According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting Kurdpa, on February 2, 2023, six people were arrested in Abdanan.
Their whereabouts and the allegations are still unknown.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on January 30, 2023, music teacher Masoumeh Banagar was arrested in Qazvin.
Banagar was arrested and jailed for attending the commemoration ceremony for Javad Heydari, who was killed by regime forces at protests.
An informed source told HRANA that “the first time, on November 13, 2022, intelligence agents arrested her at her house without showing any arrest warrant and took her to Choobindar Prison in Qazvin. She was accused of publishing a few social media stories. Once again, on December 25, she was summoned, arrested, and jailed after an appearance. After ten days, she was released on bail until the end of legal proceedings.”
Since the beginning of nationwide protests, over 19600 people, including journalists, artists, lawyers, teachers, students and civil rights activists, have been arrested. So far, over protests, at least 769 people have been sentenced to a total of about 13721 months imprisonment.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on February 1, 2023, Zabihollah Jamadi, a resident of Abdanan, was arrested at his brother’s house.
Jamadi was, reportedly, taken to Ilam Prison. The reason for his arrest and the allegations are still unknown.
Since the beginning of nationwide protests, over 19600 people, including journalists, artists, lawyers, teachers, students and civil rights activists, have been arrested. So far, over protests, at least 766 people have been sentenced to a total of about 13612 months imprisonment.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting Aftab News, on February 1, 2023, 10 people were arrested in Abdanan, Ilam Province.
This judicial official stated: “Yesterday, about 100 people gathered and chanted slogan in Basij Square. Five of these troublemakers were slightly injured, from which they all now have been recovered.”
“This gathering was held in protest against Sajad Moradi Vandi’s arrest and the sentence against Ayat Arefi-Nia, two social media activists in Abdanan. Ten people were arrested, and legal cases have been opened against them,” he added.
This report did not disclose the individuals’ identities.
Since the beginning of nationwide protests, over 19600 people, including journalists, artists, lawyers, teachers, students and civil rights activists, have been arrested. So far, over protests, at least 766 people have been sentenced to a total of about 13612 months imprisonment.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Jafar Panahi went on a hunger strike in Evin Prison.
His wife, Tahereh Saeedi, mentioned his prolonged incarceration and the judicial official’s refusal of his temporary release as the reason for this hunger strike.
Announcing his hunger strike, Panahi wrote in an open letter: “according to law, once my request for a retrial was accepted and my legal case was delivered to a court branch for review, I should have been released on bail immediately. While we witnessed the execution of the innocent young men of our country within 30 days, by the interference of intelligence agents, delivering my case to a court branch took over 100 days.”
A while ago, the six-year sentence against Panahi was quashed by the Supreme Court o Iran and the case was delivered to Branch 21 of the Tehran Court of Appeals for a retrial.
Panahi was sentenced to six years in prison and banned from filmmaking for 20 years and leaving the country. This verdict was upheld on appeal. On July 11, 2022, Panahi was arrested in front of Evin prison to serve his sentence.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting the Iranian Students’ Union, student Ali Fatahi was sentenced to three years in prison for “assembly and collusion against national security.”
On November 2, 2022, in cooperation with the University officials, IRGC forces arrested Fatahi at the University gate. He was released on bail after 35 days.
According to Rokna, on February 1, 2023, an unidentified inmate convicted of killing three members of a family was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison, Karaj.
Iran Human Rights Organization also reported that on January 31, two inmates, identified as Ali Allahverdi and Farhang Zakaie, were executed in Adel-Abad Prison, Shiraz.
According to an informed source mentioned in this report, these two stepbrothers committed murder three years ago.
Lastly, on February 1, Mansour Yousefzehi, age 22, was executed in Bandar-Abbas Prison. Two years ago, he was arrested reportedly for smuggling two kilos of drugs.
In 2022, the Department of Statistics and Publication of Human Rights Activists in Iran registered 457 reports related to the death penalty. This included 92 death sentences, including the conviction of 6 people to public execution and 565 execution sentences were carried out, 2 of which have been carried out in public. Based on the announced identifications of some of the executed individuals, 501 were male and 11 were female. In addition, 5 juvenile offenders were executed in 2022, meaning they were under the age of 18 at the time they committed the crime.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on January 30, 2023, Asal Meskinnavaz was arrested by intelligence agents.
An informed source told HRANA that the prosecutor’s representative, Eliasi, directly ordered Mehdi Meskinnavaz’s relocation to Ward 209 of Evin Prison. The agents also confiscated some of his personal belongings in prison.
On May 5, 2019, security forces arrested Meskinnavaz in Bandar Anzali for “running a Telegram channel advocating the overthrow of the regime.” He was transferred to the public ward of Evin Prison in Tehran after ending the interrogation.
On April 20, 2020, he was transferred from Evin to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Astiaj Haghighi and Amir Mohammad Ahmadi were sentenced to imprisonment and additional punishments.
According to this verdict, each of them received ten years and six months for “promotion of impurity and indecency, assembly and collusion against national security, and propaganda against the regime.” They have also been banned from social activities on the Internet and leaving the country for two years.
An informed source told HRANA that they were denied access to a lawyer during legal proceedings.
A while after their arrest, Mrs Haghighi was relocated from Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison in Varamin.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Mahmood Alimi was sentenced to two years in prison.
According to an informed source, “during Alimi’s detention, local TV broadcasted two times a video of his coerced confession over setting fire to Qasem Soleimani’s banner. A few weeks ago, the court sentenced him to two years in prison.”
It is still unknown of which charges Alimi has been convicted.
Since the beginning of nationwide protests, about 19600 people, including journalists, artists, lawyers, teachers, students and civil rights activists, have been arrested. So far, over protests, at least 757 people have been sentenced to a total of about 13134 months imprisonment.
