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0100 GMT: IINS reports that effective working time in Iran in the public sector maybe as little as an hour:
Based on statistics the effective working hours in the private section is 2 hours and 6 minutes and 1 hour and 4 minutes in the state run section, MNA claims without naming the source of statistics.
2040 GMT: Kalame.com has a detailed report on the fate of prisoners who have not received temporary release from Evin Prison - something mandated by Iranian law.
Contrary to the repeated claims by Tehran's Prosecutor and judicial authorities in Iran that all political prisoners have access to furlough [temporary leave from prison], many of these prisoners, particularly those who are supporters of the Green movement and were arrested following the post election turmoil, have either been denied of this right all together, or in many cases have not been granted furlough for at least a year. According to reports received by Kaleme, some of these prisoners have been behind bars at Evin prison for more than 24 months without even one day of furlough. Abdollah Momeni, Saeed Matinpour, Mohammad Davari, Abbas Nami, Bahman Ahmadi Amoui, Nezam Hasanpour, Emad Bahavar, Navid Kamran, Amir Khosro Dalirsani, Amir Bahmani, Majid Tamjidi, Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, are only some of the tens of political prisoners denied the right to furlough from prison. It is worth mentioning that temporary leave from prison is amongst the fundamental rights of all prisoners under Iranian law and political prisoners are not excluded under this law.
You can read the full report with prisoners' names and details here.
1953 GMT: The head of Dairy Producers Association of Iran claims that production of dairy products has drastically decreased. He blames the government's inability to phase out the 40% that they paid in subsidies to dairy companies in five years and instead cutting them altogether at once.
In other news, representatives of over 70 dairy factories held a protest gathering in front of Ministry of Industry.
1840 GMT: Khabar Online reports that te parliament rejected a government plan to increase Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, claiming that the number of days alotted right now were enough. The government wanted to add two more days to the holiday.
1810 GMT: Hardline cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi warned today that the 'enemy' wanted to infiltrate the state through the Iranian parliament and schools. He advised the government to ensure that only people with solid conservative and religious backgrounds make it to the parliament.
1754 GMT: Fars news has published a story claiming that the UK riots were violently put down by the government. They also claim that the rioting was actually a people's movement against the government. As evidence, they have published photos of football brawls from as far back as 2008 to convince their readership. Let's see who buys this one first!
1645 GMT: The fabric seller strike in the Tehran Bazaar has entered its 3rd week. The sellers are protesting a Value0Added Tx (VAT) of 4%.
1627 GMT: Oil watch - Iran has threatened to nationalize a Chinese oil production facility if China cannot increase the speed of development:
"Ultimatums will certainly be given to the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) if the delays in developing the phase 11 of South Pars continues," Ahmad Qalebani, Head of National Iranian Oil Co.(NIOC) was quoted as saying by the semi-official Mehr news agency.
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said in June that it would "replace CNPC with domestic companies" if the Chinese company did not step up the pace of the project, and the latest warning came after Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said Iran's Revolutionary Guards' engineering arm should take over from foreign companies.
"If the current trend of the development of South Pars phase 11 continues, it is also possible that the whole contract be ceded to powerful domestic contractors," Qalebani said.
1614 GMT: There is outrage in Tehran. The level of violence against unarmed people is unacceptable to the regime. The death toll is too high, the "savage aggression" of the police is too brutal.
So the Iranian officials are planning a protest, a "day of rage" style rally in solidarity with the oppressed and beaten people.
Will they stage the protests outside of Evin prison, a location symbolic of the 70+ journalists and bloggers who are still in prison? Will they protest at the site of Neda Soltan's death, one of 100 or so people killed by police and security officials in the aftermath of Iran's 2009 election? Will they protest in front of the Syrian embassy, where 2000+ civilians have been killed by their ally Assad in recent months? Or perhaps the Bahrain embassy, where the arch-nemesis of the Iranian regime, the Saudis, helped deploy troops to quell the Arab Spring uprisings?
Nope. The regime is hosting a protest in front of the British embassy, to protest police brutality in response to the London riots. The Iranians have also demanded human rights inspectors have access to the scene, but they have rebuffed efforts to allow a UN Special Rapporteur into Iran.
1608 GMT: Blogger and activist Mehdi Khazali has been released from prison on bail after a 26 day hunger strike.
1544 GMT: Khatoon Special Update - Yesterday, the weirdest and most controversial thing that happened was the release of a 1 page special, "Khatoon," in the Iran Daily, a paper linked to Ahmadinejad. The special was interpreted as a direct "insult" to the morality laws that govern hijab.
Today, Aftab news, citing Jahan News, is reporting that NAJA security forces have gathered outside the Iran Daily headquarters. Though this is unconfirmed, we do know that the Tehran Prosecutor was threatening to press charges.
Why so deep a controversy? An EA correspondent sums it up:
"Khatoon is an outdated term for "lady," typically used in the Qajar era. Mehdi Kalhor, Ahmadinejad's dismissed culture advisor, claims that the black chador was imposed on Iranian women by Nassereddin Shah, brought in from Europe where black was en vogue for "nocturnals bouts."
"The Khatoon Special makes fun of the hijab and the moral security plan and most of its 256 pages. Expatriate experts are already claiming that the move was done purposefully, either by Ahmadinejad indirectly or by his supporters, in order to gain popularity with the people."
In other words, according to this analysis, when your own party wants you and your allies out of power as quickly possible, time to pull a popularity stunt.
1505 GMT: James Miller takes the blog.
Bad hijab day alert - The Isfahan general procecutor Moh Reza Habibi has released a statement today that the police and Basij should treat bad hijab issues "politely," avoiding physical violence or confrontation. Habibi also said that any action against those who are manufacturing, selling, or purchasing satellite dishes should go through proper channels, and the act of seizing satellite dishes needs a judiciary warrant.
So, the 64 million toman question is why? Is Habibi criticizing the police and Basij forces, is he attempting to maintain control of the legal process? Does he feel like the law enforcement is working above and beyond the law? Oh, and my favorite question: who let so many satellite dishes get there in the first place?
1400 GMT: Turkey's Anadolu Agency has stated that the person mentioned by Burucerdi was not Karayilan but "PKK's second man." The name of the person has not been revealed.
1200 GMT: Turkey's TRT announced yesterday that PKK's second man Murat Karayilan was captured by Iranian security forces. However, neither TRT nor Turkish and Iranian officials were able to verify the news. Today, Turkey's Anadolu Agency stated that Iran's Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Alaaddin Burucerdi verified it to Fars News Agency.
0518 GMT: Updates will be scarce for a while, as Scott Lucas is still on vacation, and Ali Yenidunya and James Miller are, we hope, sleeping for a while.
While you're waiting, we encourage you to look back at Saturday's liveblog, The Latest from Iran (13 August): Unified...But For/Against What?, as well our newest features, Verifying Sources in the Era of Amateur Video (Zalman), and Yemen Special: Al Qaeda Making Ricin? (Schmitt/Shanker).