{"id":210997,"date":"2018-11-01T20:10:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T20:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210997-iran-news-in-brief-october-25-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:49:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:49:13","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-25-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-25-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, October 25, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, October 25, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_hzWXsoKCrHU\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FhzWXsoKCrHU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hzWXsoKCrHU\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M28S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-10-25T13:46:21Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_hzWXsoKCrHU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FhzWXsoKCrHU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, October 25, 2018<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hzWXsoKCrHU\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FhzWXsoKCrHU%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, October 25, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, October 25, 2018 UN Rights Expert Urges Iran to End Death Penalty for Minors The U.N. independent expert on human rights in Iran urged Tehran on Wednesday to abolish the death penalty for juveniles. Javaid Rehman, special rapporteur for human rights in Iran, told a General Assembly human rights committee: &quot;I appeal to the Iranian authorities to abolish the practice of sentencing children to death, and to commute all death sentences issued against children in line with international law,&quot; the special rapporteur said: &quot;Claims that she was coerced into confessing to the killing, had been beaten following her arrest and was a victim of domestic violence were reportedly not adequately examined during her trial,&quot;. Rehman said the Iranian executions continue despite amendments in 2013 to the Islamic Penal Code that allow judges to give alternate sentences for juvenile offenders in certain circumstances. He said there were &quot;numerous&quot; other juvenile offenders on death row in Iran. Hashem Khastar, teachers\u2019 union representative, disappears in northeast Iran The wife of a prominent Iranian teachers\u2019 union leader said Wednesday that Iranian security forces had detained her husband and hospitalized him for a purported mental illness that she knew nothing about. Mrs. Sedighe Maleki, the wife of Mr. Khastar, has said the IRGC intelligence arrested (abducted) Mr. Khastar without providing an arrest warrant. He has been hospitalized on Tuesday in Mashhad\u2019s Ebn Seena Psychiatric Hospital that is specially designed to treat mentally disturbed patients. she continued: \u201cA nurse told me that Mr. Khastar has been hospitalized in an emergency room and is banned from any family visits, based on orders issued by security officials,\u201d. Seyed Hashem Khastar had time and again been harassed by operatives linked to the Iranian regime for defending the rights of Iran\u2019s teachers. On numerous occasions, Khastar was arrested by the mullahs\u2019 intelligence agents and placed behind bars. Azerbaijani Activist Nasim Sadeghi Arrested in Tabriz Azerbaijani activist and Tabriz resident Nasim Sadeghi was arrested by security forces on her walk home October 21st. On a phone call with her child from an undisclosed location, she explained that she had been taken into custody. curity forces also confiscated her personal belongings, including her cell phone, computer, and books. No further information is available on her location or the charges against her. On July 28, 2016, Sadeghi was among dozens apprehended for their participation in a public protest against controversial comments published in the newspaper Tarh-e No. The Prosecutor\u2019s Interrogation Office of Tabriz Revolutionary Court Branch 7 accused her of acting against national security through propaganda against the regime, interrogating her for five days in the Intelligence Detention Center of Tabriz. She was released on a bail of 1 billion IRR (approximately &#36;8000 USD) pending trial. Canadian Resident Saeed Malekpour Returned to Prison Without Receiving Treatment Imprisoned Iranian-born Canadian resident Saeed Malekpour, who was hospitalized in a heart unit of Tehran\u2019s Taleghani Hospital, was returned to Evin prison on Tuesday, without receiving adequate treatment. Saeed Malekpour has been in imprisoned in Tehran since 2008, without a single day on furlough. Malekpour, 43, was a computer programmer and web developer living as a permanent resident in Canada before he was arrested during a visit to Iran in 2008 and charged with \u201cinsulting the sacred\u201d for allegedly creating an online pornographic network. Saeed Malekpour has denied all knowledge of the program being used for this purpose. 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He has been hospitalized on Tuesday in Mashhad\u2019s Ebn Seena Psychiatric Hospital that is specially designed to treat mentally disturbed patients.she continued: \u201cA nurse told me that Mr. Khastar has been hospitalized in an emergency room and is banned from any family visits, based on orders issued by security officials,\u201d. Seyed Hashem Khastar had time and again been harassed by operatives linked to the Iranian regime for defending the rights of Iran\u2019s teachers. On numerous occasions, Khastar was arrested by the mullahs\u2019 intelligence agents and placed behind bars.Azerbaijani Activist Nasim Sadeghi Arrested in TabrizAzerbaijani activist and Tabriz resident Nasim Sadeghi was arrested by security forces on her walk home October 21st. On a phone call with her child from an undisclosed location, she explained that she had been taken into custody.curity forces also confiscated her personal belongings, including her cell phone, computer, and books. No further information is available on her location or the charges against her.On July 28, 2016, Sadeghi was among dozens apprehended for their participation in a public protest against controversial comments published in the newspaper Tarh-e No. The Prosecutor\u2019s Interrogation Office of Tabriz Revolutionary Court Branch 7 accused her of acting against national security through propaganda against the regime, interrogating her for five days in the Intelligence Detention Center of Tabriz. She was released on a bail of 1 billion IRR (approximately $8000 USD) pending trial.Canadian Resident Saeed Malekpour Returned to Prison Without Receiving TreatmentImprisoned Iranian-born Canadian resident Saeed Malekpour, who was hospitalized in a heart unit of Tehran\u2019s Taleghani Hospital, was returned to Evin prison on Tuesday, without receiving adequate treatment.Saeed Malekpour has been in imprisoned in Tehran since 2008, without a single day on furlough.Malekpour, 43, was a computer programmer and web developer living as a permanent resident in Canada before he was arrested during a visit to Iran in 2008 and charged with \u201cinsulting the sacred\u201d for allegedly creating an online pornographic network. Saeed Malekpour has denied all knowledge of the program being used for this purpose.In September 2010, a Revolutionary Court sentenced him to death, but the sentence was ultimately commuted from death to life imprisonment in August 2013.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-25-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-11-01T20:10:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:49:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":402,"height":100,"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@iran_policy","twitter_site":"@iran_policy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-25-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-25-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, October 25, 2018","datePublished":"2018-11-01T20:10:21+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:49:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-25-2018\/"},"wordCount":12,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"keywords":["save"],"articleSection":["Multimedia: Iran news in brief"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-25-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-25-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, October 25, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-11-01T20:10:21+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:49:13+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, October 25, 2018UN Rights Expert Urges Iran to End Death Penalty for Minors The U.N. independent expert on human rights in Iran urged Tehran on Wednesday to abolish the death penalty for juveniles.Javaid Rehman, special rapporteur for human rights in Iran, told a General Assembly human rights committee: \"I appeal to the Iranian authorities to abolish the practice of sentencing children to death, and to commute all death sentences issued against children in line with international law,\" the special rapporteur said: \"Claims that she was coerced into confessing to the killing, had been beaten following her arrest and was a victim of domestic violence were reportedly not adequately examined during her trial,\". Rehman said the Iranian executions continue despite amendments in 2013 to the Islamic Penal Code that allow judges to give alternate sentences for juvenile offenders in certain circumstances.He said there were \"numerous\" other juvenile offenders on death row in Iran.Hashem Khastar, teachers\u2019 union representative, disappears in northeast IranThe wife of a prominent Iranian teachers\u2019 union leader said Wednesday that Iranian security forces had detained her husband and hospitalized him for a purported mental illness that she knew nothing about.Mrs. Sedighe Maleki, the wife of Mr. Khastar, has said the IRGC intelligence arrested (abducted) Mr. Khastar without providing an arrest warrant. He has been hospitalized on Tuesday in Mashhad\u2019s Ebn Seena Psychiatric Hospital that is specially designed to treat mentally disturbed patients.she continued: \u201cA nurse told me that Mr. Khastar has been hospitalized in an emergency room and is banned from any family visits, based on orders issued by security officials,\u201d. Seyed Hashem Khastar had time and again been harassed by operatives linked to the Iranian regime for defending the rights of Iran\u2019s teachers. On numerous occasions, Khastar was arrested by the mullahs\u2019 intelligence agents and placed behind bars.Azerbaijani Activist Nasim Sadeghi Arrested in TabrizAzerbaijani activist and Tabriz resident Nasim Sadeghi was arrested by security forces on her walk home October 21st. On a phone call with her child from an undisclosed location, she explained that she had been taken into custody.curity forces also confiscated her personal belongings, including her cell phone, computer, and books. No further information is available on her location or the charges against her.On July 28, 2016, Sadeghi was among dozens apprehended for their participation in a public protest against controversial comments published in the newspaper Tarh-e No. The Prosecutor\u2019s Interrogation Office of Tabriz Revolutionary Court Branch 7 accused her of acting against national security through propaganda against the regime, interrogating her for five days in the Intelligence Detention Center of Tabriz. She was released on a bail of 1 billion IRR (approximately $8000 USD) pending trial.Canadian Resident Saeed Malekpour Returned to Prison Without Receiving TreatmentImprisoned Iranian-born Canadian resident Saeed Malekpour, who was hospitalized in a heart unit of Tehran\u2019s Taleghani Hospital, was returned to Evin prison on Tuesday, without receiving adequate treatment.Saeed Malekpour has been in imprisoned in Tehran since 2008, without a single day on furlough.Malekpour, 43, was a computer programmer and web developer living as a permanent resident in Canada before he was arrested during a visit to Iran in 2008 and charged with \u201cinsulting the sacred\u201d for allegedly creating an online pornographic network. 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