The Mourning Ceremony of Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Mother Canceled

HRANA News Agency – The mourning   ceremony of Safoura Fakhrian, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Mother was canceled by   authorities.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), at first, this ceremony was scheduled to be held at Nour Mosque, Tehran. But they were told authorities had contacted it’s better not to held it there, because it may become a political gathering.
Then, this ceremony was scheduled to be held at Rasoul Mosque in Kaj Sq.

Reza Khandan, Nasrin’s husband informed on his facebook that this ceremony is canceled at all.

He wrote: “Unfortunately, the ceremony is banned at Rasoul Mosque too. So there is no opportunity to hold the ceremony at all and we apologize those who were scheduled to attend the ceremony.”

 

Jailed Iran rights lawyer ends hunger strike

HRANA News Agency – Jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has ended a hunger strike in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison after 49 days.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the internationally recognised Sotoudeh, 47, ended her protest yesterday after two lawmakers took steps to have authorities lift restrictions and harassment directed at her family.
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Has Britain’s war on drugs led to more executions in Iran?

HRANA News Agency – Human rights campaigners are increasingly worried that funding to combat the narcotics trade is providing indirect assistance to a judicial system that is engaged in what has been described as ‘a killing spree of staggering proportions’.

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Two Baloch teenage political prisoners sentenced to death were transferred to exile prisons

HRANA News Agency –Two Baloch teenage political prisoners sentenced to death by Iranian revolutionary court and were exiled to Qazvin and Semnan prisons. And, also there is no information about another Baloch teenage political prisoner.

 

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Majid Tavakoli Has Lost Ability to Speak Due to Hunger Strike


HRANA – Majid Tavakoli’s condition has rapidly deteriorated during the fifth day of his hunger strike in Ward 240 of Evin prison, so much so that he has lost his ability to speak due to avoiding water.
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Iran: 10 Prisoners Hanged within Last Two Days/ Three of Them Publicly

HRANA News Agency– Iranian regime executed 10 prisoners within last two days. Three of them were publicly.

According to the reports by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 10 prisoners were hanged by Iranian regime within last two days:

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Nava Na’imi, the Baha’i citizen arrested

HRANA News Agency – A Baha’i citizen from Esfahan has been arrested and transferred to unknown location.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), On February 12th of 2013 Etela’at agents invaded a Nava Na’imis’ house and inspected all her house which is located in Baharestan of Esfahan and took away her computer, books, religious and personal photos, arrested her and transferred to an unknown location.

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Five years imprisonment confirmed for a Kurdish student activist

HRANA News Agency – Western Azerbayejan provincial appealed, confirmed the 5 years imprisonment verdict for Jamal Ghader Nezhad who has been sentenced by Mahabad court.
“The final verdict of 5 years imprisonment for Jamal Ghader Nezhad confirmed by branch 10 of western Azerbayejan provincial appealed”, Ghader Nezhad’s lawyer said to Moukrian news agency.
Jamal Ghader Nezhad is student of sociology in Payame Noor university of Miando’ab.
Abbas Jamali, the lawyer of the dossier declared that the main accusation to his client is membership in one of Kurdish subversive parties, but he also mentioned collusion against national security and propaganda against regime as the other accusations in his client’s dossier.
“My client was been arrested by Etela’at according to the mentioned accusations and the surprising point is that Etela’at demanded very clearly for the highest punishment citing to articles 499, 500 and 610 of criminal law which is totally illegal and this department is not allowed to demand the punishment range for anyone; And it is the job of prosecutors and courts”, Mr. Jamali added.
According to Mr. Jamali his client claimed that he is not a member of any subversive parties but the judge sentenced him.
“The judge declared that the other accusations as collusion against national security and propaganda against regime are not apart and sentenced Ghader Nezhad to 5 years imprisonment only in accusation of membership in subversive party”, Mr. Jamali continued.
During the report, Mr. Jamali said that Etela’at claimed about 500 pages evidence to prove everything, but when Mr. Jamali asked judge to sow the evidence, the judge said that “I have seen, it is enough. You do not need to see it”.
“I objected all these stuff during the appealed session but the verdict confirmed and the realities neglected by appealed”, Abbas Jamali said.
Jamal Ghader Nezhad’s lawyer confirmed that his client is suffering of intervertebral disc herniation, also that he asked medical furlough for his client by bail which refused by the court.
Ghader Nezhad has serious intervertebral disc herniation and it might affect his condition and his health.
Abbas Jamali declared his point of view about his client’s verdict that it is totally unfair because there is no evidence to prove the accusation and the verdict has been issued just according to the Etela’at report.
 

Preventing Tajzade’s medical treatment in Farabi Hospital

HRANA News Agency – Islamic revolutionary guards agents prevented the continuation of medical treatments on Mostafa Tajzade’s teeth and eye in Farabi hospital and claimed that since now all the process will be continued in a hospital which is under revolutionary guards management.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), quoted from Norooz, After a few months of internal eye bleeding the medical treatments on Mostafa Tajzade started in Farabi hospital but islamic revolutionary guards transferred him from Farabi hospital to Baqiatollah hospital and prevented the continuation of medical treatment process. This happens while the judge issued permission for Tajzade to be under medical treatment in Farabi hospital.
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Uncertainty of a detained weblogger situation after 130 days

HRANA News Agency – After 130 days detention of Kaveh Taheri, the weblogger who has arrested on September 23rd of 2012 still his situation is uncertain.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Kaveh Taheri, the weblogger who is from Shiraz has been arrested by agents of revolutionary guards Etela’at on September 23rd of 2012 at his working place, transferred to Detention center of revolutionary guards and then after 52 days to Adel Abad prison in Shiraz.
The agents confiscated his personal laptop and then searched his home and took away his personal belongings such as hard drive of his computer, handwritings and … .
“Kaveh Taheri who is 31 years old, passed journalism courses and has the journalist ID but one of the charges on him is illegal reporter”, One of his relatives told HRANA reporter.
After 130 days of Kaveh Taheri’s detention and his family’s haunt, still no trial formed for him and even the court did not allow his lawyer to study the dossier.
It has to be mentioned that in general, the charges on this weblogger in his dossier are acting against national security and propaganda against regime through cyberspace.