Iran news in brief, January 28, 2018
Free Iran Rally – Paris 8 February 2019
The French Committee in Support of Human Rights in Iran
(CSDHI) is calling for a major demonstration on Friday, February 8, 2019,
against serious and massive human rights violations in Iran and the terrorist
acts of the Iranian regime on European soil against its opposition.
This initiative is supported by several district mayors of
Paris, numerous human rights associations and the French Committee in support
of Human Rights in Iran (CSDHI).
No Standard Heating for 136,000 Classrooms in Iran
The heating systems in 136,000 classrooms across Iran do not
have the required standards, the Islamic Republic's Deputy Minister of
Education has said.
Mehrollah Rakhshani Mehr asserted on Saturday, January 26:
"As most of these classrooms are located in the province of Sistan &
Baluchestan and other regions with no gas pipelines, it is impossible to
upgrade their heating system for the moment,".
Scores of Iranian schoolchildren have died or badly burnt in
recent years in classrooms heated with substandard and unsafe kerosene stoves.
Iran Regime Council Again Fails to Approve Financial Reforms
Demanded by the West
A key arbitration panel scheduled to rule on legislation
related to financial reforms in Iran demanded by the international community
has again failed to resolve the issue, Iranian agencies reported on Saturday.
The Expediency Discernment Council (EDC) had scheduled a vote
for Saturday to decide the fate of a number of bills approved by parliament to
pave the way for Iran to join international conventions against money
laundering and financing terrorist organizations.
1,800 Children Separated From Their Imprisoned Mothers
At least 1,800 children of imprisoned women, were separated
from their mothers and were delivered to Welfare Organization, the state-run
ILNA news agency reported on January 26.
Cited by ILNA, Mohammad Nefriyeh, director general of the
Children and Youth affairs in the Welfare Organization, said: “According to a
memorandum between the Welfare Organization and the Prison Organisations, all
children above two years of age who live with their mothers in prison, must be
delivered to the Welfare Organization.”
Over 2,300 children live in prison in Iran with their
mothers, a member of parliament said July 23, 2017.
Unable to Afford Huge Bail Iranian Writers Incarcerated
Three members of Iranian Writers Association (IWA) were
arrested on Tuesday, January 22 after they failed to appear before the court
and provide large bails.
According to reports judicial authorities have set
unaffordable bails for Baktash Abtin, Reza Khandan Mahabadi and Keyvan Bazhan,
which they could not afford.
Iranian Writers Association (IWA) strongly protested the
decision made by judicial authorities to set such bails for three of its
members.
In a statement published on Tuesday, January 22, IWA said,
the ten billion rials (roughly $240,000) bail set for Bektash Abtin, Kayvan
Bazhan, and Reza Khandan Mahabadi “is unacceptable” and they should be released
immediately.
Prominent Imprisoned Lawyer and Political Prisoner in Danger
The attorney of Mrs. Narges Mohammadi the prominent Iranian
lawyer warned that her client is in danger since she has been denied urgent
medical care and anti-paroxysm medicines. Mr Behzadi also reiterated that Evin
Prison officials will be responsible for any possible harms to Mrs. Mohammadi
in this regard.
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