A teacher has been detained in Oshnawiyah


HRANA News Agency – A Kurdish teacher from Oshnawiyah has been detained by security forces.
According to the reports by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), quoted from Moukerian News Agency, Azad Rasoulnezhad, teacher and International law student of Maragheh university has been called by the preservation department of education of Oshnawiyah, after his presence at this office, he has been arrested and transferred to the detention center of local intelligence office.
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Eight thousand tomans fee for visiting optician in clinic of Rajaie Shahr prison


HRANA News Agency – The clinic of Rajaie Shahr prison asked eight thousand tomans fee from the prisoners who need to update their spectacles degrees.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), recently the prisoners in Rajaie Shahr prison had to pay eight thousand tomans fee for visiting optician in the clinic of the prison.
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Iran: Five Underground Musicians and Three Political Activists Arrested

HRANA News Agency – Security forces arrested five underground musicians and three political Activists.

According to the reports by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), three political civil activists: Ayat Mehr Ali Biglu in Soufian, Eastern Azarbayjan, Sirvan Hossein Panahi in Dehgolan and Mohammad Khatibi in Tabriz, were arrested by security forces.

And also,Iranian police have arrested five members of an underground band suspected of producing music for Farsi-speaking, dissident satellite channels based in the U.S.

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Mohammad Hossein Karroubi Sentenced to Six Month in Prison

HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Hossein Karroubi, first-born son of Mehdi Karroubi was sentenced to six month in prison by revolutionary court.
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Situation of sentenced to death Kurdish prisoner is uncertain

HRANA News Agency – The dossier of Sherko Ma’arefi, political prisoner in Saqqez prison who has been sentenced to death, is still at forgiveness and pardon committee in Sanandaj without any respond.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Sherko Ma’arefi the political prisoner in Saqqez prison who has sentenced to death by revolutionary court, is in danger of execution while he is waiting for the respond of forgiveness and pardon committee in Sanandaj to his dossier.

This political prisoner from Baneh who is 30 years old, has arrested on September 30th of 2008 and has been sentenced to death by first branch Saqqez revolutionary court on charge of enmity against God.

After he appealed his verdict, branch 4 of the appealed of the province confirmed the verdict. one year later, in October of 2009 the supreme court confirmed the death verdict and since that time Sherko Ma’arefi is in danger of the execution enforcement.

Then his dossier sent to the provincial forgiveness and pardon committee and this committee refused to respond to Ma’arefi’s family till now.

Also Sherko Ma’arefi did hunger strike in protest to his uncertain situation in March of 2012 and informed the court and prison officials through a letter.

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Iranian-American pastor sentenced to eight years imprisonment

HRANA News Agency – Saied Abedini, Iranian-American citizen sentenced to eight years imprisonment by branch 26 of Tehran revolutionary court.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), this christian prisoner on charge of establishing home church, sentenced to eight years imprisonment by judge Pir Abbasi.
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Influenza spreads in Rajaie Shahr prison and not enough medical treatments

HRANA News Agency – Most of the political prisoners of Rajaie Shahr prison got influenza disease and the clinic of prison is not providing enough medical treatment to them.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), in the pas weeks influenza disease has spread inside Rajaie Shahr prison as epidemic. This disease which causes coughing, headache, muscle and joint pain, body-ache and … has spread in ward 4 of hall No.12 of the prison.
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A Kurd from Salmas sentenced to 5 years imprisonment


HRANA News Agency – Recently a Kurd from Salmas has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Farhad Panirak the son of Chargez, A Kurdish citizen from Broshkhovaran village in Salmas has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment on charge of acting against national security by Salmas revolutionary court.
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Mehdi Tahaghoghi Arrested to Serve One Year in Prison in Exile

HRANA News Agency – Mehdi Tahaghoghi, member of the Iranian reformist party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution, was arrested in his home by security forces to serve his one year in prison verdict in exile, yesterday.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), quoted from Kalame, Mehdi Tahaghoghi, member of the Iranian reformist party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution – Official of former president Mohammad Khatami, was arrested by security forces and sent to prison.

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13 Prisoners Hanged in Iran

Iran: at Least 33 Executions within the last 12 days of 2012HRANA News Agency – 13 prisoners hanged in the past few days in different prisons across Iran.

According to the reports by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Early this morning, five Balouch prisoners: Nazar Shahbakhsh-son of Allah Dad, Ne’matollah Shahbakhsh- son of Assad, Abdollah Shahbakhsh-son of Vali Mohammad, Abdorrahman SHahbakhsh-son of Youcef and Saleh Noti Zehi were executed in Kerman. They had been arrested five years ago. There is no information about their charges.

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