At a
Glance
International
Condemnation of Violation of Human Rights in Iran
Iran
17 June 2013
“During his first speech today,
President-elect Hassan Rouhani said he will never forget the promises he has
made to the Iranian people. Amnesty International will be monitoring his
actions to make sure he keeps his word.”
Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty
International’s Middle East and North Africa
Deputy Programme Director
Mon,
17/06/2013
The victory of Hassan Rouhani, a 64-year-old cleric, in Hassan Rouhani, described as a moderate and a pragmatist, made a number of pledges to improve
He plans to issue a “civil rights charter” which calls for equality for all citizens without discrimination based on race, religion or sex. It also calls for greater freedom for political parties and minorities, as well as ensuring the right to fair trial, freedom of assembly and legal protection for all.
“The proposed charter – if delivered and implemented - presents the potential for a decisive first step forward for human rights in Iran, “said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Deputy Programme Director.
“However, people don’t want empty promises and rhetoric but rather expect concrete measures. It starts with the release of political prisoners, including opposition leaders, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi as Iranians chanted in the streets after the announcement of the results of the election.
“During his first speech today, President-elect Hassan Rouhani said he will never forget the promises he has made to the Iranian people. Amnesty International will be monitoring his actions to make sure he keeps his word.”
The President-elect has been critical of gender segregation in educational facilities and has also made several promises to improve women’s rights in
In addition, Hassan Rouhani has emphasized the importance of freedom of expression, including by criticising internet restrictions, and the need to allow government criticism to make way for true progress.
Following Rouhani’s election victory, supporters chanted slogans in favour of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. Both politicians were placed under house arrest by the Iranian authorities after calling for protests in solidarity with anti-government uprisings in
“The election of Rouhani represents an opportunity for the authorities to re-assess the importance of adhering to the rule of law. They should release all prisoners of conscience now and end the harassment of rights activists, journalists and their families,” Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui said.
“Hassan Rouhani has a chance to make a real difference to the lives of people in
As a concrete and symbolic step to match promises made, Amnesty International urges Hassan Rouhani and the Iranian authorities to cooperate with the United Nations human rights mechanisms, including by immediately allowing the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in
Execution
One prisoner was
hanged in Karaj (west of Tehran
http://iranhr.net/spip.php?article2797According to the report the prisoner who was identified as "Majid" was convicted of shooting to death another man on August 6 2006 in
According to Javan, three other death row prisoners who were convicted of murder and scheduled to be executed yesterday, were pardoned by the families of the offended. According to the Iranian Islamic Penal Code murder is sentenced by retribution and the family of the offended can ask for blood money or pardon the offender.
200 Death Row
Prisoners Waiting to be Executed in Hormozgan (Southern
Iran )- 14 Unannounced Executions in Hormozgan Prisons
Ali Olya, who was speaking to the journalists yesterday, said: "14 of the 297 death row prisoners in Hormozgan were executed last year (Iranian Calendar: 21. March 2012 to 20. March 2013), and about 200 death row prisoners are waiting to be executed". "Most of these prisoners are convicted of drug related charges or murder" he said.
None of the 14 executions in Hormozgan have been announced by the official sources.
According to Iran Human Rights (IHR) annual report on the death penalty in Iran there were 286 un-announced or secret executions in 2012 in 15 different prisons in
Prisoners, including
One Woman, Hanged in Public
http://iranhr.net/spip.php?article2801
According to the state official newspaper Kayhan, the prisoners were identified as Mohammad Ebdali, Vahid Fayooj, Golafrooz Fayooj (woman), and Ghobad Fayooj.
The four prisoners were convicted of purchasing, possessing, and trafficking 4,534 grams of heroin, said the report.
Three of the prisoners were hanged in Shahr-e-Kord Prison while Ghobad Fayooj was hanged in public in the "Mahdiyeh" area of Shahr-e-Kord. The public executions were carried out under heavy security.
Prisoners were elevated by using a crane and then hanged. It typically takes several minutes for the execution to be carried out when using the crane method.
Additionally, the execution of four other prisoners, who were convicted of murder, was scheduled for June 18 in Rajai Shahr Prison in
Persian Source: http://dana.ir/News/307.html
Arbitrary Arrests
Iran: Relatives of
PMOI members in Ashraf and Liberty arrested concurrent with sham election
Published on Tuesday, 18
June 2013 11:19
NCRI- On Thursday, June 13, more relatives of members of
the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) in Ashraf and - Mr. Mohammad Moezzi: brother to political prisoner Mr. Ali Moezzi currently held in Evin prison for his family relationship with
- Mr. Allahverdi Rouhe: father to two
- Mr. Hamidi Maybadi: son in law to Mr. Rouhe. He had been previously imprisoned in Gohardasht for six months in 2010 solely because he has relatives in Ashraf.
- Mr. Mostafa Ghoslani and Ms. Azam Moeini: parents of a PMOI member in
Similarly in previous days, the clerical regime has arrested supporters of the PMOI and families of Ashraf and
Mr. Hassan Saremi is brother to PMOI member Ali Saremi who was executed by regime’s henchmen in January 2011 at the age of 63 after spending 24 years in prison in the hands of the regimes of the Shah and mullahs.
On June 6, Mr. Mohammadreza Khosravi Savadjani, brother of Mr. Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani, was arrested. Mr. Gholamreza Khosravi is condemned to death for supporting PMOI.
There is no information on the fate of any of the arrestees.
No news of Hassan Sarami after 13 days of arrest
Posted on: 19th June, 2013
HRANA News Agency – Although 13 days have passed since
Hassan Sarami and two of his children were arrested, the family still hasn’t
received any news of their whereabouts or current condition. Sarami’s
brother, Ali, was hanged on Dec. 28, 2010 on charges of being a member of
Mujahideen-e Khalq, an Iranian opposition group.According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hassan Sarami together with his son, Hamed, 33, and his daughter, Shahla, 29, were arrested in
So far, the authorities haven’t given Sarami or his children permission to contact their family by phone. Similarly, the family has been denied access to visit their loved ones in prison.
“We don’t know where they are for sure,” a family member said. “But most likely, they are in the maximum security ward in Evin Prison.”
Prisoners of Conscience
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s message to York University
Last Update 19 June 2013
Nasrin Sotudeh’s message for acceptance of the honorary doctorate degree in Law from
York University
(Canada
Mr. Chancellor,
Mr. President,
Mr. Dean,
Colleagues,
Ladies, Gentlemen!
I am honoured to take part in this magnificent ceremony as representative of my esteemed friend and colleague Nasrin Sotoudeh and to read out her message written to you under extremely difficult conditions from Evin prison in Tehran/Iran.
Karim Lahidji
****************
Honourable Chancellor of York University,
Honourable President,
Honourable Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies,
Members of the Senate, colleagues,
Ladies and gentlemen!
I send you my sincere greetings from
As you may know, I have studied in one of the Iranian universities. The
I would like to tell you first why I decided to study law and why I was involved in human rights activities.
When I was young and was preparing to choose my course of study, I was deeply idealist and eager for truth and justice. Then I concluded that I could find both ideals in Law. When I think of those days now, I remember that I was ready to take every risk to arrive at the truth.
Like all human beings, I gradually realised that nobody is in possession of the whole truth. Nevertheless, everybody’s rights must be respected despite all the mistakes they may make in life, in the same way that I wish my rights as a human being to be respected, even though I do not possess the whole truth. Thus, I entered the labyrinthine world of Law.
Law speaks of social musts and must-nots. It speaks of the rights of persons and their duties. It speaks of crime and punishment, of the humans’ right to ownership, right to freedom of expression, freedom of the press, equality of the rights of men and women, rights of the child, so on and so forth. These noble ideas are of course also valued and taught from different angles in the Social Sciences and Humanities disciplines.
All this was quite interesting and incredible, because it presented me with a clear path ahead in the field of Law. Nevertheless, you are not always facing clear issues in the world of Law and in the bar practice. The subject matter of the case changes shade successively and introduces doubt to the lawyer or the judge.
Human rights, however, deal more easily with those changes. Religious minorities have a right to live according to their religious beliefs. The press must have the right to freedom and freedom of expression. The people have a right to have access to free and truthful information. Children have the right to enjoy their rights.
Women, men, children and old people, regardless of colour, race, gender, language, ethnicity and religious belief have the right to enjoy their human rights. They have a right to immunity from illegal prosecution; they have a right to fair trial, to have access to lawyers, who would continue to defend their clients, without fearing persistent intimidation and threats.
Endeavours are needed to realise those rights, in particular through refraining from silence, disavowal or denial. All three are clear features of the tyrannised societies.
I must stress in all honesty that when I was engaged desperately in intensive work to defend my clients, what I was doing was the most natural thing to do, because the oath I had taken when I started to practise as a lawyer prohibited me from keeping silent in the face of apparent injustice done to my compatriots. I was defending individuals who had suffered injustice before my eyes, whose fundamental rights had been ignored by the State power.
As you may know, I am in prison now. Prison provides an opportunity for the prisoner to contemplate their past and probe deeply into it.
I have asked myself many times in prison: how did my life unfold as it has? I knew that there was no escape from it, but a suffering deep inside obliged me to protest; to protest at the persistent violation of human rights in a society, where I, my family and millions of other people, whom I love, live.
In spite of all this, Law, lawyer’s practice, judge’s practice, human rights, regional legal institutions, human rights courts, the International Criminal Court, truth commissions and other legal institutions and concepts, and above all, truth and justice illuminate our path.
We know what we want and we know how to achieve them.
We are taking slow and patient steps in our society to establish judicial independence and to install institutions that are essential for protecting the fundamental human rights.
Once again, I offer my gratitude and appreciation to
With my warmest regards,
Nasrin Sotoudeh
April 2013
Where is Arash
Sadeghi? Interview with the imprisoned student activist’s Father and Lawyer
June 17, 2013
Interview by Freshteh
Ghazi — Rooz OnlineTranslation by Siavosh Jalili — Persian2English
Nearly 200 Iranian political activists have signed a letter stating that Arash Sadeghi began a hunger strike in prison after he had been beaten and assaulted by security agents. They have expressed worry regarding speculations surrounding the student activist’s condition and status. In the cyber world there were even speculations that Arash was dead.
Where is Arash Sadeghi?
What is his current condition, and why is he–
unlike other prisoners of conscience– not held in the public ward? Why is he
[reportedly] held in Ward/Section 209 (I.e. the security ward) of Evin
Prison? These are the
questions that Arash’s lawyer and family have no answers to, despite making
numerous inquiries. Arash’s father, Hossein Sadeghi, and his lawyer, Alizadeh
Tabatabaie, have denied the rumors of Arash’s death to Rooz, but stated that
their efforts to inquire about his condition and status have proven
unsuccessful. Hossein Sadeghi tells Rooz: “We were informed through a source that Arash is on hunger strike and that he has been beaten by prison agents. We have not received a response [from authorities].”
“Where is Arash held?”
Hossein Sadeghi: “[The authorities] haven’t given us any
information except that he is in Ward/Section 209 [of Evin Prison]. That is all
we know. I have not been allowed to visit Arash. I have visited various
authorities, from [those located on] [The authorities] just instructed us not to talk and to ensure minimal news is published [about Arash]. They did not provide answers on Arash’s location, condition, or why they are treating him this way…We only know that he is alive…” Due to the pressures security officials have placed on his family, Hossein Sadeghi was unable to provide more information.
Alizadeh Tabatabaie tells Rooz: “The only news I have of Arash is that he is being held in Ward/Section 209. I have also heard about him being assaulted and launching a hunger strike, [but] I have no other information, despite my efforts to follow up on this matter.”
Mr. Tabatabaie denies rumors that he had released any comments on Arash Sadeghi’s death. He says, “This matter is not true at all, and I deny ever saying such a thing. I have no news on Arash’s condition. I have followed up, but they won’t tell me where he is or what his conditions is.”
Mr. Tabatabei notes that he was Arash’s lawyer on the initial judicial case file, but not for the current case file opened against the student activist. ”I used the previous power of attorney letter to investigate, but it did not bear any results,” he explains.
Commenting on why Arash Sadeghi may be held in Ward/Section 209 instead of the general ward, Mr. Tabatabaie says, “From a legal standpoint, until a final charge is issued the Prosecutor could put the defendant’s case in the custody of an expert, in order to complete the investigation. But, many legal experts do not recognize the Ministry of Intelligence as a Bailiff [to whom the custody of a defendant could be granted], and Ward/Section 209 is operated by the Ministry of Intelligence. A sentence has already been issued on Arash’s initial case file, but I have no information regarding the new case file against him as [the authorities] have not provided any answers.”
Arash Sadeghi is a Master’s student in Philosophy, a member of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s 2009 presidential campaign, and a member of the Islamic Association of Allameh Tabatabai University. His first arrest occurred in July 2009, in the wake of popular protests that followed
In November 2010, Mr. Sadeghi’s mother suffered a heart attack and died, after her home was raided at night by security agents who were looking to arrest her son.
In an interview with Rooz, Arash Sadeghi described the raid: “Around 4:00 am security agents had visited our home, but since no one answered the door, they broke a window and used the key that was on the other side of the door’s lock to enter our home. They yelled and caused much commotion, terrorizing our home as they performed a search. At the same time they broke the window’s glass and entered our house, my mother suffered a heart attack and fell off her bed. She died four days later in the hospital.”
Arash Sadeghi has been sentenced to six years in prison and 74 lashes by Branch 26 of the
Arash was arrested for a third time on January 15, 2012, and has been held in Ward/Section 209 of Evin Prison since then.
Student activist Arash Mohammadi is on hunger strike
Posted on: 19th June, 2013
Arash Mohammadi is a
student activist from Tabriz ,
Iran
HRANA News Agency – Student activist Arash Mohammadi has
gone on hunger strike after being arrested on the evening of June 15, 2013 in According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), after the result of
Approximately twenty individuals were detained, and after the preliminary interrogations, they were transferred to Tabriz Prison. The prisoners’ cases were then forwarded to the 4th branch of the Revolutionarily Court for processing.
On June 17, 2013, a number of the detainees were released after their families posted separate bails, each approximately equivalent to $10,000. However, Mohammadi still remains in custody. Eyewitnesses have reported that Mohammadi was severely beaten by plain clothes agents during the attack. He has been on hunger strike since yesterday, June 17. Additionally, security agents have raided his house and seized several books while damaging and breaking the family’s personal belongings.
Mohammadi has been in prison previously for political reasons. On Nov. 3, 2011, he was arrested with his brother and spent 66 days in custody. He was subsequently sentenced to a year in prison, but after spending four months behind bars, he was granted conditional release.
Freedom of Expression
Hope for 54 imprisoned
journalists and netizens?
Published
on Tuesday 18 June 2013
The presidential and municipal elections held in
Iran
“This election showed yet again that the
people’s vote for change in June 2009 was stolen by Iran
Hassan Rohani, the moderate conservative
candidate who had promised change and was backed by reformers, was declared
outright winner in the first round on 15 June with more than 51 per cent of the
votes.
“Mr. Rohani, you are now the Islamic Republic’s
seventh president, elected thanks to massive support from Iranian reformers and
progressives. Your election follows Mahmoud Ahmadinedjad’s eight-year
presidency, in which repressive measures and abuses against civil society and
journalists were stepped up, especially during his second term.
“Your campaign promises included references to a
desire to work for freedom of expression and media freedom, and the release of
all political prisoners. These firm undertakings encouraged progressives,
especially young people and women, to vote en masse for you. It is now your
duty to keep these promises, and to ensure that they are not empty, meaningless
words.
“You are now the repository of hope of
extricating Iran
On 21 May, Reporters Without Borders wrote to
you and the seven other presidential candidates stressing the need to put
respect for fundamental freedoms, including freedom of information, at the
centre of your presidency. Today, we reiterate these demands to you, the new
president:
- Demand the
unconditional release of the 54 journalists and netizens currently
imprisoned in
- Begin an overhaul of media legislation in order to decriminalize press offences and guarantee freedom of information without discrimination based on language, religion or political opinion. A revision of the 1986 press law (amended in 2000 and 2009 to include online publications) is urgently needed because it allows the authorities to persecute news providers on charges of “attacking the Islamic Republic,” “insulting the Supreme Leader” and “disseminating false information.” Amendments requiring online publications to be licensed must be repealed.
- Ensure
that Iranian citizens have free, uncensored and unmonitored Internet
access. The launching of a “Halal Internet” designed to impose a digital
apartheid, constitutes a danger for
- End arbitrary actions and impunity. The murders of dissident journalists must not go unpunished. They include the deaths of Ebrahim Zalzadeh, Majid Charif, Mohammed Mokhtari, Mohammed Jafar Pouyandeh and Pirouz Davani, all executed by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and National Security in November and December 1988. They also include the deaths in detention of Zahra Kazemi (2003), Ayfer Serçe (2006), the young blogger Omidreza Mirsayafi, of Iran-e-Farda journalist Hoda Saber’s, and women’s rights activist Haleh Sahabi (2012) and Sattar Beheshti (2012). Those who ordered and carried out these crimes must be brought to justice.
Special Reports
Journalists in exile 2013
Somalis, Syrians flee
violence; Iran
Fifty-five journalists fled their homes in the past year
with help from the Committee to Protect Journalists. The most common reason to
go into exile was the threat of violence, such as in
Published June 19, 2013
With 20 years of experience as an investigative reporter in Mexico, Verónica Basurto was well aware of the dangers when she began reporting on flagrant flaws in the Mexican judicial system. For years, she had known her home and mobile phones were tapped, and that she was often followed. But Basurto had never thought about leaving journalism, or
Basurto is one of 55 journalists who CPJ assisted in fleeing their homes over the past 12
months, down slightly from the previous year. The top countries for exodus were
Iran and Somalia, with nine and eight
journalists fleeing respectively; Iran
and Somalia
CPJ is releasing its annual survey of journalists in exile
to mark World Refugee Day, June 20. This report counts only journalists who
fled due to work-related persecution, who remained in exile for at least three
months, and whose current whereabouts and activities are known to CPJ. The
survey is based solely on cases CPJ has supported, from which it derives global
trends. CPJ’s survey does not include the many journalists and media workers
who leave their countries for professional opportunities, or to flee general
violence, or those who were targeted for activities other than journalism, such
as political activism.
Journalists who CPJ assisted cited fear of violence as the top
reason for deciding to leave. The most deadly country for journalists currently
is Syria
Violence is also acute in conflict-ridden Somalia Somalia ,
even though government forces largely ousted Al-Shabaab militants from the
capital, Mogadishu
Those who fled Somalia ,
Mexico , and Sri Lanka Mexico
The second most common reason journalists gave for fleeing
their homes is the threat of imprisonment.
Iran is the second worst jailer
of journalists worldwide, according to CPJ data. Since Tehran cracked down on
journalists following the contested 2009 presidential elections, using a policy
of arrests, appalling prison conditions, furloughs, and re-arrests, CPJ has
documented a series of journalists fleeing to neighboring countries. The nine
journalists who CPJ assisted in exile in the past 12 months is double the
number we helped the previous year, reflecting the government’s increased
effort to stifle the media ahead of the presidential elections earlier this
month.
Many journalists fearing imprisonment also fled Eritrea and Ethiopia —Africa ’s top
jailers of journalists in 2012. Of the 30 journalists who CPJ assisted in
exile from Eritrea Eritrea for Sudan
Journalists in the East Africa nations of Somalis living in
Iranian journalists in exile have similar concerns. Of those who
fled Iran in the past couple
of years, at least three are living in Malaysia Malaysia
Other Iranians fled to
In France , Badri
continues to write and give interviews about the situation in Syria
Only about 20 percent of the exiled journalists in CPJ’s
survey have been able to resume work in their field. Many are forced to take up
menial labor to survive. The Eritrean journalist who fled via
In fact, all of the
journalists who spoke to CPJ said life in exile has taken a great psychological
toll. Basurto said she feels like an eggshell that is about to break. “There
have been so many nights since I left when I haven’t slept,” she told CPJ
during a recent telephone interview. “I still feel that I’m being followed,
even walking in European streets, and I know how absurd this is.”
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran
Reactions to the
violation of Human rights in Iran
1. Farda radio has made a statement indicating that “as a result of
upcoming of presidential elections, pressure on the families of Farda radio
employees are increasing”. According to Arman Mastofi, the head of the
radio, during the past few weeks, the security forces have called relatives and
close friends of employees of this radio station at least 9 times, and
interrogated them about activities of the workers of the radio.
2. On Sunday 9 June, the inspection officers of the female section of
Evin prison shamelessly and inhumanely carried out physical inspection of young
girls as well as elderly women who had came to visit their love ones, which
resulted into a serious confrontation between the prisoners and the families.
The families, in response to this barbaric action have announced that the
behaviour of the officers would be investigated, and if the current trend
continues, they will retain themselves from further visit.
3. Last week Tuesday 4 June, the United Nation Human Rights Council,
took actions against the human rights violations in Iran
and demanded respect for human rights in Iran
4. On Saturday
1st June, Arash Sadeghi, a political prisoner from section 209 of Evin prison
after being physically abused by security forces started hunger strike.
5. On Sunday 9 June, following the call from Kurdish human rights
defenders and active followers of Yarsan order, a protest was held in front of
the Kermanshah Governorate. Due to the unfair sentences and widespread
repressions towards followers of Yarsan order by ‘the religion department of
the intelligence service’, and other ‘Basij-related religions committee’, more
than a thousand Kurdish citizens gathered and protested in front of the Kermanshah governorate.
6. Furthermore, Reporters-without-Borders have issued a statement
requesting international journalists who are travelling to Iran
7. A number of Iranian labour organizations wrote a joint letter of
complain to the President of the International Labour Organization regarding
unacceptable wages and working conditions of labours in Iran
8. On Saturday 6 June, Canadian Parliament passed a motion to consider
the mass executions in Iran
9. Two months after imprisonment of Jamil Karimi, a member of the
Coalition Council of Iranian Reformists and an advisor to County
Mayer in reforming Women conditions, a
number of political/civil activists from the city of Shiraz
10. More than 190 female human rights activists published a statement
a day before the eleventh presidential elections, warning that these days,
women rights are being violated more than ever in this country. In this
statement, whilst mentioning the exclusion of women as a presidential elections
candidate, except in few cases, most candidates have been disregarding the
rights of gender equality and needs of women and instead have been competing
against each other.
Press releases and cyber space
1. According
to the news Hesama Adin Islamlo, the editor of the local art and culture
magazine of the city of Pasargad in Cirjan, has
been arrested and transferred to a prison in Kerman
2. Over 100
media activists have complained to Filtering Committee in response to limiting
the activities of news centres and websites in Iran
3. Google
has announced that “massive attacks have been incurred by Iranian authorities
on tens of thousands of Iranian G-mail users in the past three weeks”.
Issued sentences: execution, whipping,
amputations, imprisonment and detention
1. According
to reports, on the 8th of June Fatemeh Ziyayi Azad (a political activist who
spent time in prison in the 1980s) was arrested in her house by security
forces. There has been no news with regard to her whereabouts so far and her
family have not been contacted.
2. On
Saturday 8th of June 2013, Hassan Rohani held a political rally for the
upcoming elections in the Shirudi sports complex which has a capacity of 4,000.
A number of participants were arrested following the event.
3. One of
the participants who were arrested was a student activist (Amin Vatani) who was
physically assaulted by the security forces before being arrested.
4. On the 9th
of June, the court of the city of Namin
5. On Monday
10th of June, there were reports that two supporters of the presidential
candidate Mohammad-Reza Aaref were arrested in the city of Kerman
6. On Monday
10th of June, Honavar Shojayi was once again taken from Evin prison to the
special Court of Clergies in Tehran
7. A few
members of Hasan Rohani's election campaign team were beaten and arrested in
Sabzevar and taken to an unknown location.
8. The
lawyer Seyed Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabayi who represents the Hashemi Rafsanjani
family has been suspended from practicing law by the revolutionary court due to
allegedly spreading lies and distorting public opinion.
9. In the
run-up to the eleventh presidential elections, on Wednesday 12th of June, Amir
Chamani (a student activist from Azad
University
10. On
Saturday 8 June, Vahab Gholami, a council candidate from Ravansar city, was
arrested in his house by security forces. According to this report, the reasons
of his arrest and the charges have not been indicated and there is no sign of
his where-about.
11. On
Friday night 9 June Akbar Amini, one of the political activists in Iran
The rights of followers of the ethnic
and conscience diversity in Iran
1. Following
the insult to Yaresan’s (Ahl Haque) beliefs by Islamic republic of Iran
2.
Following the self-immolation of two “Ahl-Haque” dervishes known as Yaresani
dervishes, in a reaction to the Hamadan prison
officers’ force shaving of one of the dervishes’ moustache, number of followers
of this order demonstrated in Kermanshah
Province
3. Hassan
Razavi, whom, on 4 June in response to the insult of Hamadan ’s
prison Officers to one of his co believers had set himself on fire in front of
the city Governor’s Office, passed away on 11 June in a hospital in Tehran
4. According
to the recent reports, security officers of Iranian government transferred
Masoud Shams-Nezhad, a first grade lawyer and a professor of Universities of
Payam Noor and Aazad in Uroomiye, from the central prison to an unknown
location.He has been charged with cooperating and promoting Kurdish opposition
parties. However, these charges have not yet been proven.
5.
Furthermore, on Sunday evening 9 June Maytham Heidari and Rasool Karami, two Yaresani
citizens were arrested.
6. On
Wednesday 29 May, Mohammadreza Farid, Saeed Sadeghi, Hamidreza Gheirdari, three
new Christian members of private home churches in Isfahan, were arrested by
security officers and transferred to an unknown location.
7. On 12
June, Mostafa Abdi one of the Gonabadi dervishes was sentenced to 3 years
imprisonment by Enghelab- Islami court in Tehran. It is reported that he is
charged with disruption of public orders and activity against national
security.
Universities and Academics
1. It is
reported that during the past 8 years, more than 1,000 university students from
across the country have been suspended.
2. According
to reports, on Monday 10 June five members of Abbaspoor University Union with
the names of, “Salehi”, "Mahmoudi", "Abdoli",
"Keshavarz" and "Yazdi Manesh" were summoned by the
Investigating Committee and subsequently arrested.
3. Vahid Asghari, a student web-blogger who
is currently in Evin prison, refused to attend court trial. The reasons given
for not attending the court are: - forced wearing of prison cloth in the court,
not given permission to meet his lawyer even once, lack of knowledge of
previous and present charges, lack of presentation of charges from the First,
Supreme and other courts plus many other important reasons.
4.
Furthermore, Dr. Esmat Savadi deputy head of culture of Azad
University of science and research
said:”the hijab and chastity library with over 150 books has been launched by
the Institute of Science
Workers and vulnerable strata of society
1. Behnam
Ebrahimzadeh, an imprisoned labour and child rights activist, whom after having
his son infected with leukaemia was sent on leave, has now returned back to the
Evin prison due to refusal of extension of leave by Tehran
2. Despite
the fact that building scaffolding and well digging are considered to be the
hardest and the most dangerous jobs in construction, these two groups have been
denied social security insurance benefits.
3.
Representative of the Zagros steel factory workers reported unemployment and
uncertainty of 270 workers, despite the promises of the officials regarding
reopening of the factory.
4.
Furthermore, Ahmed Shokat the head of association of construction workers and
craftsmen of the country has disapproved the budget of 9 thousand billion rials
set by the parliamentary commissions for Social Security Insurance of
constructional workers and add that “this is against articles 29 and 75 of
constitution of the country and in clear contradiction of the law regarding
‘Eliminating Barriers in Sorting out the Insurance of Construction Workers’”.
5. Reza
Shahabi’s Physical condition, an imprisoned labour activist, is unfavourable.
He has been sent to the Evin prison hospital twice since 10 June.
Other human rights violations
1. It is
more than thirteen months since Sohil Babady has been in section 350 of Evine
prison without knowing his own charges and sentence.
2. On
Saturday 8 Jun, Dr Honey Yazerlou one of the political prisoner in section 350
of Evin prison who had heart problem, has been denied of going to hospital
because of his refusal of wearing prisoner uniform.
3. With the
approach of eleventh presidential election, the Iranian government have banned
the use of satellite dishes, confiscated them from residential complexes and
transmitted interruption signals in the city of Salmas
4. On
Wednesday 12 Jun Iran
5. In
the wake of passing away of Ayatolah Jalaludin Taheri Isfahani, one of the
reformist clergymen, on Friday 7 June 2013 an assembly commemorating his death
was organized in Aazam mosque of Qom
6. Dr. Ali
Akbar Syari, one of the campaigners of Mr. Mohammad Reza Aref, a presidential
election candidate, has warned increase of psychological illnesses in the
country and said: “psychological illness in the years 2001 was 21 percent, and
this in 2009 has increased to 34 percent".
7. According
to the news received, Hussein Ali Shahriari, Chairman of the Parliamentary
Health Commission has said that: "it is right to say that the price of
drug has increased by 30 to 70 percent”.
8. Hasan
Rasouli, a spokesman of the campaign in headquarter of Mohammad Reza Aref,
pointed to the remarks of Mr Aref on Friday 7 June regarding arrestment of some
of his supporters in Oromiyeh and defended himself against the claim of some people
about falsehood of his statements, and said the host of this presidential
election candidate still remains in custody.
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