According to various student sources it has now been confirmed that at least three students have been tortured while in custody:
-Behrooz Karimizadeh’s forearm was cut so badly that he had to be transferred to hospital for medical treatment.
- Peyman Piran’s hand and shoulder were broken.
- Mehdi Allahyari was beaten so viciously by his interrogators that [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 30, 2008
Iranian regime tortures arrested students!
January 30, 2008
Iranian regime claims Kurdish student hanged himself!
A spokesman for the Iranian regime’s judiciary has claimed that Ebrahim Lotf-Allahi, a Kurdish student arrested in Sanandaj on 6 January, had hanged himself in his cell.
Ebrahim Lotf-Allahi, a fourth year law student at the Payam Noor University in Sanandaj, Iranian Kurdistan, was taken into custody by intelligence officers after leaving a university examination [...]
January 17, 2008
Carta abierta al presidente Chávez de los activistas obreros y estudiantiles iraníes
Sr. Hugo Chávez Frías
Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Estimado presidente:
Hemos escuchado las noticias de la liberación de dos rehenes de las FARC con renovada esperanza por el futuro de Colombia. La liberación de Clara Rojas y Consuelo González no sólo es un acontecimiento feliz para sus familias sino también un acontecimiento con [...]
January 13, 2008
Open letter to President Chavez from Iranian labour and student activists
Mr Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias,
President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Dear Mr President:
We hear the news of the release of two of the FARC’s hostages with renewed hope for the future of Colombia. The release of Clara Rojas and Consuela Gonzalez is not only a joyous event for their families but a development with [...]