The Latest from Iran (29 January): Future Election, Past Election, House Arrest
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 13:21
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The Latest from Iran (28 January): Back to the Battle Within
2145 GMT: Political Prisoner Watch. More than 140 writers, journalists, artists, and activists have issued a statement condemning the new wave of repression and arrests, noting in particular the detention of prominent literary translator Mohammad Soleimani Nia.
Soleimani Nia was seized on 10 January and taken to an unknown location.
2130 GMT: Execution Watch. International media have noticed, from Iranian outlets such as Fars, that the death sentence has been confirmed for Iranian-Canadian web designer Saeed Malekpour.
In fact, the news is old --- Malekpour was condemned at least 11 days ago by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, which has confirmed the punishment for several bloggers and website operators in recent weeks.
Malekpour was arrested in October 2008 and charged with disseminating obscene materials via the Web.