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 Six new executions have been scheduled by Tehran's Prosecutor. Accordingly, Mohsen and Ahmad Daneshpour-Moghaddam, both arrested on Ashura with three family members have been given the death sentence. This verdict has not been given to the individuals, their families or relatives. Instead, they were denied representation on the grounds that a verdict has already been made. 
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Protests against the execution of the five political prisoners continue, resulting in the arrests of 15 protesters in the city of Marivan. Although 12 of the protesters were released, the fate of the remaining three have yet to be determined.
Amongst those arrested were Majid Tavakkoli, a Polytechnic University student, sentenced to 8.5 years of prison, a 5 year ban from engaging in political activity, and a 5 year ban from exiting the country. 

 Bita Ghaedi, a civil rights activist is due to be deported from the UK, however, she could face an honour killing at the hands of her family for fleeing a forced marriage. Ghaedi had also taken a secret lover. Ghaedi has been openly critical of Sharia Law, forced marriages and human rights abuses and the regime in Iran on TV channels across the Middle East. According to her Zadshir, a former Iranian politician who is now a British citizen, 'the government can arrest her immediately because she has been out of the country without the permission of her husband or father'.

 May has seen further arrests of political and media activists in Iran. The latest include Ham-Mihan website Mazyar Khosravi who was arrested for reporting an attack on the university dormitory by plain clothed agents and special unit guardsmen; student activist Maryam Abbasinejad for protesting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's secret visit to Tehran University on Saturday; and Mohammad Olyaifard, an attorney who was arrested prior to Khosravi and Abbasinejad. These protesters are being held in Evin Prison

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