Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They
AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German
Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who
By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an
My Profile
Top News
Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day.
Subscribe
You are here:
Home
>
News
>
International
>
Article
Home
Business & Finance
News
U.S.
Politics
International
Technology
Entertainment
Sports
Lifestyle
Oddly Enough
Health
Science
Special Coverage
Video
Pictures
Your View
The Great Debate
Blogs
Weather
Reader Feedback
Do More With Reuters
RSS
Widgets
Mobile
Podcasts
Newsletters
Your View
Make Reuters My Homepage
Partner Services
CareerBuilder
Affiliate Network
Professional Products
Support (Customer Zone)
Reuters Media
Financial Products
About Thomson Reuters
Iran says reformist to be released
Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:07am EDT
Email | Print |
Share
| Reprints | Single Page
[-]
Text
[+]
By Parisa Hafezi and Zahra Hosseinian
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian authorities will release reformist Saeed Hajjarian on Wednesday, the judiciary said, more than six weeks after he was detained with hundreds of others after Iran's disputed presidential election.
If it takes place, Hajjarian's release would be the latest reflection of unease among some senior officials about reports of harsh treatment of some of those held since the election. At least two young detainees have died in custody.
"Political activist Hajjarian, who was arrested in post-election unrest, will be released today," the judiciary said in a statement. "His release takes place based on recent orders by the judiciary chief."
Iran's top judge, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi, told the judiciary on Monday to review the cases of people still held after the June 12 vote, which tipped Iran into its worst internal crisis in 30 years and exposed rifts in its ruling elite.
Hajjarian's lawyer was quoted by the student news agency ISNA as saying his client had not been released yet.
Hajjarian, a disabled 55-year-old, is an ally of former premier Mirhossein Mousavi, a moderate who says he lost the election because it was rigged in favor of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The authorities deny the charge and Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has endorsed Ahmadinejad's re-election.
INTERNATIONAL CONCERN
On Tuesday, the New York-based Human Rights Watch group called for Hajjarian's immediate release, saying he had been held without access to a lawyer or proper medical attention.
It said his poor health had deteriorated in detention from harsh treatment, including interrogation under a hot sun.
"We believe his life is in danger. He should be freed immediately," said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch.
The group said Hajjarian had been detained without charge on June 15 and was one of scores of prominent reformist politicians, intellectuals, journalists, clerics, student leaders and others whom the authorities arrested in an effort to stamp out nationwide protests against the election result.
The official IRNA news agency said on Wednesday "those behind the unrest will be tried soon." It did not give any source.
Kazem Jalali, spokesman of a special parliamentary committee set up to investigate the post-election detentions, told reporters on Wednesday at least 250 people were still held.
"Two hundred of the detainees are street protesters and 50 others are political figures. Until their verdicts are issued, this committee cannot make any judgments about their cases. Continued...
View article on single page
Share:
Del.icio.us
Digg
Mixx
Yahoo!
Facebook
LinkedIn
Next Article:
Uighur leader says 10,000 went missing in one night
also on reuters
Blog: Obama to engage in beer diplomacy
Sunbeds join cigarettes, arsenic as top cancer threat
Video
Video: Video games slide amid recession
More International News
Car bomb injures 46 at Spain barracks; ETA blamed
| Video
Gates, in Iraq, seeks to ease Kurd-Arab tensions
| Video
India PM defends move to improve ties with Pakistan
Uighur leader says 10,000 went missing in one night
Iraq denies Iran exile killings, exiles show images
| Video
More International News...
Related News
Q+A: What next in Iran's post-election turmoil?
10:07am EDT
Editor's Choice
Slideshow
A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours. Slideshow
Most Popular on Reuters
Articles
Video
Sunbeds join cigarettes, arsenic as top cancer threat
Madoff: Can't believe fraud lasted so long
Key Republican says on "edge" of healthcare deal
Key Republican says on "edge" of US healthcare deal
Microsoft, Yahoo in 10-year Web search partnership
U.S. states to get "significant" obesity money
Subprime mortgage companies warn on U.S. foreclosures
Car bomb injures 46 at Spain barracks; ETA blamed | Video
Swine flu striking pregnant women hard: CDC study
U.S. releases unclassified spy images of Arctic ice
Most Popular Articles RSS Feed
Video
US, China vow closer ties
Schwarzenegger slashes spending
Sotomayor wins Committee approval
Jackson doctor's house raided
Mudslide triggers China train wreck
Feds raid Jackson doctor's home
Iraq blasts and clashes
Spanish fire alert widens
Haitian migrant shipwreck kills 15
The US consumer and China
Most Popular Videos RSS Feed
Reuters.com:
Help and Contact Us |
Advertise With Us |
Mobile |
Newsletters |
RSS |
Labs |
Archive |
Site Index |
Video Index
Thomson Reuters Corporate:
Copyright |
Disclaimer |
Privacy |
Professional Products |
Professional Products Support |
About Thomson Reuters |
Careers
International Editions:
Africa |
Arabic |
Argentina |
Brazil |
Canada |
China |
France |
Germany |
India |
Italy |
Japan |
Latin America |
Mexico |
Russia |
Spain |
United Kingdom |
United States
Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.
NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. Nasdaq delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here.