Quoting the General and Revolutionary Courts of Tehran, IRNA News Agency reported on Sunday that the case file of Kouhyar Goudarzi, member of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters has been submitted to the courts along with his indictment. Go to ICHR Iran.

Groups gathered in several cities across the United States on Sunday at vigils to support three American hikers detained in Iran. Go to CNN.

When Roxana Saberi packed her bags for Iran in 2003 she never could have anticipated that part of her six-year stay would include five months in the country’s most notorious prison. When her press credentials were suddenly revoked in 2006 (after years of filing reports for foreign news organizations) she chose to stay in the country she had grown to love and work on a book instead. Go to Time.

While nothing is known of the condition of prominent Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, his wife, Tahereh Saeedi, told Rooz in an exclusive interview that she has met with Tehran’s prosecutor Jafari Dolatabadi but that the official did not given any clear or direct answers about Mr. Panahi’s condition, only saying that he had not renounced his views. Go to Rooz Online.

Lawyer to two prisoners, Ayoub Porkar and Reza Khademi, told International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the initial court’s death sentences for her clients have been overturned, and that the two prisoners were sentenced to long prison terms instead. Go to ICHR Iran.

RAHANA – In an Open letter to Sadegh Larjani, more than 100 Iranian bloggers and journalists have asked for the release of their captive colleagues. The initiative has been supported by a number of lawyers who defend the rights of journalists. The letter outlines the ongoing police state which started after the June presidential election and asks Ayatollah Larijani, as the country’s highest judicial authority, to take the necessary steps for the release of jailed journalists. Go to original article.

Iranian reformist organization, Mojahedin of Islamic Revolution of Iran urged the Islamic Republic to respect the human and legal rights of all political prisoners during their time in custody.

Kalameh reports that the Mojahedin Organization contends that many political prisoners are currently suffering “”dire conditions” in jail and those in power are trying to “ignore” the existence of these political prisoners. Go to original article.

Friends and supporters of three American hikers detained in Iran plan to hold vigils in various cities across the United States on Sunday to call for their release. Go to CNN.

Kaylee Hartung speaks with journalist Roxana Saberi about her imprisonment in Iran.

RAHANA – On Wednesday, April 7, Mahmoud Beheshti Langaroudi, the spokesman for the Teachers Center, went on an indefinite hunger strike.  Beheshti started his hunger strike to protest the deplorable detention conditions of a number of jailed teachers, including Rasoul Baddagi, Mohammad Davari and Hashem Khastar.  The Teachers Center was launched in 1998 during the Khatami administration. The center was launched with the permission and aid of the interior ministry.  In recent years, like many other civil society organizations, the center has come under attack and had to face closure and a variety of other hurdles and threats. Currently a number of its members are detained. Go to original article.

The Iranian Intelligence Ministry is manipulating the judicial process by forcing the issuance of harsh and long sentences for activists regardless of the lack of credible evidence against them, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. Go to ICHR Iran.

An attorney representing those arrested during the post elections protests told International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that during the visits he has had to the Revolutionary Courts, he has observed cases where a green bracelet or ribbon were used as evidence of crime in the suspects’ files. Go to ICHR Iran.

RAHANA – Since April 7, the contamination of the drinking water at Rajai-Shahr prison has reached an alarming level. The water, which was shut off for several consecutive hours, has a foul odor, leading to fears over a possible disease outbreak inside the prison. Go to original article.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran said on Friday it had proof that three Americans detained since July on espionage charges had links to intelligence services. Go to Reuters.