The Latest from Iran (2 January): Sedition, Politics, and Propaganda
Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 7:47
2000 GMT: Political Prisoner Watch. Kurdish poet Rahim Loughmani, his wife Kolsoum Naghshbandi, and her brother Naseh Naghshbandi have been released from detention.
1820 GMT: Parliament v. President. After a protracted dispute with the Majlis, President Ahmadinejad's supervision of the Central Bank has been re-affirmed.
The Majlis has passed a measure on the Board of the Bank, taking oversight away from Ahmadinejad, but this was rejected by the Guardian Council.
1755 GMT: Political Prisoner Watch. Labour activist Behnam Ebrahimzadeh has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Afhin Keshtkari, the secretary of Shiraz Sanati University's Islamic Association, has been released on bail.
Student activist Mohammad Hossein Mozafari has been arrested.
Student activist Faoud Khanjani, a Baha'i member, has been sentenced to four years in prison.
1645 GMT: Political Prisoner Watch. Kurdish political activist Ghadrieh Ghaderi has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.