Two Sunni prisoners have been tortured in Ghezel Hesar prison

HRANA News Agency – Hamed Ahmadi, was persecuted by electric shocker, in solitary confinement, in Ghezel-Hesar prison. Kamal Moulayi is also beaten and harassed.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hamed Ahmadi who has been kept in solitary confinement of Ghezel-Hesar prison from September 25, is persecuted by electrical shocker. Continue reading “Two Sunni prisoners have been tortured in Ghezel Hesar prison”

Roya Saeidi is still under arrest

HRANA News Agency – Roya Saeidi, the political activist who has been arrested three months ago by intelligence service and security forces, is still kept in women’s ward of Evin prison in an undecided state.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Roya Saeidi was arrested last June in her home, by intelligent forces, and after inspection of her house, they impound her personal accessories. Continue reading “Roya Saeidi is still under arrest”

Moghayse’s imprisonment is over but he is not still released

HRANA News Agency – While Mohammad Reza Moghayse the head of following up committee on victims of 2009 election incidents, has spent all his four years imprisonment verdict the judicial officials are not releasing him yet.
 
According to the report of Kalemeh website, Mohammad Reza Moghayse is one of the veterans of Iran-Iraq war and was member of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s main campaign office. He was arrested on October 14, 2009 and transferred to ward 209 of Evin prison, his furlough was granted after 50 days of being under arrest on March 3, 2010. Continue reading “Moghayse’s imprisonment is over but he is not still released”

Another Yarsan follower’s mustaches were shaved

HRANA News Agency – Despite the recent fire suicide of three of Yarsan followers -Ahle Hagh- in protest to shaving the mustaches of  a Yarsan follower by the regime, once more another Yarsan follower’s mustaches has been shaved cumpolrsary in prison.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), a week ago Safar Faraji, 27, another Yarsan follower from Hashtgerd-Karaj who was under arrest for the day 3rd and transferred to prison, was insulted by the authorities in Tehran prison and they shaved his mustache by force. Continue reading “Another Yarsan follower’s mustaches were shaved”

Arash Mohammadi’s verdict has been confirmed by the appeal court

HRANA News Agency – The branch 6 of Eastern Azerbaijan provincial appeal court confirmed the six months imprisonment verdict of Arash Mohammadi, the leftist student activist imprisoned in Tabriz prison.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Arash Mohammadi was sentenced to six months of imprisonment on July 10, 2013 by judge Bagherpour in branch 3 of Tabriz revolutionary court on charge of propagating against Islamic regime of Iran with two other student activists.  Continue reading “Arash Mohammadi’s verdict has been confirmed by the appeal court”

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Eight more executions in Urmiya prison

HRANA News Agency – Last Wednesday midnight, 8 prisoners have been hanged in the central prison of Urmiya, in allegation of drug dealing.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Wednesday September 25th at 12am, 8 prisoners, including 3 women have been executed in Urmiya prison. Continue reading “Eight more executions in Urmiya prison”

Four prisoners were hanged on charge of rape

HRANA News Agency – In the morning of Tuesday four prisoner have been hanged in Kerman prison on charge of rape.

 

According to the IRIB and quoted from general and revolutionary attorney of Kerman court, these four prisoner made problem in the street for the female pedestrians as they harassed and beaten the women since the early 2013.  Continue reading “Four prisoners were hanged on charge of rape”

Authorities kept a prisoner in ward 209 to pay transfer fees

HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Reza Seifzadeh Pezeshkan the political prisoner in Evin who was supposed to be exiled to Borazjan prison, is currently in ward 209 of Evin.
 
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Mohammad Reza Seifzadeh Pezeshkan was transferred from ward 350 of Evin prison in terms of being in exile in Borazjan prison, but still he is in ward 209 because he has not deposited transfer fee of himself and the related officers.  Continue reading “Authorities kept a prisoner in ward 209 to pay transfer fees”

Five men and a woman were hanged in Rajai Shahr prison

HRANA News Agency – Five men and a woman has been executed in Rajaei Shahr prison on Wednesday morning.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), five men and a woman has been executed in Rajaei Shahr prison on Wednesday September 25. Continue reading “Five men and a woman were hanged in Rajai Shahr prison”

Iranian student awarded human-rights prize while in prison

HRANA News Agency – Omid Kokabee, a physics PhD student jailed in Iran since January 2011, was awarded yesterday the 2014 American Physical Society’s Andrei Sakharov Prize for “his courage in refusing to use his physics knowledge to work on projects that he deemed harmful to humanity, in the face of extreme physical and psychological pressure.”

 

Kokabee has said that he had been pressured to cooperate in Iranian military projects that he thought were likely part of a covert nuclear programme. It is the first time a person is awarded the prize while in prison. Continue reading “Iranian student awarded human-rights prize while in prison”