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Executions of 5 Prisoners in Bam Prison Postponed for a Week

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Executions
Bam prison

HRANA News Agency – Execution of 5 prisoners, who were charged with drug related crimes and were sentenced to death, has been postponed for one week in Bam prison.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on Saturday 3rd January, 5 prisoners in Bam prison, who were charged with drug related crime and were sentenced to death, were transferred to solitary confinement so that on Sunday their sentences would be carried out. Continue reading “Executions of 5 Prisoners in Bam Prison Postponed for a Week”

Mohammadreza Poorshajari’s Relatives Summoned to Intelligence Office

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Prisoners
Mohammadreza Poorshajari

HRANA News Agency – Relatives of Mohammadreza Poorshajari, (Siamak Mehr), were summoned by Intelligence Ministry, in order to put pressure on this 52-year-old blogger.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ministry of Intelligence has summoned Mohammadreza Shajari’s sister and her husband to their office in Karaj city. Continue reading “Mohammadreza Poorshajari’s Relatives Summoned to Intelligence Office”

Imprisoned Citizen of Turkmenistan Is Deprived of Having Phone Calls

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Prisoners

HRANA News Agency – Batir Shah Mohammadov, political prisoner of Rejaei Shahr prison, has been deprived of having phone calls with his relatives.

According to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Batir Shah Mohammadov, political prisoner of ward number 12 of Rejaei Shahr prison has been deprived of having phone calls with his relatives by the order of assistant prosecutor in the prison. Continue reading “Imprisoned Citizen of Turkmenistan Is Deprived of Having Phone Calls”

Atena Dayemi Is still Kept in Solitary Confinement

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Women
Atena Dayemi

HRANA News Agency – Atena Dayemi, civil rights and children’s rights activist, is still being kept in solitary confinement after nearly three months.

According to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Atena Dayemi who was arrested on October 21, 2014 in her house and transferred to ward 2-A in Evin Prison which is controlled by IRGC, is still being kept in solitary confinement although the interrogation process has been finished. Continue reading “Atena Dayemi Is still Kept in Solitary Confinement”

Interrogation of 43 Prisoners after Publishing a Letter

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Prisoners
Evin Prison, Political Prisones

HRANA News Agency – After writing and publishing help – request letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations and Human Rights Organisations by 45 Security-Political Prisoners, Intelligence service at Evin prison summoned 43 of them from ward 7 to its office and interrogated them.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), after publishing of “the help-request letter of 45 Security-Political Prisoners at Quarantine section of Ward 7 at Evin Prison to the United Nations and Human Right organisations” with regards to attending to inhumane living condition of these prisoners who have been transferred from Ward 350 to the dungeon of Ward 7, massive attempts by Intelligence Services and Prosecution Office initiated at this Ward. Continue reading “Interrogation of 43 Prisoners after Publishing a Letter”

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Two Death-Row Ill Sunni prisoners Transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison

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Religious Minorities
Seddigh Mohammadi, Syed Hadi Hosseini

HRANA News Agency – Syed Hadi Hosseini (left) and Seddigh Mohammadi (right), two Sunni prisoners with psychological illnesses on death-row in Iran, were transferred to Rajai Shahr prison earlier today.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the two men, who had been sentenced to death for ‘Moharabeh [enmity against God] through supporting Salafi groups’, had been held in appalling conditions in the notorious Ghezel Hesar prison near Tehran for the past two years. Continue reading “Two Death-Row Ill Sunni prisoners Transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison”

Behnam Ebrahimzadeh Sentenced to another 9 Years in Prison

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Labor and Guilds
Behnam Ebrahimzadeh

HRANA News Agency – Behnam Ebrahimzadeh has been sentenced to another 9 years in prison in relation to the events of “Black Thursday” of ward 350 in Evin prison.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Behnam Ebrahimzadeh was transferred to ward 209 in Evin prison after the incidents in ward 350 of Evin Prison in April last year, which is known as “Black Thursday”, and his home was searched. Ministry of Intelligence, in this regard, has opened a new case for this political prisoner that led to another 9 and a half years imprisonment sentence for him. Continue reading “Behnam Ebrahimzadeh Sentenced to another 9 Years in Prison”

Hamzeh Savari Transferred to a Hospital outside Prison

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Prisoners
Hamzeh Savari

HRANA News Agency – Hamzeh Savari, Political Prisoner in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, was sent to medical centers outside the prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hamzeh Savari, political prisoner in hall 12 of Rajai Shahr prison was transferred to Sina hospital in Tehran on Sunday 4th January, for examination and treatment. Continue reading “Hamzeh Savari Transferred to a Hospital outside Prison”

A Prisoner Hanged in Uremia

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Executions
Hossein Vatanzade

HRANA News Agency – Hossein Vatanzade has been executed on charge of drug trafficking last week on Wednesday in central prison of Uremia (Darya).

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on Wednesday 31st December, Hossein Vatanzad, son of Saleh, from Abegarm village of Salmas, was executed in prison of Uremia. Continue reading “A Prisoner Hanged in Uremia”

Peyman Aref’s Imprisonment Sentence Confirmed by the Appeal Court

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Freedom of Expression
Peyman Aref

HRANA News Agency – Branch number 36 of appeal court confirms the one year imprisonment sentence of Peyman Aref.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on the bases of the verdict of court of appeal by chief judge Zargar, which is publish by Peyman Aref in his facebook page, this branch has confirmed the sentence of branch number 28 of revolutionary court. Continue reading “Peyman Aref’s Imprisonment Sentence Confirmed by the Appeal Court”