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Protests Continue for the 4th Day in Iran

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Freedom of Expression

HRANA News Agency – The mass-protests continued on the fourth day in various cities of Iran. Protesters, who had protested in the early days due to financial problems and bad economic conditions, criticized the country’s leaders including the Iranian leader and the ruling system in addition to economic system and strongly chanted slogans against it. On December 31, 2017, protesters showed a significant street presence in at least 24 cities in Iran. Reports indicate that hundreds of citizens were detained and at least two protesters have been killed in recent protests.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the rallies which have begun on the pretext of economic and administrative corruption, continued in many Iranian cities on the fourth day of the protests. Continue reading “Protests Continue for the 4th Day in Iran”

From ISIS’s Prisons to Iran’s Prisons; a Letter from Hamzeh Darvish

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Prisoners
Hamzeh Darvish

HRANA News Agency – Hamzeh Darvish, 24-year-old prisoner from Talesh, claims that in 2014, ISIS troops tricked him into Turkey and then he traveled to Syria. He had been in ISIS jail for some time, then escaped to Iran and introduced himself to the security forces, and even had the chance to be freed by guarantee and to have quail breeding business. He was arrested unexpectedly, sometime ago, and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment. Mr. Darvishpour has a very bad physical and mental condition so that he cannot do his daily and personal affairs.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Hamzeh Darvish is a young prisoner who suffers from serious mental and psychological problems. Mr. Darvish wrote a letter addressed to public opinion months ago and before his mental condition was so inappropriate, and asked for human rights organizations’ help. Continue reading “From ISIS’s Prisons to Iran’s Prisons; a Letter from Hamzeh Darvish”

A Report on the Status of 9 Political Prisoners from Shush

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Ethnic Minorities
Abdullah Abdullahi, Ahmad Abdullahi, Ali Zamani, Hassan Beit Abdullah, Hussein Abdollahi, Isa Abdollahi, Majed Bait Abdullah, Majid Abdullahi, Qasem Beyt Abdullah

HRANA News Agency – Families of two death row prisoners from Ahwaz in the case of “Safi Abad in Dezful incident” called on all human rights organizations to be their children’s voice in the international community. They say “our children are innocent and the accusations attributed to them are not correct.”
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Qasem Beyt Abdullah and Abdullah Abdullahi (Karmalachab) from Shush, along with seven other defendants were tried on charges of moharebeh and communicating with foreign groups as well as propaganda against the regime in August 2017. The death sentence was issued for the two defendants and also for the other defendants. Continue reading “A Report on the Status of 9 Political Prisoners from Shush”

A Prisoners Chained to the Flagpole in the Yard of Ardebil Prison

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Prisoners
Abbas Alipour, Afshin Zainali, Behnam Amiri, Central Prison of Ardebil, Mohammad Saber Malek Raisi

HRANA News Agency – Ardebil prison officials beat a prisoner who had protested against not having sleeping place, and then chained him to the rods of the prison for hours in the cold weather. This inhumane practice in Ardebil Prison has been done before.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), a prisoner named Behnam Amiri, son of Islam, who is serving his three years on charge of robbery, was beaten by prison authorities after being transferred from adults’ ward to ward 5 of the prison. Continue reading “A Prisoners Chained to the Flagpole in the Yard of Ardebil Prison”

Majid Abedinzadeh Moghaddam Returned to Evin Prison

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Prisoners
Majid Abedinzadeh Moghaddam

HRANA News Agency – Majid Abedinzadeh Moghaddam, civil activist and a witness of the Kahrizak Detention Center, returned to Evin prison on October 3, 2017 to serve the remainder of his 3-year conviction. Mr. Abedinzadeh Moghaddam had been sent to the medical furlough.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Majid Abedinzadeh Moghaddam introshowed up at Evin prison on October 3, 2017 to serve the remainder of his 3-year conviction. Continue reading “Majid Abedinzadeh Moghaddam Returned to Evin Prison”

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The List of Sunni Prisoners in Urmia Prison

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Religious Minorities
Abdollah Cham, Abdolvahed Salamat, Amir Sofi, Ardalan Naghsh Afkan, Aslan Mardane, Aziz Banei, Bahman Ghasempour, Behzad Abbasi Gharagoz, Central Prison in Urmia, Chia Nikvand, Davood Parvizi, Farhang Golshan, Farzin Ghaderi, Fateh Karimi, Ghafour Asvar, Habib Amini, Hedayat Alizade, Ibrahim Gholami, Iraj Sofi Mohammad, Islam Khalili, Javad Usefi, Kazam Darvishi, Khaled Mohammadzadeh, Mansour Chopani, Mansour Mohammadpour, Mohammad Salamat, Molod Shayad, Nader Naseri, Peyman Behrouzfar, Pouya Salehi, Rahmat Mirzaiee, Rasoul Shayad, Reza Rasoul Mokri, Sardar Osman Bekr, Sirvan Mahmoudi Aghdam, Tofigh Abdollahi, Usef Ghasempour, Usef Kamelan, Vahab seyed Ahmadi, Vahed Ibrahimi, Zana Ahmadi

HRANA News Agency – A large number of prisoners accused of communicating with Salafist groups in addition to a large number of political and security prisoners are being kept in Urmia prison.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the political and security prisoners are being kept in Ward 12 of the Central Prison in Urmia for several consecutive years. However, transferring a large number of Sunni prisoners accused of communicating with Salafist groups including Ansar al-Islam and ISIL has increased the population of this ward of prison since several months ago. Continue reading “The List of Sunni Prisoners in Urmia Prison”

The 77th Number of Peace Line Monthly Was Published

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others1, Peace Line Monthly

HRANA News Agency – The 77th number of Peace Line monthly was published with the help of a group of civil activists of Iran.

The nature and purpose of dealing with the “Erfan-e-Halghe” group by the Iranian security forces and specifically the death sentence for Mohammad Ali Taheri, the founder of this group, has been discussed in the Special Case of this 77th issue with the title of “Confused Mysticists”. Continue reading “The 77th Number of Peace Line Monthly Was Published”

A Prisoner Executed in Tabriz Central Prison

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Executions
Ahad Portaghi, Tabriz Central Prison

HRANA News Agency – Ahad Portaghi who had been held in the Tabriz Central prison on charge of murder since five years ago, was executed on September 21, 2017 in this prison.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), a close person to Ahad Portaghi confirmed the execution of the prisoner. Continue reading “A Prisoner Executed in Tabriz Central Prison”

3 Civilians Arrested in Sanandaj

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Ethnic Minorities
Mohammad Menbari, Moslem Saeedpour, Peyman Menbari

HRANA News Agency – Security forces in Sanandaj arrested three citizens of the city at their workplace and transferred them to an unknown location on September 27, 2017.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Moslem Saeedpour, Peyman Menbari and Mohammad Menbari are the three citizens of Sanandaj who were arrested by forces in plainclothes at their workplace in the Naisar neighborhood of Sanandaj and transferred to an unknown location on September 27, 2017. Continue reading “3 Civilians Arrested in Sanandaj”

At Least 4 Prisoners Executed in Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj

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Executions
Hossein Alishir, Jafar Zamani, Jamshid Javanbakht, Khorin Prison of Varamin, Manouchehr Iranshahi, Masoud Ekhtiari, Mojtaba Ghiasvand, Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj, Reza Heidari, Saeed Abbaspour, Saman Mohammadi, Shahpour Ahmadi, Siamak Nemati

HRANA News Agency – Four prisoners were executed in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj at the same time as the Iranian president lectured at the UN headquarters, and the human rights issue in Iran was at the center of international attention.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), four prisoners were executed in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj on September 20, 2017. Continue reading “At Least 4 Prisoners Executed in Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj”