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Amensty International Action Regarding Siamak Pourzand as Published by Mellimzhabi.org
M friMa h bi I.ni •rmation Site Page 1 of 3 www.mellimazhabLorg Urgent Action Update - Siamak Pour vd 12 December 2001 Further information on UA 298/01 (M'DE 13/04612001, 27 November 2001) - Dis.apjpeaxa'n:ce/possib'Ie.extr judicial execution IRAN SiamakPourzand (m') intellectual and manager of the Majmiu:e-ye Farhangi-ye Hona ri-ye ijeLtran (Teh ran Cultural Centre) It appears that Siamak Pourzand was arrested aifier he leifi his sister's house in central Tehr ta on 24 November.. OEere has not. been, as far as Amnesty international is aware, offcial acknowledgement that he is in custody. On 7 tL)eceniber his sister, ‘Mahin P urzand . was repoitedly told to bring a c1ia ge of ck t.lnes for him. to the Ostad tah wi Street. offlec t& Comi ii ttee for P pag Li xi . of Virtue and Prohbit oi o Vice. WFen she asked. where her brother was and what. he had been charged wiII, she was re portedl told tt t. i..t was none of her business.. This ogaoesati:on maintains discipline on matters of mo .raIity , such as. dress x.des ‘ I P ” of alcoi o1 ar I mixirg of the sexes.. On 10 December an Iranian television station based in the United States broadcast an interview with one o.f'his daughters, Banafsh h Zand. A student reportedly called the station aifierwards arid said he had seen Sian ak Pourzand “last week” at the Eshratabad prison, in north central Tehran. He apparently told them that Siamak Pourzand was “clean” and in good health. Amnesty International wrote to the Head of the Judiciary on the same day, seeking urgent clariffication of the fate of Siamak Pourzand. FURTHER RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible, in English, French or your own language: - urging the I-lead of the Judiciary and the Ministry of Intelligence to reveal where and when Siamak Pourzand was arrested, and to make public where he is detained and what charges he faces; - expressing concern that he appears to be a prisoner of conscience, arrested solely for the peaceful expression of his beliefs; -urging the authorities that, unless he is to be charged with an internationally recognised criminal oLence, Sian-iak Pourzand should be released immediately and unconditionafry; - reminding the authorities of their obligations under Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which states that: “Everyone shaft have the right to ffleedom of expression; this right shall include ffleedorn to seek, receive and 122001 news/I 21 2ai.htm 12/13/01 sp0004g
M lIizhabi.InkirmaIIm. Site Page 2 of 3 impart infovrnatitin and ideas of aft kinds, regardless of fflontiers., eithet orafry, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any ether m di of bis choice.” APPEALS TO: Leader of t .1 s t iarri Republic: His Excefrbncy Ayatollah S'ayed ‘Au Khamenei, The Presidency, Palestine Avenue, Azerballan Intersection, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Telegra!m5: Ayatollah Khamenei, Tehran, Iran Sakitat:ion: Your Excellency Presid iat. His Excefrency Ho jato1e.siasn val Moslemin Sayed Moh .arnmad Khatami The Pr esidency, Palestine Avenue AzerFa:ijan Intersection, TII.tan, Islamic Republic of Iran Telegrams: Presidei t Khatarni, Tehran, Iran E-mail: khatarni president.ir Salutation: Your .xce-1lency Head of the Judiciary His Excefrency Ayatoftah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi Ministry of Justice Park-e Shahr Tehran Islamic Republic of Iran Telegrams: Head of Judiciary, Tehran, Iran Faxes: + 98 21 879 6671 (number may be unreliable; please mark “care of Director of International Affairs, Judiciary”) Salutation: Your Excellency M .i iig His Excefrency Hojjatoleslam ‘Au Yoanesi Second Negarestan Street Pasdaran Avenue Tehran., Islamic Republic of Iran Telegrams: Intelligence Minister, Tehran, Iran Salutation: Your Excellency COPIES TO: Minister of Foreign . Affairs, His Excefrency Kamal Kharrazi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Abdolinajid Keshk-e Mesri Av Tebran, Islamic Republic of Iran Telegrams: Foreign ALairs Minister, Tebran, Iran Faxes: + 98 21 390 1999 (number may be unreliable; please mark “care of the Human Rights Department, Foreign Ministry) Salutation: Your Excellency 22001 news/I 21 2ai.htm 12/13/01
Md1i 4habi htf rmation Site Page 3. qf Mohsen M.ir IIrn&ii Najafabadi Article 90 Commission (Kormsyon-e Asl-e Navad), M j1es-e hura-ye Eslami, Jrnar , Khomeini Avenue, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Telegra .m Majies, Tehran, Iran Z142 32 ICAI IR + 98 21 646 1746 (Can be diff cult to reach, please be patient) Sahitation: Dear Sir PLEASE SEND APPE.ALS il tMEDI.ATELY. Check with the international Secretariat, or your sec tion aLl e, ifjscndihg appeals affier 23 January 2002 ci 2200lnews/121 2ai.htm 12/1 i/O I