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Masoumeh Gholizadeh released on the bail

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Students
Masoumeh Gholizadeh

HRANA News Agency – Masoumeh Gholizadeh, has been released on the bail.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Masoumeh Gholizadeh, the former student activist of Tehran Allame Tabatabai University had been arrested on May 21st in Tehran and was then transferred to the Central Prison of Tabriz.

She has been released on the bail of 100 million Thomans on June 19th.

Masoumeh Gholizadeh had been in Turkey for further education and was arrested after returning to Iran.

A political prisoner transferred to Evin Prison

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Prisoners
Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, Shahram Chiniyan

HRANA News Agency – Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, the political prisoner of Evin prison is transferred to ward number one of Rajai Shahr prison of Karaj, which is devoted for dangerous prisoners.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mehdi Farahi Shandiz has been transferred from ward number 8 of Evin prison to ward number 1 in hall 2 of Rajai Shahr prison. Continue reading “A political prisoner transferred to Evin Prison”

Arash Honarvar Shojai is in bad health condition

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Prisoners
Arash Honarvar Shojai

HRANA News Agency – Arash Honarvar Shojai, the critic and dissident clergyman and the political prisoner of Evin, is in bad health condition.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Arash Honarvar Shojai, the political prisoner of Evin prison is in bad health condition. It is about a week that his health condition is getting worse and he has been hospitalized in Fazl-oddoleh hospital in Tehran for high rate of liver enzymes and lithium toxicity. Continue reading “Arash Honarvar Shojai is in bad health condition”

No information about Behnam Irani’s whereabouts

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Religious Minorities
Behnam Irani

HRANA News Agency – There is no information about Behnam Irani, the new converted to Christianity priest, who has been transferred to an unknown location more than ten days ago.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Behnam Irani has been transferred from hall number seven of Karaj central prison to an unknown location, on Sunday, June 8th. Continue reading “No information about Behnam Irani’s whereabouts”

Hossain Ronaghi transferred to hospital

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Prisoners
Hossain Ronaghi Maleki

HRANA News Agency – Hossain Ronaghi Maleki has been transferred from Evin prison to Hasheminejad hospital.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hossain Ronaghi Maleki, the prisoner of ward 350 of Evin prison, was transferred to Hasheminejad hospital in Tehran, after affirmation of physicians, on Monday June 16th. Continue reading “Hossain Ronaghi transferred to hospital”

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Three Sunni youth begin prison sentences

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Religious Minorities
Danial Babayani, Habibollah Beigzadeh, Nematollah Kami

HRANA News Agency – Three Sunni men from Iran’s Turkmen minority convicted of charges including ‘insulting the Supreme Leader (Khamenei)’ were detained yesterday to begin serving their 23 month prison sentences.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Nematollah Kami, Danial Babayani and Habibollah Beigzadeh were detained and transferred to Gonbad Prison near Minudasht in northern Iran yesterday. Continue reading “Three Sunni youth begin prison sentences”

Activists join families outside prison in protest at executions

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Religious Minorities
Hamed Ahmadi, Jahangir Dehghani, Jamshed Dehghani, Kamal Molayee

HRANA News Agency – The families of four Sunni prisoners on the verge of execution were joined yesterday by a number of Iranian political activists outside Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), political activists Narges Mohammadi, Mohammad Malaki, Fariborz Rais Dana, Alireza Jabbari and Mohammad Nourizad visited the families outside the prison yesterday. Continue reading “Activists join families outside prison in protest at executions”

Adel Fana’ayan freed unexpectedly

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Religious Minorities
Adel Fana’ayan

HRANA News Agency – Adel Fana’ayan, a Bahai from Semnan, has been freed on parole.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA),  he was serving a six-year sentence in Semnan’s central prison, which he began on June 11, 2012, meaning that he served just one third of his sentence. Continue reading “Adel Fana’ayan freed unexpectedly”

A labor activist is still in solitary confinement of ward 209

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Labor and Guilds
Behnam Ibrahimzadeh

HRANA News Agency – Behnam Ibrahimzadeh, the labor activist, is still kept in the solitary confinement in ward 209 of Evin Prison.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Behnam Ibrahimzadeh was summoned by the authorities in prison’s court, the Shahid Moghadas, and then transferred to solitary confinement in ward 209, which is governed by the intelligence service. Continue reading “A labor activist is still in solitary confinement of ward 209”

80 Sunni prisoners on hunger strike in protest at imminent executions

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Religious Minorities
Sunni prisoners

HRANA News Agency – 80 Sunni prisoners of conscience in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj began a hunger strike yesterday in support of four Sunni prisoners who are in danger of imminent execution.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), in a leaked message from the prison, the Sunni prisoners released the following statement: Continue reading “80 Sunni prisoners on hunger strike in protest at imminent executions”