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	<title>Iran News Digest &#187; Political Prisoners</title>
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		<title>Posters of Killed Green Movement Protestors in Tehran, June 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/06/07/posters-of-killed-green-movement-protestors-in-tehran-june-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Kouhyar Goudarzi: “I Won’t be Released Anytime Soon,” Trial Date Unknown.</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/12/kouhyar-goudarzi-%e2%80%9ci-won%e2%80%99t-be-released-anytime-soon%e2%80%9d-trial-date-unknown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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		<title>Vigils held for U.S. hikers jailed in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Groups gathered in several cities across the United States on Sunday at vigils to support three American hikers detained in Iran.
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		<title>Roxana Saberi: An American Journalist Imprisoned in Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/12/roxana-saberi-an-american-journalist-imprisoned-in-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/12/roxana-saberi-an-american-journalist-imprisoned-in-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panahi’s Charge: Not Renouncing, and Wearing Green Scarf</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/12/panahi%e2%80%99s-charge-not-renouncing-and-wearing-green-scarf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/12/panahi%e2%80%99s-charge-not-renouncing-and-wearing-green-scarf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Death Sentences Overturned: Reza Khademi, 12 Years, and Ayoub Porkar 20 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/12/two-death-sentences-overturned-reza-khademi-12-years-and-ayoub-porkar-20-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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		<title>Hundreds of Iranian Journalists Demand the Release of Their Jailed Colleagues</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/11/hundreds-of-iranian-journalists-demand-the-release-of-their-jailed-colleagues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/11/hundreds-of-iranian-journalists-demand-the-release-of-their-jailed-colleagues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reformist group urges action for political detainees</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/11/reformist-group-urges-action-for-political-detainees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/11/reformist-group-urges-action-for-political-detainees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vigils to be held for U.S. hikers detained in Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/11/vigils-to-be-held-for-u-s-hikers-detained-in-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/11/vigils-to-be-held-for-u-s-hikers-detained-in-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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		<title>A Journalist&#8217;s Struggle in Iran [Video]</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/10/a-journalists-struggle-in-iran-video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/10/a-journalists-struggle-in-iran-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kaylee Hartung speaks with journalist Roxana Saberi about her imprisonment in Iran.
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		<slash:comments>696</slash:comments>
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		<title>Teachers Union Spokesman on Hunger Strike</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/10/teachers-union-spokesman-on-hunger-strike/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/10/teachers-union-spokesman-on-hunger-strike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligence Agents Pressure Judiciary for Harsh Sentences</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/09/intelligence-agents-pressure-judiciary-for-harsh-sentences/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/09/intelligence-agents-pressure-judiciary-for-harsh-sentences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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		<title>Green ribbon, evidence of crime in a prisoner’s case</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/09/green-ribbon-evidence-of-crime-in-a-prisoner%e2%80%99s-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/09/green-ribbon-evidence-of-crime-in-a-prisoner%e2%80%99s-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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		<title>Disease Outbreak Feared as Water Contamination Continues at Rajai-Shahr Prison</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/09/disease-outbreak-feared-as-water-contamination-continues-at-rajai-shahr-prison/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/09/disease-outbreak-feared-as-water-contamination-continues-at-rajai-shahr-prison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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		<title>Iran claims to have proof against detained Americans</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/09/iran-claims-to-have-proof-against-detained-americans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/09/iran-claims-to-have-proof-against-detained-americans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN (Reuters) &#8211; Iran said on Friday it had proof that three Americans detained since July on espionage charges had links to intelligence services.
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		<title>Iran minister: US hikers &#8216;had intelligence links&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/09/iran-minister-us-hikers-had-intelligence-links/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/09/iran-minister-us-hikers-had-intelligence-links/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran&#8217;s intelligence minister has said there is evidence that three US hikers it is holding had links to intelligence agencies, according to Iran&#8217;s Press TV.  Also at: WSJ &#8211; 
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		<title>Iran state TV: Intelligence minister accuses 3 jailed Americans of links to US intelligence</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/08/iran-state-tv-intelligence-minister-accuses-3-jailed-americans-of-links-to-us-intelligence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/08/iran-state-tv-intelligence-minister-accuses-3-jailed-americans-of-links-to-us-intelligence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran&#8217;s intelligence minister accused three Americans jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July of having links to U.S. intelligence services, state TV reported Thursday.
The comments toughened Iran&#8217;s accusations against the group, suggesting authorities could be close to bringing them to trial after months of mixed signals and fears in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evidence of Rape and Torture in Iran&#8217;s Prisons [Graphic]</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/06/evidence-of-rape-and-torture-in-irans-prisons-graphic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/06/evidence-of-rape-and-torture-in-irans-prisons-graphic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Green</dc:creator>
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		<title>Concern for Detained Iranian Filmmaker</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/05/concern-for-detained-iranian-filmmaker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/05/concern-for-detained-iranian-filmmaker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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On Friday The Lede discussed the continuing detention of Jafar Panahi, a leading Iranian filmmaker who was arrested over a month ago, apparently while working on a film that, rightly or wrongly, the authorities understood to be “anti-state.”
On Sunday, the Web site Rooz Online reported that Mr. Panahi’s wife, Tahereh Saeedi, released this statement after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rahnavard: Free Political Prisoners</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/04/rahnavard-free-political-prisoners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mousavi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Prisoners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rahnavard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Zahra Rahnavard, wife of Mir Hossein Mousavi, in a message urged the authorities to not miss the opportunity and free all political prisoners. In this note Zahra Rahnavard by pointing out that the spring is the beginning of the new cycle of life in the nature and that freedom and blossom are the titles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Is Abusing Three More American Hostages</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/03/iran-is-abusing-three-more-american-hostages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/03/iran-is-abusing-three-more-american-hostages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Prisoners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tehran is holding three hikers on trumped up charges. We know first-hand what they are living through.
By OMID MEMARIAN AND ROXANA SABERI
As the three Americans detained in Iran near the end of their eighth month in captivity, it has become increasingly clear that their case, like those of so many other prisoners in Iran, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Families of recent Iranian detainees under threat</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/02/families-of-recent-iranian-detainees-under-threat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Prisoners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Iranian Human Rights Activists issued a statement announcing that the families of a number of recent detainees have been threatened with arrest for trying to gain information on the files of their arrested kin.
Iranian security forces have informed these families they should stop pursuing the cases and should remain silent.
The statement also reports that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reporters Without Borders Warns Iran to Treat or Release Ailing Journalists</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/01/reporters-without-borders-warns-iran-to-treat-or-release-ailing-journalists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Prisoners]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/?p=20987</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Paris-based press watchdog Reporters Without Borders is sounding the alarm over the harsh conditions and lack of medical treatment of a number of imprisoned Iranian journalists, warning that their lives could be in danger.
Reporters Without Borders is warning that several Iranian journalists who have been imprisoned arbitrarily for weeks, now, are suffering from serious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End illegal imprisonment and heavy bails for journalists</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/01/end-illegal-imprisonment-and-heavy-bails-for-journalists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Prisoners]]></category>

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The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomes Aghaee’s release and demands the release, and an end to the cases of other journalists who remain in detention for fabricated reasons and without due judicial process, or who have received very heavy bail orders disproportionate to the charges made against them. The Campaign believes that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Steps Up Executions Amid Political Turmoil, Amnesty Says</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/30/iran-steps-up-executions-amid-political-turmoil-amnesty-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/30/iran-steps-up-executions-amid-political-turmoil-amnesty-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Prisoners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Ali Sheikholeslami
March 30 (Bloomberg) &#8212; Iran executed more people last year than any other country except China, according to a report by Amnesty International.
The Islamic Republic accounted for 388 of at least 714 executions worldwide, excluding China, Amnesty said in its Death Sentences and Executions 2009 report published today. China, which doesn’t release figures, [...]]]></description>
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