Month: August 2015

The National Front Prohibited From Holding Any Meeting

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Freedom of Expression
Adib Broumand, Hossain Mousavian

HRANA News Agency – Hossain Mousavian, the head of National Front party, was summoned by the intelligence service, and interrogated for three hours. He has been told that the National Front was not allowed to hold any meeting.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hossain Mousavian the head of National Front party, after a meeting which was held for leadership board and executive board at the house of Adib Broumand on August 24, was arrested by the intelligence service forces and interrogated for three hours. Continue reading “The National Front Prohibited From Holding Any Meeting”

A List of 15 Political Prisoners in Sanandaj Prison

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Prisoners
Bakhtiar Me`mari, Fardin Miraki, Farhad Lahoori, Farzad Moradiniya, Gholamreza Shoormoradi, Habibollah Latifi, Hadi Nasimpoor, Himan Mostafaei, Jahandar Mohammadi, Motaleb Khodayari, Motalleb Ahmadian, Omar Karim Sharif, Ra`oof Hasani, Reza Amjadi, Saeid Sangar

HRANA News Agency – The following list is the information regarding the names, times of arrest, charge(s) and other information of some of the political prisoners in Sanandaj prison. Need to be mentioned that this list does not include the name of all political-conscientious prisoners and will be updated accordingly. In the absence of transparent trials and communication mentioning charges should not be considered as a confirmation by HRANA. You can help HRANA for updating the list by sending an email to info@hra-news Continue reading “A List of 15 Political Prisoners in Sanandaj Prison”

Frequent Inspections on Wards No. 7 and 8 of Evin Prison

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Prisoners
Ward 7 of Evin Prison, Ward 8 of Evin Prison

HRANA News Agency – Frequent and strange investigations from wards 7 and 8 of Evin prison made political-security prisoners to complain against it.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the wards number 7 and 8 of Evin prison were investigated on Thursday morning again, and prisoners’ accessories and properties were inspected. Continue reading “Frequent Inspections on Wards No. 7 and 8 of Evin Prison”

Soheil Arabi’s Case Sent Back to the Court of Appeal

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Prisoners
Soheil Arabi

HRANA News Agency – Soheil Arabi’s case has been sent to equivalent court branch to be tried on September 1.
Amirsalar Davoodi, Soheil Arabi’s lawyer, in an interview with HRANA said, “After the death sentence of Soheil Arabi was denied in branch number 34 of the Supreme Court, with chief judge Eslami, the file has been sent to branch number 10 of penal court and the submission to court has been received, dated for September 1”. Continue reading “Soheil Arabi’s Case Sent Back to the Court of Appeal”

Video Footage of Gathering in Khavaran Cemetery in 2007

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Executions
1988 mass execution

HRANA News Agency – This short video shows gathering and singing by a group of civil and political activists and relatives of political prisoners executed in the 1980s at Khavaran cemetery in September 2007.

Khavaran Cemetery is a narrator of one of the greatest violations of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Officials of the Islamic Republic in the summer of 1981 decided to bury executed leftist prisoners in a piece of land adjacent to the cemetery of Armenians and Hindus at southeast of Tehran. In 1981, a number of those executed Baha’is, as well as some of those who were killed in the armed conflict were buried in this cemetery, due to the decision made by the authorities of the Islamic Republic. Continue reading “Video Footage of Gathering in Khavaran Cemetery in 2007”

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Saeid Matinpoor Released after 7 Years of Imprisonment

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Ethnic Minorities
Saeid Matinpoor

HRANA News Agency – Saeid Matinpoor, political prison in ward 7 of Evin prison was released by applying Article 134 and ending his sentence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Saeid Matinpoor was released from ward 7 of Evin prison on 26th August, after applying Article 134 and ending his sentence. Continue reading “Saeid Matinpoor Released after 7 Years of Imprisonment”

Judiciary Authorities Reject Ayat Mehrali Beyglu’s Parole Request

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Ethnic Minorities
Ayat Mehrali Beyglu, Behbood Gholizadeh, Latif Hassani, Mahmoud Fazli, Shahram Radmehr

HRANA News Agency – The Judiciary authorities rejected to give parole to Ayat Mehrali Beyglu after serving a third of his sentences.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Ayat Mehrali Beyglu, imprisoned civil activist in Tabriz prison, who has been held in prison from early 2012, after spending more than a third of his sentence and despite repeated requests for parole, still is being kept in the prison. Continue reading “Judiciary Authorities Reject Ayat Mehrali Beyglu’s Parole Request”

A Report on the Situation of Misagh Yazdan Nejad in Rajai Shahr Prison

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Prisoners
Misagh Yazdan Nejad

HRANA News Agency – Misagh Yazdan Nejad is spending his 8th year of imprisonment, while in all these years he has been deprived of having furlough and he has to wait for three years exile in Semnan, too.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Misagh Yazdan Nejad, was arrested by the Intelligence Ministry, in 2007 and in all these years has been deprived of having furlough. Continue reading “A Report on the Situation of Misagh Yazdan Nejad in Rajai Shahr Prison”

Bedbugs Have Put Prisoners of Ward 8 of Evin Prison in a Difficult Situation

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Prisoners
Amir Amirgholi, Hossein Rafiei, Ward 8 of Evin Prison

HRANA News Agency – Bedbug bites and insect stings have exhausted prisoners in ward 8 of Evin prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), bedbug bites and insect stings are hurting prisoners in ward 8 of Evin prison and have become a new problem in this ward. Continue reading “Bedbugs Have Put Prisoners of Ward 8 of Evin Prison in a Difficult Situation”

Erfan Halgheh Activists Arrested in Qom

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Prisoners
Arezo Ahdi, Arezo Moghadam Sepehr, Azimeh Sepehri, Bharin Asgarieh, Hayedeh Derakhshani, Mahmoud Amin Akhondi, Mahnaz Farhad, Mary Amiri, Mohammad Ali Taheri, Naimeh Ahdi, Naimeh Taghavi, Soraya Ahdi

HRANA News Agency – A group of followers of the “Erfan Halgheh”, who had staged a sit-in at Sanctuary of “Hazrat Masomeh”, in Qom, from 9 days ago in protest against the death sentence of Mohammad Ali Taheri, were arrested on Monday 24th August and 12 of them have so far been identified.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on 23rd May, a group of sit-in people that left shrine towards house of “Makarem Shirazi”, one of the Shiite Emulation References, were arrested by the security forces, and at the same time collective followers of “Erfan Halgheh”, also on track to join the sit-in protest were arrested. Continue reading “Erfan Halgheh Activists Arrested in Qom”