HRANA News Agency – Saied Abedini, Iranian-American citizen sentenced to eight years imprisonment by branch 26 of Tehran revolutionary court.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), this christian prisoner on charge of establishing home church, sentenced to eight years imprisonment by judge Pir Abbasi.
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Influenza spreads in Rajaie Shahr prison and not enough medical treatments
HRANA News Agency – Most of the political prisoners of Rajaie Shahr prison got influenza disease and the clinic of prison is not providing enough medical treatment to them.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), in the pas weeks influenza disease has spread inside Rajaie Shahr prison as epidemic. This disease which causes coughing, headache, muscle and joint pain, body-ache and … has spread in ward 4 of hall No.12 of the prison.
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A Kurd from Salmas sentenced to 5 years imprisonment
HRANA News Agency – Recently a Kurd from Salmas has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Farhad Panirak the son of Chargez, A Kurdish citizen from Broshkhovaran village in Salmas has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment on charge of acting against national security by Salmas revolutionary court.
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Mehdi Tahaghoghi Arrested to Serve One Year in Prison in Exile
HRANA News Agency – Mehdi Tahaghoghi, member of the Iranian reformist party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution, was arrested in his home by security forces to serve his one year in prison verdict in exile, yesterday.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), quoted from Kalame, Mehdi Tahaghoghi, member of the Iranian reformist party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution – Official of former president Mohammad Khatami, was arrested by security forces and sent to prison.
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Sattar Beheshti’s 40th Day Passing Away Memorial Ceremony Raided, His Mother Beaten And Injured
Mother and Sister of Satar Beheshti at his memorial ceremony
HRANA News Agency – Attendees at Sattar Beheshti’s 40th day passing away memorial ceremony were beaten and several were arrested.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the 40th day passing away memorial ceremony of Sattar Beheshti at the Imam Mohamad Taghi Shrine in Robat Karim, Tehran, was raided by security forces resulting in beatings and arrests of Sattar’s family and a number of attendees.
Following the request by Sattar Beheshti’s mother and sister for the participants to go from the Shrine to Sattar’s sister’s home for the services, security forces and Plainclothes forces attacked the participants.
Five security officers also attacked and beat Sattar’s elderly mother causing her to sustain leg and knee injuries.
One of the participants at the ceremony told HRANA’s reporter that the agents were dragging Sattar’s mother on the ground by her hair.
Sattar’s brother, Asghar Beheshti, was also arrested while he was inviting people to his sister’s home. He was kept in detention for two hours.
Another participant in the ceremony has reported that Ahmad Taghavi was arrested. The exact number of people arrested at the ceremony is not yet known.
U.S. sanctioned Iranian human rights violators
HRANA News Agency – The United States sanctioned 17 Iranian individuals and entities for their alleged roles in the Iranian government’s human rights abuses and support of terrorism, the Treasury and State departments announced Thursday.
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14 years, no information about Saeed Zeinali, political student prisoner
HRANA News Agency – Saeed Zeinali, 22, a Tehran University Computer Science graduate, was arrested at his home on July 10,1999, five days after the 5 July 1999 (18 Tir 1378) unrest at Tehran University dormitories in Tehran. He was allowed to make one phone call to his family three months later. Since then, his family have not heard from him, have not seen him, and have no information about his fate and possible detention location. His family’s persistent pursuit of news about him has proven fruitless. In 2010, Zeinali’s mother, Akram Neghabi, and his sister were arrested and detained inside the Intelligence Ministry’s Ward 209 at Evin Prison for two months, following Akram Neghabi’s September 2009 interview with Voice of America about her missing son’s case.
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Roghieh Hassanzadeh’s Prison Term & Lashes Upheld
HRANA News Agency – Roghieh Hassanzadeh’s prison term and lashes have been upheld by the Appeals Court in East Azerbaijan Province.Roghieh Hassanzadeh is a resident of Tabriz.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the 104th branch of the criminal court in Tabriz sentenced Roghieh Hassanzadeh to 91 days in prison and 20 lashes.The 12th branch of the Appeals court in East Azerbaijan Province has upheld this ruling.
Roghieh Hassanzadeh was charged with and subsequently convicted of disturbing the peace by shouting slogans against the regime.
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Security Agents Raided Yalda Celebrations in Gorgan
HRANA News Agency – Yalda celebrations organized by youth groups and social activists in Gorgan, Golestan Province, was cancelled after police and security agents raided the ceremony.Yalda is the Persian Winter Solstice Celebration observed on the longest night of the year.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), more than one hundred young citizens and social and cultural activists from Golestan Province planned Yalda celebrations which was ultimately cancelled after security agents raided the ceremony.
Prior to the celebrations, all the expenses were paid and preparations were made for a modest ceremony planned to be held in the garden of a restaurant.Guests intended to recite poems, read stories and eat dinner.
One of the organizer of Yalda celebrations in Gorgan told HRANA, “This ceremony was not political in nature at all.It was a small and simple gathering to observe Yalda, a thousand-year-old Iranian tradition.Before the celebrations began, police raided the restaurant and threw all the guests out.Then security agents cut off the electricity and prevented us from carrying out the program.”
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Laid Off Textile Worker Threw Shoes at Ahmadinejad
HRANA News Agency – During a ceremony held to honor Ali Kerdan, Iran’s former Secretary of State, a group of workers from Mazandaran Textile Company interrupted the gathering before hurling a shoe at President Ahmadinejad.
A laid off worker identified as Rashid Sh. managed to reach the front row and threw a shoe at President Ahmadinejad before shouting in protest against problems faced by Iranian workers.
Rashid Sh. was then wrestled to the ground by security personnel and hauled away. It has been reported that Rashid Sh. also threw eggs at Iran’s former President Mohammad Khatami while he was in office.
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