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07.01.2013 - Christian Solidarity Worldwide 
Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani released from prison where he was held for evangelising Muslims; his lawyer Mohammed Ali Dadkhah is currently held at Evin prison; he has been banned from practising or teaching law for 10 years [ID 234911]
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Appeal or news release: Iran: Pastor Nadarkhani released, imprisoned lawyer Mohammed Ali Dadkhah’s health deteriorates |
06.01.2013 - Iran Focus , Author: Agence France-Presse
Authorities prepare software to monitor and restrict access to social networking sites [ID 234771]
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Media report: Iran designing software for controlled social media access |
04.01.2013 - Reporters Sans Frontières
Netizen and member of the Human Rights Reporters Committee Sayeed Haeri begins serving 2-year jail term; journalist Reza Ansari Rad released after one-year sentence on charge of anti-government propaganda [ID 234412]
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Appeal or news release: Iran - Press freedom violations recounted in real time (from 1st January 2013) |
04.01.2013 - Amnesty International
Detained trade unionist Reza Shahabi started a hunger strike on 17 December 2012 in protest against the authorities’ denial of medical leave [ID 234423]
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Appeal or news release: Urgent Action: 2/13 [MDE 13/001/2013] |
02.01.2013 - Iran Focus
Reza Shahabi, member of the Board of Directors Tehran’s Bus Drivers Syndicate, on hunger strike in prison for the past 15 days because officials have refused to grant him medical treatment outside prison [ID 234769]
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Media report: Activist stages hunger strike in prison |
01.2013 - Freedom House
Annual report on political rights and civil liberties in 2012 [ID 243877]
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Periodical report: Freedom in the World 2013 - Iran |
2013 - Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Annual report on death penalty and executions (charges; public and unofficial (secret) executions; execution of women and juvenile offenders; execution of Afghan citizens in Iran; stoning) [ID 244492]
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Periodical report: Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran 2012 |
2013 - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Unofficial English translation of the bylaw on the implementation of the law on presidential elections [ID 246611]
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National law: Iran: Bylaw on the Implementation of the Law on Presidential Election of the Islamic Republic |
31.12.2012 - Christian Solidarity Worldwide
Rasht: 2 Christians detained on 31 December 2012; around 50 Christians detained in Tehran on 27 December 2012; the pastor of the group is held at Evin prison, whereas the majority of those arrested have been released [ID 234336]
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Appeal or news release: Iran: More Christians jailed in annual campaign of repression |
31.12.2012 - UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Quarterly updates on the human rights situation [ID 228753]
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Periodical report: Human Rights and Democracy: The 2011 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Report - Quarterly Updates: Iran |
27.12.2012 - Iran Focus , Author: Agence France-Presse (AFP)
According to state television, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sacked the sole woman in his cabinet, health minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi after she had suggested an increase in prices for medicines [ID 233966]
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Media report: Iran president sacks cabinet's sole woman |
27.12.2012 - Guardian
President Ahmadinejad dismisses only female cabinet member, health minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, after she criticised her colleagues for failing to provide funds to import vital medicines [ID 234054]
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Media report: Iran's only female cabinet minister sacked |
26.12.2012 - Iran Focus , Author: Reuters
Article on the aftermath of blogger Sattar Beheshti's death in custody (criticism by activists; officials admitting the abuse; security forces warn Beheshti's family not to speak to media) [ID 233968]
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Media report: Blogger's death stirs political hornet's nest in Iran |
26.12.2012 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Protests against the Shi'ite-led government have broken out in Sunni-dominated cities of Ramadi and Samarra with protesters blocking the main road to Syria and Jordan [ID 234001]
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Media report: Anti-Government Protests In Iraq |
25.12.2012 - BBC News
According to officials, a power plant and other industries in southern parts of the country have been targeted by the Stuxnet computer worm; according to media reports, the cyber attack has been successfully rebuffed and prevented from spreading [ID 233980]
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Media report: Iran 'fends off new Stuxnet cyber attack' |
25.12.2012 - Christian Solidarity Worldwide
Yousef Nadarkhani, pastor of the church of Iran recently acquitted of apostasy, has been returned to jail on earlier charges of evangelising Muslims [ID 234330]
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Appeal or news release: Iran: Pastor Nadarkhani jailed again |
24.12.2012 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
President's press adviser Ali Akbar Javanfekr returns to prison after 4-day medical leave; he is serving 6-month sentence on charges of "publishing material contrary to Islamic norms" and insulting Ayatollah Khamenei [ID 233788]
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Media report: Iranian Presidential Aide Returns To Evin Prison After Hospital |
21.12.2012 - Integrated Regional Information Network
5 Iranian armed groups are the first to sign a new covenant aimed at reducing sexual violence in conflict situations [ID 233938]
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Media report: SECURITY: Armed groups sign up to prevent sexual violence |
20.12.2012 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Convert and Christian pastor Saeed Abedini has been jailed in Evin prison since September 2012, allegedly because of his Christian faith [ID 233591]
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Media report: Iranian-American Pastor Reportedly Jailed |
19.12.2012 - Iran Focus , Author: Fox News
Pastor and Christian convert Saeed Abedini, US citizen of Iranian decent, has been imprisoned without notice of any formal charges while visiting his family in Iran; according to earlier government statements, his arrest is connected to his previous work as a Christian leader in Iran [ID 233609]
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Media report: American pastor imprisoned while visiting family in Iran |
17.12.2012 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani, the son of former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has been released from prison after spending more than 2 months in detention [ID 233376]
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Media report: Son Of Iranian Ex-President Rafsanjani Released On Bail |
13.12.2012 - Human Rights Watch
Report on targeting of human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers and lawyers by security and intelligence forces (crackdown on protests and civil society after the June 2009 election; refugees that fled from authorities' clampdown; situation of Iranian refugees in Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan) [ID 233190]
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Special or analytical report: Why They Left; Stories of Iranian Activists in Exile |
13.12.2012 - Amnesty International
According to reports, security forces attacked mourners at the grave of blogger Sattar Beheshti who died in custody on 2 November 2012; the attack took place on 13 December 2012; Beheshti's mother was among those injured; allegedly, one person was arrested [ID 233232]
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Appeal or news release: Iran: Still no explanation or justice for blogger who died in custody |
12.12.2012 - BBC News
Article on situation of lawyers struggling to protect independence of judiciary [ID 233264]
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Media report: Pressure mounts on Iran's lawyers |
11.12.2012 - Committee to Protect Journalists
Report on the detention of journalists in 2012 [ID 235992]
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Special or analytical report: Number of jailed journalists sets global record |
