More than 500 homelesses have been arrested in Tehran

HRANA News Agency – Tehran police chief declared that the police has arrested more than 500 homeless in Molawi St. during an operation on Saturday night.

 

According to Fars news, Hossein Sajedinia the Tehran police chief claimed that their forces arrested more than 500 homeless in an operation in Molawi St. and as well around 50 drug gangs have been arrested.  Continue reading “More than 500 homelesses have been arrested in Tehran”

Six amputation verdicts will be carried out in Shiraz

HRANA News Agency – Ali Alqasi, the attorney general of Shiraz, has announced that six amputation verdicts have been issued in this city and will be carried out soon.

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Sixteen arrested for celebrating in streets

HRANA News Agency – The Police Chief in Boshehr Province has announced that 16 individuals have been arrested after people took to the streets last Tuesday to celebrate Iran’s victory against South Korea during the qualifying match  for 2014 World Cup.

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Abdolkarim Lahiji became the president of FIDH

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”

Fire-fighters and rescuers are buried under trash

HRANA News Agency – As a result of a mudslide at a landfill, a group of fire-fighters and rescuers who were trying to put out a fire fell into a hole more than 98 feet deep.  They are now buried under a  mountain of trash which clasped after them.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ramzan Amini, the deputy mayor of Shiraz, has announced that 11 individuals were buried under the trash at Barmshor Landfill.  Four men have already been rescued, and efforts to rescue the others are underway.

According to another report by Mahr News Agency, Ramin Talabi, the director of the fire department at the city of Shiraz, has said that because of the volume of trash piled up at the site, the rescuers have had difficulty reaching the missing victims.  “Two fire-fighters, two horticultural engineers and two utility workers are still missing,” Talabi said.  “The most important obstacles are the volume of trash and mud at the site.”  The experts at the landfill have estimated that the victims are under more than 40 tons of trash.

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Shahran locals gathered in front of Tehran City Council

HRANA News Agency – A number of locals of Shahran in the region 5 of Tehran gathered in front of Tehran City Council against the destruction of Asia Park.

According to a report by Iran channel, a number of the locals of Shahran gathered protesting against cutting the trees and illegal destruction of Asia Park.

The demonstrators have gathered with a rose flower in their hands and some placards written on them: “Dear Mayor, listen to the City Council, we condemn destroying the landscape, the agriculture of Shahran and Kan are being destroyed, Mr. Ghalibaf free the Park.”

A man has been killed by Basijis in Salmas

HRANA News Agency – Because of the violent fire of Basiji forces an Azeri citizen in Salmas has been killed.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), in the night of April 18, 2013 Kamal Abdollahi, 72, the Azeri citizen of Moghanjoogh village of Salmas was shot directly by Basiji forces  when he was coming back home from his farm and passed away immediately. Continue reading “A man has been killed by Basijis in Salmas”

5 are dead because of Chinese Penicillin injection

HRANA News Agency – A research on the medical cases showed that 5 people have died because of using Chinese Penicillin.

Dr. Iraj Khosronia, the chief of the Internal specialists society of Iran has told to YJC: a 40 years old man goes to a doctor because of Pus in throat for whom the doctor gives penicillin to use. He uses the Penicillin and gets ague and loses his blood pressure and cannot breath and after 15 minutes dies. Continue reading “5 are dead because of Chinese Penicillin injection”

At Least 30 PKK Fighters Killed or Injured

HRANA News Agency – An Iranian military commander has announced that at least thirty members of PKK have been killed or injured since fighting resumed ten days ago in Kurdistan alongside the western and northwestern regions of Iran.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hamid Ahmadi, a military commander with the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, has reported that at least 30 guerrilla fighters of Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) have been killed or injured by Sepah Pasdaran.

Iranian state media has reported, “Sweeping military operations continue in the northwestern regions of the country in order to get rid of members of the terrorist group, PKK.”

HRANA previously reported that on Friday, September 2, 2011, Iranian military forces resumed operations alongside the country’s western borders after a ten-day delay.