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At Least 7 Civil Activists Arrested Across the Country

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Behnam Mousivand, Dariush Zandi, Leyla Farjami, Mahmoud Masumi, Saeed Eqbal, Shima Babaei

HRANA News Agency – At least seven civil activists were arrested by security forces in different parts of the country. Among the detainees, Saeed Eqbal, Dariush Zandi, Shima Babaei, Leyla Farjami, Mahmoud Masumi and Behnam Mousivand have been so far identified, but the number of the detainees will probably increase.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), during a coordinated action of security forces across the country, a number of civil activists, mostly known and formerly detained, were arrested on Thursday, February 1, 2018. Continue reading “At Least 7 Civil Activists Arrested Across the Country”

Majid Asadi, Payam Shakiba and Mohammad Amirkhizi Sentenced to 28 Years in Prison

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Majid Asadi, Mohammad binazadeh Amirkhizi, Payam Shakiba

HRANA News Agency _ Majid Asadi, Payam Shakiba, two former student activists and Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhzai have been sentenced to 28 years imprisonment and four years in exile by Branch 26 of Tehran Revolutionary Court.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), three political prisoners have been detained since last year and gave their latest defences to Branch 6 of the Evin Prison on July 12, 2017. According to the verdict of Branch 26 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, headed by Judge Ahmadzadeh, they have been sentenced to 28 years of imprisonment for acting against the national security through gathering, collusion and propaganda against the regime. Continue reading “Majid Asadi, Payam Shakiba and Mohammad Amirkhizi Sentenced to 28 Years in Prison”

A Poet and a Writer Arrested in Iran

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Mohammad Bam, Shahriar Galavani

HRANA News Agency – Shahriar Galavani, writer, translator and literature critic, was arrested by security forces in his house in Khoy on January 4, 2018. On the other hand, Mohammad Bam, poet from Abadan, was also arrested after attending protests in Abadan.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Shahriar Galavani was arrested by security forces in his house in Khoy on January 4, 2018. Continue reading “A Poet and a Writer Arrested in Iran”

Imprisonment Sentences of Two Activists Upheld by Appeals Court

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Ghasem Ghanbari, Hassan Bozorgzadeh, Mir Mohammad Miri

HRANA News Agency – The primitive court verdict for Ghasem Ghanbari and Mir Mohammad Miri, two political activists from the village of Dale in Gachsaran District, who had been previously sentenced to two years of imprisonment and lashes on charges of propaganda against the regime and insulting the leadership, was upheld by the third branch of the Court of Appeals in Kohkiluyeh and Bouyer Ahmad Province. The verdict was announced to the defendants recently.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the two-year imprisonment sentence for Ghasem Ghanbari and Mir (Sayed) Mohammad Miri, which had been previously issued by the Gachsaran Revolutionary Court, was confirmed by the Appeals Court. Continue reading “Imprisonment Sentences of Two Activists Upheld by Appeals Court”

Reza Akwaniyan Sentenced to Imprisonment and Lashes

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Reza Akwaniyan

HRANA News Agency – Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran sentenced Reza Akwaniyan, poet and civil activist, to 3 years of imprisonment and 40 lashes for insulting the sacred by compiling poetry and propaganda against the regime. Mr. Akwanian had already been sentenced to 5 years suspended imprisonment and spent one year in jail.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Judge Mashallah Ahmadzadeh, head of Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran sentenced Reza Akwaniyan, poet and civil activist, to 3 years of imprisonment and 40 lashes. Continue reading “Reza Akwaniyan Sentenced to Imprisonment and Lashes”

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Mohammad Mehdi Nekounam Arrested in Qom

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Mohammad Mehdi Nekounam, Mohammad Reza Nekounam

HRANA News Agency – Security forces went to house of Mohammad Mehdi Nekounam, son of Ayatullah Nekounam, critical cleric, and inspected the house and arrested him on October 27, 2017.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), security forces from Special Clerical Court in Qom inspected the house and seized some properties and arrested Mohammad Mehdi Nekounam. Continue reading “Mohammad Mehdi Nekounam Arrested in Qom”

Vahid Pour Tahmaseb Sentenced to 11 Years of Imprisonment

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Vahid Pour Tahmaseb

HRANA News Agency – Vahid Pour Tahmaseb, follower of Mohammad Ali Taheri, has been sentenced to 11 years imprisonment, according to the verdict given to him in the Revolutionary Court of Babol on October 4, 2017.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Vahid Pour Tahmaseb was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on charges of “membership in the group and the population with the aim of disrupting the security of the country” and 1 year imprisonment on charge of “advertising activity in favor of opposition groups” according to the verdict which was notified to on October 4, 2017. Continue reading “Vahid Pour Tahmaseb Sentenced to 11 Years of Imprisonment”

Comprehensive Report: Seven Days of Protests in Iran

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Abbas Abbasi, Abbas Ali Dadi, Abbas Amini, Abbas Arghand, Abbas Azizi, Abbas Sa'edi, Abbas Saaedi, Abdolhossein al-Bughebish, Abdoljabbar Khaledi, Abdollah Buazar, Abdollah Khasimi, Abdolreza Hamdi, Abdul Karim Saidway, Abdullah Khosravi, Abedin Bahadori, Adel Aran, Adel Nawasri, Ahmad Beit Hurdan, Ahmad Da´aghele, Ahmad Safari, Ahmad Savari, Ahmad Zarafshan, Ahmed Abdi Zadeh, Ali Abbasi, Ali Abbasi Zadeh, Ali Abidavi, Ali Akbar Asakareh, Ali al-Nasser, Ali Asadi, Ali Barat Ali, Ali Bavi, Ali Behzadpour, Ali Damiani, Ali Ghanem, Ali Haghi, Ali Heidari, Ali Jaberi, Ali Kazem Lou, Ali Kuhram, Ali Mozaffari, Ali Neisi, Ali Rahimi, Ali Rakvi, Ali Sa'idi Kian, Ali Sabour Bushehri, Ali Saeedi, Ali Sharafi, Ali Sharifat, Ali Sherafi, Ali Soleimani, Ali Taheri, Ali Zamidan, Ali Zareiee, Aliakbar Babdoust, Alireza Adarinejad, Alireza Esfandiari, Alireza Farhadifar, Alireza ghajraieepour, Alireza Ghanbari Naberghani, Alireza Moeiniyan, Alireza Reibandi, amad Damni, Amin Ahi, Amin Esmaieel Vandilavaiee, Amin Gheibi, Amin jamshidi, Amin Karsavi, Amin Khederi, Amin Khosravi, Amin Matvari, Amin Oveydi, Amin Rezaiee, Amin Salehi Kahkesh, Amin Soleimani, Amin Zendedel, Amir al-Bughebish, Amir Aramoun, Amir Farjafari, Amir Haddadi Cheijeh, Amir Hamidi, Amir Hosein Elm Talab, Amir Hossein Hajipour, Amir Sa'atati, Amrullah Ansari, Arash alizadeh, Arash Avari, Ardeshir Barber, Aref Fathi, Aref Nusasri, Arjang Zargush, Arman Dehbashi Dorki, Arvin Ramezani Piyani, Atef Sharififard, Ayatollah Alizadeh, Azad Taghizadeh, Bahman Tafazzoli Nasab, Bahram Karavand, Behnam Ariabinian, Behnam Badri, Behnam ghaedi, Behzad Ali Kenari, Cyrus Behbahani, Cyrus Salehi, Danial Bakhtiyarinejad, Danial İman, Danial Khosravi, Dariush Hassan Wand Sadeghi, Ehsan Mohammadi, Esmaieel Taheri Arpanah, Faeze Abdipour, Falah Mazrae, Faramarz Omidi, Farhad Bavadi, Farhad Ka'bani, Farhad Karami, Farid Arjang, Farid Shini, Farid Zarghami, Farshid Bakhtiari, Farshid Taj Miri, Farzad Tanha, Firouz Amiri Sargouili, Fouad baraviye, Fouad Sadauni, Fouad Soleimani, Ghader Dalan, Ghodratollah Seydi, Gholam Ali Mosavvar, Gholam Reza Togo, Hadi karami, Hadi Saeedi, Hadi Sayyahi, Hadi Shamusi, Hadi Sharifi Nasab, Hadi Soleimani, Hafez Abdollahi, Hafizullah Rezaei, Hairdressing salon, Hajat Shaspour, Hamed Bagheri Kahkesh, Hamed Sheikhani, Hamid Aali Mahmoudi, Hamid Neisi, Hamid Saadouni, Hamze Rahnama, Hamzeh Khodsuz, hani Ghablan, Hasan Dilamipour, Hasan Ghanizadeh, Hasan Kurkur, Hashem asakereh, Hassan Asakereh, Heidar Hilchi, Hesam Hosein Zadeh, Heydar Ghateri, Heydar Hamdi, Hisham Al Nasser, Hosein Abidavi, Hosein Abiyat, Hossein Bahrami, Hossein Dilamipour, Hossein Hanizadeh, Hossein Saljughi Pebdani, Hossein Tookan, Hussein Alhabi, Imad Bani Tamim, İman Bahmani, Iman Dilaminejad, İman Esfandiyari Gharibvandi, İraj Hamidi, Ismail Abidaway, Jacob Al Nasser, Jamshid Khosh Avaz, jasem Arlavi, Javad Heidari, Javad Karami, Javad Khaybar, Javad Navameri, Jebreieel Zareiee, Kamshad Goodarzian, Karim Abdul Khani Motlagh, Karim Aqbavi, Kasra Nouri, Kazem Hamdi, Kazem Soleimani, Khalaf Al-bughabish, Khaled al-Bughebish, Kurosh Taban, Lale Aghaiee, Leyla Hosein Zadeh, Loghman Karami, Loghman Veysi, Mahmood Alijani, Mahmoud Ahmadi, Mahmoud Chamangol, Mahmoud Haddadi, Mahmoud Harizavi, Mahmoud Masumi, Mahmoud Salehpour, Mahram Saberi, Majid Akbari, Majid Asakareh, Majid Mosafer, Mansour khoda Bakhshi, Mehdi Ahmadiyan, Mehdi Anabi, Mehdi Badrihajivar, Mehdi Daghaele, Mehdi Farhadifar, Mehdi Gholamali, Mehdi Gholami, Mehdi Hossein Gholizadeh, Mehdi Shamsourian, Mehdi Toupchi, Mehdi Vahabi Sani, Mehdi Zafar Nejad, Mehran Kurkur, Mehran Saeedi, Mehrdad Bahmani, Mehrdad Davoudi, Mehrzad esfahan Pour, Mekaieel Gholirad, Meysam Kabodi, Meysam Zahiri, Meysem Sharif, Milad Arzagh Chehm, Milad Goodarzi, Milad sabour bushehri, Mohammad Abdollahi, Mohammad Ahmadiyan Heravi, Mohammad Alizadeh, Mohammad Amin al-Bughebish, Mohammad Amin Haqnejad, Mohammad Amin Osanlou, Mohammad Anabi, Mohammad Bam, Mohammad Golizadeh, Mohammad Hamdi, Mohammad Hesamizadeh, Mohammad Jaledust, Mohammad Javaheri, Mohammad Keyvani, Mohammad Khani, Mohammad Kiyani, Mohammad Masumi, Mohammad Mehdi Bandri, Mohammad Mehdi Khorramnia, Mohammad Mohammadiyan, Mohammad Mohsen Nejad, Mohammad Neisi, Mohammad Polvamd Darzadeh, Mohammad Reza Farhadifar, Mohammad Reza Ghibi Hajiar, Mohammad reza sarvari, Mohammad Reza Tabib Nejad, Mohammad Saaedi, Mohammad Sadiq Shahsheshin, Mohammad salamaati, Mohammad Sarem, Mohammad Shahshin, Mohammad Shamusi, Mohammad Sharifi Moghaddam Riyaiee, Mohammad Sorfe, Mohammad Taher Sayyah, Mohammed Bam, Mohsen al-Bughebish, Mohsen Hagh Shenas, Mohsen Khosravi Sani, Mohsen Mir Mohseni, Mohsen Shahsavan, Mohsen torabi, Mojtaba Behbahanzadeh, Morteza al-Bughebish, Morteza Bandari, Morteza Rami, Morteza Zanganeh, Mosib Cheraghi, Moslem Ahmai Belonki, Moslem Puya, Mossadegh Sarvestani, Mostafa Ahmadi, Mostafa Bodaghi Galle, Mostafa Kolah Dor, Mozaffar Rahmani, Muhammad Khayyati, Musa al-Bufathi, Mustafa Khalafi, Nabi Mazrae, Nabi Tardast, Nader Badri, Nader Jamilzadeh, Najaf Asadpour, Naji Jenahi, Neda Ahmadi, Negin Aramesh, Nima Rezaei, Omid Ajlal, Omid al-Bughebish, Omid Arsalan Pejman, Omid Jamshidi, Parisa Lahuti, Parsa Babarzadeh, Payam Heydar Delavar, Pedram Pazire, Peyman Geravand, Peyman Savari, Pouria Khazaee, Purea Hafizai, Puriya Parsa, Puyan Partovi, Qasem Jaberi, Raad Abidavi, Ramadan Al Nasser, Rasool Rahmani, Reza Bahmani, Reza Bani Tamim, Reza Dalghane, Reza Eskandari, Reza Goodarzi, Reza Jamshidi, Reza Keyhan, Reza Kooravand, Reza Soleimani, Rostam Behzadi Sheikh Rabat, Rostam Hayati, Rouhollah Aalipour, Ruhollah Arghand, Saad Asakere, Saad Hamoudi, Saalem Atshani, Saber Khosravi, Sadegh Asakereh Albalegh, Sadra Omidi, Saeed Abbasi Asl, Saeed Aghasi Kalasorkhi, Saeed Ghanbarzadeh Mohammadi, Saeed Hulaiee, Saha Mortezaiee, Sajjad Alaei Faradineh, Sajjad Asgari, Sajjad Deylami, Sajjad Dilami Hamedani, Sajjad Evanabi, Sajjad Helmi, Sajjad Ki Shams, Sajjad Kurkur Shareh, Sajjad Lotfi Cham Yusufali, Sajjad Salbati, Salah Mazrae, Salar Mobaraki, Saleh Jaberi, Salman Abdollahi, Salman Abyat, Sama derakhshani, Saman Arghavani, Sami Matrudi, Sara Jamshidi, Sepideh Farahan, Seyed Mosib Taheriyan, Seyyed Abbas Oshal, Seyyed Ali Reza Hosseini, Seyyed Behnam Shahabi, Seyyed Mehdi Rahbi, Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Barafati, Shahab Salamati, Shahla Vahdatpour, Shahram Hasanzadeh, Shahriar Golvani, Shamseddin Kakei, Shapour Rashno, Shayan alasvandi, Shayan Mehdi Pour, Shaye Sheikhani, Shokr Allah Rezaei, Siavash Taheri, Sina Emran, Sina Ghaffari, Sina Rabiee, Siyavash Amjadi, Soheil Aghazadeh, Soheil Movahhedan, Soheil Zalakinejad, Soleiman Abdi, Tahmas Kuchaki, Tarokh Maleki, Turan Mehrban, Vahi Almasiberdemili, Vahid Feizi, Vahid Karimi, Vahid Kordi, Vahid Mazhari, Vahid Rezaei Sulgani, Vali Amiri, waali barihi, Ya'qub Hatamnezhad Malimir, Yakub Sheikhani, Yarallah Soleimani, Yasaman Mahbubi, Yaser Habibi, Yaser Jasemi, Yashar Barakpour, Yasin Mirzaiee, Yasser Karami, Yazdan Ahmadi, Yazdan Faraj Zadeh, Yousef Heidari, Yousef Sheikhani, Yousof Kiyani, Yousof Salami, Yusuf Nusari

HRANA -The Center of Statistics at Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) has published a report regarding the recent seven days of protests in Iran which occurred from December 28, 2017 to January 03, 2018. Currently, we have reports on the extent of the protests and the names of arrested individuals as of January 09, 2018.

At the time of compiling this report, the Iranian State had not provided a conclusive report of the protests and it’s under currents. Therefore, this report should be deemed as a cursory review and a collection of the reports of the events rather than a singularly comprehensive one. Continue reading “Comprehensive Report: Seven Days of Protests in Iran”

Seven days in the month of Dey; The initial brief report of the first week of protests in Iran

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Abbas Ali Dadi, Abbas Arghand, Abdoljabbar Khaledi, Ahmad Safari, Ali Akbar Asakareh, Ali Asadi, Ali Barat Ali, Ali Haghi, Ali Mozaffari, Ali Sharafi, Ali Zareiee, Alireza Moeiniyan, amad Damni, Amin Khosravi, Amin Rezaiee, Amir Hosein Elm Talab, Arash Avari, Aref Fathi, Arjang Zargush, Azad Taghizadeh, Bahman Tafazzoli Nasab, Behnam ghaedi, Danial İman, Faeze Abdipour, Falah Mazrae, Faramarz Omidi, Farhad Karami, Farshid Taj Miri, Ghader Dalan, Gholam Ali Mosavvar, Hadi karami, Hafez Abdollahi, Hamze Rahnama, Hesam Hosein Zadeh, İraj Hamidi, iranprotest, Jamshid Khosh Avaz, Javad Karami, Javad Khaybar, Jebreieel Zareiee, Kasra Nouri, Lale Aghaiee, Leyla Hosein Zadeh, Loghman Karami, Loghman Veysi, Mahmoud Chamangol, Mahmoud Harizavi, Mahmoud Masumi, Mahram Saberi, Majid Akbari, Majid Asakareh, Majid Mosafer, Mehdi Toupchi, Mehdi Vahabi Sani, Mekaieel Gholirad, Meysem Sharif, Mohammad Ahmadiyan Heravi, Mohammad Amin Osanlou, Mohammad Javaheri, Mohammad Khani, Mohammad Masumi, Mohammad Mohammadiyan, Mohammad reza sarvari, Mohammad Sharifi Moghaddam Riyaiee, Mohsen Hagh Shenas, Mohsen Mir Mohseni, Mohsen Shahsavan, Mohsen torabi, Mozaffar Rahmani, Nabi Mazrae, Nabi Tardast, Negin Aramesh, Omid Ajlal, Omid Arsalan Pejman, Omid Jamshidi, Pedram Pazire, Peyman Geravand, Pouria Khazaee, protests, Ruhollah Arghand, Saha Mortezaiee, Salah Mazrae, Salman Abdollahi, Sama derakhshani, Saman Arghavani, Sara Jamshidi, Shahla Vahdatpour, Shamseddin Kakei, Sina Emran, Sina Ghaffari, Sina Rabiee, Siyavash Amjadi, Soheil Aghazadeh, Soheil Movahhedan, Soleiman Abdi, Tarokh Maleki, Turan Mehrban, Vahid Mazhari, Vali Amiri, Yasaman Mahbubi, Yaser Habibi, Yasin Mirzaiee, Yazdan Faraj Zadeh

HRANA – The Center of Statistics at Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) has published this report regarding the recent seven days of protests in Iran which occurred from December 28, 2017 to January 3, 2018.

At the time of the compilation of this report, there are still protests occurring in parts of Iran. As a result, this report does not provide the most comprehensive outlook possible of the recent protests in Iran and is solely focused on the first seven days of protests. Continue reading “Seven days in the month of Dey; The initial brief report of the first week of protests in Iran”

2 Killed in Dorud / Preparations in Evin Prison to Receive More Prisoners

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Amin Rezai, iranprotest, Omid Arsalan Pejman, Yasin Mirzai

HRANA News Agency – The authorities, in addition to informing the two deaths in Dorud conflicts, gradually provided more information about hundreds of arrested people in the national protests on fourth days of the popular protests in various cities of Iran. At the same time, it is reported from Evin prison that prison authorities had prepared a certain place for accepting a large number of detainees by evacuating the halls of prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Evin prison authorities have considered a certain place for keeping the detainees in recent days through evacuating the quarantine of ward 4 of the prison, which has a capacity of 180 people. Continue reading “2 Killed in Dorud / Preparations in Evin Prison to Receive More Prisoners”