universities inside Tehran and other parts of the country. Reports also indicate of Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani's continued marginalization by the government. He is being reported as one of the top men inside the regime who is slowly moving towards the cause of the protesters.

11. Finally, we can now confirm that Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has broken his silence and denounced the current spate of violence that's been carried out against peaceful protesters. He asked the people of Iran to seek their rightful demands through peaceful means. He also criticized the government's actions and said that the violence carried out against protesters is clearly different from what Islam teaches.

12. Ayatollah Khamenei has a planned speech during the Friday prayers today in Tehran. That will commence at 2:30 AM Pacific Time. I will upload the transcript of the speech in English within an hour of it's delivery on iran.whyweprotest.net and posting a link on my twitter account. You can also tune into BBC if you want to see it live with an English translation. (If I wasn’t able to do the translation, please forgive me.)

(There is simply too much on the tweets about where Mousavi is at this point. According to last reports, he was being sternly watched by the government and his movement is restricted, but it's an ever evolving situation.)

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Helpers with expertise in the field of medecine, translation and such:

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People Outside Iran: This is as clear and concise as I can be. I have not included ANYTHING that I have sensed to be remotely fishy, but humans always err.

People Inside Iran: Don't believe a WORD of what I am telling you. Do what you think is best, keeping everything in mind. I know LITTLE of what you know so make your decisions based on your OWN judgment.

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Monday, June 22, 2009

Green Brief #5

(Reposted from the original site)

Hi,

Please retweet this link. I'm Josh Shahryar AKA NiteOwl - iran_translator on twitter - and I've been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources and have tried maximally to avoid listening to media banter. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my tweets to have happened in the past day and in the past week in Iran. Remember, this is all from tweets. There is NOTHING included here that is not from a reliable tweet. No news media outlets have been used in the compilation of this short brief as I would like to call it.

These are the important happenings that I can positively confirm from Sunday, June 21 in Iran.


1. Thousands of people took to street. People WERE beaten up in some parts; while in other parts, they weren't allowed to gather and were dispersed. There was a silent protest of people in front of the UN's office as well. Sporadic clashes are reported from Baharestan, Enqelab, Vanak and Vali-Asr squares. Hundreds of students continued to protest in Tehran University for the fourth straight day. There were also reports of people being attacked in the UN gathering – this has been partially confirmed.

2. The majority of Mousavi’s advisors and important aides have all been arrested. He has been left with only a handful of junior political workers and is currently under effective house arrest as he not allowed to speak to journalists or make any other statements. His movement has been limited today and he did not appear at any gatherings. His Facebook account and most of the news websites affiliated with him as well as his website and websites of his supporters have more less all been either hacked or now under effective government control. False statements regularly issued from the hacked accounts. GhalamNet can not longer be trusted and his Facebook account is currently being used by the Iranian government to place information so that the protesters can either lose hope or get violent.

3. Even in this state, however, Mousavi has continued his call for a general strike on Tuesday. He has also called all citizens to turn the headlights of their cars on from 5 to 6 PM on Monday in order to commemorate those that have been killed in the protests during the past week and the few days after. He has reportedly called upon people to go on an indefinite strike until their demands are met if he is to be killed by government.

4. Five of Hashemi Rafsanjani’s family members were arrested early on Saturday, these included his daughter Faezeh Hashemi who was among the first from his family to join the protests open on Wednesday. The government announced that they had been arrested because they were under threat of assassination by terrorist elements within the country. Four of the family members were released later while Faezeh was released late at night. No news of why they were released could be confirmed.

5. The police are continuing to find and arrest any reformists that have not been arrested in the past few days. The government-run media in Iran has released information of the arrests of at least 475 people. Yet the number cannot be confirmed or denied. What sources indicate is that more than 5,000 people have so far been arrested by the government. Correspondents of the BBC and Al-Arabiya news crew have been asked to leave the country on Monday. The photojournalist of Life magazine has gone missing. Overall, more than two dozen journalists within Iran are currently under arrest. The government has also increased censorship and at least four newspapers in Tehran were edited by government agents.

6. The government has branded all protesters as thugs as the national media in Iran continues to call them so through government sources. One media outlet in Iran announced that people tried to hide in Embassies on Saturday while trying to flee from terrorists. However, they are unable to account for the participation of a large number of mullahs and clergy in these protests. Here’s a picture of some of the ‘thug’ clerics: http://i.friendfeed.com/53ae98683f0c...8d09210f908338

7. Business owners in Tehran and shopkeepers in Tehran are said to have already put their support behind Mousavi for the protests. Our sources have urged everyone in Iran to get food, fuel and other resources as soon as possible and prepare for a few days of shortage of supplies. Autobus workers have also indicated that they will join the protests and the strike now.

8. The Writers’ Association of Kordistan, the Human Rights Campaign of Kordistan and some other prominent people have also called for a strike in Kordistan province on Tuesday.

9. Tweeters indicate that anyone flying into Iran should be highly alert as the government is thoroughly checking those arriving at Tehran International Airport and any connections to Mousavi could mean an arrest on the spot. The government has also created dozens of false twitter accounts to urge people to be violent so they can have a bloodier crackdown and crush the protesters.

10. Rafsanjani has met with clerics from Qom yet again. There are wild rumors circulating as to what the outcome of the meetings will be. However, no news has actually arrived about the incident. Any claims made right now are far-fetched. However, people are slowly starting to call upon him to take action. Tweets have included messages to him, urging him to come to the plight of the oppressed. Mohammad Khatami has released condemning the violence yet again and asked for an end to hostilities.

11. The city of Tehran and cities around Tehran have yet again been hearing Allah o Akbar at night. It needs to be mentioned that most sources tell of the voices getting louder as the protests continue. Chants of Death to Dictator have also been heard. And in a heartbreaking and cruel gesture, the government banned people from holding a memorial for Neda – the Iranian girl who’s death by a police bullet in Tehran has sparked international outrage - in any mosque in Tehran, openly.

12. The Iranian government is aggressively trying to clamp down on internet, telephones and other communication sources. Almost all foreign TV channels are banned, getting through to Iranians on the phone is almost impossible and internet’s download speed right now in Tehran is, according to one source, “375 bytes”.

Finally a few words to those who are reading this:

Iranians who are trying to connect to twitter or other sites and need a way to connect please visit this website: Why We Protest - IRAN - View Single Post - Using Tor in Order to Surf Anonymously - Using Tor in Order to Surf Anonymously

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People Outside Iran: This is as clear and concise as I can be. I have not included ANYTHING that I have sensed to be remotely fishy, but human error will always manifests itself in even the most flawless of non-mathematical things. However, this includes nothing from the Western media, including the BBC which I have been generously using to inform people and I laud them for their courageous journalism.

People Inside Iran: Don't believe a WORD of what I am telling you. Do what you think is best, keeping everything in mind. I know LITTLE of what you know so make your decisions based on your OWN judgment.

People Who Want to Send Me Tweet Links: You don't need to find me, I will find you. Don't hassle yourself. Your voice will be heard through millions of others like me.

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Friday, June 19, 2009

Arrests in Iran

These names are reposted and compiled from several lists. At the time of this writing, no official lists have been released to the public.

(I took this from the website of the Internatoinal Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. This list is only partial, but mostly confirmed. However, still be cautious as information gets out at a staggeringly slow rate and remember, the Iranian government expertly lies. The list is rather long, but I'm gonna try and translate it into Farsi as soon as I possibly can. - NiteOwl)


Killed by Government Forces:

The government has admitted to at least 27 fatalities in Tehran but the true numbers are most probably much higher. The Campaign has been able to identify only the names of four persons killed in Tehran during recent protests because of the extreme restrictions imposed by the government. There are also reports of fatalities in other cities but the Campaign has not been able to collect any reliable information.

1) Neda Aghasoltan, student, was murdered at the demonstration in Tehran on 20 June 2009

2) Naser Amirnejad, Aerospace PhD student, was murdered during the attack on the Tehran University dormitories on the night of Wednesday, 14 June 2009. His body was buried in his home town, one of the villages in the city of Yasouj on 19 June 2009.

3) Mostafa Ghanian, graduate student at Tehran University, was murdered during the attack on the Tehran University Dormitories on the night of Monday , 14 June 2009. His body was buried in his home town in Mashad on 21 June 2009.

4) Mehdi Karami, killed in Jonat Abad Street, Tehran, 15 June 2009

5) Eight people were killed during the attack to the peaceful demonstration in Tehran on 15 June 2009, according to the government report

6) At least nineteen people were killed during the attack on the peaceful demonstration in Tehran on 20 June 2009, according to the government report

There are also several hundred injuries about which there is no available information. Some of the injuries could be life threatening. The Campaign has been informed that Ashkan Zahabian, a member of the Modern Faction of the Islamic Students Association of Ferdowsi University has been severely injured after attacks by members of Basiji Militia and is currently in a coma.

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Arrested and in Detention as of 23 June 2009:

Government officials have announced a total of 645 arrests in Tehran since 13 June 2009. The Campaign has received information that about 70 people detained in Shiraz have been released as of 21 June. The Campaign believes several hundred more people could be in detention throughout the country. The following is a list of prominent political personalities, journalists, and students that the Campaign has received.

I. Political personalities and members of the reformist presidential candidates’ campaigns:

1) Mostafa Tajzadeh, a member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization and deputy of the Interior Ministry during Khatami’s presidency, was arrested on 13 June

2) Behzad Nabavi, a founding member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization and former minister and parliamentarian, was arrested on 13 June and released the day after. He was arrested on 16 June for the second time

3) Mohsen Mirdamadi, General Secretary of the Iranian Participation Front and former parliamentarian, was first arrested on 13 June and released the day after, but was disappeared on 17 June

4) Saeed Hajarian, a senior adviser to reformists, a journalist, member of the Central Council of the Iran Front Participation, member of the first City Council in Tehran, the victim of an assassination attempt in 2000, was arrested on 15 June, is paralyzed and suffers serious brain and spinal cord injuries

5) Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, Vice president of the Iran Front Participation, coordinator of the reformist campaign in Kurdistan and former government spokes person during Khatami’s presidency, was arrested on 16 June

6) Ali Abtahi, a senior adviser to Karroubi’s Campaign, former Deputy of Parliament Office of President Khatami, and a vice president under Khatami, was arrested on 16 June

7) Abdolfatah Soltani, a human rights lawyer and one of the founding members of the Human Rights Defenders Center as well as a member of Executive Board of the Bar Association, was arrested on 16 June

8) Javad Emam, a member of Tehran branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization

9) Hojat Esmaieli, a member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization

10) Mohsen Safaiee Farahani, member of the Iran Front Participation and the head of its Implementation Board, and former president of the Football Federation,

11) Ali Tajernia, a member of the Central Committee of the Iran Participation Front and former parliamentarian

12) Baghier Oskouiee, leading official in Karroubi’s campaign, was arrested on 16 June

13) Saeed Laylaz, prominent economist and Journalist, was arrested on June 17

14) Kuroush Zaieem, a member of the Central Council of the Iran National Front, was arrested on 21 June

15) Davoud Solaymani, a member of the Central Committee of the Iran Participation Front and former parliamentarian

16) Mohammad Tavasoli, director of the political office of the Freedom Movement in Iran and first Mayor of Tehran after the 1979 Revolution, was arrested on 16 June

17) Hossein Zaman, a well-known pop singer whose works have been banned from State controlled Radio and Television because of his support for the reformist movement

18) Mohsen Aminzadeh, a founding member of the Iran Participation Front and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Khatami�s cabinet, on June 16

19) Saeed Shirkvand, member of Central Council of Iran Participation Front and former Deputy of Treasury in Khatami�s cabinet

20) Ahmad Zaydabadi, general secretary of the Advar organization and journalist, was arrested on June 13

21) Abdolah Momeni, member of the central council of the Advar organization and its spokesperson, was arrested on 21 June

22) Hamed Iranshahi, member of the Central Council of Advar organization, was arrested on June 16

23) Musa Saket, a member of the Advar Tahkim Vahdat and in charge of the campaign seeking supporters of Karroubi, was arrested on 18 June

24) Mohammad Atrianfar, a leading member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi Party and journalist, was arrested on 16 June

25) Jahanbakhsh Khanjani, a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi Party and former spokesperson for the Internal Affairs Ministry in Khatami�s presidency

26) Ebrahim Khoshchehreh, a political activist in Lahijan and member of National Religious Activits, was arrested on 21 June

27) Khoshchehreh, Son of Ebrahim Khoshchehreh, was arrested in Lahijan on 21 June

28) Mohsen Bastani, member of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization in Isfahan

29) Mehrdad Balafkan, member of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization in Isfahan

30) Ahmad Afjeiee, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

31) Emad Bahavand, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

32) Mojtaba Khandan, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

33) Saeed Zeraatkar, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

34) Rouholah Sahraee, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

35) Ali Mehrdad, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

36) Mohammad Reza Ahmadinia, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

37) Reza Arjaini, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

38) Jalal Bahrami, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

39) Sadegh Rasouli, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

40) Ahad Rezaiee, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

41) Bagher Fathali Baygi, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

42) Mansour Vafa, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

43) Ali Pourkhayri, member of the Iran Participation Front

44) Shahin Nourbakhsh, member of the Iran Participation Front

45) Ali Taghipour, member of the Iran Participation Front

46) Mohammad Shokuhi, member of the Iran Participation Front

47) Ashkan Mojaleli, member of the Iran Participation Front

48) Maysam Varahchehre, member of the Iran Participation Front

49) Mahdian Minavi, member of the Iran Participation Front

50) Farhad Nasrollahpour, member of the Iran Participation Front

51) Amir Ariazand, member of the Iran Participation Front

52) Ali Taghipour, member of the Iran Participation Front

53) Adel Dehdashti, member of the Iran Participation Front

54) Mehrdad Balafkan, member of the Iran Participation Front

55) Mahmoud Ebrahimi, member of the Iran Participation Front

56) Bahram Kardan, member of the Iran Participation Front

57) Shahabobdin Tabatabaiee, the head of the Youth Supporters of the Moussavi Campaign

58) Mohammadreza Jalaieepour, a student in Oxford and in charge of the website of the youth branch of the Iran Participation Front, was arrested on June 17 in Tehran Airport

59) Saeed Nourmohammadi, member of the Iran Participation Front

60) Ali Mohaghar, a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi party

61) Hedayatollah Aghaiee, a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi party

62) Ali Waghfi, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran

63) Hamzeh Ghalebi, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran

64) Saeed (Hassan) Nikkhah, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran

65) Hesam Nasiri, member of the Moussavi�s Campaign in Tehran

66) Ehsan Bagheri, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran

67) Homaiee, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran

68) Fatahi, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran

69) Zakeri, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran

70) Rouholah Shahsavar, member of Moussavi Campaign in Khorasan

71) Mohsen Rouzbehan, member of Moussavi Campaign in Khorasan

72) Kaveh Servati, member of Moussavi Campaign, was arrested on 20 June

73) Maryam Ameri, member of Karroubi�s Campaign

74) Naseh Faridi, member of Karroubi�s Campaign

75) Morteza Khani, member of Karroubi�s Campaign

76) Bagher Oskouiee, member of Karroubi�s Campaign

77) Siamand Ghiyasi, member of Karroubi�s Campaign in Kermanshah

78) Mohammad Jafari, member of Karroubi�s Campaign in Kermanshah

79) Dr. Jalil Sharabianlu, a prominent MD and surgeon in Tabriz

80) Dr Ghafar Farzadi, in Tabriz

81) Majid Jabari, in Tabriz

82) Rahim Yawari, In Tabriz

83) Abbas Pourazhari, in Tabriz

84) Dr. Laya Farzadi, in Tabriz

85) Shabeti, in Tabriz

86) Shamlu, in Tabriz

87) Dr. Ghafarzadeh, in Tabriz

88) Dr. Soltaniazad, in Tabriz

89) Dr. Panahi, in Tabriz

90) Dr. Seyflou, in Tabriz

91) Dr. Dadizadeh, in Tabriz

92) Mehdi Yarbahrami, in Tabriz

93) Mansour Ghafari, in Tabriz

94) Hojatollah Amiri, in Tabriz

95) Amir Hossein Jahani, in Tabriz

96) Rhdah Rahimipour, in Tabriz

97) Mehdi Khodadadi, in Tabriz

98) Payam Haydar Ghazvini, student in Gazvin

99) Nasim Riahi, student in Gazvin

100) Mojtaba Rajabi, student in Gazvin

101) Atar Rashidi, student in Gazvin

102) Hanieh Yousefian

II) Journalists:

Some of the journalists who were also political personalities are listed above under the political personalities. The list of detained journalists has also been independently verified by Reporters without Borders.

1) Mohammad Ghouchani, journalist and editor in charge of daily Etemad e Meli, was arrested on 18 June

2) Rajabali Mazrouiee, head of the Journalists Association, was arrested on 20 June

3) Karim Arghandehpour, a blogger (???? ????? :: ???? ?????? ??? :: futurama.ir) and reporter for
pro-reform newspapers Salam, Vaghieh and Afaghieh, was arrested on 14 June

4) Maziyar Bahari, an Iranian-Canadian dual national, journalist and the representative of Newsweek in Iran, was arrested on 22 June

5) Kayvan Samimi Behbahani, editor in chief of the closed monthly Nameh and human rights activist, was arrested on 14 June

6) Zhila Baniyaghoub, journalist and editor in charge of the Iranian Women�s Center website, was arrested on 20 June

7) Bahman Ahmadi Amoui, journalist, was arrested on 21 June

8) Mojtaba Pourmohsen, journalist and Radio Zamaneh�s representative in Rasht, was arrested on 15 June

9) Mahsa Amraiee, Journalist , was arrested on 14 June

10) Behzad Bashou, Cartoonist, was arrested on 14 June

11) Sayed Khalil Mirashrafi, TV producer was arrested on 14 June

12) Abdolreza Tajik, journalist was arrested on 14 June

13) Rohollah Shahsavar, journalist was arrested in Mashhad, was arrested on 17 June

14) Mashallah Haydarzadeh, journalist in Boushehr, was arrested on 14 June

15) Hamideh Mahouri, journalist in Bushehr, was arrested on 14 June

16) Amanolah Shojaiee, journalist in Bushehr, was arrested on 14 June

17) Hossein Shokouhi,a journalist in Bushehr, was arrested on 14 June

18) Somayeh Touhidlou, sociologist and blogger in the Road of Health

19) Shiva Nazarahari, a member of the Reporters of Human Rights Committee and a journalist was arrested on 13 June

20) Alireza Beheshti Shirazi, editor in charge of banned daily Kalameh and the website Kalameh Sabz, former director of the Iran Participation Front, was arrested on 23 June during the attack to the newspaper property. Beheshti�s son, Sadra, was arrested while he was visiting his father.

21) Hassan Maadikhah, director of the Zareh Publication and son of Abdolmajid Maadikhah the former Cultural and Guardiance Minister,

22) Mostafa Ghavanloo Ghajar, was arrested on 22 June

23) Fariborz Soroush, arrested in Karaj

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III) University Students and professors: [The names of students who were arrested during the attack on the Tehran University Dormitories are based on information released by the Reports of Human Rights Committee]

1) Marjan Fayazi, student at Mazandaran University, was arrested on June 22

2) Sogan Alikhah, student at Mazandaran university, was arrested on June 22

3) Alireza Kiani, student at Mazandaran university

4) Milad Hosseini Koshtan, student at Mazandaran university

5) Ali Nazari, student at Mazandaran university

6) Siavoush Safavi, student at Mazandaran university

7) Ashkan Zahabian, student at Mazandaran university

8) Ali Dinavari, student at Mazandaran university

9) Rahman Yaghoubi, student at Mazandaran university

10) Maziar Yazdani, student at Mazandaran university

11) Ali Abbasi, student at Mazandaran university

12) Shouaneh Merikhi, student at Mazandaran university

13) Majid Dari, an expelled student at Alameh Tabatabaiee University in Tehran, was violently arrested on 21 June in his home

14) Esmaiel Jalilvand, a student activist in Shiraz University, was arrested on 21 June

15) Hamdollah Namjou, a student activist in Shiraz University, was arrested on 21 June

16) Hossein Reisian, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin, was arrested on June 21

17) Fazli, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin

18) Imani, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin

19) Alborzi, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin

20) Darvish, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin

21) Mohsen Barzegar, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 18

22) Iman Sedighi, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 18

23) Hesam oldin Bagheri, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 18

24) Siavash Saliminejad, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 20

25) Alireza Khoshbakht, an expelled graduate student, was arrested on June 17

26) Zahra Tohidi, an expelled graduate student, was arrested on June 17

27) Ziaoldin Nabavi, secretary of the Education Rights Council, was arrested on 16 June

28) Sohrab Ahadian, student at Tehran University, was arrested on June 17 when the Tehran University Dormitories were violently attacked

29) Reza Arkouzi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

30) Karim Emami, student, was arrested during the attack on the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14

31) Mohammad Hossein Emami, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

32) Elaheh Imanian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

33) Rouholah Bagheri, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

34) Farhad Binazadeh, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

35) Iman Pourtahmasb, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

36) Ezat Torbati, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories midnight on June 14

37) Somayeh tohidlou, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

38) Milad Chegini, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

39) Mohammadreza Hohabadi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

40) Seyed Javad hosseini, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

41) Farshid Heydari Zamin, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

42) Behnam Khodabandeh lou, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

43) Mohammad Khansari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

44) Mohammad Davoudian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

45) Mahmoud Delbari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

46) Ali Raiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

47) Omid Rezaiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

48) Ali Refahi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

49) Seifolah Rmezani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

50) Ebrahim Raidian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

51) Naser Zamani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

52) Majid Selahvand, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

53) Hanif Salimi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

54) Mohammad Bagher Shabanpour, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

55) Hamed Shaykh alishahi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

56) Iman Shaydaieezaban, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

57) Farhad Shirahmad, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

58) Saman Sahebjalali, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

59) Farhan Sadeghpour, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

60) Farshad Taheri, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

61) Ghamdideh Olum, student, was arrested during the attack to the TehranUuniversity Dormitories at midnight on June 14

62) Esmaieel Ghorbani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

63) Mohammad Karimi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

64) Erfan Mohammadi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

65) Naseh Faridi, student at Teacher Training Universtiy, was arrested on June 17

66) Izadi, Professor of Bualisina University in hamedan, was arrested on June 16

67) Majzoubi, University Professor at Bualisina University in Hamedan, was arrested June 13

68) Amin Nazari, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

69) Siavash Hatam, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

70) Pouria Sharifian, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

71) Mehdi Mosafer, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

72) Reza Jafarian, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

73) Hojat Bakhtiari, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

74) Mostafa Mehdizadeh, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

75) Omid Sohravi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

76) Vahid Amirian, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

77) Fazolah Joukar, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

78) Mehdi Torkaman, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

79) Nastaran Khodarahimi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

80) Ali Ahmadi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

81) Mosaab Ebrahimi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

82) Saeed Parvizi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

83) Bahareh Hosseini, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

84) Hadis Zamani, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

85) Nahid Siahvand, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

86) Imani, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

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Arrested and Released:

1) Mohammad Reza Khatami, member of the Central Committee of Iran Participation Front, brother of former president Khatami, was arrested on 13 June and released on 14 June

2) Zahra Mojaradi, a member of the Iran Participation Front, was arrested on 13 June and released on 14 June

3) Saeed Shariati, a member of the Iranian Participation Front, was arrested on 13 June and released on 14 June

4) Taghi Rahmani, political figure and journalist, was arrested on 14 June and released the day after

5) Reza Alijani, political figure, was arrested on 14 June and released the day after

6) Hoda Saberi, journalist, was arrested on 14 June and released the day after

7) Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, and her daughter and two other members of Rafsanjani’s Family were arrested on 20 June and released after 30 hours

8) Ebrahim Yazdi, General Secretary of the Iran Liberation Movement, was arrested on June 14 from the Pars Hospital in Tehran and was taken back to the hospital on June 15 for further surgery

9) Ahmad Ahmadian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

10) Eskandari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

11) Amin Afzali, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories midnight on June 14 and released later

12) Vahid Anari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

13) Mohammad Bolourdi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

14) Hossein Hamedi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

15) Mohsen Habibi, Mazaheri, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

16) Navid Haghdadi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

17) Mohammad reza Hokmi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

18) Kazem Rahimi Olume, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

19) Morteza Rezakhani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

20) Maysam Zareiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

21) Amin Samiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

22) Bahram Shaabani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

23) Alireza Shaykhi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

24) Ebrahim Azizi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

25) Siavash Fiaz, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

26) Sayed Hossein Mirzadeh, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

27) Hossein Noubakht, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

28) Javad Yazdanfar, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

29) Habib Khadangi, student, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later


Link: http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/06/list/
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