HRANA News Agency – Elham Faramani and her son Shamim Na’imi were arrested in Tehran on May 11 and taken to Evin prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), They face sentences of four and three years respectively. Security agents went to Shamim’s home on May 10, but did not find him there. Continue reading “Mother and son arrested in Tehran to serve prison terms”
HRANA News Agency – Arjang Davoodi, the senior political prisoner, has been sent back to Bandar Abbas prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Arjang Davoodi, the political prisoner who was recently transferred from Bandar Abbas to Evin prison and then to solitary confinement of ward 240, has been sent back to Bandar Abbas prison again. Continue reading “Arjang Davoodi transferred to Bandar Abbas Prison”
HRANA News Agency – There is no information regarding whereabouts of Namegh Mahmoodi, the Kurdish political prisoner.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Namegh Mahmoodi, the 63 years old Kurdish political prisoner, has been taken from his cell in ward number 12 of Rajai Shahr prison to an unknown location, on October 12, 2013, and there is no information about the place he is being kept yet. Continue reading “No information about Namegh Mahmoodi’s whereabouts”
HRANA News Agency – The authorities of Uremia prison (Darya) have evaded from paying the medical treatment of Jahangir Badoozadeh and he is deprived of having medical treatment.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Jahangir Badoozadeh the prisoner of central prison of Uremia (Darya), who has been sentenced to lifetime prison, was transferred to a hospital outside of the prison under protection, for his necessary medical treatment but the hospital set the cost of treatment one million Tomans.
The prison authorities refused to pay the cost to hospital and asked this prisoner to deposit the money to hospitals’ account and then they would send him to the hospital under protection.
An informed source said to HRANA’s reporter, “according to international law and also the organization of prisoners of Islamic Republic of Iran regulation, the prison have to provide healthy condition for inmates and is responsible for their medical treatment, and shall not take any money from the prisoners for their treatments. Unfortunately, all of the relatives of Jahangir Badoozadeh had passed away and he does not have anybody outside of the prison to pay for his surgery”.
Jahangir Badoozadeh has been in Uremia prison without furlough since 2004. First, he was sentenced to death, and then on court of appeal he was sentenced to lifetime prison.
HRANA News Agency – A woman has been hanged in Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj on Saturday May 10.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the woman is identified as Behjat and was charged with murdering her husband with accomplicity of a man with the name of Mohammad Jafari. Continue reading “3 prisoners including a woman hanged in 2 prisons”
HRANA News Agency – The 10 years in prison sentence of Hamid Babai, the PhD student who was studying in Belgium, is confirmed by the appeal court.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hamid Babai, the PhD student who was studying at the University of Liege in Belgium and had come to Iran for visiting his family, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charge of espionage and cooperation with conflicting governments, in branch number 15 of revolutionary court, by chief judge Salavati, on December 21, 2013. Continue reading “An imprisoned student sentenced to 10 years in prison”
HRANA News Agency – Alireza Farshi, the Azeri political activist, has been released from Evin prison on bail.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Alireza Farshi, the Azeri political prisoner and the expelled professor of international university of Jolfa, who was arrested and transferred to Evin prison on February 21, has been released on 100 million Toman bail, on last Tuesday, May 6. Continue reading “Alireza Farshi released on the bail”
HRANA News Agency – 16 prisoners have been hanged in different prisons while 15 others have been transferred to solitary confinements to be hanged during coming days.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 11 prisoners have been hanged in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj on April 20. Continue reading “16 executions including 1 public hanging, 11 prisoners hanged in 1 day”
HRANA News Agency – A Sunni prisoner was prevented from getting medical treatment after he could not afford the medical fees, with officers refusing to let him contact his family to ask them for money.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Arash Sharifi, a Sunni prisoner awaiting execution in Iran, was sent to hospital on Monday, after months of being deprived of adequate medical treatment for a degenerative eye disorder. Continue reading “Sunni Prisoner deprived of medical treatment”
HRANA News Agency – Arjang Davoodi, the political prisoner of ward 8 of Evin prison was transferred to solitary confinement of ward 240.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Arjang Davoodi who was recently transferred to ward 8 was transferred to the solitary confinement of ward 240 after refusal of going to court on Saturday, May 3. Continue reading “Arjang Davoodi transferred to solitary confinement of ward 240”
