News vom 27. Januar 2012

27/01/2012

Sorge um Oppositionsführer Karroubi unter Hausarrest

Ebadi spricht sich für Wahlboykott aus, fordert Freilassung Moussavis und Karroubis

German IRIB: Iranischer Antisemitismus auf Deutsch

Fotobericht: Minensucher in Dehloran 23 Jahre nach Kriegsende

TV-Dokumentation aus Iran: Die Erotik des Brownie

Sophie-von-La-Roche-Preis für iranische Künstlerin Parastou Forouhar

Iran-Sanktionen (Nikahang Kowsar)

Politik und Wirtschaft

Konflikt mit Europäern: Islamische Republik droht mit Ölpreisschock

Merkel bietet Iran Verhandlungen an

Nato-Chef Rasmussen fordert von Iran: Keine Blockade der Straße von Hormus

Studie: Islamische Republik wird 2012 wohl keine Atomwaffen bauen

Protest gegen Assad: Aufstand in Syrien erreicht Vororte von Damaskus

Islamische Republik für Arabischen Frühling höchst irrelevant

Iran-Krise bereitet Armenien Sorge

Iranischer Wissenschaftler in den USA festgenommen

Iranische Grenzposten töten sechs Pakistanis

EU-Banken stoppen Finanzierung von Getreidelieferungen an Iran

Blockierte Guthaben Irans bei europäischen Banken auf mehrere Milliarden Euro geschätzt

Innenministerium plant Einführung „islamgerechter“ Frauen-Arbeitskleidung

16 Millionen Schmuggel-Medikamente an Irans Grenzen beschlagnahmt

Freiheit für Mohammad Reza Karbelayi

Menschenrechte

Fall Saeed Malekpour: Revolutionsgarden verlangen weiteres Fernsehinterview

Kurdischer politischer Gefangener Ali Afshari nach Folter in Klinik verlegt

Razzia des Geheimdienstes in Wohnung des Bahai Dichters Enayatollah Sanai

Politischen Gefangenen von Gohardasht Nahrung und Medikamente gekürzt

Steigende Selbstmordraten in der Islamischen Republik 

Moralpolizei verhaftet minderjährige Straßenhändler in Hamadan


Fünf iranische „Söldner“ in Syrien verhaftet

27/01/2012

Die Freie Syrische Armee hat gestern ein Video von fünf Iranern veröffentlicht, die behaupten, Mitglieder der Revolutionsgarden zu sein und den syrischen Geheimdienst bei der Niederschlagung der Proteste unterstützt zu haben.

Im Folgenden die leicht korrigierte Transkription der „Geständnisse“ mit Dank an Josh Shahryar für die prompte englische Übersetzung auf unserem Partnerblog EA Worldview. 

0.49 – 1.04: Mein Name ist Sajjad (Heydar Ali) Amirian, und ich bin Mitglied der iranischen Revolutionsgarden. Ich bin Leiter eines fünfköpfigen Spezialteams. Ich betrat Syrien am 16. Oktober 2011. Die anderen trafen zu unterschiedlichen Zeitpunkten in Syrien ein.

1.04 – 1.13: (Wie heißt ihr?) Ahmad Sohrabi. Hassan Hassani. Majid Qanbari. Kyumars Qobadi.

1.13 – 1.26: Mein Team und ich sind in Syrien eingereist und unterstützen syrische Geheimdienstkräfte bei der Unterdrückung und Erschießung von Zivilisten.

1.26 – 1.39: Nachdem wir unsere täglichen Aufgaben beendet haben, möchten wir von unseren „Jobs“ dorthin zurückkehren, wo wir früher gewohnt haben.

1.39 – 1.54: Wir haben viele Zivilisten in der Stadt Homs getötet, darunter viele Frauen und Kinder. Wir haben unsere Befehle direkt vom Geheimdienst der Luftwaffe der Stadt Homs erhalten.

1.54 – 2.15 Wir bitten Herrn Khamenei, den Führer der Islamischen Republik Iran, die Rückkehr sämtlicher Streitkräfte der Islamischen Republik anzuordnen, die in Syrien die Unterdrückung des syrischen Volkes betreiben, so dass auch wir wieder zu unseren Häusern zurückkehren können.

Am Ende des Videos werden die Dienstausweise und Reisepässe der vermeintlichen Revolutionsgarden präsentiert. Bei den Dienstausweisen handelt es sich um Wehrpässe.

Logo der Freien Syrischen Armee

Die iranischen Söldner sind namentlich identisch mit fünf iranischen Ingenieuren, die bereits Ende Dezember in der Protesthochburg Homs entführt worden waren. Sie waren am Aufbau eines Elektrizitätswerks in der syrischen Stadt Jandar beteiligt. Solche Großprojekte werden in der Regel nur an die einflussreichen und linientreuen Revolutionsgarden vergeben, die aktiv an der Niederschlagung der Proteste in Syrien beteiligt sein sollen. 

Abgesehen von der politischen und finanziellen Unterstützung, beliefert die Islamische Republik das mörderische Assad-Regime laut UNO-Experten auch mit Waffen. Erst kürzlich hatte der türkische Zoll an der Grenze zu Syrien vier iranische Lastwagen mit Materialien zur Raketenherstellung beschlagnahmt.

Bei den fünf iranischen „Ingenieuren“ könnte es sich also auch um Agenten der Revolutionsgarden handeln, die unter dem Deckmantel der technischen Zusammenarbeit nach Syrien entsandt wurden. Obwohl sich ihre wahre Identität nicht einwandfrei bestätigen lässt, ist das Bekenntnis von Sajjad Amirian, dem Anführer des iranischen Spezialteams, zweifellos gestellt. Es erinnert fatal an die „Geständnisse“ iranischer Oppositioneller bei den Schauprozessen nach der gefälschten Präsidentenwahl von 2009. 

Gestern meldete der Regimesender Press TV etwa zeitgleich die Entführung von 11 iranischen „Pilgern“, die auf der Landstraße von Damaskus nach Aleppo aus einem Reisebus gekidnappt wurden. Inwieweit diese beiden Ereignisse zusammenhängen, ist noch unklar. 

Die Behauptung von Press TV, die Entführten seien auf Pilgerfahrt gewesen, während Syrien von blutigen Aufständen erschüttert wird, erscheint ebenfalls unglaubwürdig. Auch bei diesen handelt es sich wahrscheinlich um Entsandte des islamischen Regimes, entweder zu legalen oder illegalen Projekten. Ihre Abreise könnte durch die verschärften Kampfhandlungen der letzten Tage in der Hauptstadt Damaskus bedingt sein. 

Ungeachtet der Unterstützung des iranischen Regimes für den syrischen Diktator bleibt abschließend zu hoffen, dass den Entführten ein ähnliches Schicksal wie syrischen und iranischen Demonstranten erspart bleibt. 

Hat tip an Thomas Adolf für den Hinweis auf das korrekte Logo der Freien Syrischen Armee! 


News vom 26. Januar 2012

26/01/2012

Interview mit Reza Pahlavi zum Bericht über Menschenrechtsverletzungen an den UN-Sicherheitsrat

Reza Pahlavi beschuldigt Irans Staatsoberhaupt Ali Khamenei der Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit

39 politische Gefangene rufen zur Unterstützung für Freiheitskampf, Freilassung von Moussavi und Karroubi auf

Reaktionen Teheraner Bürger auf die neuen EU-Sanktionen

Islamische Republik rangiert auf Pressefreiheitsindex ganz unten

Teheran geschockt – EU fast so brutal wie UN (Satire)

Fotobericht: Ungewisse Zukunft der Dorfbewohner von Hadjidj wegen Dammbau

Pressefreiheit in der IRI (Nikahang Kowsar)

Politik und Wirtschaft

Reaktion auf Embargo: Iran will Europa den Ölhahn zudrehen

China kritisiert Iran-Sanktionen der EU

Irans Atomwaffenprogramm: „In sechs Monaten können sie die Bombe zünden“

UN-Sicherheitsrat: Arabische Liga dringt auf Machtwechsel in Syrien

Die Angst des Regimes vor den Parlamentswahlen

Zwei Tote bei Absturz eines iranischen Kampfjets nahe Buschehr

EU-Sanktionen: Islamische Republik muss Zinssätze erhöhen

Ahmadinedschad bezeichnet Ölembargo der EU als „nutzlos“ 

Ex-Geheimdienstminister Fallahian: Öffentliche Diskussion über Luxus der Offiziellen ist religiös verboten (FA)

Kaufboom von Luxuswohnungen in Dubai wegen Iran-Sanktionen

VDMA: Iran-Sanktionen treffen deutschen Maschinenbau

Französischer Total-Konzern stoppt Ölankäufe aus Iran

IWF-Bericht: Iran-Sanktionen könnten Ölpreis in die Höhe treiben

Prognosen zeigen abwärts: Ölpreise geben leicht nach

Politische Gefangene in Lebensgefahr

Menschenrechte

Journalistin Dorothy Parvaz: 16 Tage im Gefängnis von Evin

Volksmudschahedin in Camp Ashraf: Iraks ungeliebte Exil-Iraner

Politischer Gefangener Mehdi Sadat-Sharif nach Hungerstreik freigelassen (FA)

Neue Verfolgungswelle bedroht wirtschaftliche Zukunft der Bahais

HRW fordert umgehende Freilassung von iranischen Journalisten


News vom 25. Januar 2012

25/01/2012

Grüne Bewegung: Iranische Geheimdienste unfähig zur Verhinderung von Attentaten

Protestaufruf gegen Verhaftung iranischer Arbeiteraktivisten

Studenten protestieren gegen Medienzensur in Iran

Asghar Farhadis Film zweifach für den Oscar nominiert

Reisetagebuch aus Teheran: „Ein nervenaufreibendes Leben“

Voll im Trend: Witze über Wächterratschef Jannati

Politik und Wirtschaft

Obama zu Iran: Alle Optionen bleiben auf dem Tisch

Sarkozy, Cameron und Merkel rufen Iran zum Stopp nuklearer Aktivitäten auf

Atomstreit: Israel droht mit Alleingang gegen Islamische Republik  

Keine Lösung in Sicht: Arabische Beobachter verlassen Syrien

Islamische Republik reagiert zwiespältig auf Öl-Embargo

Streit über Embargo – Iran bestellt Botschafter ein

Hardliner Tavakkoli warnt vor Wirtschaftskrise nach Sanktionen

Ansturm auf Lebensmittelläden in Teheran und anderen Großstädten (FA)

Iranische Parlamentswahl: Eliminierung der Kandidaten hat begonnen

Geheimdienstminister warnt vor Unruhen bei der Parlamentswahl

Bericht aus Quetta: Neue EU-Sanktionen lassen Rial erneut abstürzen 

Währungskrise: Höhenflug des Dollarkurses seit Januar 2011 (Graphik)

Saudi Arabien: „Wir fluten den Markt mit Öl“

EU-Sanktionen gegen Iran: Welche Folgen das Öl-Embargo hat

Iran-Embargo lässt Ölpreis kalt

8000 Gefangene frieren in Evin

Menschenrechte

Journalist Saeed Razavi Faghih am Teheraner Flughafen verhaftet

Blogger Hossein Ronaghi nach 5. Operation wieder ins Gefängnis verlegt (FA)

Verstöße gegen Menschenrechte von 2000 Studenten in Iran

Berufungsgericht bestätigt Haftstrafen für Dozenten der Bahai-Fernuniversität  

Politischer Aktivist Yasser Yousefzadeh in Nordiran verhaftet


Iran: List of imprisoned journalists and bloggers

25/01/2012

On December 1, 2011 the Committee to Protect Journalists has published a worldwide prison census for journalists, declaring the Islamic Republic of Iran „as the world’s worst jailer, with 42 journalists behind bars, as authorities kept up a campaign of anti-press intimidation that began after the country’s disputed presidential election more than two years ago.“

Back in December 2010 Tehran Bureau had already posted a most useful report on 34 imprisoned Iranian journalists, providing their full names and data.

The real figures for the Islamic Republic are however much higher as the following list proves. I posted it first in February 2010, based on the data by CPJ from February 2010 and The Guardian’s Spreadsheet of the victims of Iran’s crackdown from January 2010, regularly updated since. While some of the listed journalists may have been released or even have fled the country in the meantime, all other cases are fairly well documented by reports from Iranian human rights websites as RAHANA (Human Rights House of Iran), HRANA or the Green Voice of Freedom.

Even if one ignores the names lacking recent informations, more than 90 imprisoned journalists, bloggers and human rights reporters are still left over, while more than 80 journalists have been released on bail, awaiting their sentences or facing imprisonment. Recent additions with gratitude to the list of political prisoners, compiled by Lissnup. 

A List of the 100+ Journalists Detained Since the 2009 Elections has been published in July 2011 by expatriate reporter Masih Alinejad, parts 1 and 2 of this report are also available in German translation on Julia’s Blog.

Reporters Without Borders has firmly condemned a new wave of arrests of Iranian journalists between 1 August and 27 September 2011 without any official reason being given. Two Kuwaiti reporters arrested on spying charges in November 2011 in Abadan have been released and returned home on December 18, 2011. 

This list will be updated on a regular base. Any additional data by our readers are most welcome. 

93 imprisoned journalists, bloggers and human rights reporters (last updated 25 January, 2012)

1. Adnan Hassanpour, Aso, arrested January 25, 2007

2. Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand, Payam-e Mardom, arrested July 1, 2007, sentenced to 11 years in prison

3. Hossein Derakhshan, freelance, blogger, arrested November 2008, sentenced to 19.5 years in prison September 30, 2010, returns to Evin after prison furlough April 3, 2011

4. Saeed Malekpour, web-designer and blogger, arrested on October 4, 2008, tortured physically and mentally in prison, sentenced to death on December 6, 2010, moved to solitary confinement on December 7, 2010, Supreme Court overturns execution ruling on June 24, 2011,  sentenced to 7.5 years in prison and execution, execution sentence confirmed by Supreme Court on  January 16, 2012

5. Ahmad Zaid-Abadi, freelance, arrested June 2009

6. Kayvan Samimi, Nameh, arrested June 14, 2009, released on bail March 16, 2010, return to prison March 20, 2010

7. Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, freelance, arrested June 19, 2009, sentence of 5 years in prison confirmed

8. Issa Saharkhiz, freelance, arrested July 3, 2009, sentenced to 3 years in prison, 6 years occupational ban on September 27, 2010, sentenced to 2 additional years in prison for „media activity“ on August 3, 2011

Issa Saharkhiz

9. Massoud Bastani, Farhikhtegan, Jomhooriyat, arrested July 5, 2009, sentenced to 6 years in prison, total ban from press, transferred to solitary confinement in Rajai Shahr prison after being beaten and hospitalised on June 5, 2011

10. Saeed Matinpour, Yar Pag and Mouj Bidari, arrested July 12, 2009, sentenced to 8 years in prison, reported in critical health condition 10 March 2011

11. Mohammad Hossein Sohrabi Rad, Saham News, arrested September 2009, sentenced to 4 years in prison

12. Mohammad Davari, Saham News, arrested September 9, 2009, sentenced to 5 years prison on 16 May 2010, upheld on appeal 4 August 2010, sentenced to an additional year in prison on 25 July 2011 all while suffering for months with severe depression in Evin Prison

13. Mehdi Mahmoudian, journalist, member of reformist Participation Front, arrested September 16, 2009, reported to have suffered heart attack in prison on January 28, 2011, reported to be in critical health condition on August 19, 2011

14. Seyed Hossein Ronaghi Maleki (Babak Khorramdin), freelance, arrested December 13, 2009, sentenced to 15 years in prison

Hossein Ronaghi Maleki

15. Karim Arghandehpour, journalist, blogger, Salam, Vaghayeh Ettefaghieh, arrested June 14, 2009

16. Mostafa Dehghan, freelance, arrested January 4, 2010

17. Naghi Ahmadi Azar, 5 years in prison for „espionage against Armenia and in favour of Azarbaijan Republic“

18. Abolfazl Abedini Nasr, weekly Bahar Ahvaz, arrested March 3, 2010, sentenced to 11 years in prison, sentence increased to 12 years in prison by appeals court in October 2011 

19. Houtan Abolfathi, freelance, arrested February 15, 2010

20. Ali Pirhasanlou, journalist and blogger „Alpar“, arrested September 18, 2009

21. Alireza Rajai, arrested after 2009 elections, later released, rearrested during raid on his home and sent to Evin prison on 24 April 2011, allowed first visit on 3 June 2011

22. Maryam Zolfeghar, IRNA reporter, arrested June 22, 2009, current status unknown

23. Mohammad Pour Abdollah, freelance, arrested February 13, 2010

24. Morteza Moradpour, Yazligh, arrested May 22, 2009, sentenced to 3 years in prison, sentence upheld on appeal February 2010, assumed to be in Tabriz prison

Morteza Moradpour

25. Sousan Mohammadkhani Ghiasvand, Kurd blogger, human rights activist, arrested March 11, 2010, released three weeks later, rearrested in Karaj on February 14, 2011

26. Khalil Mir-Ashrafi, journalist, TV-Producer, arrested June 14, 2009

27. Hassan Assadi Zeidabadi, blogger, student, human rights activist, no further data on arrest, sentenced to 5 years in prison September 10, 2010

28. Saeedollah Behdashti, journalist, Qazvin, arrested June 20, 2009, list of prisoners from March 2010

29. Saeed Movahedi, photojournalist, arrested July 9, 2009

30. Seyed Emar Kalantari, journalist, cleric, Ayandeh website, arrested July 2009

31. Akbar Azad, journalist and author, Varligh and Yarpagh, arrested May 25, 2010

32. Arash Saghar, journalist, arrested November 22, 2009, sentenced to 8 years in prison October 13, 2010

33. Shahin Zeynali, journalist, sentenced to 2 years and 91 days in prison

34. Hassan Etemadi, journalist, sentenced to 2 years in prison

35. Yahya Samadi, Sanandadj, former editor of Souran weekly, arrested July 27, 2010

36. Siamak Ghaderi, journalist, IRNA, arrested August 7, 2010, sentenced to 4 years in prison January 24, 2011

37. Mehdi Jalil-Khani, author, freelance, Zanjan, arrested January 18, 2010, sentenced to 3 years in prison, sentence confirmed August 9, 2011

38. Mohammad Reza Mogheiseh, Bist-saleh-ha, arrested October 24, 2010, sentenced to 6 years in prison in 2010

39. Mehdi Hosseinzadeh, arrested December 1, 2009, sentence of 1 year in prison, released on bail January 28, 2010, returned to prison January 31, 2010

40. Mehran Rajabi, journalist, ISNA, ILNA, Kargaran, Etemade Melli and Hamshahri, arrested February 7, 2011, held incommunicado

41. Hamed Ataei, editor in chief of Aina News, sentenced to 4 months in prison January 5, 2011

42. Omid Mohades, journalist, Shahid Beheshti website, arrested February 9, 2011

43. Taghi Rahmani, freelance journalist and Mehdi Karroubi’s advisor, arrested February 9, 2011

44. Nozhat Amirabadian, journalist, Fararu, Aftab, and Hammihan News, arrested February 11, 2011

45. Abdollah Naseri, former head of the Islamic Republic New Agency IRNA, spokesman to reformists, arrested February 14, 2011

46. Parsa Bahmani, journalist, Shiraz, Afsaneh daily, fined to 1 million Toman after first arrest in June 2009, rearrested on March 1, 2011, no data on his status

Parsa Bahmani

47. Ahmad Nourmohammadi Abadchi, blogger, arrested at home after raid of security forces in mid March 2011, whereabouts unknown

48. Mina Shahrvand, blogger, arrested at her home after raid of security forces on February 3, 2011, transferred to an unknown location

49. Houman Mousavi, blogger and political activist, arrested on April 1, 2009, spent 211 days in solitary confinement in Evin ward 240, transferred to ward 209, both controlled by intelligence ministry, no formal accusation since arrest

50. Artin Ghazanfari, Baha’i photojournalist, arrested after Ashura events in December 2009, released on bail on April 3, 2010, started 1 year sentence in Evin on April, 16, 2011

Artin Ghazanfari

51. Ali Ebrahimi, blogger and civil activist, arrested in Tehran after raid on his home on February 20, 2011, transferred to Evin, ward 240, no formal accusation since arrest

52. Sima Didar, Azeri journalist and civil activist, sentenced to 6 months in prison, arrested in Tabriz, when fetching her identity cards in Saeb prison on April 16, 2011, transferred to Tabriz prison on April 18, 2011

53. Manuchehr Tamri, reporter to IRNA, arrested by security forces in Sanandaj on April 17, 2011

54. Hassan Zohouri, journalist for Cultural Heritage Organisation, arrested on February 8, 2010, released on bail, sentenced to 6 months in prison, returned to Evin prison, ward 350, on April 20, 2011

55. Alireza Firouzi, Zanjan University student, journalist, human rights activist, arrested several times, last on January 2, 2010, sentenced to 6 months in prison after appeal, started sentence on May 27, 2011

56. Hamzeh Karami, website Jomhooriyat, arrested June 19, 2009, temporary release for medication on July 19, 2010, moved to Evin solitary confinement on May 10, 2011, returned to ward 350 on May 15, 2011

57. Rahman Gh. Bonapour, reporter to Diplomatic Hamshahri, Tehran Emrooz dailies, arrested on June 3, 2011, held in Evin prison, no recent information available

58. Saeed Moghanli, Azeri journalist, poet and civic activist, arrested after raid against father’s home on June 8, 2011

59. Solmaz Ikdar, journalist, arrested at Hoda Saber’s funeral at Behesht-e Zahra on June 13, 2011

60. Zahra Yazdani, journalist for Asr-e Eghtesad, arrested at home on June 21, 2011

Zahra Yazdani

61. Kamal Sharifi, Kurd political activist and journalist, arrested in 2008, sentenced to 30 years in prison, exiled to Hormozgan Province, transferred to hospital in Minab Prison after a four weeks hunger strike on June 28, 2011

62. Alireza Beheshti Shirazi, Kalameh Sabz, arrested December 23, 2009, released on bail October 30, 2010, summoned to Evin prison on 12 July 2011 to serve 5 years sentence

63. Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, head of Iranian Journalists Association, sentenced to 16 months in prison: December 10, 2010, released on bail, summoned to Evin prison on July 19, 2011 to serve sentence

64. Blogger and political and civil rights activist Ali Kalaei summoned to Evin prison to serve his 7 years sentence on 25 July 2011

65. Saeed Jalalifar, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, arrested December 2, 2009, released on bail March 2010, rearrested on July 31, 2011

66. Kouhyar Goudarzi, veteran journalist for the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, arrested and sent to Evin December 20, 2009, sentenced to 1 year in prison on June, 2, 2010, released after serving 1 year sentence on December 15, 2010, rearrested in Tehran, his mother Parvin Mokhtare arrested in Kerman on August 6, 2011, transferred to Evin prison ward 209 after 3 months in solitary confinement

67. Arash Azrahimi, photojournalist in Babolsar district, arrested on Ashura 2009, sentenced to 1 year in prison for „propaganda against regime“ on August 7, 2011

68. Faranak Farid, writer and translator who contributes to the Feminist School website, arrested on 3 September 2011 in the northwestern city of Tabriz

69. Reza Entesari, photojournalist for Majzooban Noor website linked to Gonabadi dervishes, arrested on 5 September 2011, held in Evin prison ward 209, still held in Evin being unable to pay the bail on 14 November 2011

70. Hadi Ahmadi, reporter to official news agency ISNA, arrested on September 22, 2011

71. Mehrdad Sarjouyi, reporter English-language dailies published in Iran, arrested at his home more than two months ago as reported on September 25, 2011

72. Ali Dini Torkamani, writer and economist who contributes to the online magazine Alborznet, arrested between 1 August and 27 September without any official reason being given

Ali Dini Torkamani

73. Ali Nazamolmolki, ISNA reporter in Shiraz, arrested by Intelligence Ministry and transferred to the No. 100 Detention Center on October 3, 2011

74. Farzad Sadri, ISNA reporter in Shiraz, arrested by Intelligence Ministry and transferred to the No. 100 Detention Center on October 3, 2011

75. Saeid Nazari, ISNA reporter in Shiraz, arrested by Intelligence Ministry and transferred to the No. 100 Detention Center on October 3, 2011

76. Hakhamanesh Younesi, ISNA reporter in Shiraz aged under 18, arrested by Intelligence Ministry and transferred to the No. 100 Detention Center on October 3, 2011

77. Hassan Fathi, journalist, arrested for „cooperating with BBC Persian“ on November 12, 2011

78. Rojin Mohammadi, blogger, medical student, arrested after returning to Iran, transferred to Evin prison on November 23, 2011

79. Farshad Ghorbanpour, journalist and author, Ham-Mihan, Kargozaran, Farhikhtegan, sentenced to 1 year in prison, fine of 5 million Toman, released on bail, arrested at raid of intelligence forces on his home on December 2, 2011

80. Bahar Alinia, blogger, student and political activist, abducted after leaving home in the week before December 3, 2011, no data on whereabouts available

81.  Reyhaneh Tabatabai, Shargh, Chelcheragh, arrested December 12, 2010, released on bail January 16, 2011, rearrested on December 13, 2011

82. Hamid Moazeni, journalist and author from Bushehr, Mehdi Karroubi’s campaigner, recent articles published on Rooz Online, arrested on September 27, 2011, released on bail on October 10, 2011, rearrested on December 24, 2011

83. Ehsan Houshmand, Kurd sociologist and journalist, arrested during raid on his home in Tehran, transferred to unknown location on January 7, 2012

84. Simien Nematollahi, a contributer to the pro-Sufi website Majzooban (www.majzooban.org), was arrested at her Tehran home by intelligence ministry officials on 11 January 2012 on a charge of anti-government propaganda.

85. Fatemeh Kheradmand, journalist and wife of sentenced journalist Masoud Lavasani, arrested during a raid on her home in Tehran, transferred to Evin prison on January 7, 2012

86. Mohammad Solimaninya, the head of u24, a social networking website for Iranian professionals,  summoned before a revolutionary tribunal in Karaj on January 10, 2012, arrested on January 20, 2012

87. Mohammad Reza Pourshajari, a blogger who has been held since September 12, 2010, tried by a revolutionary court in Karaj on December 21, 2011 on a charge of insulting the Prophet in articles posted on his blog and in letters sent to government officials while he was in prison

88. Mehdi Khazali, editor of Hayan, arrested June 29, 2009, released on bail, rearrested for the second time on July 18, 2011 and transferred to Evin, started hunger strike, first call since arrest from ward 209 on August 3, 2011, released on August 27, 2011, violently beaten and rearrested, transferred to Evin prison on January 9, 2012, on hunger strike

89. Parastou Dokouhaki, journalist, researcher and translator, cooperated with Shariati Foundation, in need of medical care, arrested at home in Tehran on January 16, 2012

Arrested journalists Rasooli, Bourghani, Dokouhaki

90. Marzieh Rasooli, journalist specialised on literature and music, Shargh, Etemaad, arrested at her home in Tehran on January 17, 2012

91. Sahamedin Bourghani, photographer and journalist, Shargh, Etemad, arrested in Tehran on January 18, 2012

92. Peyman Pakmehr, journalist to Tabriz News, arrested in Tabriz on January 17, 2012, held in Evin ward 209, first contact with family on January 18, 2012

93. Saeed Razavi Faghieh, journalist, former member of Tahkim Vahdat students’ organisation, worked for Sobhe Emrooz, Bahar, Yas, and Vaghayeh Ettefaghieh dailies, arrested at Tehran airport when leaving the country, transferred to Evin prison on January 18, 2012 

Released on bail or sentenced to prison

1. Sassan Aghaee, freelance, arrested November 22, 2009, released on bail March 28, 2010

2. Shiva Nazar Ahari, Committee of Human Rights Reporters, arrested December 20, 2009, released on bail September 12, 2010

3. Saeid Haeri, political and civil rights activist, Committee for Human Rights Reporters, released on bail, sentenced to 2 years in prison on furlough January 20, 2011

4. Mehraneh Atashi, freelance photojournalist, artist, arrested January 11, 2010, released on bail

5. Behzad Mehrani, journalist, blogger, human rights activist, arrested March 3, 2010, released on bail April 16, 2010

6. Nasour Taghipour, blogger, Ghazvin, arrested March 2, 2010, released before court on June 21, 2010, sentenced to 7 years in prison on January 8, 2011

7. Somayeh Momeni, journalist to Nasim-e Bidari, arrested February 7, 2010, released on bail March 13, 2010

8. Mehdi Yazdani Khorram, journalist to Etemad-e Melli, Shargh, Hammihan, Kargozaran, transferred to hospital in December 2009

9. Azam Veysameh (Vismeh), journalist to Shargh, ILNA, Irandokht, Shahrvand, arrested May 31, 2010, released on bail July 21, 2010

10. Narges Mohammadi, journalist, speaker of Defenders of Human Rights Center, arrested June 10, 2010, released to hospital on July 1, 2010, sentenced to 11 years in prison on September 27, 2011, awarded the Swedish Per Anger prize on October 25, 2011

Narges Mohammadi

11. Hamed Saber, photojournalist, arrested June 21, 2010, released on bail August 8, 2010

12. Amirhadi Anvari, journalist, Shargh, arrested December 9, 2010, released on bail December 15, 2010

13. Abdolreza Tajik, journalist and human rights activist, third arrest June 11, 2010, released on bail December 22, 2010, sentenced to 6 years in prison March 12, 2011

Abdolreza Tajik

14. Hadi Heydari, cartoonist, arts editor of Etemad-e Melli, arrested December 19, 2010, released on bail December 27, 2010

15. Ahmad Gholami, deputy chief editor of Shargh, arrested December 7, 2010, released on bail December 29, 2010

16. Ali Khodabakhsh, financial manager of Shargh, arrested December 7, 2010, released on bail December 29, 2010

17. Farzaneh Roustaie, editorial staff Shargh, arrested December 7, 2010, released on bail January 17, 2011

18. Keyvan Mehregan, politics editor of Etemade Melli, sentenced to 3 years in prison, second arrest on December 7, 2010, released on bail January 17, 2011

19. Ali Anjam-Rouz, journalist for  Gilan, arrested February 27, 2010; released on bail May 7, 2010; court date September 27, 2010

20. Omid Montazeri, freelance, arrested December 30, 2009, released on bail April 5, 2010

21. Hamid Mafi, Farhang-e Ashti, Etemad-e Melli, Kargozaran, arrested February 9, 2010, released on bail February 22, 2010, sentenced to 5 years in prison September 16, 2010

22. Mojtaba Lotfi, freelance, cleric, arrested October 8, 2008, released and sent to Ashtian for 10 years in exile on July 9, 2010

23. Mansoureh Shojai, freelance, feminist websites, arrested December 29, 2009, released on bail January 29, 2010

24. Kayvan Farzin, Farhang-e Ahang, arrested January 2010, released March 2010

25. Nooshin Jafari, Etemad, arrested February 3, 2010, released on bail March 3, 2010

Nooshin Jafari

26. Morteza Kazemian, Jonbesh-e Rah-e Sabz (Jaras), arrested December 29, 2009, released on bail May 3, 2010, sentenced to 1 year in prison November 14, 2010

27. Farshad Azizi, Atrak, Mashhad, arrested January 7, 2010, released on bail January 14, 2010

28. Mehdi Gilani, Atrak, Mashhad, arrested January 6, 2010, released on bail January 14, 2010

29. Kaveh Ghassemi Kermanshahi, arrested February 3, 2010, released on bail May 23, 2010, sentence reduced to 4 years in prison on March 16, 2011

30. Kambiz Nouruzi, head of Association of Iranian Journalists, arrested June 28, 2009, sentenced to 1 year in prison

31. Mahboubeh Khansari, journalist, Kaleme Sabz, Hammihan and Shargh, arrested May 31, 2010, released on bail June 28, 2010

32. Mirhamid Hassanzadeh, editor of Ghalam News website, arrested August 4, 2009, released on bail August 16, 2009

33. Mehrdad Rahimi, freelance and blogger, arrested January 1, 2010, released on bail March 8, 2010

34. Ramin Jabbari, blogger and journalist, Bayram, Nedaye Moghan, Yashil Moghan, arrested May 17, 2010, released on bail May 28, 2010

35. Mostafa Jamshidi, journalist, editorial staff of Yashil Moghan and Nedaye Moghan, arrested May 18, 2010, released on bail May 19, 2010

36. Mostafa Kazzazi, journalist, editor of Seda-ye Edalat, sentenced to 11 months in prison July 28, 2010, assumed to be free pending appeal

37. Majid Saeedi, photojournalist, Tehran, arrested June 30, 2009,  released on bail, eventually in 2009, sentenced to 3 years in prison

38. Mehran Faraji, journalist for Shargh, Etemad-e Melli, ISNA, ILNA, arrested December 9, 2010, held incommunicado January 8, 2011, transfered to Evin general ward January 25, 2011, released on bail February 4, 2011, sentenced to 1 year in prison on November 8, 2011

39. Jila (Zhila) Bani Yaghoub, journalist, editor in charge of the Iranian Women’s Center website, arrested June 20, 2009; released on bail August 19, 2009, sentenced to 1 year in prison and a 30-years ban from any journalistic activity

40. Rahim Gholami, Ardebil, freelance, arrested April 11, 2008, reduced sentence of 1 year in prison October 28, 2009, released on bail December 29, 2010

41. Badrossadat Mofidi, Iranian journalists Association, arrested December 29, 2009, released on bail June 6, 2010, sentenced to 6 years in prison, 5 years occupational ban August 3, 2010

Badrossadat Mofidi

42. Behzad Basho, journalist and cartoonist, arrested June 2009, released on bail June 26, 2009

43. Heydar Karimi, journalist, Khoy, arrested June 9, 2010, released on bail October 21, 2010

44. Keyvan Farzin, music critic for journal Farhang va Ahang, arrested January 2010, released on bail March 2010

45. Khalil Darmanki, Asr Azadegan, Shargh, Etemad-e Melli, arrested December 27, 2009, released on bail May 17, 2010

46. Mahmoud Mahmoudi, journalist, workers rights activist, Sanandaj, arrested December 26, 2010, released on bail January 6, 2011

47. Mazdak-Ali Nazari, journalist, arrested November 9, 2009, released February 8, 2010, sentenced to 40 months in prison, pending appeal December 5, 2010

48. Mohammad Atrianfar, journalist, leading member of Kargozaran Sazandegi party, arrested June 16, 2009, released on bail November 24, 2009

49. Mohammad Ghaznavian, journalist, arrested January 9, 2010, released on bail April 14, 2010, 5 year sentence reduced to 6 months on appeal January 7, 2011

50. Mohammad Ghouchani, journalist and editor in charge of Etemad-e Melli, Rasht, arrested June 18, 2009, released on bail October 30, 2009

51. Mehdi Zaboli, photographer with newspaper Hamshahri, arrested on 20 June 2009, released on bail 5 July 2009

52. Reza Nourbakhsh, Farhikhtegan, arrested August 4, 2009 , sentenced to 6 years in prison on 3 November 2009, sentence reduced to 3 years on appeal, released on bail 2 March 2010

53. Mostafa Izadi, Etemad-e Melli, arrested December 28, 2009, released on bail 1 February 2010

54. Navid Khanjani, human rights reporter, arrested 2 March 2010, released on bail 3 May 2011, sentenced to 12 years prison 31 January 2011

55. Pourya Mousavi, journalist, public relations director to Aeen journal, student activist, arrested 17 January 2011, released on bail 31 January 2011

56. Saeed Heydarpour, journalist, blogger, arrested 10 October 2010, sentenced to 5 years prison suspended for 5 years on 5 December 2010

57. Saeed Laylaz, editor of Sarmayeh, arrested June 17, 2009, sentenced to 15 years in prison, reduced to 6 years on appeal November 2009, released on leave April 2010

58. Zeynab Kazemkhah, ISNA, arrested February 7, 2010, released on bail March 7, 2010, sentenced to 5 years in prison November 22, 2010

59. Navid Mohebbi, freelance, arrested September 18, 2010, sentenced to 3 years in prison, suspended for 5 years, released on bail on December 25, 2010

60. Abdolnaser Mahimani, journalist, head of the Gorgan House of Press, arrested February 12, 2011, released on bail February 19, 2011

61. Maziar Khosravi, former editor of Aftab News, now journalist to Shargh, arrested February 11, 2011, released on bail February 24, 2011

62. Mohammad Hossein Mahimani, law student and photojournalist, Gorgan, arrested February 11, 2011, on hungerstrike, released February 27, 2011

63. Peyman Roshanzamir, blogger, Ahvaz, editor of Haft-e Tir website, arrested January 3, 2011, released on bail from Karoon prison March 1, 2011, refuses to defend himself in court in protest of unjust proceedings, May 14, 2011

64. Nazanin Khosravani, journalist, Nowrooz, Shargh, arrested November 3, 2010, released on bail March 15, 2011, sentenced to 6 years in prison for „propaganda against the state“ on April 17, 2011

65. Mahsa Amrabadi, journalist, Tehran, released on bail, sentenced to 1 year in prison, rearrested for participating in protest rally March 1, 2011, released March 16, 2011

Mahsa Amrabadi

66. Farhad Baghbani, journalist, member of Pan-Iranist party, arrested for several days on February 26, 2010; summoned to Ahvaz Revolutionary Court on  June 29, 2010;  charged with party propaganda in court of Ahvaz on April 4, 2011

67. Mohammad Nourizad, freelance, Keyhan, arrested December 20, 2009, sentenced to 3.5 years in prison and 50 lashes, released on bail June 23, 2010, return to Evin August 2010, temporarily released after surgery on February 24, 2011, return to Evin prison February 27, 2011, released on May 5, 2011

68. Younes Soleimani, Bu Ali Sina student (Hamadan), journalist, arrested on 17 June 2010, suffered heart problems after being tortured by electric shocks in the detention center of the Intelligence Ministry in Tabriz on 31 Aug 2010, expelled from university in February 2011, released on bail in November 2010, sentenced to 6 months in prison on 21 May 2011

69. Ali Malihi, Etemad, Irandokht, Shahrvand-e Emruz, Mehrnameh, arrested February 9, 2010, sentenced to 4 years in prison October 1, 2010, released on bail on May 4, 2011

70. Yaser Masoumi, technical expert for reformist newspapers Shargh, Sarmayeh and Bahar, arrested a few months after June 2009, released on bail after 70 days in Evin prison, appeals court approved sentence of 5 years in prison on 21 May 2011

71. Shiva Kamalipour Azad, journalist, member of Confederation of Iranian Students (CIS), arrested on 26 April 2011, released on bail on 25 May 2011

72. Hengameh Shahidi, journalist and women’s rights activist, second arrest February 25, 2010, sentenced to 6.25 years in prison, temporarily released on June 19, 2011

73. Farid Salavati, journalist, social and political activist who first reported on a gang rape in Khomeinishahr, arrested after raid on his home in Isfahan on June 11, 2011, temporarily released on June 20, 2011

74. Maryam Majd, photojournalist for Zanan and Tamasha magazines, apparently arrested at her father’s home in Tehran on June 16, 2011, released on bail on July 16, 2011

75. Fouad Sadeghi, chief editor website Ayandeh News, arrested February 10, 2010, released on bail March 1, 2010, rearrested some days before July 30, 2011, released after several days as reported August 3, 2011

76. Sam Mahmoudi Saraei, photojournalist to Shargh newspaper, arrested at the end of 2009, released on bail 10 February 2010, rearrested February 14, 2011, transferred to Evin Ward 350 after 1 month in solitary confinement on March 28, 2011, released on a bail of 300,000 dollars on August 13, 2011

Sam Mahmoudi

77. Saeed Massoud Lavasani, journalist and blogger, arrested September 26, 2009, sentenced to 6 years in prison, 10 years occupational ban, released on bail on July 16, 2011

78. Mohammad Heydari, journalist and member of the National Religious party, contributed to reformist newspapers  Khordad, Yas Nou, Shargh, and Nowrooz, arrested at his home in Tehran on October 5, 2011, released on bail on October 29, 2011

79. Mehdi Afshar-Nik, journalist for reformist Etemad-e Melli daily, arrested at his home in Tehran on October 5, 2011, released on bail on October 29, 2011

80. Ali Akrami, editor of the Sheydagooyi blog, member of the National Religious party, arrested in Tehran on October 5, 2011, released on bail on October 29, 2011

81. Saeed Saedi, Kurd journalist from Sanandaj, arrested 26 December 2010, reported as still detained by Amnesty on 6 January 2011, released on bail in March 2011, sentenced to 3 years in prison on November 10, 2011

82. Ali Akbar Javanfekr, Ahmadinejad deputy and chief editor of Iran daily, CEO of IRNA, sentenced to 1 year in prison on November 19, 2011, arrested during a press conference and freed after some hours on November 21, 2011, sentenced to 1 year in prison and 5 years deprivation of membership in political parties, groups, associations and media activities for „insulting the Supreme Leader“ on January 15, 2012

Saeed Saedi

83. Davood Khodakarami, journalist and human rights activist, arrested by Intelligence forces in Zanjan on November 18, 2011, temporarily released on bail on December 4, 2011

84.  Amir Ali Allamehzadeh, journalist working for the official Iranian news agency ILNA, arrested on September 24, 2011 without official charges, no news about whereabouts after 3 weeks, allegedly held in ward 2 A of Evin prison run by the intelligence service, released on bail on December 21, 2011

Sentenced journalists who have left Iran (incomplete)

1. Ali Moazzami, Shargh, arrested March 8, 2010, released March 19, 2010, has fled Iran


News vom 24. Januar 2012

24/01/2012

Für eine Handvoll Dollar: Bank Melli in Teheran

Offener Brief an die EU-Außenministerkonferenz

Neue Kampagne: Islamische Republik soll Störung von Satellitensendern stoppen

Staatsanwalt über kurdischen Studenten Ebrahim Lotfollahi: „Ich habe ihn getötet! Macht, was ihr wollt“

Islamische Republik spürt Dissidenten über Facebook auf

Reisetagebuch aus Teheran (1)

Symposium über die Seldschuken-Dynastie in London

Politik und Wirtschaft

Ölembargo der EU: Iran überzieht Europa mit Drohungen

US-Finanzministerium verhängt Sanktionen gegen Bank Tejarat

US-Flugzeugträger „Abraham Lincoln“ vor Irans Küste

Iran-Embargo: Teurer Denkzettel für die Mullahs

Araber lassen Assad fallen – Russland liefert Kampfjets

Die Endphase im Ringen um die iranische Bombe hat begonnen

Interview: „Im Atomstreit prallen zwei Weltbilder aufeinander“

Islamische Republik: Diplomatische Beziehungen zu Brasilien abgekühlt

Ahmadinedjad: Hardliner hatten Moussavis Wahlsieg angekündigt (FA)

Mohsen Rezaie: Der Wirtschaftskrieg hat begonnen, mobilisiert das Volk (FA)

Japan erwägt Reduzierung iranischer Ölimporte

Islamische Republik steckt tief in der Wirtschaftskrise

Sanktionen gegen Iran: Embargo ohne Ölkrise

Occupy Wall Street: Free Parastou Dokouhaki

Menschenrechte

Revolutionsgardist und 12 weitere Personen heimlich in Schiras hingerichtet

Verhaftete Journalistinnen Parastou Dokouhaki und Marzieh Rasouli sind in Evin

Keine Nachricht von verhaftetem Literaturübersetzer Mohammad Soleimani Nia

Journalist Peyman Pakmehr vorübergehend auf Kaution freigelassen (FA)

Ehemaliger Hochschulrektor Mohammad Maleki (78) trifft Haftstrafe an (FA)


News vom 23. Januar 2012

23/01/2012

Goldmünze bei 1 Million Tuman: Folgen für die iranische Wirtschaft

Syrische Demonstranten verbrennen Poster von Khamenei

Die verborgene Opposition: Iranische Studierende und die zweite islamische Kulturrevolution 

Julias Blog: Ein Porträt von DRadio Wissen

„Gefährliche Barbiepuppen“ im Visier der iranischen Polizei

Fotobericht: Tabris im Schnee (sehenswert)  

Ahmadinedjad am Gully: Kopf oder Zahl? (Nikahang Kowsar)

Politik und Wirtschaft

EU einigt sich auf Öl-Embargo gegen Islamische Republik 

Außenminister Westerwelle: Tür zum Dialog bleibt offen

Straße von Hormus: US-Flugzeugträger trifft im Persischen Golf ein

Flotten-Aufmarsch am Persischen Golf: USA ziehen größte Kampfgruppe seit 2002 zusammen

Assad widersetzt sich Forderungen der Arabischen Liga auf Machtverzicht

Mehrere kritische Abgeordnete nun doch zur Parlamentswahl zugelassen

Kurznachrichten: Zunehmende Differenzen innerhalb der Revolutionsgarden?

Ex-Revolutionsgardist Rajaee: Weshalb ist Kritik an Khamenei nicht erlaubt? (FA)

Ölembargo der EU: Sanktionen mit Risiken und Nebenwirkungen

Ölpreise: Steht uns ein Einbruch bevor?

Islamische Republik fordert japanische Yen für Ölexporte nach Indien

Währungskrise: 10-prozentiger Wertverlust des Rial am Sonntag

Menschenrechte

HRW-Bericht für 2011: Über 600 Hinrichtungen in der Islamischen Republik  

Prominenter arabischer Sänger Ghalib Manabi samt Bruder in Ahwas verhaftet

Drei Sunniten wegen Protest gegen Schmährede des Freitagspredigers in Kamyaran verhaftet (FA)

Keine Nachricht von drei verhafteten iranischen Pastoren aus Ahwas


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