Jailed journalist sentenced to imprisonment for another year Mehsa Amrabadi, who published editorials in the reformist E’temadnewspaper and is currently imprisoned in Evin Prison, has been convicted to imprisonment for one more year and “four years of suspended imprisonment.”
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Health of imprisoned priest deterioratesHuman rights activists are reporting a decline in the health of Pastor Behnam Irani, who is serving a six-year prison sentence in Karaj Prison.
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Wave of arrests among Sunni Arabs before Eid al-Fitr Human rights activists in Iran report that internal security forces in Khosestan Province have arrested Sunni Arabs in various cities, including Ahvaz, in the run up to the Eid al-Fitr holiday (August 18-19).
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4 Azeri citizens are being held in East Azerbaijan ProvinceYusef Khodadadi, Chairman of the Ardabil Revolutionary Court, reported the arrest of two Azerbaijani “spies.” He said that four Azeri citizens are currently being held in prison in the province.
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According to the report, three members of the Kurdish Green Association, Akbar Gavili, Veria Khosravi and Kamram Rahimi, were charged by the Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Hassan Babaai, with actions against the national interest and contacts with opposition parties.
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Mohammad Sadiq Kaboodvand hospitalizedKurdish minority political prisoner, Mohammad Sadiq Kaboodvand, has been hospitalized after a deterioration in his medical condition following fifty days on hunger strike.