Tuesday, February 17, 2015

A shop owner protests and clashes with a state security agent
An owner of a medical equipment shop protested and clashed with a state security agent as he tried to charge and give a fine to the shopkeeper under the pretext of not having insurance papers.
10 years imprisonment for 32 lines poem in Facebook
Iranian judge 'Moghiseh' who is well known for his harsh sentences and punishments and his cruelty has sentenced a Kurdish man identified as Amir Noazar Nouri-pour to 10 years imprisonment just because he posted 32 verses of a poem on his Facebook page. This prisoner is captive in notorious Evin Prison .   

Political prisoner Saman Naseem
uvenile offender beaten, days from execution
Iranian juvenile offender Saman Naseem was beaten to force him to make more TV “confessions” on 15 February. He is scheduled to be executed on 19 February for crimes he is accused of having committed when he was 17 years old.
Extract from a Washington Post article, Feb. 15]
Shiite militias backed by Iran are increasingly taking the lead in Iraq’s fight against the Islamic State, threatening to undermine U.S. strategies intended to bolster the central government, rebuild the Iraqi army and promote reconciliation with the country’s embittered Sunni minority.

The imprisoned teachers Rasoul Bodaghi
Iran’s Teachers guild Association calls for the freedom of imprisoned teachers from prisons and torture chambers of the mullahs’ regime.
Wages of 630 coal miners have not been paid for 3.5 month
According to a number of coal miners, the salaries and wages of some 630 coal miners of Ghashlagh in Golistan Province, central Iran have not been paid during 3 and a half months.