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Des Nouvelles d’Iran – Semaine 38-2013

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Nouvelles des Prisonniers

Transferts

  • Après plus de 100 jours à l’isolement, Akbar Amini a été transféré au bloc 350.
  • Le derviche Gonabadi Amir Eslami de retour à Evine en provenance de l’hôpital Taleghani.
  • Namegh Mahmoudi est de retour à Redjaï Shahr après un mois à la prison de Sanandaj, division du renseignement.
  • Reza Naghavi (Behrouz) transféré au bloc 350 d’Evine après avoir été sévèrement torturé par la police Fata.
  • Fouad Rezazadeh, militant Sunnite, transféré à la prison de Redjaï Shahr.
  • Le prisonnier sunnite Farzad Samadi transféré à l’isolement.
  • La militante étudiante Maryam Shafiepour hospitalisée.
  • Le prisonnier Mehdi Tarekh de Bodjnourd a été transféré au bloc 350 d’Evine.

 

Arrestations-Incarcérations

  • Mehdi Dolati Darabad commence à purger sa peine de 5 ans au bloc 350 d’Evine.
  • Hossein Djavadi, prisonnier Sunnite, envoyé à la prison de Redjaï Shahr pour purger le reste de ses 5 ans de prison.
  • Madjid Dori de retour à la prison d’Ahvaz à la fin de sa libération provisoire.
  • Farzad Mahdavi, militant civique azéri, arrêté au stade Sahand de Tabriz.
  • Ahmad-Reza Nedjad, écrivain et bloggeur, arrêté à l’aéroport alors qu’il quittait le pays.
  • Le militant Arvin Sedaghat-Kish (Daftare Tahkim Vahdat) convoqué pour purger sa peine de 3 ans au bloc 350 d’Evine.
  • Le militant du Mouvement Vert Omid Shah Moradi se rend à Evine pour purger ses 3 ans de prison.

 

Libérations

  • Le militant étudiant Vahid Aligholipour libéré de prison à la fin de sa peine d’un an.
  • Mohsen Aminzadeh libéré.
  • Mahsa Amrabadi libérée.
  • Feizollah Arab-Sorkhi libéré.
  • Ebrahim Babaï en liberté provisoire.
  • Nader Babaï libéré à la fin de sa peine.
  • Maryam Djalili libérée
  • Soghra Gholamnejad libérée.
  • Mahboubeh Karami libérée.
  • Ali Khodabakhsh libéré à la fin de sa peine.
  • Jila Makvani libérée.
  • Kefayat Malek Mohammadi libérée.
  • Mir-Taher Moussavi libéré.
  • Nasrine Sotoudeh est libre.
  • Farah Vazehan libérée.
  • Mohammad-Ali Velayati libéré à la fin de sa peine.
  • Mitra Zahmati libérée.
  • Hossein Zarrini libéré à la fin de sa peine.

 

Autres Nouvelles

  • 130 prisonniers sunnites de la prison de Redjaï Shahr en grève de la faim pendant une journée.
  • En soutien aux derviches emprisonnés à Adel Abad, ceux du bloc 350 d’Evine se rasent la tête.

 

Nouvelles de l’injustice en Iran

  • Les 10 ans d’exil de Seyyed Ahmad-Reza Ahmadpour réduits à 2 ans.
  • Bahram Akhouninejad, militant azéri, condamné à 91 jours de prison.
  • La peine d’un an de prison avec sursis confirmée en appel pour Massoumeh Dehghan, épouse de l’avocat emprisonné Abdolfatah Soltani.
  • Ali Djishat, militant d’Ahvaz, condamné à mort.
  • La peine de 3 ans du bahaï Hamid Eslami confirmée en appel.
  • Nasser Kazempour, militant azéri, condamné à 91 jours de prison.
  • Les frères journalistes kurdes emprisonnés Khosrow et Massoud Kordpour acquittés restent en détention.
  • Hamid-Reza Mohadjerani conseiller culturel de l’ambassade d’Iran au Qatar, condamné à 5 ans de prison.
  • Hashem Hossein-Panahi, religieux kurde, condamné à 6 ans de prison et 30 coups de fouet.
  • Yassin Moussavi, militant d’Ahvaz, condamné à mort.
  • Madjid Sefidani, militant azéri, condamné à 6 mois de prison.
  • Salman Tchayan, militant d’Ahvaz, condamné à 25 ans de prison en exil à Yazd.
  • La peine de 3 ans du bahaï Rahman Vafaei confirmée en appel.
  • Une exécution publique à Ghaemshahr.
  • 3 pendaisons à la prison Aligoudarz au Lorestan.
  • Une pendaison à Ghazvine.
  • 4 pendaisons à Redjaï Shahr jeudi.
  • Deux pendaisons à Tonekabon dont une publique.

 

L’université – la Culture

  • Plusieurs professeurs qui avaient été forcés de partir en retraite sont de retour à l’université Allameh.
  • Farhad Daneshdjou limogé de son poste à la tête de l’université Azad.
  • Mohammad Khodadadi nommé directeur d’IRNA.
  • A son arrivée en Iran Rassoulof a été convoqué et ses effets personnels confisqués.

 

Manifestations

  • Les étudiants renvoyés et expulsés de l’université Allameh manifestent.
  • La manifestation sous la forme d’une chaine humaine met fin à l’exploitation minière près de Kerman.

 

L’Iran à l’étranger

  • L’Iran et les Nations Unies signent un accord sur l’aide humanitaire au Moyen Orient y compris en Syrie.
  • Le tribunal européen annule les sanctions contre la compagnie maritime iranienne.
  • Les 42 derniers résidents du camp Ashraf transférés dans un autre camp.

 

L’économie en Iran

  • 76 salariés de l’usine de ciment de Lovashan licenciés.
  • 1200 ouvriers de l’usine Saveh Rolling & Profiles Mills Co. n’ont pas été payes depuis trois mois.
  • La banque du développement des exportations est retirée de la liste des sanctions.

 

Politique en Iran

  • Rouhani dit aux gardes révolutionnaires de se tenir éloignés de la politique.
  • Le seul député juif iranien accompagnera Rouhani à l’assemblée générale de l’ONU.
  • Hesamoddin Ashna nommé conseiller culturel de Rouhani.
  • Djalili a été nommé au conseil de discernement.

 

Nouvelles en vrac

  • Environ 3.640 suicides [2.530 hommes et 1.110 femmes] enregistrés en Iran chaque année.
  • Un Kurde tué par la police a Téhéran après avoir été roué de coups.
  • L’Iran triomphe lors du premier jour du championnat du monde de lutte.
  • Apparition du choléra à Iranshahr.

 

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News from Iran – Week 37 – 2013

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Prisoner News

Arrests-Detentions

  • Hassan Asadi Zeidabadi, Masoud Bastani, Ghorban-Ali Behzadiannejad, and Bahareh Hedayat back to Evin; Mehdi Mahmoudian and Ahmad Zeidabadi back to Rejaei Shahr, at the end of furlough.

Liberations

  • Reza and Taher Akvanian released on 100 million toman bail.
  • Davar Hosseini-Vojdan and human rights activist Shiva Nazar-Ahari released on furlough.

Other News

  • Guards raided Ebrat ward overnight and beat imprisoned Dervishes.

News of injustice in Iran

  • Ramin Rezaei, Azeri activist, sentenced to 91 days in prison.
  • 3 hangings in Rasht on Sunday.
  • 2 hangings in Shahrud on Tuesday.
  • 6 executions in Urmiah prison on Wednesday.
  • 3 public hangings in Dehdasht; 1 public execution in Darab; 1 execution in Rejaei Shahr on Thursday.
  • 1 hanging in Ahvaz prison; 1 hanging in Gachsaran, and 2 executions in Dizelabad prison of Kermanshah.

University – Culture

  • House of Cinema, closed by Ahmadinejad, reopens.

Protests

  • 5 workers arrested at a protest at Almahdi Aluminium in Bandar Abbas demanding wage rise.

Iran abroad

  • Iran releases Indian oil tanker detained in August.
  • Deadly clash erupts at Iranian consulate in Afghanistan.
  • Iranian FM Meets Iraq’s Acting President.
  • Rouhani meets with Masahiko Kōmura, special envoy of the Japanese Prime Minister.
  • Iraq tells People’s Mujahedin to leave Camp Ashraf.
  • Iran 1st VP Eshagh Jahangiri, Syrian PM Wael Nader al-Halghi confer by phone; Iran backs proposal for monitoring of Syrian chemical weapons.
  • Drunk driving Saudi diplomat barred from leaving Iran.
  • French FM: I will meet Iran FM in New York. in case of agreement, sanctions can be removed.

Iran Economics

  • Inflation rate hits 39%, up over 5% in one month.
  • Full closure of 100 tea factories in the North of the country.
  • Businessman close to Ahmadinejad owes Iran $2 billion.

Iran Politics

  • Ghalibaf reelected as Tehran mayor for the 3rd time.
  • Iran’s cabinet has appointed Seyyed Hossein Hashemi and Rabi’ Fallah governor-generals of Tehran and Mazandaran.
  • Former defense minister Shamkhani replaces Saeed Jalili. Ex-nuclear negotiator Jalili appointed to Supreme National Security Council.
  • President Rouhani appoints Masoumeh Ebtekar as Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization.
  • Minister of Oil Bizhan Zanganeh has appointed Roknoddin Javadi as deputy minister and the new managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company.

Miscellaneous

  • Dam-building forbidden in area of endangered Lake Oroumiyeh.
  • Yahoo blocked Iran, while Google and Apple removed some restrictions.
  • 63 people killed in collision of 2 buses near Qom.

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Des Nouvelles d’Iran – Semaine 37-2013

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Nouvelles des Prisonniers

B-Arrestations-Incarcérations

  • Hassan Assadi Zeidabadi est de retour à Evine à la fin de sa liberté provisoire.
  • Massoud Bastani est de retour à Evine à la fin de sa liberté provisoire.
  • Ghorban-Ali Behzadiannejad est de retour à Evine à la fin de sa liberté provisoire.
  • Bahareh Hedayat est de retour à Evine à la fin de sa liberté provisoire.
  • Mehdi Mahmoudian est de retour à Redjaï Shahr à la fin de sa liberté provisoire.
  • Ahmad Zeidabadi est de retour à Redjaï Shahr à la fin de sa liberté provisoire.

 

C-Libérations

  • Reza et Taher Akvanian libérés sous une caution de 100 million de toman.
  • Davar Hosseini-Vojdan en liberté provisoire de la prison d’Evine.
  • La militante des droits humains Shiva Nazar-Ahari en liberté provisoire.

 

D-Autres Nouvelles

  • Les gardes attaquent de nuit le bloc Ebrat et battent les derviches qui y sont emprisonnés.

 

Nouvelles de l’injustice en Iran

  • Ramin Rezaï, militant azéri, condamné à 91 jours de prison.
  • 3 exécutions à Rasht dimanche.
  • 1 pendaison à la prison d’Ahvaz.
  • Une pendaison à Gatchsaran.
  • 2 pendaisons à Shahroud mardi.
  • 6 exécutions à la prison d’Oroumieh mercredi.
  • 2 exécutions à la prison Dizelabad de Kermânchâh.
  • 3 pendaisons publiques à Dehdasht jeudi.
  • Une exécution publique à Darab jeudi.
  • Une exécution à Redjaï Shahr jeudi.

 

L’université – la Culture

  • La maison du cinéma, fermée par Ahmadinejad, rouvre.

 

Manifestations

  • 5 ouvriers arrêtés durant une manifestation à l’usine Almahdi Aluminium de Bandar Abbas pour demander une augmentation des salaires.

 

L’Iran à l’étranger

  • L’Iran relâche le pétrolier indien détenu depuis août.
  • Conflit mortel au consulat iranien en Afghanistan.
  • Le ministre des affaires étrangères rencontre le président irakien.
  • Rouhani rencontre Masahiko Kōmura, envoyé spécial du premier ministre japonais.
  • L’Irak demande aux moudjahidines du peuple de quitter le camp d’Ashraf.
  • Le premier vice-président iranien Eshagh Djahanguiri parle au téléphone avec le premier ministre syrien Wael Nader al-Halghi.
  • Le diplomate saoudien arrêté pour conduite en état d’ivresse interdit de quitter l’Iran.
  • L’Iran et les Etats-Unis échangent des messages sur la Syrie.
  • Fabius : je rencontrerai le ministre des affaires étrangères iranien à New York. Si nous tombons d’accord les sanctions pourront être abrogées.
  • L’Iran soutient la proposition de surveillance des armes chimiques en Syrie.
  • Les derniers dissidents iraniens quittent leur camp en Irak à la suite des violences de la semaine dernière.

 

L’économie en Iran

  • Le taux d’inflation atteint 39%, plus de 5% de plus en un mois.
  • Fermeture de plus de 100 manufactures de thé dans le nord du pays.
  • Un homme d’affaires proche d’Ahmadinejad doit à l’Iran $2 milliards.

 

La politique en Iran

  • Ghalibaf réélu à la mairie de Téhéran pour la 3ème fois.
  • Le conseil des ministres iranien a nommé Seyyed Hossein Hashemi et Rabi’ Fallah gouverneurs des provinces de Téhéran et Mazandaran.
  • L’ancien ministre de la défense Shamkhani remplace Saïd Djalili.
  • Le président Rouhani nomme Massoumeh Ebtekar vice-présidente et Chef de l’organisation de la protection de l’environnement.
  • Le ministre du pétrole Bijan Zanganeh a nommé Roknoddin Djavadi secrétaire d’état et directeur général de la compagnie nationale iranienne du pétrole (NIOC).
  • L’ancien négociateur du dossier nucléaire Djalili nommé au Conseil Suprême de la Sécurité Nationale.

 

Nouvelles en vrac

  • La construction de barrage interdite dans la zone de captation du lac d’Oroumieh en danger d’assèchement.
  • Yahoo empêche les Iraniens d’utiliser ses services alors que Google et Apple allègent certaines restrictions technologiques imposées aux Iraniens.
  • 63 morts lors de la collision de deux bus près de Qom.

 

 

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Iran in Syria: Death buys chocolate

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Hezbollah convoy in Syria

Hezbollah convoy in Syria

Dutch TV reporter Roozbeh Kaboly and the Nieuwsuur team have put together this report, with English subtitles, based on a video said to show Iranian troops training militia in Syria, using a village school as a base.  The man being interviewed has been identified as Revolutionary Guards Commander Esmail Heydari, who reportedly died in Syria a few weeks ago, and was later given a public funeral in his hometown of Amol, about 180km north of Iran’s capital, Tehran. He describes the mission, working with teams which are on 25-day rotation, adding that some were previously trained in Iran. Part of the mission’s objective appears to be securing access for Hezbollah to deliver weapons and supplies.

Esmail Heydari| Photo: http://fajrenoor.blogfa.com/

Esmail Heydari| Photo: http://fajrenoor.blogfa.com/

Followers of human rights abuses in Iran, used to reading about the indescribable torture and cruelty dispensed to prisoners in the “special” IRGC detention centres and isolation wards, may be surprised by the smiling, relaxed, countenance of this commander. Heydari reveals the secret of his team’s success on their training mission is that they treat fighters with respect, “We haven’t paid them or anything,” he comments. Respect is a sentiment Heydari claims to extend to the local people: for example, by driving military vehicles slowly in civilian areas to avoid raising dust. While driving through a village Heydari says was deserted until his unit came to the area and cleaned up, he greets children warmly, offering candy. “When we came, there was no human being,” says Heydari. One of his team responds, “There are still no humans now, just Arabs.” The Nieuwsuur translation then relates the cameraman suggesting the Iranians also offer candy to the women they are passing on the road, but misses what I consider to be an implied threat in the reply: “We’ll give them some(thing), and you can film.” This is more typical of the IRGC behaviour I am familiar with.

The regime in Iran celebrated his death by burying Commander Heydari with honor, as a martyr who died defending the Shrine of Syeda Zainab, granddaughter of the prophet Mohammed.

At least 6 more videos were posted to YouTube by the admin of a rebel group’s Facebook page, and were later verified by France24 journalists working with translators, who helped to produce a detailed analysis. The links to the original videos were shared on Twitter, but were either shared only with selected contacts, or the settings were later changed to prevent public access. Copies of the videos, which seem to show Iranian military officers working with soldiers from Syria’s regular army, giving them advice and instructions for combat, can be seen here.

The film appears to have been recorded by Hadi Baghbani, a young Iranian documentary maker, who reportedly died during an incident on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, where he is said to have been on a 10-day assignment, his second such visit. A second group of Iranians reportedly died while on the road in Syria, either because of a traffic accident or because their driver was killed by a sniper. The rebels believed to have found Baghbani’s video camera, the Idblib-based Dawood Brigade, which released the video, claimed responsibility for “most” of the deaths in an interview with al-Aan TV. The group’s spokesperson, Hosam Alsermene, told Al-Jazeera that they killed about 15-20 members of an Iranian team after hearing about their Syrian operations. Their identities and operational details were confirmed after taking possession of mobile phones and the video camera of an independent journalist who just happened to be there. The 30-year-old filmmaker received a burial ceremony in his hometown of Babolsar, Iran.

Hadi Baghbani

Hadi Baghbani

It’s not completely clear, from the available accounts, how the bodies were returned to Iran. Can we assume that this happened with the help of Syrian authorities or the militia which were being trained? Alternatively, other Iranians still present in Syria might have been able to repatriate the dead themselves.

Defending the Shrine of Syeda Zainab

In July 2012, it was reported that about 5,000 Shiite Muslims were living in the neighbourhood of the shrine, including some who fled there to seek refuge from sectarian violence. Local youths armed with sticks were said to be defending the site, with Iran alleging clerics in Saudi Arabia had issued a fatwa demanding its destruction. A group of 48 Iranians, including members of the IRGC who claimed they were in retirement and making a pilgrimage to the shrine, was taken hostage in August 2012, before being traded in exchange for 2,130 prisoners of the Syrian regime in January 2013. Abdel Nasser Shmeir, interviewed by Al Arabiya and presented as the commander of Al-Baraa Brigade, claimed the hostages, plus their Afghan interpreter, were members of a 150-strong group sent to Syria by Iran for reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering. Shia news organisations claim that the shrine is now being protected by hundreds of Shia militants from Iraq and the Lebanese Hezbollah group. Recent reports say a custodian of the site, Anas Romani, was killed, and the building damaged, when it was attacked by mortar shells in July 2013.  The Syrian government accused militants of the attacks.

News from Iran – Week 36 – 2013

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Prisoners’ News

Transfers

  • Political prisoner Reza Akvanian transferred from solitary to 3 person cell
  • Ahmad Tamooei and Jahangir (Houshang) Badozadeh transferred to criminal ward of Urmia prison.
  • Rozhin Paya, Kurdish political prisoner, transferred from Urmiah to Yasuj prison to serve the 3 remaining years of her 6 year sentence.
  • Maryam Shafipour transferred from solitary to general ward in Evin.

Arrests-Detentions

  • Naser Karimi arrested at his work place in Bokan.
  • Prominent Reformist Seyed Ahmad Mousavi summoned and taken to prison in Shiraz to start serving his 4 month sentence.
  • 30 people arrested at Salar Aghili’s concert in Tehran.
  • 22 Sufi arrested in Esfahan.

Liberations

  • Sunni prisoners freed from Rejaei Shahr at the end of their sentences: Hasan Abdollahi (24 months), Masoud Abdollahi (22 months), Nemat Azadkhah, Yousef Feizi, Shirkoo Ghamarivand, Ayoub Ebrahimzadeh, Abdolwahab Maroofzadeh, Hadi Moloudi, Jafar Pouya, Seyyed Taha Rahimi (20 months), Mohammad Najari, Kaveh Rasoulpour (18 months).
  • Member of Alumni Association central committee, Hasan Asadi-Zeidabadi released on 48 hour furlough
  • Senior Mousavi advisor Ghorban-Ali Behzadiannejad released on furlough from Evin.
  • Political prisoner Asadollah Hadi has been released from Evin on a 7 day medical furlough.
  • Mashallah Haeri released on furlough.
  • Student activist Bahareh Hedayat and political prisoner Mahboubeh Karami released from Evin on a 3 day furlough.
  • Baha’i prisoner Amanollah Mostaghim on medical furlough.
  • After serving a 4 year sentence, political prisoner Mohsen Sadeghi Nour released.
  • Hassan Saremi released; his children transferred to the general ward.

Other News

  • Hossein Ronaghi-Maleki ends his hunger strike.

News of injustice in Iran

  • One prisoner hanged in Shiraz on Saturday.
  • One hanging in Khomeini Shahr prison.
  • One hanging in Karoon prison and one public hanging in Isfahan on Tuesday.
  • One public hanging in Ilam and one hanging in Sanandaj prison on Wednesday.
  • A man publicly lashed in front of his house in Sava.
  • 21 Sarand Camp earthquake volunteer workers were acquitted of the charge of conspiring against national security : Misagh Afshar, Navid Khanjani, Vahed Kholousi, Farid Rohani, Hossein Ronaghi-Maleki, Shayan Vahdati and 15 others.
  • Omar-Ghader Abdollahi’s Peugeot, Mohammad-Yavar Rahimi’s Jeep, and Peykan vehicles belonging to Omid Mahmoudi, Mohammad Gharibi, Teymour Naderzadeh, Foad-Ahmad Nouri, Keykhosro Sharafipour, Bahman and Mokhtar Rahimi confiscated.
  • Suspect in the case of Sattar Beheshti’s murder charged with quasi-premeditated murder.
  • Yadollah Dashti, an Azari civil activist sentenced to 6 months imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court in Mahabad.
  • Supreme Court has overturned the 15 years imprisonment and exile to Borazjan sentence of Abdolreza Ghanbari giving him 10 years.
  • The body of Ghasem Goudarzi, a Sunni Balouch arrested by Security Services the day after they shot and killed his brother, was returned to his family with signs of severely brutal torture.
  • Azarbaijan civil activist Ali Hedayati sentenced to 5 months imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court in Mahabad.

University – Culture

  • Persian poet Simin Behbahani gets Janus Pannonius award.
  • Blind Iranian music maestro Ali Jafarian passes away.
  • Iran Caretaker minister fires controversial head of university: Sadreddin Shariati.
  • Daneshjoo News site is hacked.
  • The president of Amir Kabir University was sentenced to be suspended in public service for two years.
  • Passports of 2 Sunni students studying in Saudi Arabia confiscated; they can’t continue their studies.
  • Telluride Film Festival Silver Medal awarded to Mohammad Rasoulof.

Protests

  • Third protest of death row inmate’s families in front of Parliament.
  • Zagros Steel workers protest against lack of employment contracts.

Iran abroad

  • Iran freed 6 Slovak gliders arrested for spying.
  • EU court drops seven companies from Iranian sanctions list.
  • Iran ordered militants in Iraq to attack the American Embassy in Baghdad if the U.S. strikes Syria.

Iran Economics

  • $20 billion deficit predicted in Iranian annual budget.
  • Layoff of 50 West Steel’s workers returning from summer vacation.
  • Dismissal of four thousand workers of construction in Boroojerd.
  • $1= 32,250 rials
  • 60 per cent of Iran’s airplanes grounded.
  • Interior Minister: “70% of Our Cities Are Bankrupt”.
  • Value of Iran’s saffron exports exceeds $53million in five months.
  • Irans aluminum output increases 7 percent.
  • Well-known global oil companies to be invited for negotiations and investment in Iran’s oil industry.
  • Economy Minister: Iran facing a crisis of 8.5 million job seekers.
  • VP Mohammad Bagher Nobakht: budget to be slashed by 28%; predicted revenues not achievable.

Iran Politics

  • Iran to set up forced labour camp for drug smuggling prisoners.
  • Iranian news agency drops Rafsanjani remarks critical of Syrian government.
  • Reformist wins lead position on Tehran City Council.
  • Impersonators of President Rouhani and FM sent tweets with best wishes to Jews for Rosh Hashanah.
  • Rouhani selects prominent economist Prof. Masoud Nili as his Economic Advisor, puts Foreign Ministry in charge of nuclear negotiations.
  • Majid Ansari, former VP in Khatami government, appointed VP for parliamentary affairs. Morteza Sarmadi (first deputy foreign minister), Mehdi Danesh Yazdi (Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs)  Majid Takht-Ravanchi (Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe and America Affairs), Seyed Abbas Araghchi (current Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia-Pacific Affairs), Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (current Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs) and Hasan Ghashghavi (current Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Expatriates’ Affairs) will remain in their posts.
  • Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan has named Reza Talainik as his deputy for legal and parliamentary affairs.
  • Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli has appointed Sowlat Mortazavi as his senior adviser.
  • FM Zarif condemns the killing of Jews by the Nazis saying Iran has never denied the holocaust.

Miscellaneous

  • Ayatollah Abdul-Hamid Masoumi Tehrani met with some Baha’i activists.
  • Cholera outbreaks in Kerman province.

As usual, list of political prisoners in Iran: http://hyperactivist.info/ipr.html

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