This blog will be used to post some material from #iranelection on Twitter and Facebook, plus other news about the current situation in Iran focusing on human rights violations
11 May 2010
Death Row Inmate Hadi Aravand Killed by Prison Guards in Sari
6 September 2009
Saeeda Pour-Aghaie
21. Saeeda Pour-Aghaie, a young girl, was raped and killed in detention. Confirmed reports say Saeeda was arrested by Basijis, from her home, for chanting Allaho Akbar from her rooftop. She was taken into detention, raped and then killed. Her body was burnt, except for her legs from her knees downwards, with a strong acid, to hide the evidence of her brutal ordeal.
Twenty days after her initial arrest, her mother was taken to the morgue and her body was identified. Her mother was not allowed to take her body for burial. She was later buried in the 302 section of Beheshte Zahra, in secret, without her family's knowledge.
Her family has been put under extreme pressure, to say the cause of Saeeda's death, was the result of complications arising from a kidney infection.
A picture of Saeeda and a full report in Farsi: http://www.mowjcamp.com/article/id/24124
22. At least two reliable sources, claim they have received reports, that unmarked graves in Beheshte Zahra's 302 section, are the graves of women, who have been raped and then killed, after being arrested for protesting. This could not be confirmed by other sources at this time.
Read more about Saeeda Pour-Aghaie on homylafayette’s blog
Amir Javadifar
Amir was arrested on July 9. He was brought to the police station where he was beaten so badly that he was later taken to hospital. His family was informed. He had jaw, nose, facial and arm injuries. A head scan showed no brain injury, but his family wanted a second opinion. The police agreed and they took him to Laleh hospital where he was checked and released to the police the next morning.
The police brought him back to the police station. Next he was moved to the Intel police station and then to an unknown location. Those arrested on July 9 were moved either to Evin or to Kahrizak. Their familiers were told to check back in ten days. Amir's family went back to Evin but his name was

From July 9 to July 28 Amir's family was being told by court that his interrogation was almost finished. On July 29 they were told to go to Kahrizak morgue, where they identified his body. Amir's body had been moved to the morgue four days after his arrest, cause of death unknown. It was kept at Kahrizak morgue for weeks, while the family was given false info.
30 August 2009
Cold numbers
released since the recent Iran election protests. The list is long, and the numbers are chilling:
| Killed by government forces | 84 | ||
| Arrestes university students | 169 | ||
| Arrested university professors | 13 | ||
| Arrested journalists | 43 | ||
| Politicians and members of reformist presidential candidates’ campaigns | 136 | ||
| Arrested and released | 90 | ||
| Human rights, student and women’s rights activists | 20 | ||
| Missing people | 8 | ||
| Recently arrested | 443 | ||
| Arrested and released army officers | 24 | ||
According to the comments, the list is not complete. There are still many people unaccounted for.