Amirkhosro Dalir sani was released from the Evin prison

HRANA News Agency – Amirkhosro Dalir sani was released from the Evin prison after serving his imprisonment sentence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), this political prisoner who was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment by the 28 branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, finished serving his sentence in ward 350 and was released on December 13, 2013.
He was a member of the Committee on Arbitrary Detention in support of Mir Hossein Mousavi, and was one of the 2009 elections activists and continued his activities in the form of analytic statements, meeting with the victims of the elections and their families of detainees until he was arrested.

Six Sunni prisoners were interrogated and threatened in IRGC ward

HRANA News Agency – Six Sunni prisoners in Rajaie Shahr prison of Karaj were summoned to IRGC ward in this prison, interrogated and threatened.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on December 10, six of Sunni prisoners of Hall No. 10 of Rajaie Shahr prison were summoned to ward 8 -IRGC ward- and were interrogated for hours. Continue reading “Six Sunni prisoners were interrogated and threatened in IRGC ward”

Six Sunni Kurdish prisoners banned from having visitors

HRANA News Agency – Mokhtar Rahimi, Shahram Ahmadi, Kaveh Vaisi, Kaveh Sharifi, Taleb Maleki and Behrouz Shanhnazari, six of Sunni prisoners in ward 350 of Evin prison have been banned from being visited by their families since four months ago.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), these prisoners who are sentenced to death are banned from being visited while families live in Kurdistan province and there is no chance of telephone contact because the telephone service is cut off in ward 350. Continue reading “Six Sunni Kurdish prisoners banned from having visitors”

A prisoner was hanged in Bam prison

HRANA News Agency – A prisoner identified as Afshin Darvazi, the son of Sadegh, was executed in Bam prison on December 21st.

 

According to Kordpa, Afshin Darvazi, who was a resident of Gangchin, a village from Uremia’s rural territory, was arrested on charge of drug dealing and sentenced to death, three years ago. Continue reading “A prisoner was hanged in Bam prison”

A prisoner is hanged in Rasht

HRANA News Agency – An accused of drug trafficking were executed in Rasht on December 14.

According to IRIB news, The director of justice public relations in Gilan said: “A 44-year-old man accused of preparing 85 kg and 300 grams of heroin and 17 kilograms of opium, was executed in Central Prison of Rasht.” Continue reading “A prisoner is hanged in Rasht”

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An Iranian priest received 3 and half years imprisonment

HRANA News Agency – Priest Verveer Avanessian, the official priest of Iranian Churches who is severely ill and requires intensive medical care is sentenced to three and  half years in prison.

 

According to Mohabat News quoted from Radio Zamaneh, Iranian judiciary has announced the prison sentence of Verveer Avanessian, on Thursday December 5. Continue reading “An Iranian priest received 3 and half years imprisonment”

A political prisoner committed suicide in prison

HRANA News Agency – Sadegh Khodaverdi the political prisoner in ward 8 of Evin prison committed suicide by stabbing his jugular vein and was transferred to a hospital out of prison.
 
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Sadegh Khodaverdi the political prisoner in ward 8 of Evin prison was immediately transferred to hospital after he stabbed his jugular vein. Continue reading “A political prisoner committed suicide in prison”

Four Sunni prisoners transferred to unknown location

HRANA News Agency – Four Sunni prisoners of Rajaie Shahr prison have been transferred to unknown location.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Afshin Entezari, Fakhreddin Ghafouri, Naseh Hosseinpour and Vafa Ayeli were transferred from Rajaie Shahr prison to unknown location on Dec 10, 2013. Continue reading “Four Sunni prisoners transferred to unknown location”

Baha’i cemetery was destroyed in Sanandaj

HRANA News Agency – After a court upheld the confiscation of a land belonging to the Baha’is in Sanandaj which was used as a cemetery, this land was destroyed by bulldozers.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), although the land was given to the Baha’is by the city administration in 1993, the court ordered it to be confiscated. Continue reading “Baha’i cemetery was destroyed in Sanandaj”