Picture: 1-Solidarity with imprisoned journalist 2-Khavaran Cemetery 3-Journalist Isa Saharkheiz

News coming from Iran:

1- Regime agents have prevented the families and friends of the political prisoners who were killed and burried in mass graves in Khavaran Cemetery (1987-88 ) to gather beside their loved one's and lay flowers on their graves. From early morning of Friday riot police has prevented people to enter Khavaran Cemetery and the families therefore decided to lay their flowers outside the cemetery and later joined other families of recent killings in Beheshte Zahra Cemetery. Riot police were everywhere , regime is scared of another protest.

2- Journalists have started hunger strike in prison since Thursday and are going to continue until the Persian New Year. Among those who went on hunger strike is Isa Saharkheiz a leading Iranian journalist and a free Expression defender.In support and solidarity with the Iranian imprisoned journalists and their strike , several Iranian abroad also went on strike.