Intelligence agents storm home of slain political prisoner, harass and threaten family June 14, 2010 - According to reports, agents of the Intelligence Agency stormed the home of slain political prisoner Amir-Hossein Heshmat Saran, conducted a search and interrogated and threatened his family. On Monday, June 14, at about 12 pm, six intelligence agents stormed the home of Saran. They checked this family’s phone book and asked questions about the names of the people in the book. These agents also asked Elahe Nazju (Amir-Hossein Heshmat Saran’s wife) about the whereabouts of her son Babak. This is while Babak Saran was arrested on Saturday in Tehran by security forces and taken to an unknown location. There has been no news on him since his arrest. These agents tried to put mental pressure on this family and told Elahe Nazju, Babak’s mother that, “A person who is against the revolution deserves all this”. Iran Students Committee

Iran takes away political prisoners’ visitation rights

June 14, 2010 - The prosecutor of Tehran has cut off all in person visits of political prisoners in Evin Prison for an unlimited time period.
According to this order, from now on, the families of political prisoners are only allowed to visit their loved ones in prison from behind a glass partition, meaning they can talk to them via a telephone.
Ordinary prisoners are allowed in person visits once a month but this right has been taken away from political prisoners.
Families can only have in person visits with a special order from the prosecutor.
The children, sisters and brothers of prisoners will be banned from in person visits even if their families have obtained the right of in person visits from the prosecutor.
According to reports, these limitations have been put in place to prevent prisoners from giving out messages or notes to sources outside of prison.

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Iran arrests two students in Kermanshah after they call for peaceful protests

June 14, 2010 - Two students were arrested after a call for a peaceful protest by a pro-democracy student association in the Razi Kermanshah University.
The Protection Department of this university summoned four students and handed over two of them to the Kermanshah Intelligence Agency.
Aptin Pegah, a physics student and Babak Ghiasi who majors in agricultural engineering were arrested yesterday and there is no information on their condition and whereabouts.

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