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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Tuesday Feb. 28, 2006
News in brief - Gooya newsonline reporting from ILNA :

The managers in charge of two banned publication namely " Bahar " and " Talash " will go on trial !

The court hearing to the charges of Mr. Said Pourazizi the manager in charge of banned publication " Bahar " and Mr. Syed Abbas Madah the manager in charge of banned publication " Talash " will take place tomorrow morning in division number 1083 of Tehran public court with Mr. Hoseinian as the presiding judge.
According to a report by ILNA the managers of these publications will attened to the said court division tomorrow and will defend themselves.
They have been charged with : " Propaganda against the system " , " Publication of lies with the intension to bring unrest among public" ............................

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http://1384.g00ya.com/politics/archives/044742.php

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Tuesday Feb. 28, 2006
News from Iran - Roozonline - Report by : Ms. Sara Esfahani

Based on the research by Ministry of Information : Blogs will be categorized to 3 security classification !

News sources reporting from Tehran that the Ministry of Information , had research on Iranian weblog , those inside and ouside of Iran and their view points . The regime divided them to : " Anti - regime" , "Pro- regime " and " Neutral " . These research will be used as a bases for dealing and filtering the persian blogs .

Recently the regime contacted those weblog writers whose weblog is against the regime and warned them about the content of their weblog and have told them that their weblog has becom problematic and therefore is going to be filtered . Also , during the last weeks some of the weblogs that are outside of Iran and are written about political, sexual and public issues have been filtered inside the country . Because of this, the weblog writers in order to continue to their writing have changed their weblog address .

During the last two years , the weblog writers also joined the writers, journalists and intellectuals and are arrested and detained because of writing their opinions .At presnt Mr. Mojtaba Samienejad and Arash Sigarchi are the two bloggers who are in prison because of the content of their blog and also many others have been summoned to the court .

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Tuesday Feb. 28, 2006
News in brief - Gooya newsonline reporting from ILNA :

"Mr. Ajlal Ghavami" journalist and member of the editorial council of weekly " Payame Mardome Kurdestan" is banned to leave the country !

This decission came from the division number one of the "Sanandaj" city revolution court.His lawyers Mr. Nemat Ahmadi and Abbas Jamali have protested to the decission against their client.
Previousely Mr. Ghavami was charged with " insult to the leader of the Islamic Republic " and "having relation with the opposition of the Islamic Republic of Iran" and "helping to the recent events in Kurdistan " , and because of all these charges he spent 65 days in detention and finally was released on bail for one billion Rials ( 100 Million Tuman ) .

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http://1384.g00ya.com/politics/archives/044713.php

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Tuesday Feb. 28,2006
Count down : 17 days to go to the freedom of Ganji !

IRAN WATCH CANADA; will continue to count down until the freedom of Ganji, the most brave journalist in the history of Iran!Ganji will be freed after 6 years imprisonment.

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News Update:

Iran-Emroozonline reporting from Emrouz:
http://www.iran-emrooz.net/index.php?/news2/more/7173/

Mrs. Masumeh Shafiei ( Ganji's wife ) in a responce to Mr. Salarkia the deputy of Tehran public prosecutor who in an interview with ISNA news agency have told that; "Ganji is free to meet anyone" , said that Ganji is not free to meet people and that is totally incorrect . Ganji is not even free to meet his lawyer ( Mr. Molaie) . It is now 180 days that Ganji spent time in solitary confinement in Evin prison . She also in responce to Mr. Salimi the General manager of Tehran prisons who have said that: "Ganji is not in solitary confinement and is fine" ,said that if Ganji is not in solitary confinement then please let us know who are his cell- mate , what is their name, and if Ganji is fine as you say then why his weight is only 50 kg .

She then announced 17 days ( Iranian time ) remained to the freedom of Ganji!

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Monday, February 27, 2006



Monday Feb. 27,2006

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Count down : 18 days to go to the freedom of Ganji !

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Sunday, February 26, 2006



Sunday Feb. 26,2006
News in brief - Gooya newsonline reporting from "ILNA" :

ILNA :On next Sunday ,the managers in charge of 6 publications will face trial !

According to a news from ILNA, On next Sunday March the 5th division number 76 of Tehran penal court will hear the chrges of the managers in charge of following publications : " Sobhe Eghtesad", " Hadaf " , " Jahane Eghtesad" , " Nilofare Abi ", " Sepas " , and " Jelveh " .

On that day the managers in charge of the publication will defend themselves from the allegagation brought against them. They are charged with; " publication of lies with the intention to bring unrest among public" , "publishing things that are not happened " and " using people as a tool in pictures " .

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Sunday Feb. 26, 2007

News update- Roozonline :

Mr. Seyed Ebrahim Nabavi The prominent Iranian Satirist who is currently living in exile and writing for the site of roozonline, have asked all who have website or blog to put the count down for the release of Ganji in their home page and asked also those who have any writing for Ganji to send their letter to him and he then will publish it in Roozonline (letter section) .

Mr. Nabavi wrote : 18 days have remained for the freedom of Ganji ( Iranian time is 8.5 hours ahead of Canada- On his counting Monday is included ( Feb. 27 = 18 days ).

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http://r0ozonline.com/03satire/014299.shtml

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Sunday Feb. 26,2006

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Count down : 19 days to go to the freedom of Ganji !

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Saturday, February 25, 2006



Saturday Feb. 25,2006
News in brief- Iran-Emroozonline reporting from "ISNA" :

A perilous measure !

Mr. Shamsolvaezin : Anyone who is going to be announced by the government as journalist will lose their credit from the public!

ISNA : The spoksperson for the " Association in Defense of Press Freedom " have adviced the government not to interfere in making criteria for journalists!

He said: When government is entering into this area , soon we will have reporter who are either not reporter or not journalist.........Do they want to make journalists who are embeded with government?

Mr. Shams said: The Ministry of Islamic Guidance and Culture of the new government , since it came to power looked at the media as a government body which will bring benefit to the government . Looking at media in this way will harm them and this plan will fail.

Making criteria for journalists and reporter is the work of syndicate and professional unions and therefore it is not the responsibility of Ministry of Islamic Guidance and Culture .

Shams: Journalism is very difficult in Iran , not only at the time of Khatami which there were pressure,prison and restriction but also at this time when the government is trying to make criteria for journalists , this is perilous.I predict that later on some of the security agents will be recognized as journalists .

He said : We, as the media organizations won't allow this to happen and will act promptly and correctly to prevent this.

We announce that; The journalists don't need " Guardian council " to decide who is journalist and who is not ?

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Translated by IRAN WATCH CANADA
Link to this news in Farsi:
http://www.iran-emrooz.net/index.php?/news2/more/7105/

In another article we read : Government recognizes who is journalist and who is not!?

Link:
http://www.iran-emrooz.net/index.php?/news2/more/7104/

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Friday, February 24, 2006
















Friday Feb. 24, 2006
News update- Gooya newsonline reporting from "ILNA ":

Ganji's wife ( Masumeh Shafiei) met with her husband on thursday Feb. 23!

On thursday Mrs. Masumeh Shafiei ( Ganji's wife ) met with Ganji in Evin prison!

According to a report by "ILNA"; Mrs. M. Shafiei announced that she have met her husband Akbar Ganji but she said she is worried about his physical condition.

She also indicated that; Akbar Ganji's 6 years prison term will end on March 17, 2006 ( Persian calendar 26 of Esfand ) .

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http://1384.g00ya.com/politics/archives/044507.php

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Count down : 21 days to go to the freedom of Ganji !

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** News Update: A blogger inside Iran Have announced : " We must silently follow the development on Ganji's freedom" !

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Thursday, February 23, 2006



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Thursday Feb. 23,2006
News update- Iran Emrooz online reporting from " IRNA ":

"Ms. Elham Afrotan" the journalist working for the local " Tamadon Hormozgan " newspaper , who have been detained because of the charges of publishing an internet article, in an interview with "IRNA " denied that she have commited suicide.

The Association of Writers in Iran in a communique demanded from the authority to clear up her situation and immediate release of Ms. Elham Afrotan.

On Wednesday In speaking with reporter from IRNA, she have said:The article which was published wasn't mine . I was unaware and found the article in the internet.

She denied that she had been in solitary confinement in Evin prison. On this regard she said: While in detention in the city of "Bandar Abbas" I was 9 days in solitary confinement but after i was transfered from Bandar Abbas to Tehran Evin prison I only spent 24 hours in solitary confinement and then i was transfered to the general cell .

When asked to explaine about her work and education she said: I am student of English translation and in addition to the profession of journalism and because of the financial need i work as an assistant to dentist in the city of Bandar Abbas.

She Added : I am working as a reporter for the local " Tamadon Hormozgan " newspaper and "Mr. Dirbaz " the MP from this city is the general manager of the newspaper and in contrary to the rumors; i'm not 19 years old but 21 .

About the article she said: On saturday one day before the " Aid Ghadir khom" (A shiet moslem festivity ) none of the person in charge of the newspaper was around and a section of the newspaper was blank , I looked in the internet and found an article " Lets disclose the ways to fight with Aids" from a person by the name of " M. F. Sokhan " , I chose this and without paying attention i sent it for the publication.

She also said : A week after the publication only 15 of this newspaper was sold and the rest was removed by the Ministry of Information.

She added: I'm the child of an army personnel and i call myself as the child of revolution and the effort of " Imam " Khomeini and i never in any way wanted to insult him. She denied of trying to kill herself and blamed that it's the report of "satelite news "and a few opportunist who report false news to instigate the public minds.She said : At present i'm in Evin prison in a general cell ( women section ) and the situation here is very good and most of the women are here because of financial reason...........

She said : Since i like to write tale for children, after my release i wants to write book about children of my country.

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http://www.iran-emrooz.net/index.php?/news1/more/7050/

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Wednesday, February 22, 2006



Wednesday Feb. 22,2006

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Count down : 23 days to go for the release of Ganji !

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**News update-
"ILNA" : On Tuesday Feb. 21, a group of students from both; public and central council of the Islamic students of Amir Kabir and Allameh University joined Ganji's family in their residential home. In this meeting both group while supporting Ganji, emphasized for his release.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2006



Tuesday Feb. 21,2006

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Monday, February 20, 2006




Monday Feb. 20,2006
News update; Gooya news online reporting from "Advar" news.

Masumeh Shafiei ( Ganji's wife ) in a letter spoke about Ganji's situation in prison!

She said that; only 28 days have remained from his 6 years sntence. She also wrote:
Today is Monday Feb.20, 2006 , and it is exactly 171 days that Mr. Ganji is in solitary confinement ( security cell Alef-2 with minimum living condition for a human being ). The last time he came out of prison for medical purposes was 9 months ago . The last meeting we had with him was 2 weeks ago.
In the letter she spoke about the harsh condition of prison , his medical situation , his physical condition and about food & medicine limitation.She infact explained about his condition which is as follows:
Back pain, severe pain in knees, stomach pain , varicoses , low blood pressure, physical weakness.
She said it is exactly 28 days have left from his 6 years sentence.We are counting moments for the arrival of that day, I hope a time will come that i won't have to write what kind of oppression i and my children faced.
They think if they remove the name of Ganji from the media , their behaviour with Ganji and people like Ganji's will be forgotten.
She then compared the end life of thoes who have done harm to Ganji with the regime of Iraq and the undemocratic regime in eastern bloc.

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Link to this news:
http://1384.g00ya.com/politics/archives/044336.php

--- In another news from Iran the Association of Syndicate Journalists of Iran chose Mr. Ganji together with 4 other journalists as the top journalists who have done great work for the country, journalism and freedom of expression. The award will be presented to them on May the 3rd on International Press Freedom Day.
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Sunday, February 19, 2006




Sunday Feb. 19,2006
New in brief- Iran Emrooz online reporting from " Aftab " newspaper:
Picture - The newly selected press jury in session.

Iran news isolation !
The government is trying to prevent the activities of international news agency !

Aftab: It has been said that ; One of the security agencies in a letter to Ministry of Guidance , requested from this ministry to review their relationship with the international news agencies that are active inside Iran and to pay more attention when giving visa to them.
Part of the letter goes as far as saying that; It is impossible to see these foreign journalists to write positive about the Islamic Republic system and therefore there is no need for their presence in Tehran .
These measures are as closing Iran's door to foreign media and its first reflextion will be; Iran news isolation .

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Link to this news in Farsi:
http://www.iran-emrooz.net/index.php?/news2/more/6982/

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Sunday Feb. 19,2006

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Saturday, February 18, 2006


Saturday Feb. 18, 2006


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Saturday Feb. 18, 2006

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Part one:A political insight-

For how long the government of Ahmadinejad will continue going these way? Will it stop short by the popular uprising , resistance ? The Iranian have a proverb it says " The spring will tell if the year is good " , the Government of Ahmadinejad in its almost 7 months in power showed it does not understand the international norms of running a government as a member of the international body . Now will the religious reformers backed by Khatami going to start to bring their outrages this time instead of behind the door to the street ?Hesitation !? will the "Melli-Mazhabi's" and other liberal minded religious start to organize their supporter before it is too late? The Iranian had already enough with the government of Ahmadinejad .In the history there are times and moments that are so crucial to decide what to do next? or what is the best step to take ? is it the time to organize ? yes , is it the time to resist? I believe so . This is what Akbar Ganji alone did and he always said ; "the leaders must pay the price" .

It will be disastrous if we are not a dedicated captain of the ship . If we are going to leave the ship with its occupant in the middle of the path , if this is so we better not to take the step as the captain and crew of the ship , period .

But all the situation indicate that the government is unable to handle the agendas set forth for a normal government to run. The Islamic system as well; like always been rejected by the vast majiority of the population ( out of 70Million Iranian 30Million are aged under 30 years old and 8 years ago 20 Million voted for reform ).This government was in fact the government in shadow during the reformist government of Mohammad Khatami and tried all it could to stop the reform . How many years more Iranian people can waite? Until the government is totally isolated and then bear in mind that it would be hard to hear anything from Iran !? How long can we waite? It seems to me that this system and government is ready to pay the price and survive by even going into isolation .Is this the case ? Is it whats happening? Does it matter for us if the regime choose to? If it is a matter of gradual death then why not find an alternative?
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Saturday Feb. 18,2006
News in brief - The site of "Emrooz " reporting from Iran :

Iran's media are banned from covering news about those who were arrested in the strike of Syndicate Public Transit Workers !

Emrooz: Iran's security officials gave order to the media in the country to stop covering news about the arrested workers from the recent Syndicate Public Transit Workers strike and their situation. The managing director of a reform newspaper while reported this news to the site of " Emrooz " have added : The situation for the activities of independent media is getting more and more limited and the " red lines " that were created by the security officials are not allowing the media to do their main mission which is to bring the true news to the public and societies . The "source" who asked not to be identified have emphasized on : "If this trend continues , the public for their own sake may refer to foreign media and this isn't good for the country ".

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Link to this news in Farsi :
http://www.emrouz.info/archives/2006/02/02133.php

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Friday, February 17, 2006



Friday Feb. 17,2006
News update- Gooya news rporting from Iran:

"Peyman Piran" in an open letter reported; the security agents in an attack beat him up!

Compatriot!

Aparently the unique infamy of judiciary system and especially the prisons organization and the Iranian prison guards has no end , What is happening here in Iranian prison is the same as what happens in the " Abugharib " prison in Iraq. While the Iranian authority together with its controled media speaks ill about other countries as well as in Iraq on violation of human rights , the prisons in Iran every day witnesses horrendous attack on prisoners whose only guilt and crime is their openion expression and their views about daily problems in the society which is the duties of all citizens to speak about it .
After 2 years imprisonment , on Tuesday Feb. 14, 2006, at around 9:00 am I was transfered by the prison agents to the prison information protection office in Evin prison and after a while , suddenly the agents and prison guards attacked me , all of them punched and kicked me , while i was calling no one was listening , two of them were holding my hands and other were beating me with their punches and kicks .
In this situation , the chief of the prison was also present and these was continued , after two hours without any explanation they brought me back to my cell.
This is not the first time they have done it........, at the end i just want to say that : Even if i'll be attacked daily , I won't stop resisting on what i believe is my basic rights as human being to express my opinion .

Peyman Piran - Evin prison
Feb. 16, 2006

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Thursday, February 16, 2006

Thursday Feb. 16, 2006
News from Iran - Iran Emrooz online reporting from Radio Farda :

Another Zahra Kazemi ?

The newspapers in Tehran reported : "Ms. Elham Afrotan" the 20 years old imprisoned journalist , have commited suicide inside the jail and the governor of "Hormozgan" have confirmed the report !

Radio Farda - The newspapers in Tehran wrote : " Elham Afrotan" the 20 years old journalist who have been in the Islamic Republics detention for a written article in the "Tamadon Hormozgan" newspaper have commited suicide and the "Hormozgan" governor have confirmed the news.
This young journalist took an article from an internet site and published it in the local "Bandar Abas" newspapers , the general manager of these newspapers is an MP from the city of Bandar Abas to the 7th parliament, the article compared Ayatollah Khomeini and other Islamic Republic officials to Aids virus .A virus that Iran and Iranian become infected. Although two days before the article was going to be published the main writer of the article annouced that he is fully responsible for writing the article and not Ms. Elham Afrotan , he said that she didn't have had any responsibility towards the Aids article. So at the end she lost her life on this article.The RSF in its last week communique warrned about her execution because of charges that was leid on her.

Dr. Abdolkarim Lahiji the lawyer and human rights defender who is currently residing in Paris in an interview with Radio Farda Said:
This is not the first time they kill someone in the Islamic Republic and then naming it as suicide.then Mr. Lahiji spoke about a series of misterious suicide which has a history in the Islamic Republic.He said that; unfortunately the judiciary power in Iran and other law making assemblies are not independant from political power and therefore the families of the victime lose hope in asking for a real investigation.He said: I believe the Islamic Republic must annouce about the death ,suicide or the murder of this lady.


Mr. Mohsen Armin a member of the commission number 90 which deals in public complaint or other issues and was a member of the previous parliament and also a reformist and is the one who disclosed the truth abouth the death of Zahra Kazemi , recently said :

The general manager of the newspaper who is the member of the parliament have said that this lady must be executed . I aske him if someone insulted the leader of the Islamic Republic must be executed?

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Link to this news :
http://www.iran-emrooz.net/index.php?/news2/more/6936/

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006



Wednesday Feb. 15, 2006
News in brief- Iran Emrooz online reporting :

The top researcher of the year is expelled from university !

"Dr. Hasan Namakdoust Tehrani" , the top researcher of the year and one of the most popular professor of the Alameh University in journalism is expelled!

Based on the order from Mr. Shariati the newly appointed president of Alameh University , Dr. Hasan Namakdoust Tehrani the top researcher of the year and one of the most popular professor of the university is expelled from university.

It is needed to say that : Dr. Hasan Namakdoust Tehrani has more than 30 years experience in working for media. He was professor of communication in Alameh University.
Mr. Farid Modaresi a board member of the students organization( Daftare Tahkime Vahdat) have told to the students and professors not to stay silent to this and asked them to protest.

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Link to this news in Farsi:

http://www.iran-emrooz.net/index.php?/news2/more/6927/

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wednesday Feb. 15,2006
News from Iran- Iran Emroozonline reporting from German Farsi Radio( DW )
- An interview by Mihandokht Mesbah
(QA)

Q : Mr.Salehi, in the last statement of the Association of Iran Writers , it spoke about testimonies indicating of fresh plans by the authority for limiting more of literary and cultural writings or restricting social and individual rights , how do you see the situation?

Mr. Seyed Ali Salehi - A : In general after some apparent oppenness and often truely during the time of reform we had fairly free newspapers which sometimes were publishing the views of the independent intellectuals and those who think different from regime but in the new government Mr. Ahmadinejad has changed the face of the socity more into militarism and therefore we can see more restriction especially in the area of printing,publishing and book, especially in todays' Iran literature and the modern literature. At present the book publication decreased which we haven't seen in previous year , the days are darker and the atmospher is more suffocating and our literary works particularly in the area of poetry, story and novel even translation when the publisher after following the bylaws of the Islamic Republic and sends the translation to the Ministry of Guidance and Culture for permission and then for publication faces harsh difficulties in a way that there is no new book being published and the publishers are very disappointed and at present they only sell what has been published previousely , we hear from our friends that they have sent their script to the ministry for permission to publish but was put up on hold .
There are only one or two newspaper which sometimes find enough courage to publish the works of the writers and again that is not easy because they are under pressure too, we also witnessed the closure of "Karnameh" and after that we had the closure of students publications in Tehran and other provinces and their license has been cancelled by those who are in the board of media watch dog .
After the ban on cultural material now we have the ban on political activities. Attack on public transit workers and the arrest of their leader Mr. Mansur Osanlou and 700 others including the wife of the workers , also we have the arrest of students in all over Iran and all of these activities teaches us that the closure , banning are geting bigger and deeper.

Q- The statement is asking individuals , independent and freedom loving organizations to have solidarity with the Association of Iran Writers. In addition to your openion and since the society recieving new militaristic face , really how can anyone resist into this pressures and how do you want the solidarity be ?

A-Seyed Ali Salehi : The history has proven that it is possible to disappoint a nation , to suppress a nation and push them to a corner but this won't be continued always . Our hopes and dreams cant be controlled , today and tomorrow they can control us , murder us and make us to retire but at the end what would they do with our dreams? When the Association of writers releases a communique and invites the independent organizations and personalities to resist in front of these choas and closures , in reality it is seeking for a cultural movement which has the political results . In this situation our nation has proven that they won't be defeated and will protect its happiness and unity eventhough it is limited. Of course i have to admit that we have become used to this! If they have special alphabet for controling us we have also our special alphabet to resist and not to let the days get darker.

Q- Mr. Salehi , the revolutionin in Iran have entered in its 27 years, and still the daily slogan is; the return to the values and demands of those days. everyone who is active in literature and culture knows that in those years, on the eve of the revolution the poetry reading at night and activities by writers and poets had so much effect on inflaming the revolution .How did you think 27 years ago and how do you think now?

A- Well, It is very difficult to answer to this question which need a deep and extended treatise with special focus in order to arrive to a correct result, but the truth the matter is not only me , but also many who are now in the position as an authority of this society and government could not believe today after 27 years they would arrive at this point. Who would think that the economic corruption and corruption in government organizationz will bring the society to this dead ends, all of us and all the people were thinking that we will become free from despotism,but unfortunately the taste of power and the habit of power particularly the political and economic power always bring corruption, the corruption not only bring the people to its knees but also bring the every system to its knees. The enemy of all dictators and despotic regimes is the corruption that they creat. We are sorry ! We had hope, an idealistic one that we can arrive to a relative national prosperity and the basic rights of the people will be observed but it diden't, this is a reality that the government officials themselves agree on this ,the other problem which we should not forget is that the social phnomenae in the region and as well as the world helped the days and the special socio-political situation in Middle East to become darker. We could even gradually move towards a kind of reform and become close to a civil society typical of eastern third world, but when our society was ready to put forward a fair dialogue with despotism and resist in front of it , we see the U.S. attack on Middle East and the dream of enlarged Middle East and therefore if the society in Iran took a militaristic face a part of it to be blamed to foriegn threat and we hope that the society in Iran become more calm and really it dosent worth that the human become these much greedy and like the wolf attacking other human.

Q- You think it is still early to say that; for all the dreams that we have lost we must elegize ?

A- Never I believed in elegy , It is better i will say by speaking , what has happened to us is the elegy . We speak of sun while living in dark and in the middle of mourning we won't forget the happiness, we have no other choice than to become the hostage of hope , light and happiness . the national mournful songs and particularly what can spread the disappointment can lead to collective betrayal , No ! We will resist and will never become disappointed , if we are confronting the internal despotism, it dosent mean that we welcome the oppression, tyranny and presence of foreign forces , but we will stand in front of that too.

Q- Mr. Salehi , thank you very much for explaining to us.

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Monday, February 13, 2006




Monday Feb. 13, 2006
News update- Roozonline :
In 34 days, Ganji should be released !

Masumeh Shafiei the wife of Ganji met him last week . That day was Ganji's 157 days in solitary confinement and today it is in 164 days that he has spent in solitary confinement, and yet there are people in the Islamic Republic who have said that : " In Islamic Republic , we do not have torture , we do not have political prisoner".

Mrs . Shafiei together with her children and the mother of Ganji met him in the prison and all of them became deeply worry about the situation of this imprisoned journalist , here is her report:
On the evening of Monday Feb. 6, 2006 after 17 days we meet with Mr. Ganji, He is still in solitary confinement with maximum security , Unfortunately his physical situation has become worse , up to now it is 157 days that he is in solitary confinement, He has developed many physical condition by not recieving enough nutrient food and ..........

March 21st will mark the end of Ganji's 6 year prison term and all of us are looking forward for that day. And now 34 days have left to that day , and we have to see what the judges plan is ?

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News: Akbar Ganji is nominated for Martin Ennals Award 2006

Original Message -----
From: Observatory urgent appeals
To: Canada - International Freedom of Expression Exchange
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 6:04 AM
Subject: The Observatory: Press release: Announcement of the nominees for the Martin Ennals Award 2006
THE OBSERVATORY FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS (FIDH-OMCT)


PRESS RELEASE

Announcement of the nominees for the Martin Ennals Award 2006


Geneva-Paris, February 13, 2006. The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), in the framework of their joint programme, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, are pleased to announce that the following four persons were selected as nominees for the 2006 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA)*.

- Mr. Akbar Ganji (Iran), a journalist at the daily newspaper Sobh-e-Emrooz, detained since 2000 at the Evin Prison in Tehran for having written numerous articles denouncing the involvement of the Iranian regime in the assassination of political opponents and intellectuals in 1998. Mr. Akbar Ganji was sentenced in July 2001 to ten years’ imprisonment on the charges of “undermining national security and propaganda against institutions of the Islamic State”. In July 2005, Mr. Ganji was hospitalised at the Milad Hospital in Tehran after more than two months on hunger strike, to which he finally put an end in the night of 20 to 21 August 2005. During his hospitalisation, he was beaten by his guards in order to persuade him give up his views and promise his allegiance to the Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei. As he refused, he was sent back to prison on 3 September 2005, whereas he remained extremely weak both physically and psychologically. He was placed in solitary confinement in a special wing of the Evin Prison, where he might be subjected to acts of torture (See Observatory Annual Report 2004, Urgent Appeals IRN 001/0004/030.3, 030.4, 030.5, 030.6, 030.7, 030.8 and 030.9 and Open Letter to the Iranian authorities, 28 October 2005).

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Sunday, February 12, 2006




Sunday Feb. 12, 2006
News in brief- Iran Emrooz online reporting from "Rooz " :
Picture of Arash Sigarchi

The brother of Arsh Sigarchi (The journalist and blogger) lost his life in an accident!
The brother of Arash Sigarchi ( the imprisoned journalist and blogger ), the other day after meeting with him in a prison in the city of Rasht and on his way returning to Tehran lost his life in a car accident .

"Ashkan " the younger brother of Arash Sigarchi, who was serving his compulsary military service , left Tehran for the city of Rasht to meet his brother in prison and to get the" power of attorny" from him to follow up his case and to protest his brother's detention .After meeting with Arash in " Lakan " prison in the city of Rasht and while having the "power of attorny" document signed by Arash in his possesion , on his way to Tehran lost his life in a car accident.

Arash Sigarchi the imprisoned blogger was arrested in 2005. The primary court sentenced him to 14 years imprisonment, he was released after paying 100 Million Tuman ( 1 CAN $= 800 Tuman = 125000 ) as bail for lesser sentence, which then by the appeal court it was reduced to three years imprisonment.Three weeks ago Arash Sigarchi after arriving to Gilan judiciary to recieve his sentences was arrested again and was transfered to a prison in Rasht.

A year ago when many blogger were arrested by the order of Mr. Mortazavi ( the Tehran public prosecutor) , after release they have said ; Mr. Mortazavi threatened them if they dont follow his order either they themselves or their family members will lose their lives by planned accident .

IRAN WATCH CANADA :It is needed to say that Mr. Mortazavi is one of the main suspect in the death of Iranian - Canadian photo journalist Zahra Kazemi.
IRAN WATCH CANADA express its condolence and sympathy to Arash Sigarchi and his family members.

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Tuesday, February 07, 2006




Tuesday Feb. 7,2006
News update - Gooya Newsonline reporting from "Emrooz" :

Masumeh Shafiei ( The wife of journalist Akbar Ganji ) : They have deprived Ganji from bath !

Mrs. M. Shafiei the wife of imprisoned invistigative journalist Akbar Ganji , Monday evening after 17 days was able to meet him again!
She said: Monday evening ( Feb. 6,2006) , after 17 days after we met him again, he is still in solitary confinement with full security . During this last 17 days he had no access to the bath because due to the cold the pipe was broken and there was no hot water. Up to now it is 157 days that he is in solitary confinement. It is now only 41 days have left to the end of Ganji's 6 year sentence.March 21 is the end of his 6 years sentence and all of us are looking forward for that day to come.
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News in brief - Gooya Newsonline reporting from ILNA :

Mr. Kambiz Nourouzi the lawyer and professor of Media Rights is going to have trial !

On Saturday March the 9th the charges against Mr. Kambiz Nourouzi the lawyer and professor of Media Rights will be heard in the division number 1083 of Tehran public court with Mr. Hoseinian as the presiding judge.
Mr. Nourouzi will attend the court on that day to defend himself. He is been charged with " spreading lies with the intention to bring public unrest " , " propaganda against the system " and Calumny and his complainant is the public prosecutor.

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Tuesday Feb. 7, 2006
News from Iran - ISNA reports:

The leader of the Islamic Republic Ali Khameneie : Publication of Caricature about prophet Mohammad is the conspiracy of Israel !
He said : This is the reaction of Israel about the wining of Hamas in the recent Palestinian election. The leader of the Islamic Republic said : How is that; the west permit profanity to Islam but condemns if someone deny the Holocaust.
In reaction to the cartoon and in examining the support of the west for Freedom of Expression the "Hamshahri" newspaper which belong to the City of Tehran announced that; it is going to hold an international competition for caricature with the subject of "Holocaust".

Continuation of protest against Denmark.

While the government of Denmark called that Iran is responsible for the damages caused by the demostrator during their attack to the embassy in Tehran ,the 2nd day again a group of demonstrator attacked the embassy.
The attack happened because of the caricature by a Denish newspaper.
The demostrators were around hundreds and it happened on Monday, they threw stone,and molotov cocktail towards the embassy building . On Tuesday Feb. 7 again a group of demonstrators gathered in front of the embassy and started throwing stones and Molotov Cocktails.

Hashemi Rafsanjani the former president of the Islamic Republic has said: Profanity to prophet Mohammad is an evil conspirecy , what neutrlizes the enemies plot is the strong presence of the people in the scene.
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Choronology of the event :

Sep. 30, 2005 the caricature was published in a Denish newspaper
Oct. 20, 2005 The Ambassadors from Islamic countries protested to the prime minister of Denmark
Jan. 10, 2006 publication of caricature in Norwegian newspaper
Jan . 26, 2006 Saudi Arabia called his ambassador from Norway
Jan. 30,2006, Armed group stormed to the office of EU in "Ghazeh"city in Saudi Arabia
Jan. 31, 2006, The Denish newspaper apologizes
Feb. 1, 2006 , publications from France, Germany , Italia and Spain published the caricature
Feb. 4,2006 demonstrators in Damascus attacked to the embassy of Denmark and Norway
Feb. 5,2006 , The demonstrators in Beirut ( Lebanon) burned the embassy of Denmark

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IRAN WATCH CANADA respects the Freedom of Expression but believe that journalists, writers, cartoonists , film makers and.......must be caucious when it comes to sacred religious subjects. This kind of cartoon won't help at all and it only helps the rulers in the Islamic countries to take advantage of the situation to abuse the emotion of the ordinary moslem people. For example in Iran a tsunami of reform , Human Rights and Democracy movement is on its way and many religious intellectuals and secular moslems are behind this movement against religious extremists ( like president Ahmadinejad) , the west must help this trend in a peaceful way without intervention and the use of military . The problem in the Middle East is human developement . It seems to me that the cartoonist does not understand this region and its situation and what may bring by drawing a controvercial cartoon such as this.

IRAN WATCH CANADA is against violence and supports cartoonists , journalists ,writers .....all over the world.
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Friday, February 03, 2006


AMNESTY INTERNATIONALPublic StatementAI Index: MDE 13/007/2006 (Public)News Service No: 030 2 February 2006

IRAN: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR RELEASE OF BUS WORKERS
Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to release immediately hundreds of Tehran bus workers who were detained last week apparently to pre-empt threatened strike action. Although some of the workers have been released, hundreds are reported still to be detained without charge or trial at Tehran’s Evin Prison. The arrests began after the executive committee of the Union of Workers of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company, which represents workers employed by the United Bus Company of Tehran (Sharekat-e Vahed), called for a strike on 28 January in support of various union demands. These included the release of the union’s leader, Mansour Ossanlu, who has been detained without charge or trial since 22 December 2005, the introduction of collective bargaining and for the bus company, which is run by the Tehran local authority, to grant a pay increase. According to reports, leaflets announcing the strike were widely distributed in Tehran on 24 January 2006 and one member of the union’s executive, Hosseini Tabar, was detained for about four hours while helping with this. Next day, six other members of the union’s executive committee - Ebrahim Madadi, Mansour Hayat Ghaybi, Seyed Davoud Razavi, Sa’id Torabian, Ali Zad Hossein and Gholamreza Mirza’i - were summoned to appear at the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran. When they did so on 26 January, they were arrested when they refused to call off the strike and taken to Evin Prison. Interviewed by the official IRNA news agency, the Mayor of Tehran reportedly described the union as illegal and said that the authorities would not permit the strike to go ahead. The United Bus Company’s management threatened workers who supported the strike call with the loss of their jobs.The authorities then carried out mass arrests of union members on 27 January, the eve of the threatened strike, detaining some workers as they completed their shifts and others at their homes. Those detained included the wives of Mansour Hayat Ghaybi and Seyed Davoud Razavi, and a third union leader, Yaghub Salimi. Security forces raided Yaghub Salimi’s home after he was interviewed by a Berlin-based radio station but he was absent at the time. However, his wife and their children were beaten and detained. Mahdiye Salimi, aged 12, described her ordeal later in a radio interview. She said that three women and five children had been arrested, that they had been beaten and that her two-year-old sister had been injured when she was pushed roughly into a security forces vehicle, and that her mother had been kicked in the chest. Mahdiye Salimi was released, together with her mother and young sister, when Yaghub Salimi gave himself up to the security forces. The other children and women who were detained are also now reported to have been released. Hundreds more union members are reported to have been arrested on the day of the strike, 28 January, with most of these also being taken to Evin Prison. Workers were reportedly beaten with batons, punched, kicked and threatened to force them to work, including by members of the volunteer Basij force who had apparently been brought in replace striking workers, and security forces reportedly used tear gas and fired shots into the air. Further arrests were reported on 29 and 30 January. Currently, only some 30 to 50 of those detained are reported to have been released, apparently after they agreed under duress to sign guarantees that they would not participate in strikes or other protest actions. As many as 500 others are believed still to be held at Evin Prison without access to lawyers or family. Some are reported to have started a hunger strike on 29 January to protest their detention. Another strike has been called for 2 February 2006. Amnesty International is concerned that those detained are being held solely on account of their peaceful activities as trade unionists and as such are prisoners of conscience who should be released immediately and unconditionally. The right to form and join trade unions is well-established in international law, notably under Article 22 of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and Article 8 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Iran is a state party to both of these treaties.Iran is also a member of the International Labour Organization and bound by its requirements, including the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association’s ruling that it is not legitimate for states to restrict the right to strike during disputes concerning workers’ occupational and economic interests. States can restrict the right to strike only in cases of acute national emergency (and then for a limited period only), which is clearly not the situation which prevails in Tehran. Freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining are core principles of the ILO’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, which requires all state parties “to respect, to promote and to realize, in good faith and in accordance with the Constitution, the principles [of the Declaration].”Background InformationThe union representing Tehran’s bus workers was banned after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, then reactivated in 2004 although it is not legally-recognized. On 22 December 2005, police arrested 12 of the union’s leaders at their homes but quickly released four of them. Further union members were arrested on 25 December while staging a bus strike in Tehran to call for the release of their colleagues but they and all those arrested earlier were released in the following days with the exception of Mansour Ossanlu. He continues to be detained and to be denied access to a lawyer, and is said possibly to be facing serious charges of having contact with exiled opposition groups and instigating armed revolt.Seven union members, including Mansour Hayat Ghaybi; Ebrahim Madadi; Reza Tarazi; Gholamreza Mirza’i; Abbas Najand Kouhi and Ali Zad Hossein, were reportedly summoned to appear before a Revolutionary Court in Tehran on 1 January 2006 to face public order charges but their trial was postponed when other union members protested outside the court.On 7 January, five drivers were reportedly detained when bus company workers staged another strike but later freed.For further information please see Urgent Action AI Index MDE 13/002/2006 which can be found at http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE130022006?open&of=ENG-IRN

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Thursday, February 02, 2006



Thursday Feb. 2,2006
News update- Gooya newsonline reporting from "Radio Farda" :

An interview with a Public Transit Worker who is on strike !
The security agents are preventing the public Transit Workers to go back to their work !
Masud Malek ( Radio Farda ) :

The actions of the Islamic Republic in suppressing the protest of the Public Transit Workers ( Sherkat Wahed) and the atmosphere of fear and horror among the PTW and their families are being continued. Mr. Hasan Mohammadi one of the syndicate activist who is also under prosecution by the Islamic Republic, in an interview with Radio Farda spoke about the latest news and views on the situation :Today ( Wednesday ) several spouses of our colleagues were gathered in front of the parliament and were demanding for the release of their dear one. But unfortunately none of the officials found themselves responssible to response to them and did nothing. In any case these women decided to continue their protest in front of the Tehran court of revolution on Saturday Feb.4 , 2006 . We invite any people whose husband , wife or member of the family are detained to come their and demand for their freedom.
Tonight still we are on the run and does not have a fixed location , with this cold weather of Tehran , but well , when we hear good news from inside the prison, we feel warm. Our friend in the prison found a way to speak to us and asked us to move these movement ahead. And from this place i want to tell them that as much as we can we will do resist, and if one day they didn't hear from us they must know that we are no longer alive.
On Tuesday night Mrs. Hayat Gheibi was released and her children were very happy, we hope that their father too will soon be released and all these fathers will get back to their homes, Today again they prevented many of the workers to go to work , they are asking them to bring a letter from the office of the " Herasat" ( an intelligent office in Sherkat Wahed) . They have taken the cousin of Mr. Wahab Mohammadi as a hostage so that our colleague Wahab will give himself up. We asked him not to give himself to the regime and stay with us. The situation is still dangerous , and as we spoke with our colleagues they have recieved a coupon for 50,000 Tuman which they said is the money of their colleagues being in prison. Strike is one of the legal way to recieve our rights and is a known practice everywhere in the world but in Iran it is different.
I would like to say to all the people around the world and news agency that our action is just a syndicate action and not political , we do not have problem with the system , only we are demanding for our rights, the poverty and prostitution is in its highest stage, crime is showing its face in a tragic way which was not experienced at all in Iran, unfortunately these goes back to the lack of management , I have fought two years in the war front for this country but i have difficulty with the managers and believe for their reform.

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Wednesday, February 01, 2006



Wednesday Feb. 1,2006
News update- Gooya newsonline reporting from Iran:

More arrest , more unrest , protest are growing in Iran , regime suppression will bring more people to streets!

This morning the families of the detained public transit workers staged a protest in front of the parliament!

This morning at 9:00 am based on an agreement the families of the detained public transit workers in continuation to their protest to the detention of the public transit workers , staged a protest in front of the parliament in the " Baharestan " circle which ended with brutal assault of the police forces.
from the early morning it was clear that there were many security agent present in the area .The three wife who were arrested in the early attack to the houses of the workers were also present in the gathering. After several hours of protest the MP's did not even bother to come to listen to the protesters.But instead the security forces tried to disperse the protesters and as a result many were wounded or arrested . Around 11:00am the protesters announced that they won't quit their protest untill the freedom of all the detainees and announced that they will ask all the workers of the public transit not to come out of their home on Friday and furthermore they asked everyone to come together again on Saturday Feb. 4 at 10:00am in front of the court of Islamic revolution for protest. This time the families asked the other workers and students to join in their protest.The regime has already arrested more than 1000 worker and also using the tactics of hostage taking in order to arrest other syndicate leaders . For example; they took the cousine of Mr. Vahab Mohammadi as a hostage in order he will give himself up to the authority. So he agreed to give himself up tomorrow and probabely will end up in jail. Those who have been released are saying that the detainees are more than 1300-1400 workers.

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Wednesday Feb. 1,2006
News in brief: Iran-Emroozonline reporting from ILNA:

Mr. Isa Saharkheiz the journalist of pro-reform media will go on trial !
Isa Saharkheiz file will be the agenda of the Tehran public court !

ILNA : As the complainants prepared their allegations against Isa Saharkheiz the editor in charge of the banned " Akhbare Eghtesadi" newspaper and monthly " Aftab" , the file is ready for trial.
The division number 1083 of Tehran public court with Judge Hoseinian as the presiding judge will look into the case.
The complainants are : Organization of " Seda va Sima " ( Islamic Republic Radio & TV ) , Police forces and Ministry of Information and the allegation are : " Propaganda against the Islamic Republic" , "publication of issues contrary to the reality " and also " Insult and publication of lies with the intention to misled the public" .

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Wednesday Feb. 1 , 2006
News Update- Gooya newsonline reporting from ILNA:

The File of Zahra Kazemi is submitted to the division number 15 of the Supreme court of the country!
Mr. Mohammad Ali Dadkhah the lawyer for the family member of Zahra Kazemi announced this news to the ILNA reporter . He is hoping that the supreme court will vote and help on the competency of the penal court in re-examination of the file.

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Wednesday Feb. 1,2006
News in Brief- Gooya Newsonline reporting from " Farda":
Seven journalists who were running " Tamadon " publication in the city of Hormozgan are arrested!
According to the report by "Farda" they are charged with " blasphemy to the Islamic Republic " !
Further report indicate that ; Mr. Ali Dirbaz a member of the parliament is the general manager of the "Tamadon " publication .
The report said that : In the last issue of the publication a satirical article was published which compared the Islamic revolution like Aids which was brought to Iran on 1978 and the writer also wrote that; the deed of the Islamic Republic during the last 27 years was attributed to sexual behavior .
Farda reported that : The license of this publication was cancelled and its 7 employees are arrested.
In another news from Gooya newsonline Mr. Ali Dirbaz the General Manager of "Tamadon" publication was summoned to the public prosecutors office of the government employees and since he did not have had the bail which was 30 Million Tuman was arrested and detained.
Mr. Ali Dirbaz said that : The person who wrote this article must be executed.

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http://1384.g00ya.com/politics/archives/043256.php

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