Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Recent Events

Abuse kills prisoner
The iranian news paper Mehr News Agency august 31 reported that a prisoner arrested in the eletetion protest had dies of abuse in jail. The victim,Moshen Ruholamini 25, reportedly died of physical stress conditions of imprisonment, repeated harsh physical treatment, acording to informed sources. Ruholamini's father was an adviser to mohsen rezai, a conservative candidate in the presidential election, and his death had outraged many iranian conservatives.

.at least 69 people had been killed in the post-election crackdown
.government claimed the death tool was 30
.ruholamini's death was due to abuse

Election
.The Iranian parliament September 3 confirmed 18 of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 21 nominees for his cabinet.
.Two female nominees--Fatemeh Ajorlou, for welfare minister, and Sousan Keshavarz, for education minister--were rejected
.Ahmadinejad cast the rejections in a positive light, as a sign that parliament was an effective check on the government's power.(World news digest)

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