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Prisoner update: Oroujali Mohammadi set free

A member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front (Mosharekat) has been released from prison.

Prisoner update: A Darolshafaei family member freed

Safoura Tofangchiha has been released from prison.

Prisoner update: Omid Mehregan released

Journalist, translator and writer, Omid Mehregan has been released from jail.

No news of leftist Tehran University student

There is currently no news of Ali Akbar Ajami, a leftist Tehran University student who was arrested a day before the 11 February rallies. His location is also unknown.

Mosharekat member arrested in Mazandaran

Alireza Falahati, a member of the Mazandaran branch of the Islamic Iran Participation Front (Mosharakat) and the Setade 88 campaign was arrested last night by security forces at his home.

Sunni leader banned from leaving country

The Sunni head of Friday payers from the city of Zahedan has been banned from leaving the country.

Prisoner update: Dardkeshan released after 55 days

Political prisoner Mahmoud Dardkeshan who was arrested on 25 December following the death of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri has been released

Prisoner update: Families of political prisoners allowed visit

Some of the families of political prisoners were finally able to meet with their loved ones in Evin prison today.

Parliament speaker:

'Proposed budget highly dependant on oil'

The speaker of the Iranian Parliament has admitted that the government’s proposed budget for the coming Persian year is “seriously dependant on oil revenues.”

400 workers threaten to take complaint to Ahmadinejad

On Sunday morning, around 400 workers from a drink manufacturing company gathered inside the plant and staged a protest against their planned layoff by company managers. They threatened to take their protest to Ahmadinejad if their demands were not heeded.