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Mohsen Barzegar summoned to prison

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Students
Babol Noshiravani University of Technology, Babol Prison, Mohsen Barzegar, Political Prisoner, Student activist

HRANA News Agency – Mohsen Barzegar has been summoned to Babol Prison to serve his two-year sentence.  Barzegar is a student activist at Babol Noshiravani University of Technology.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Barzegar was formerly the cultural secretary of the Islamic Association of Students at the univeristy.  He has been sentenced to two years in prison on charges of conspiracy against national security and insulting the Supreme Leader of Iran. Continue reading “Mohsen Barzegar summoned to prison”

Prisoners ordered to pay for eavesdropping equipment

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Prisoners
Political Prisoner, Prison conditions, Prisoners of conscience, Zahedan Prison

HRANA News Agency – Authorities have ordered all inmates to pay for setting up eavesdropping equipment for the prison facility in Zahedan.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the authorities have threatened to cut off the phone system if prisoners refuse to pay for the equipment. Continue reading “Prisoners ordered to pay for eavesdropping equipment”

Abdolkarim Lahiji became the president of FIDH

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Abdolkarim Lahiji, FIDH, The International Federation for Human Rights

HRANA News Agency – Abdolkarim Lahiji, an Iranian attorney living in France, has been elected to serve as the president of the International Federation for Human Rights.  The election was made on May 23, 2013 during FIDH’s 38th congress in Istanbul, Turkey.

Lahiji has also served as the vice president of the federation for five consecutive terms totaling 15 years.  After being elected as the president, Lahiji said that his first priority will be to free all human rights defenders who have been imprisoned unjustly around the world. Continue reading “Abdolkarim Lahiji became the president of FIDH”

Amanollah Mostaghim was transferred to Rajaie Shahr Prison

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Religious Minorities
Amanollah Mostaghim, Baha'is Science Institute of Iran, Freedom of religion, Prisoner of conscious

HRANA News Agency – On Wednesday, May 29, 2013, Amanollah Mostaghim, a member of the Baha’is Science Institute of Iran, was transferred to Rajaie Shahr Prison in Karaj.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mostaghim reported to Evin prison on May 20, 2013 and was subsequently detained there.  He is now being held in Ward 4, Hall 12 of Rajaie Shahr Prison.  Continue reading “Amanollah Mostaghim was transferred to Rajaie Shahr Prison”

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Female students banned from engineering fields

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Students, Women
Eduction, Engineering, Engineers, Equal Opportunity, Isfahan university, Women

HRANA News Agency – New criteria defined for graduate programs ban female students from studying in seven different engineering fields at Isfahan University of Technology.

According to a report by Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Isfahan University of Technology will no longer admit female students into graduate  programs to study agricultural engineering with a concentration in irrigation, animal science and machinery.  Female students have also been banned from obtaining masters degrees in natural resources engineering with a concentration in watershed and land management as well as desertification.  Furthermore, the university has adopted a policy to admit only male students to study water resources engineering. Continue reading “Female students banned from engineering fields”

Four Baha’i citizens were tried and sentenced in Mashhad

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Religious Minorities
Adib Sho'aie, Baha'i, Freedom of religion, Mahsa Mahdavi, Nava Kholoosi, Nika Kholoosi, Prisoner of conscious, Religious Minorities

HRANA News Agency – Four Baha’i citizens were tried and sentenced to prison in Mashhad.  Nika Kholoosi, Nava Kholoosi, Adib Sho’aie and Mahsa Mahdavi received sentences ranging from eight months to six years.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), these prisoners of conscious were tried in the 3rd branch of Revolutionary Court in Mashhad.  Judge Soltani presided over the trial during which the defenders were charged with promoting the Baha’i religion, propaganda against the Islamic regime and membership in Baha’i groups. Continue reading “Four Baha’i citizens were tried and sentenced in Mashhad”

Baha’i Citizens interrogated upon return to Iran

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Religious Minorities
Baha'i, Iran, Religious Minorities

HRANA News Agency – In the past few months, a number of Baha’i citizens have been interrogated by the authorities after returning to Iran from Turkey.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Iranian intelligent officers have questioned Baha’i citizens at the airport and inspected their belongings in different occasions.

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Blogger Kaveh Taheri sentenced to three years

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Prisoners
Blogger, Freedom of Speech, Kaveh Taheri, Political Pris

HRANA News Agency – The Iranian blogger Kaveh Taheri has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for propaganda against the regime.  In a separate charge, a bail approximately equivalent to $50,000 has also been set for him.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Taheri is being held in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz.  Presiding over the first branch of the Revolutionary Court, Judge Mahmoud Sadati handed down the maximum penalty allowed, sentencing Taheri to three years in prison on charges of insulting the Supreme Leader and propaganda against the regime with the intent to benefit the opposition groups. Continue reading “Blogger Kaveh Taheri sentenced to three years”