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Blogger Ahmad Noor-Mohammadi Abadchi Arrested

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Freedom of Expression
Ahmad Noor-Mohammadi Abadchi

HRANA News Agency – Ahmad Noor-Mohammadi Abadchi who is a blogger and an activist has been arrested.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), in March of 2011, a number of security officers entered Ahmad Noor-Mohammadi Abadchi’s house and after confiscating some of his personal belongings such as his computer, took him to an unknown location. His family’s attempts to contact him have been fruitless.

According to government officials, he has been charged with having connections with some other political activists and also calls to gather for demonstrations and protests.

Security space in Tehran

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Labor and Guilds
Azadi Square, Basij Meghdad, Imam Hosein Square, Sadeghi Square, Shemiran Gate, Vakli Asr

Deployment of security forces in the routes leading to Azadi Square(route march today) started in Tehran and strongly security space is described.
Reporters informed the news agencies of Human Activists in Iran HRANA ,Imam Hosein Square, Shemiran Gate, Vakli Asr, and other areas of intersection march route as the bottleneck of forces is considered.
Interesting point is that the security forces are often station far from the settlement and plain clothes and driving a motorcycle is not news.

Cell phones interfere with one hand and short messaging system(SMS) also caused a slower process is informing.
It is said that at Azadi Square, people creating artificial traffic and traffic restrictions without attention to design traffic(even and odd plate cars) prevent the presence of security forces in this area has been also people with the deployment of traffic , Basij Meghdad and have prevented.
Activists report, a large rally in Tehran, Sadeghi Square, at 1.30 PM, formed the accumulation of moments that the audience grows with the number of slogans like ” death to Dictator” fresh ears.

 

Iran’s Police Commander Admits to the Authenticity of the Dormitory Attack Video

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HRANA- Iran’s Police Commander (State Security Force) recently confirmed the authenticity of a video aired three months ago by BBC showing an attack on Tehran University dormitories, while criticizing the film for its portrayal of State Security Forces as responsible for the attacks.

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Arrest of 15 University Activists Arrested in Marivan

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Students
Aram Vabasy, Donna Lanjavae, Foad Moradi, Saman Zandi, Togigh Partoe

HRANA – At least 15 students arrested after a protest at Payam-e-Nur University in Marivan on Thursday, May 13, 2010.

In this protest, students were asking the people of Marivan to participate in a city wide strike to show their dismay of the executions that had occurred earlier this year. Those arrested at this event have been sent to undisclosed locations.

According to the information received by HRANA, here are the list of 5 of those who were arrested:

1. Mr. Aram Vabasy 2. Mr. Foad Moradi 3. Mr. Togigh Partoe 4. Donna Lanjavae 5. Saman Zandi

Central Intelligence Agency of Marivan during the past few days has contacted many of the activist of that city and has threatened them that should they follow through with promoting strike, they will face severe consequences.

Currently the atmosphere of Marivan is that of domination by anti riot and security forces.

12 Men Hanged in Rajai Shahr Prison

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Executions
Rajai-Shahr

HRANA News Agency – 12 men convicted of drug trafficking were executed in Rajai Shahr prison on Tuesday, November 13, 2012.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 12 men convicted of drug trafficking were sentenced to death by revolutionary courts of Karaj and Shahriar, were executed in Rajai Shahr prison on Tuesday morning.

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Iran – Iranian lawyer on hunger strike / URGENT ACTION

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Prisoners
Alberto Bradanini, Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei, Mohammed Javad Larijani, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Sadegh Larijani, Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini

HRANA News Agency – Ms Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested in September 2010 on charges of spreading propaganda and conspiring to harm state security and has been imprisoned in solitary confinement in Evin Prison. On September 25 she began a hunger strike to protest being denied visits and phone calls from her family. On October 31 Ms Sotoudeh continued to protest her detention and ill treatment. In January 2011 Ms. Sotoudeh was sentenced to 11 years in prison in addition to the block to exercise its right and to leave the country for 20 years. Her sentenced has been reduced to 6 years in prison, and a 10 year ban from practicing law. The 20 year ban for her to leave the country has not been mentioned in the appeals court’s decision.
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Security Forces Block Reconstruction of Ahl-e Haqq’s Shrine

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Religious Minorities
Khobyaran Jalalvand, Sayed Farokh Shrine, Sayed Mirza Hussani

HRANA News Agency – Iranian security forces have blocked the reconstruction of Sayed Farokh Shrine located in the village of Khobyaran Jalalvand, Kermanshah Province.  This shrine belongs to a religious minority commonly known as Ahl-e Haqq (Yarsan).

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), a group of Ahl-e Haqq followers funded and planned a construction project in order to rebuild the Shrine of Sayed Farokh, but Iranian security forces interfered and stopped their plans.

The Shrine of Sayed Farokh is located seventy kilometres south of Kermanshah.  Iranian government totally destroyed this shrine in the summer of 2011 and even prevented the local residents from collecting the debris.

The rural district of Jalalvand consists of approximately 60 villages. The vast majority of residents in these villages are the followers of Ahl-e Haqq. In recent years, Iranian government has prevented Jalalvand’s residents from practicing their faith in order to pressure them into embracing the denomination of Shi’a.

Reports indicate that pressure on the followers of Ahl-e Haqq has significantly increased.  Last week, another member of Ahl-e Haqq community, Sayed Mirza Hussani, was summoned to the Intelligence Agency and threatened to stop observing religious rituals belonging to his faith.

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Three Kurdish Political Prisoners Still on Hunger Strike: Day 24

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Ethnic Minorities
Anvar Khezri, Davood Abdullahi, Kamran Shakhi, Ramzan Ahmadkamal, Seyed Ebrahim Seyedi

HRANA News Agency – On Sunday, June 26, 2011, three Kurdish political prisoners entered their 24th day of hunger strike in Rajai-Shahr Prison.However, prison officials refuse to pay any attention to these prisoners’ demands and have failed to take the necessary steps to meet their needs to end this hunger strike.

According to a report by Kaleme News, three Kurdish political prisoner, Anvar Khezri, Kamran Shakhi and Seyed Ebrahim Seyedi, in protest to being locked up amongst ordinary criminals such as rapists, murderers and drug traffickers have been on hunger strike for 24 days.Meanwhile, prison officials remain indifferent towards these Kurdish activists and refuse to transfer them to the political prisoners’ cell block.
Anvar Khezri, Kamran Shakhi and Seyed Ebrahim Seyedi have been illegally transferred from Ward 350 of Evin Prison to Rajai-Shahr Prison in violation of their basic rights.While ordinary prisoners only spend one day in the quarantine ward of Rajai-Shahr Prison in order to determine whether they are addicted to narcotics or not, these three political prisoners spent 50 days in the same ward which lacks basic health and sanitary conditions.After this time, they were transferred to Ward 6 of Rajai-Shahr Prison instead of the political prisoners’ cell block.
Ramzan Ahmadkamal, Davood Abdullahi and Ramzan Saeedi are three other Kurdish political prisoners that are currently locked up amongst inmates convicted of violent crimes and also prisoners with dangerous communicable diseases.According to the principles governing the separation of prisoners based on their crimes, these three individuals must also be kept in the cell block allocated to inmates arrested for political reasons.
Anvar Khezri, Kamran Shakhi and Seyed Ebrahim Seyedi have demanded to be transferred to the political prisoners’ ward in Rajai-Shahr Prison.Otherwise, they will continue their hunger strike indefinitely.
 

No News of Young Blogger, Mina Shahrvand

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Freedom of Expression
Mina Shahrvand

HRANA News Agency – After forty days of arrest, the fate of Mina Shahrvand, a young blogger born in August of 1983, remains unknown.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on February 3, 2011, a number of plainclothes officers raided and searched Mina Shahrvand’s family home. After confiscating her personal property such as government subsidies, books, notes, and CDs, she was arrested and transferred to an unknown location.

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Syndicate Workers of Tehran Bus Company Demand Release of Imprisoned Member Reza Shahabi

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Labor and Guilds

HRANA-The Syndicate Workers of Tehran Bus Company released a statement demanding the immediate release of imprisoned labor association board member Reza Shahabi.

According to the statement Reza Shahabi was arrested on June 12, 2009. He has had three phone conversations with his family since his arrest however they have not heard from him in over two weeks. The Syndicate Workers of Tehran Bus Company report that repeated inquiries by Reza Shahabi’s family and lawyer have gone unanswered by the prosecutors office and the revolutionary court. There is no word regarding the fate of Reza Shahabi at this time.