Minimum: a report from reliable sources, Tehran revolutionary prosecutor Trial Court Branch 15 presided by Judge Salavati alleged collaboration with hostile governments, propaganda against the Islamic propaganda in favor Grvhkhay anti-blasphemy, commissioning and management of vulgar and obscene websites Hossein Derakhshan, and remember to punish others for his application has executed.posted by cjorgensen at 3:14 PM on September 19, 2010
Is mentioned Unlike rumors spread among the crimes of espionage charges against him and he was not related to a year before returning to Iran.
Request the death penalty for Hossein DerakhshanIf you do a google search for his name in Persian (which I copied off the Wikipedia page), there are more blog entries.
Yesterday's news on some sites requesting the death penalty for Hussein brilliant release and follow-up report also verified Rhana request the death penalty for Hussein is brilliant news.
Rhana reports, physical and psychological condition Hossein Derakhshan, now a corps in paragraph 2 is held in Evin prison, very bad and worrying has been reported. The first court to address charges by Hossein Derakhshan The second was held in July 1388 in which Court charges he was "propaganda against the regime in favor of groups, blasphemy and setup obscene and vulgar" was charged.
No other requests so far this sentence is not known. Web site "minimum" that the news yesterday requested the death penalty for Iranian-Canadian blogger has released "punishment Hossein Derakhshan and others remember the" ask the reasons as had the death sentence.
Hossein Derakhshan on 10 November 1387 when the country returned to Tazky was ever arrested and remained in Evin prison. He nearly two years in temporary detention and solitary confinement in Evin prison remained
Dear Friends,
I believe putting Ahmadinejad under pressure regarding Hossein's case can be very helpfull. He knows Hossein and if he is aksed about him he should react. When he talks about freedom of speech in Iran , he should be reminded that Hossein is in jail for two years and the prosecutor has requested a death penalty for him. Is this freedom of speech?! I think we can ask Larry King to ask Ahmadinejad about Hossein on his Wednesday interview. If we all ask Larry I'm sure he will ask him. So PLEASE , PLEASE , let us all aks Larry King to confront Ahmadinejad about Hossein.
We can write to cnn request page : http://www.facebook.com/l/96cb9;edition.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.lkl.comment.html?12
He is also on Twitter : http://www.facebook.com/l/96cb9;twitter.com/kingsthings
and we can also write on his facebook page's wall : http://www.facebook.com/CNNLarryKingLive?v=wall&ref=mf
If they receive a few hundred requests I'm sure they will consider it.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help us.
Thank you
Hamed
Here is Amnesty International's recommended action:posted by zarq at 6:56 AM on September 21, 2010 [4 favorites]
Calling on the authorities to immediately release Hossein Derakhshan or to charge him with an internationally recognizable criminal offence and to promptly try him in proceedings meeting fair trial standards;
Urging the authorities to clarify the whereabouts and status of Hossein Derakhshan, while calling on them to grant him immediate access to his family, legal representation of his choice and any medical attention he may required;
Calling on the authorities to ensure that Hossein Derakhshan is not tortured or otherwise ill-treated while in custody.
APPEALS TO:
Head of the Judiciary
His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Howzeh Riyasat-e Qoveh Qazaiyeh / Office of the Head of the Judiciary
Pasteur St., Vali Asr Ave., south of Serah-e Jomhouri,
Tehran 1316814737,
Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: info@dadgostary-tehran.ir (In the subject line write: FAO Ayatollah Shahroudi)
Salutation: Your Excellency
{This is the same address and contact as that found on the aforementioned petition ~zarq}
Minister of Intelligence
Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie
Ministry of Intelligence,
Second Negarestan Street, Pasdaran Avenue,
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Salutation: Your Excellency
COPIES TO:
Leader of the Islamic Republic
His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei,
The Office of the Supreme LeaderIslamic Republic Street -
Shahid Keshvar Doust Street
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: info@leader.irSalutation:
Your Excellency
Director, Human Rights Headquarters of Iran
His Excellency Mohammad Javad Larijani
Howzeh Riyasat-e Qoveh Qazaiyeh (Office of the Head of the Judiciary)
Pasteur St, Vali Asr Ave., south of Serah-e Jomhouri,
Tehran 1316814737,
Islamic Republic of Iran
Fax: +98 21 3390 4986 (there are problems with this line, please try three times)
Email: int_aff@judiciary.ir (In the subject line: FAO Mohammad Javad Larijani)
And to diplomatic representatives of Iran accredited to your country.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.
Over the last few days and after Kamtarin.com's piece about his trial, the news surrounding prosecution of Hossein Derakhshan, Iranian famous reporter and blogger, has gotten hot again. Slaman, Kamtarin's blogger has succeeded in interviewing Ozra Kiarashpour, Hossein's mother to discuss his situation:#620; sent Larry King Live a comment.
Hossein 'Hoder' Derakhshan, Iran's Blogfather
- Hello Mrs. Derakhshan, thank you for accepting our interview request.
- Hello. I really do not know what is in Hossein's best interest or what may come at his expense, I can only pray for him. Both myself, as well as his father are very confused these days.
- What is Hossein's current mental state?
- He's very exhausted and short tempered. To me, he's extremely depressed. He's very tired after two years of prison, loneliness and not knowing what's to come. From what he tells us, he spends most of his days sleeping. Recently he has requested to be transferred out of solitary and into the general population and they instead agreed to change his section to give him a better spot and planted rose bushes for him.
- Do have regular meetings with him?
- It is over a year now that we have been able to see him once a week but for the first eight months of his incarceration we had no meetings and had no idea where he was.
- How do guards treat you during your visits?
- Depends on the people present on that day, but in general they are respectful.
- Some still doubt that Hossein is even a prisoner. Few even claim he's helping the government out of a villa in Za'eferaniye. Don't you think the reason behind these rumors is lack of your contact with media?
- For that group, I wish them to never ever have the kind of problems we are dealing with now. For the first few months of his arrest, we were totally confused and didn't know what we had to do. From one side, Hossein had asked that nobody should talk to the foreign media. And the local press wouldn't even get close to us. Within such limitations, his father and I still wrote a letter to the head of judiciary that was spread around to numerous places. And when the environment became a bit clearer for us, my daughter started a weblog to spread the news about Hossein. We have gone through so much over these two years; Hossein's father has had heart problems a few times. When they had told Hossein in prison that his father had a heart attach, he had no phone privilege. My child had cried so much and blamed himself that his situation was more of an agony for both of us. But we didn't even tell Hossein about his father's illness as half of his suffering in there is about us.
- You had written a piece in the weblog you mentioned, JusticeForHoder (http://hosseinderakhshan.wordpress.com/) . Are you also familiar with computers and weblogs?
- Since my children travel in and out of the country, I am compelled to use the Internet as a communication tool. How could I possibly not know about blogging? To be honest, we have had it with Hossein and blogging. Whatever we suffer from today, it all started with Hossein blogging.
- Was Hossein invited to return by the government of Iran?
- To be truthful, he had talked to PressTV about working at their Tehran office. Even in the days before his arrest, he would occasionally go to their office, as we had no high speed Internet at home. Prior to his return, the "Council of Iranians Abroad" had promised Hossein that his trip would be without any issues. He had confirmed with this council that is governmental and in connection with the Ministry of Information. That's why although Hossein knew they'd come for some sort of a Q&A, he had not prepared at all for an imprisonment of this kind and never told us that in such a case, what we should do. The representative from that council told us after his arrest that they had made inquiries but there's not much else they can do. Why should we have such power struggles within country's intelligence community?
- Is Hossein accused of espionage?
- As for the judgment of of the judge, there's nothing we can do but pray as nobody is aware of the future but God. The prosecutor has asked for maximum penalty both for Hossein's punishment as well as to provide an example for others. I am asking as his mother, not as someone whose family has paid dearly for this revolution, why not make an example of Hossein as someone who has turned on his old ways, returned to his country and is ready to detail his previous deeds and thoughts. You want an example for the people, so they believe repentance is useless? Supporting the regime brings you such harsh rewards? All of this family, during all these hard years, have supported this regime. Hossein is also one of us. It will not be fair to subject him to such severe punishment, for honesty in recounting his life experience.
- If released, will Hossein leave Iran?
- Hossein was very tired of living abroad and even today to comfort us, he says that he has been prisoned in Iran for two years and the last few before that he was in another prison abroad.
- Thank you for the interview, we hope his status is rapidly resolved.
I am the Director of The Iran Information Project and yes, we are actively involved on a daily basis with Iranian's and Iran.Maybe someone else could try contacting the authors of the newer petition? It would be nice for all the names to be counted at the same time.
Release Hossein 'Hoder' Derakhshan from Evin Prison was written to Larijani for specific reasons however, I included 'et al' with the foresight that it may have to be directed to other parties if Larijani failed to acknowledge the petition.
I have added the new petition to our website and to the Urgent Action section which can be viewed here. Free The Blogfather Hossein Derakhshan: http://iran-information-project.org/pages/search/1findnum.php?thenumber=191
The original petition can be viewed here @Iran_IP #72 Release Hossein 'HoderFarrakhanan from Evin Prison http://iran-information-project.org/pages/search/1findnum.php?thenumber=72
@Iran_IP is our twitter feed which post one of the 191 petitions every five minutes to #Iranelection #Iran and #fb 24 hours a day.
You may also link the original to your page if you wish to do so. If you need more information please feel free to contact me at http://iran-information-project.org/pages/contact.php which is secure and only I have access to this account.
Kindest Regards,
Walton K. Martin III
Dr. Gill Gillespie PhD.
Directors, The Iran Information Project
Sad that he's been in prison so long. Sad that Canada isn't up in arms over this. Sad if this news is true.
posted by cjorgensen at 3:11 PM on September 19, 2010