3 prisoners have been hanged in Urmiye

HRANA News Agency – Last Wednesday evening, 3 prisoners have been hanged in Urmiye on charge of drug trafficking. The official media in Iran has not published the news yet.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 3 prisoners were hanged on 24th April in Urmiye prison charged with drug trafficking. Continue reading “3 prisoners have been hanged in Urmiye”

One Bahai is released / another is arrested

HRANA News Agency – Faramarz Firuzian has been arrested to serve the one year of prison sentence and Ardeshir Faniyan has been released on the bail after 68 days being under arrest.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ardeshir Fanaiyan the Bahai citizen who lives in Semnan was arrested last February and has been released after 68 days arrest in the intelligence of Semnan on the bail of 50 million Thomans on 20th April. Continue reading “One Bahai is released / another is arrested”

A prisoner’s death sentence has been confirmed

HRANA News Agency – A man who is charged with killing the woman he was engaged with because of suspicion, has been sentenced to death by the Supreme Court.

According to a report by Khorasan newspaper, a man who is charged with killing the woman he was engaged with and wounding her brother and sister with a knife is going to be hanged soon since the death sentence has been confirmed by the Supreme Court. Continue reading “A prisoner’s death sentence has been confirmed”

2 prisoners are hanged in Mashhad prison

HRANA News Agency – Two prisoners who were said to be accused of raping, have been hanged by Wednesday morning in Vakil Abad prison in Mashhad.

According to a report by Khorasan newspaper, on April 24th, 2 prisoners who this report claims to be rapists have been hanged in Vakil Abad prison in Mashhad. Continue reading “2 prisoners are hanged in Mashhad prison”

5 hidden executions in Zahedan

HRANA News Agency – There have been 5 prisoners hanged in Zahedan prison in the beginning of this week which the official media of the Iranian government has not talked about yet.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), in the morning of Saturday 20th of April 5 prisoners including 2 Afghani prisoners have been hanged in Zahedan central prison. Continue reading “5 hidden executions in Zahedan”

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141,000 kids are deprived of education in Iran

HRANA News Agency – The head of the statistics and ICT department of education ministry says “There are 141 thousand children between the ages 6 and 11 who are not attending schools in Iran.”

 

According to a report of Kaleme website, Yousef Nouri said “The intention of statistics is to extract the total number of the ones deprived of obligatory study rule in education ministry that supreme council of education ministry determine it.” Continue reading “141,000 kids are deprived of education in Iran”

Three kids died in a mortar explosion in Soosangerd

HRANA News Agency – Explosion of a mortar in Mara’i village of Soosangerd killed three kids. Also last winter in Larak island two kids has been killed by sea-mine.

 

One of parliamentarians declared a while ago that after Iran-Iraq war yearly 200 have been killed by mine explosions. During the eight years of Iran-Iraq war more than 20 millions of various types of mine and explosives have dispersed in an area around 42 thousands square kilometers in five provinces -West Azerbayejan, Kurdistan, Ilam, Kermanshah and Khouzestan. Continue reading “Three kids died in a mortar explosion in Soosangerd”

Workers first big strike in the new Iranian year

HRANA News Agency – In the first working-hours on April 21, 2013 about hundred workers of Navard Loole Safa factory who were fired recently entered the factory and in protest to what they have faced as being fired off from work and non-paid wages stopped the production line of the factory with the cooperation of the other workers.

According to a report of Free Union of Iranian Workers’ website, On Sunday the factory employer did not renew the contracts of 100 workers and fired them from the factory and to make the path easier for more redundancies renewed all the six months and even yearly contracts just for one month. Continue reading “Workers first big strike in the new Iranian year”

Tehran’s steel market is on the strike

HRANA News Agency – Tehran’s steel market is on the strike since April 4, 2013 against the new VAD laws and the sudden changes of currency prices.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), since 4th April the steel market in Shad Abad and 15 Khordad streets are on the strike. Continue reading “Tehran’s steel market is on the strike”