At a
Glance
Stoning to Death
A man and a woman are going to
be stoned in Tabriz
Posted on: 14th August, 2013
HRANA News Agency – Zahra Pour Sai, the daughter of Hassan
and Ali Sai Bashsiz, the son of Hassan, have been tried by judge Amiri, the
head of the second branch of the criminal court of East Naghi Mahmoudi, the attorney lawyer said to HRANA: “The lawyers of the culprits have asked for appeal afterwards and the case was sent to the branch 7 of the Supreme Court. Morteza Fazel the head of the branch 7 of the Supreme Court and Azizollah Razzaghi the Counselor of this branch have rejected the appeal request”
The Supreme Court said in their verdict: “Regarding the content of the dossier, the investigations and the confessions of the culprits and the comments of the informed ones and the film made about the relationship of the culprits which shows the adultery clearly have been done by the agreement and propensity of both sides and the statement of the court members about the film which fulfills the conditions of adultery which is confirmed by all court members and the lack of enough reasons given by the convicts and their lawyers the verdict number 91/4/19 – 0000129 issued by the second branch of the criminal court of the East Azerbaijan province which sentences Mr. Ali Sai and Mrs. Zahra Pour Sai to stoning on charge of adultery is confirmed according to the rules and part A of article 265 of criminal law.”
The culprits have received this definitive verdict on
Therefore there is the fear that the verdict enforcement of
Execution
Six prisoners have been hanged in Ahwaz
Posted on: 14th August, 2013
HRANA News Agency – Six prisoners have been hanged in Ahwaz
Karoun prison on charge of rapping this morning.According to a report by Fars News Agency, after a year and a half the rapists of the parks around Shushtar were found and sentenced to death. The sentence was enforced this morning in
The death sentence has been confirmed by the Supreme Court.
Persian Source: http://www.mehrnews.com/detail/News/2115604
An Iraqi Kurd is in danger of imminent execution in Iran
Posted on: 16th August, 2013
One of this prisoner’s relatives told HRANA correspondent “Ali Ahmad Soleiman who was sentenced to death by branch 5 of Oroumiyeh criminal court has been informed that his verdict has been confirmed by the supreme court as well.”
First Ali Ahmad Soleiman was sentenced to five years imprisonment on charge of membership and collaboration with a Kurdish political party. Despite of spending all of the five years imprisonment the prison authorities kept him in prison and also last year he was sentenced to one more year imprisonment on charge of being in touch Ahmad Shahid.
A source close to Ali Ahmad Soleiman told HRANA “The trial in accusation of murder was without his confession, neither mock murder scene nor the other formal process steps. The issued verdict was based on the pressure of the intelligence office on judiciary department and there is no rational reasoning in the supreme court to approve the accusation and confirm the verdict.”
A sentenced to death prisoner has been transferred to unknown place
Posted on: 16th August, 2013
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hadi Rashedi the chemistry teacher who has master of applied chemistry and one of the five Ahwazi Arabs sentenced to death by Ahwaz revolutionary court, has been transferred to an unknown location.
A source who wanted to remain anonymous told HRANA “When Hadi Rashedi who is suffering from heart disease going to be transferred, told his cellmates that he will start hunger strike from that moment and please spread my voice and Hashem Sha’bani in all over the world.”
“Hashem Sha’bani Nezhad is the other Ahwazi Arab citizen who has been sentenced to death and has been transferred to unknown location since one month ago and since that time there is no news about his condition”, The source continued.
These two Ahwazi Arab political prisoners with Mohammad Ali Amoorinezhad, Seyyed Jaber Alboshokeh and Mokhtar Alboshokeh were sentenced to death on charge of enmity against God, propagating against the regime and acting against the national security.
Iran: Murder of a 20-year old prisoner under torture
Published on Saturday, 17 August 2013 09:58
NCRI - The Iranian regime’s security agents have killed a
20-year old prisoner under torture.Abolfazl Rajabi, 20, was killed during interrogation in early August. He was born in 1993 and was an ordinary worker working with his father in a small workshop in the city of
The father of the prisoner said that his son was arrested in August t. He was able to meet with his son and observed then that his son had no physical problems except bruises and discoloration of his face.
When Ali Rajabi, father of the prisoner, went to the detention center to see his son, the security agents told him “God bless your son, he died.”
Abolfazl’s father said, “They tell me he hanged himself with the waistband of his underwear. His weight was 65 kilograms, how could he hang himself with the ribbon of underwear?.”
Murder under torture is a common phenomenon in Iranian prisons. Last year the news about killing under torture of a young blogger, Sattar Beheshti, resulted in widespread disgrace for the mullahs’ regime. But many of these murders remain covered.
Quoting a judicial official,
Published on Sunday, 18 August 2013 12:44
The executions took place in Ressalat, Karim Abad, and Fardis districts. No more details were given on the victims.
Today's public execution is taking place as Hassan Rouhani's cabinet has started to work. His cabinet's head of judiciary is Motafa Pour-mohammadi who has long record in crimes against humanity in
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Arbitrary Arrests
Iran: Political arrests and imprisonments continue after election
Published on Wednesday, 14 August 2013
NCRI - The widespread arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of
labor and student activists is continuing across In
In Sanandaj, labor union coordinator Hamed Mahmoudi-Nejad was sentenced to one year probation by the town's
Student activist and journalist Qasem Ahmadi was also sentenced to 4 years imprisonment with physical punishment by the
Ahmadi, who was editor of the students’ seasonal newspaper ‘Joraf’ at Tehran University, was arrested on March 6 along with brothers Khosro and Masoud Kordpour in Mahabad and released on a 500 million Rials bail after spending 16 days in custody.
Political prisoner Borhan Asgharian, 32, has been sentenced to five year in Gohardasht Prison,
Iran: Mullahs arrest 107 during mass satellite dish seizures across Iran
Published on Wednesday, 14 August 2013
Brigadier Mohammad-Masoud Zahedian said raids took place in
He told the state-run Mehr news agency: "The Moral Security Police relied on intelligence and infiltration of the networks of distributors of satellite receivers and other equipment to identify those distributing this equipments across
"The network was active in
Those arrested should receive their 'deserved punishments' by the help judiciary, he said.
Zahedian added: "The forces of moral security police identified and destroyed a satellite dish production unit in west of
"During the inspection of the workshop, 200 satellite dishes ready for shipping and 1,000 under production were discovered.
"The moral security agents were able to arrest seven leading members of the group in
The value of the items seized was two trillion Rials, Zahedian said, adding: "The group had been active for two years and they have received a heavy blow. They were headquartered in
"We warn all those that are active in this area to change their behavior or otherwise face a similar fate."
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said recently in series of decrees: "Satellite relievers provide the tools for receiving forbidden programs and spread corruption.
"Buying and keeping them are not permissible unless the person is a Muslim who is confident that would not use it for forbidden purposes, and that its use and purchase would not create any corruption in his house.
"If the satellites are used for forbidden activities which is frequently the case, or the installer or service person is aware that the user plans to use it for forbidden purposes, then the selling, buying, installing, set-up, repair and sale of parts are not permissible."
The seizures come after tens of thousands of Iranians raised 4.55 million dollars in a four-day telethon on Iran National Television (Simay-e Azadi) opposition satellite TV. The participants expressed their support for the Iranian Resistance and its President-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi.
Donors used satellite dishes within
The telethon also marked the 25th anniversary of the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners, released political prisoners and family members of the martyrs and Ashraf and
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More than 500 homelesses have been arrested in Tehran
Posted on: 13th August, 2013
HRANA News Agency – Tehran Molawi St.
According to Fars news, Hossein Sajedinia the He also claimed that the arrested ones have been transferred to the addiction recovery camps and said “unfortunately the number of these camps are not enough and the authorities should be more cooperative in this case.”
“Some of these people will not recover completely because of lack of enough space in the camps and I do not have the exact numbers of them but the officials are responsible”, Sajedinia said.
“The operation will be continued and god willing as soon as possible the city will be clean without the addicts and drug gangs”, the police chief continued.
Sajedinia mentioned that this operation will be enforced in a particular way especially in west and north of
Prisoners of Conscience
Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Hakimeh
Shokri, political prisoner, returned to Evin prison after 7 days of furlough.
According to CHRR, Hakimeh Shokri an activist
who is a member of Mourning Mothers of Laleh Park was granted furlough on August 5, 2013 and returned
to prison on August 12.
Hakimeh Shokri was detained on December 5, 2010 along with
others who had gathered at Behesht Zahra cemetery to mark the anniversary of
the death of Amir-Arshad Tajmir, one of the victims who lost his life during
the protests following the 2009 disputed presidential elections. Most of the
detained were later released but Hakimeh Shokri was held in solitary
confinement in Evin’s ward 209 [under jurisdiction of IRGC] and underwent harsh
negotiations for over 2 months before being released on bail. On April 11, 2012 the Tehran Revolutionary Court October 20, 2012 the
activist presented herself at prison and began serving her term.
Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Anvar
Hossein Panahi, Kurdish political prisoner was released from Sanandaj prison on
bail on August 12th after spending 6 years in prison.
According to Ahmad Hossein Panahi, brother of
the political prisoner in an interview with CHRR, the Revolutionary Court
Anvar Hossein Panahi, the Panahi family’s eldest
son has a wife and 3 kids. He was detained by Security agents in the city of Qorveh November 6, 2007 and was
held incommunicado at the Ministry of Intelligence for 6 months while he was
severely tortured. In March 2008 Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court
In the past 6 years since the incarceration of
Kurdish activist Anvar Hossein Panahi, more than 33 members of his family have
been arbitrarily arrested. His brother Ashraf Hossein Pahani who was collecting
evidence to substantiate his innocence was killed under suspicious circumstances
while travelling to Tehran
On April 14 2009 Branch 4 of the Appellate Court reduced the
death sentence to 6 years in prison. During the past years since the
incarceration of Kurdish activist Anvar Hossein Panahi, his family has faced
summons, interrogations, endured constant harassment and threats, with over 30
members arbitrarily arrested.
Arzhang Davoodi has been tried based on new accusations
Posted on: 14th August, 2013
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on
In the new trial session of Arzhang Davoodi that was held in branch 3 of Bandar Abbas revolutionary court by judge Javad Damsaz on behalf of judge Asaf Al-Hosseini the head of branch 1 of Karaj revolutionary court, if Arzhang Davoodi will be sentenced based on the mentioned accusation, he may face the execution verdict.
This session has been delayed because there was not enough evidences around the accusation and as well the absence of Arzhang’s lawyers. Also
Arzhang Davoodi who is currently in ward 1 of Bandar Abbas prison, has been sentenced to 20 years and 8 months of imprisonment till now. He was transferred from ward 12 of Rajaie Shahr prison to confinement cell in ward 209 of Evin prison in July of 2012 and after 127 days of being in the confinement cell he was transferred to Bandar Abbas prison.
Hossein Ronaghi’s father asking for immediate action
Posted on: 14th August, 2013
One of Hossein Ronaghi’s relatives whom asked to remain anonymous told HRANA reporter that “Ahmad Ronaghi Maleki the father of Hossein demanded consideration on his son’s condition and giving him medical-furlough or else any kind of dangerous occurrence on Hossein is expected.”
As well he continued around Hossein’s hunger strike and said “Hossein’s physical condition is getting worse because of lack of expert doctors and the bad foods and inappropriate hygiene system. Hossein emphasized that he will continue his hunger strike and his father informed the authorities about it.”
Hossein started his hunger strike since
It is worth mentioning Hossein Ronaghi who is in prison since December of 2009, was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment by branch 15 of Tehran revolutionary court.
Hunger-striking prisoner in poor health, says mother
Fri,
08/16/2013
Abolfazl
Abedini
Abolfazl Abedini, an Iranian political
prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 20 days, is in grave health, his
mother reports.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports that
Abedini’s mother visited him on Wednesday August 14 and saw his severe weight
loss. She reports that he has refused to end his strike.Abedini, a journalist and human rights activist, was recently transferred from
Abedini was sentenced to 11 years in jail, which was later increased to 12 by Judge Maghiseh.
Emad Behavar’s verdict has been granted for revisal
Posted on: 14th August, 2013
According to a report of Kalemeh website, Supreme court granted the revisal of the verdict when Emad Behavar’s lawyers appealed the 10 years of imprisonment verdict. Then the dossier of this political prisoner will be sent to the appealed in terms of revisal.
Emad Behavar the head of youth of freedom movement and the member of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s campaign, was arrested on
Judge Jafari the head of branch 31 of supreme court, granted revisal in June of 2011 but transferring the dossier was prevented. Finally after two years following up the dossier was sent to be processed in June 0f 2013 and has been sent to branch 36 to be revised by judge Zargar.
Emad Behavar has been in ward 350 of Evin prison for more than 3.5 years and his only vacation was a few days in March of 2013 for Norooz.
Four Female
Political Prisoners Have Been Denied Visits With Their Children Last
Three Weeks
Faran Hesami with a four year old child, Maryam Akbari Monfared mother of three girls ages seven, thirteen and fourteen, Sadigheh Moradi with a fourteen year old daughter, and Fariba Kamalabadi mother of a sixteen year old daughter are the political prisoners that have been denied visitation with their children.
So far, the families of these political prisoners’ pursuit of this matter with the district attorney’s office has had no results toward restoring their visitation rights.
This is not the first time that these four prisoners have been deprived of visits with their children. Depriving visits between these women and their children inflicts added mental and emotional pressure on these women and their children
Source: Jaras
The "Ebrat Ward" for Prisoners of Conscience in Adel-Abad Prison/ Prison Cell or Ward!?
According to Majzooban Noor, Ebrat security ward is a new ward and is a small room just about 35 meters more like a prison cell than a ward! In addition, the detainees have no access to fresh air nor is there a proper ventilation and only 2 times a week, they can get some fresh air from other wards facilities. At least 400 prisoners are serving their prison terms in other wards of AdelAbad prison with 15 separate rooms but in the Ebrat ward, there are only 11 prisoners of conscience. A toilet and bathroom facility has been installed inside so that there's little reason for the prisoners to leave the cell.
In this small and inadequate space that is even insufficient for prisoners, a guy named assistant jail (!) spends all the days with these prisoners of conscience. Prisoners have to make phone calls in a limited time in the presence of security forces with the possibility of eavesdroppers. This ward has a great distance to the other wards and also to the main prison building, but (!) there is no distance between their cell-room and the place where special security guards and security prison agents were stationed.
The visits take place strictly from
The prisoners of conscience at Ebrat ward of
Kasra Nouri, the Gonabadi dervishes' rights activists and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website who has been sentenced to four years and four months imprisonment on charge of belonging to a deviant group "Majzooban Noor".
Gonabadi Dervishes, Mohsen Esmaeeli, Seyed Ebrahim Bahrami, Mohammad Ali Sadeghi and Mohammad Ali Dehghan residents of Kavar town in Fars province who were charged with "the formation of terrorist group against the regime," "participating in the gatherings with the aim of overthrowing the Islamic Republic," "Moharebeh ("enmity against the God") and "carrying illegal weapons" and have been in temporary detention for three months.
Rahman Vafaee and Hamid Eslami, two Baha'is of Shiraz who were each sentenced to three years in prison on charge of propaganda against the regime and membership in the Baha'i administration.
Mojtaba Hosseini, Homayoun Shokouhi, Mohammad-Reza Partoee and Vahid Hakani the christian citizens living in Shiraz who were sentenced to three years and eight months imprisonment for propagation of the Christian faith and participating in home meetings.
Political prisoners abuses continue at prisons throughout Iran
Published on Friday, 16 August 2013 15:34
NCRI - The abuse and denial of medical treatment of
political prisoners is continuing across Prisoner Asghar Ghatan has been prevented from receiving treatment for cancer, amid widespread claims that officials have begun replacing executions with the slow torturing to death of political prisoners.
Mr Ghatan was first jailed for six years in the 80s for supporting the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK), and then arrested again in 2010 on the charges of having connections with the PMOI.
In
At Bandar Abbas prison, in the Persian Gulf
In Orumiyeh, the capital of the north western Orumiyeh province, political prisoner Sami Hosseini has gone on hunger strike in protest at his transfer to a criminal ward.
And in Tabriz, the capital of the north western province of Azerbaijan, 20 youths have gone on trial charged with 'attempting to start a protest' for helping earthquake victims in Varzaghan in September 2012.
Majid Doori: I
wanted to address my letter to the wall, but I know the wall would crumble
after hearing my plight…
I wanted to address my letter to the wall, but I know the wall would crumble after hearing my plight.....
Behbahan is a city where I spent three years of my life, without even seeing the city. When being transferred to
I realized how much memories I have from this city, without having even walked it's streets. How familiar are the people of this city, without having met them.
Behbahan; without a doubt, one day I will come back and walk your streets and alleys to make up for the lost time.
People of Behbahan; I wish you knew how eager I was to meet you. I received nothing but compassion and love filled messages from you.
My gratitude to you for being there for me. I thank you for the kindness you gave to your uninvited guess. I am grateful to all of you and hope to see you.
In route to
The security guard accompanying me (his name was Gholam), handcuffed and shackled me, I objected; he said: "I know best".
He is right. It appears the law is comprised of what they choose to be the law, because there was another man who was there on drug charges and was in transit to the correctional and rehabilitation facility, but he was not handcuffed or shackled. It was interesting to me how this decision was made.
The shackles had injured my legs, and, even when going to the restroom, the guard refused to remove them. Where did this decision come from? Who made these laws?
Exile, transfer, it's a torment to move from cell to another cell in a prison, much less moving to a different prison. Much less facing an additional burden. The road, the heat, shackles, long distance travel, being far away from home, missing loved ones, worries, mountains, the past, the future, mirage, hills, thorns, leg wound from the shackles, bad behavior by the guard, grief, the why of having been imprisoned, still imprisoned, handcuffs, yesterday, the now without any conclusion, tomorrow, goodbye, hello.....
During all this time, I wrote letters to every one that I should have, asking for help in my case, it all fell on blind eyes and deaf ears. Perhaps they just pretend not to hear.
Four plus years of my life have been wasted behind the walls of prison, but it is a wound never healed. It is like an open wound out of which hurt always oozes. It erupts, fixed in time, friends gone, paths traveled.
I decided to write a letter, addressed to no one. A letter to no one, not even to myself. When they don't hear, when they don't understand, then, who should I write to, when they consider themselves as the center of the world and the criterion of justice.
So selfish and egotistical they are, that they want everybody to become like them. Can they be more pretentious than this?
Who should I write to? To those who have inflicted this great injustice on me? Who should I write to, when, in four years no one has asked why?
Why did they not allow my defense attorney to present his case? Why did they, without proof, rule on a charge that the judge himself found baseless?
When the so-called independent judge himself said he was under pressure. Why did no one ask what kind of pressure? Whose pressure?
Why, when my sentence was overruled by the Supreme Court, less than 10 days later the same sentence was issued again?
My sentence was divided into two parts: Moharebeh (enemy of God), and propaganda. Why did the
Why was the issue of my formal complaint against the Judge and the prosecutor not even raised? Why did they enforce my exile? Why did they not even give me one day of furlough to attend my brother's wedding, even after bail was posted?
Why 250 million Tomans for 2 years? Why did the Judge include in my sentence exile to Eizeh, when there is not even a prison there? You mean he didn't know? Why exile to Behbahan? Why then exile to
I spent two years and nine months in Behbahan prison. Because of the laudable behavior of my cellmates and the guards, there are few thing that I will not forget. When I came to Karoon prison in Ahvaz, how I enjoyed the courtyard and the fresh air, and the being able to see the sky, however reticulated, I couldn't help but remember the courtyard in Behbahan prison that was covered with layers of mesh wire.
Some times in the city there was a lot of dust in the air, but we never felt it because of the layers of mesh wire covering over the courtyard. There was not much air movement there, and this made the place very hot.
Every time an official or inspectors came there, they saw that. I told them about this tens of times, but each time to no avail. Breathing fresh air was a longing and seeing the sky, a dream.
A prison that housed inmates twice to two and a half times it's capacity. Less than the needed number of bathrooms. With more and more limitations in place everyday. More control everyday. Even prison visits became more & more limited.
A prison with no library. Cultural activities stopped for lack of 100 thousand Tomans. Even though there was no space to hold classes, receiving furlough was based on attending and completing classes.
When 10-12 people were in the courtyard and more then three hundred people trying to use the restroom facilities, there was hardly any space to walk. The number of the inmates who had to sleep on the floor increased daily.
Guards that made arbitrary decisions to confiscate books and other items, even under garments, and stopped them from reaching the prisoners.
They closed the concession area. Smoking was no longer permitted, but then, after objections, they were selling Winston cigaret for 6000 Tomans a pack. Favoritism in giving points towards receiving privileges, but making it harder to receive points. Non-separation of the inmates according to their crime.
The efforts of prison officials trying to remedy the problems was fruitless, due to failure to receive enough budget. Not enough space. Increased number of prisoners, without providing rehabilitation.
Very low quality of food from trying to save money, and from the purchase of low quality and cheap food. Items that, even with the prisoners trying hard to make them tasty, it was not possible and not really edible.
Officials and inspectors usually only came for visits during winter months when the weather was in better condition. Their visits never resulted in anything positive. It only created more limitations, closer monitoring of the prisoners so they couldn't disclose anything. And, if they did, they faced exile or loss of their furlough privileges. All of this was apart from all the special preparations that were done, just prior to the inspectors' visits.
I wanted to address my letter to the wall, but I know the wall would crumble after hearing my plight. So I decided to address a specific audience. Because all of these might be some peoples' criteria for human rights standards, and I might unwillingly question and/or harm the human rights criteria of these gentlemen, which according to them has become the international human rights standards.
At this time, I am in
Majid Doori
Karoon prison,
On Monday, July 27, Majid Dori, an
Majid Doori, member of Right to Education Committee, was arrested in Ghazvin on
By persianbanoo
Source: Kaleme
Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Asghar
Ghatan, 60-year old political prisoner stricken with cancer has been denied a
transfer to the hospital by the prosecutor’s office and prison officials.
According to CHRR, despite the physicians’
recommendations for hospitalization, the efforts on the part of Asghar Ghatan’s
family, and coming up with the 400 million Toman bail money, not only was Mr.
Ghatan denied temporary release on medical furlough he was not allowed a
transfer to the hospital.
This political prisoner who suffers from several
ailments including hyperlipidemia, kidney disease and heart failure has many
times been in such a bad physical state in prison that he was not even able to
move. Due to his various illnesses he takes about 30 pills a day to survive.
Asghar Ghatan, political prisoner who was arrested
in the 1980’s when thousands of activists were arrested and massacred by the
regime, served 6 years in prison before being released in 1991. When he was
detained again he was handed a 5.5-year prison sentence and has been serving
his term behind bars in Evin prison since 2010.
Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Reza
Akvanian, writer and human rights activist who was accused of organizing
protests, was detained across the parliament building on August 13 by security
agents. He is held in Evin prison and under severe mental and physical
pressure.
According to CHRR, Reza Akvanian was among a group
who were staging a peaceful sit-in in front of the parliament building in
protest of the controversial and offensive remarks that had been made by
parliament member Mr. Bozorgvari. About 15 people were detained and transferred
to Evin prison in a black van out of which all have been released besides Reza
Akvanian and his cousin Taher Akvanian.
Some of the released protestors have shared that
they could hear the screams and cries of Reza Akvanian during his
interrogations and witnesses in the prison saw him with a bloodied nose.
Reza Akvanian is a writer for the blog “salhaye
khoobe zendegi” (life’s good years) who was first detained on February 1, 2010 by agents from
the Ministry of Intelligence. Judge Tahmasabi presiding over Branch 1 of the Yasuj Revolutionary Court
Security agents detained this human rights activist
again on Sunday March 24,
2013 at approximately 3am
at his residence. The agents violently raided his home and after conducting a
massive search they confiscated Akvanian’s personal items such as his laptop
computer, external drive, scanner, printer, mobile phone, and his writings.
Akvanian was held incommunicado for the first 2 weeks while detained and his
family had no knowledge of his condition or whereabouts. When his family was
finally able to see him, they reported visible signs of bruising from
interrogations on his body. He was released 17 days later on a 100 million
Toman bail from the Central Prison of the city of Yasuj
Political Prisoner
Akbar Amini Still Not Permitted To Contact Family 73 Days After Arrest
A source close to Amini’s family has told HRANA that, “Despite more than two months since his illegal arrest, Amini has not had any contact with family or friends, and has been illegally denied the basic rights of prisoners.
His family and friends have no information on his status. All we know is that he is being kept in solitary confinement in Ward 209.
He has recently received notice from the court that his five years imprisonment sentence has been upheld by the Court of Appeals, and that his one year suspended sentence will also now be enforced. Therefore he must now report to Evin for the enforcement of his six year sentence. Apparently, the Judiciary does not know that Akbar is already incarcerated at Ward 209 of Evin prison.”
On
Source: HRANA
Minorities’ Rights
Iran: Baha’i priosner in critical condition
Published on Monday, 12 August 2013 11:55
According to reports, a Baha’i prisoner in Rajaei-Shahr
prison in the city of Saeed Rezaei was arrested during a raid on
Sources close to prisoner’s family say Rezaei was transferred to hospital in late July due to acute gastrointestinal disease. He also suffers from severe coronary artery stenosis and must undergo surgery.
The furlough of the priest Sabokrooh and his wife has been
denied
Posted on: 13th August, 2013
HRANA News Agency – The authorities denied
the furlough of Farhad Sabokrooh the priest of Rabani community church of Ahwaz
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency
(HRANA), the judge in the court denied the furlough of the priest Farhad
Sabokrooh and his wife and alibied that the dossier of Farhad Sabokrooh has
been lost.With the existence of several copies from a dossier, losing a dossier is not such a normal occurrence though.
Farhad Sabokrooh and Shahnaz Jizan were sentenced to one year imprisonment by the revolutionary court on charge of Conversion into christianity, encouraging the other muslims to convert into christianity and propagating against the regime by promoting christianity as missionaries.
Farhad Sabokrooh and his wife Shahnaz Jizan are spending their imprisonment verdict currently in Karoon prison of
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