HRANA News Agency – The police forces have started a new wave of arrests and harassment against Afghan immigrants.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the police forces have arrested many Afghan illegal-immigrants in different cities in Iran, including Mashhad, Varamin, Isfahan and Shiraz. Continue reading “Mass Arrests of Afghani Immigrants in Multiple Cities”
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Report on the Situation of 3 Imprisoned BIHE Staff
HRANA News Agency – Kamran Rahimiyan and his wife Faran Hesami, and Keyvan Rahimiyan are serving prison terms for their work for the Bahai Open University (BIHE): Kamran and Faran have 4-year sentences and Keyvan has a 5-year sentence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), all three are said to be in good health at present, Faran Hesami in Evin Prison in Tehran, and the Rahimiyan brothers in Raja’i Shahr prison. Continue reading “Report on the Situation of 3 Imprisoned BIHE Staff”
Namegh Deldel Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
HRANA News Agency – Namegh Deldel, a Sunni citizen of Boukan, held in ward 209 of Evin prison, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Moghiseh, sentenced Namegh Deldel to 10 years imprisonment in the primitive stage. Continue reading “Namegh Deldel Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison”
3 Religious Activists Arrested in Karaj
HRANA News Agency – Three religious dissidents named Peyman Fatahi, Morteza Rasuliyan and Amir Almasian were arrested at 23:30 on Friday 7th August, in Mehr Shahr, in Karaj.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on Friday 7th August, Peyman Fatahi, Morteza Rasulian, and Amir Almasian, three members of a group which is called “Al-Yasin”, were arrested at their home and there is no information about their fate available, yet. Continue reading “3 Religious Activists Arrested in Karaj”
Soheil Babadi; 40 Months of Detention with no Imprisonment Sentence
HRANA News Agency – Soheil Babadi, prisoner of Rajai Shahr prison, after forty months of his detention and being sentenced in the primitive stage for one of the cases related to him, is still imprisoned without a definitive sentence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), His first court verdict has not been notified to the Law-enforcement office, neither his second trial verdict has been issued. Continue reading “Soheil Babadi; 40 Months of Detention with no Imprisonment Sentence”
Maryam Akbari Monfared; the 6th Year in Prison with no Medical Treatment
HRANA News Agency – Maryam Akbari Monfared, political prisoner, is still deprived of having furlough and receiving medical treatment, while serving the 6th year in prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Maryam Akbari Monfared, political prisoner and one the protesting citizens to the results of the presidential elections in 2009, is still deprived of furlough and receiving medical treatment. Continue reading “Maryam Akbari Monfared; the 6th Year in Prison with no Medical Treatment”
4 Years in Prison; a Report on the Latest Status of Navid Khanjani
HRANA News Agency – Navid Khanjani, human rights activist, started his 4th year in prison while he has been deprived of having furlough.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the third year of the imprisonment sentence of Navid Khanjani, Bahai human rights activist, was finished on August 7. His family and a group of civil rights activists held a ceremony for this reason. Continue reading “4 Years in Prison; a Report on the Latest Status of Navid Khanjani”
Shaifullah Noori Released on the Bail
HRANA News Agency – Shaifullah Noori, political prisoner in ward 8 of Evin prison, who has Afghanistani parents and was born in Iran, has been released on the bail.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Shaifullah Noori was released from ward 8 of Evin prison on a bail of seventy million Tomans, on Tuesday 4th August. Continue reading “Shaifullah Noori Released on the Bail”
A Prisoner Hanged in the Prison of Isfahan
HRANA News Agency – Hossein Bozorgnejad, prisoner who was sentenced to death on charges of drug trafficking, was hanged in Isfahan prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the death sentence against Hossein Bozorgnejad, 27, native of Shiraz, was executed in Isfahan prison on Sunday 9th August. Continue reading “A Prisoner Hanged in the Prison of Isfahan”
Sirvan Nazhavi, Kurdish Political Prisoner Executed in Tabriz Prison
HRANA News Agency – Sirvan Nazhavi, political prisoner, was hanged in the prison of Tabriz.
Hossein Nazhavi, Sirvan Nazhavi’s brother, after announcing this news in an interview with HRANA’s reporter said that during a contact by the prison authorities they had been asked to collect his brother’s body from Tabriz prison, on Sunday afternoon 8th August. Continue reading “Sirvan Nazhavi, Kurdish Political Prisoner Executed in Tabriz Prison”