Iran News Roundup: July 31, 2012
Obama Authorizes New Iran Sanctions President Obama authorized new sanctions against banks that facilitate the sale of petrochemical products by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and Naftiran Intertrade Company (NIC). Additionally, the President imposed sanctions on the Bank of Kunlun in China and Elaf Islamic Bank in Iraq for processing transactions for sanctioned Iranian […]
Majles Committee Finds Mortazavi Responsible for Deaths
Radio Zamaneh reports (via payvand.com) that former Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi has been deemed responsible for both the torture and death of numerous election protestors detained in Kahrizak prison. This verdict follows a Parliamentary Committee report commissioned to investigate post election occurrences. The Kahrizak detention center, run by the Tehran police department, held a number […]
Top Iranian Journalists intimidated by Tehran Prosecutor General
Fifteen top Iranian journalists were summoned to the office of Tehran’s Prosecutor General and intimidated shortly after signing onto a letter pleading for a halt to repression of the media, according to Emruz news website. These journalists were among 330 journalists who wrote an open letter to Abbas Ja’fari Dowlat Abadi, the new Tehran Prosecutor […]
Saeed Mortazavi: I dealt with post-election situation “brilliantly”
Many sources are reporting on the Farewell Address of Saeed Mortazavi, where he appears to openly flaunt his jailing of protesters following Iran’s Presidential elections. Check out BBC Persian‘s account (h/t New York Times): Saeed Mortazavi, “Independent Assistant” of the Prosecutor-General of Iran and former Prosecutor-General of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran has described his […]
Tehran’s Prosecutor changed
According to BBC Persian, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, Iran’s Judiciary Chief, appointed Abbas Ja’fari Dolat Abadi, former Judiciary Chief in Khuzestan province, as the new Tehran’s prosecutor-general. Saeed Mortazavi, Tehran’s former prosecutor-general, is known for his harsh confrontation with the Reformist Media and activists in Iran including Etemad Melli (National Confidence) paper that was shut down […]
Supporters demonstrate in front of Etemad Melli’s office
Many people have gathered in support for Karroubi in front of the Etemad Melli newspaper’s office. Security forces and Basij militia have also had a heavy presence and there have been reports of clashes. According to eyewitnesses, people were chanting “Death to dictator” and “God is great” and tear gas was used to disperse them. […]