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Complementary Report Regarding Massacre of Prisoners in GhezelHesar Prison and The Latest on Conditions inside This Prison

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Karaj Ghezel Hesar Prison, Rajai Shahr Prison

HRANA News: Following the incidents in Ghezel Hesar Prison located in Karaj, leaving hundreds of prisoners dead or injured by Special Security Forces, there are reports of emergency conditions inside prison and increasing casualty within prisoners.

According to HRANA, Human Rights Activists News Agency, since yesterday morning in addition to disconnection of Ghezel Hesar prison’s phone lines, families of prisoner who were supposed to meet their inmates, have not yet had the permission to do so. In addition, even the daily leave of prison personnel has been cancelled and no information including such as identities of those killed and injured inside prison is not being released by prison authorities.

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increasing concerns about secretly executing Habibollah Latifi

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Ali Heidarian, Farhad Vakili, Farzad Kamangar, Habib Latifi, Habibollah Latifi, Mehdi Eslamian, Shirin Alam Houiy

HRANA News – All public phone line of Sanandaj prison was shutdown since yesterday and concerns about  the execution of Habib Latifi has been increased.
HRANA reporters, Due to the lost of phone service at all Sanandaj central prison’s wards, despite the extensive efforts made to confirm the wellbeing of Habib Latifi’s until now was unsuccessful.
Families of other political prisoners incarcerated in the prison could not manage to contact the prisoners.

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Evin prison’s authorities prevented the political prisoner Hossein Ronaghi Maleki from sending letters to his lawyer and to Tehran’s prosecutor.

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Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, Mohammed Ali Dadkhah

HRANA – Evin prison’s authorities prevented the political prisoner Hossein Ronaghi Maleki from sending letters to his lawyer and to Tehran’s prosecutor.

According to the reporters of Iranian Human Rights Activists Agency, this political prisoner who was sentenced illegally to 15 years in prison by Branch 26 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court and the verdict has been confirmed by Branch 54 of the Appeals Court, did not meet with his lawyer “Mohammed Ali Dadkhah” but once on July 13th.

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Reza Sharifi Bukani transferred to an unknown location

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Reza Sharifi Bukani

HRANA News Agency – The intelligence officers called prisoner of Karaj-Rajaie Shahr prison Reza Sharifi Bukani today at 9:30 in the morning and transferred him to an unknown location.

According to the Iranian Human Rights Activists Agency reporters, Reza Sharifi Bukani prisoners incarcerated in Rajaie Shahr prison was transferred today by security and intelligence forces from Karaj-Rajaie Shahr prison to an undisclosed location, there is no farther news about him as of the time of reporting this news.

Reza Sharifi Bukani was under several physical and psychological torture during the time of his detention, and despite the completion of his interrogation he has been under intense pressure for TV confession.

Must mention that Tehran prosecutor opposed any bail for him and kept him in detention, beside the judiciary system provided no clear answer on this vague point of having this prisoner tried on two separate cases at the same time.

Five Prisoners Hanged in Rasht Prison

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Rasht prison

HRANA – In the early morning hours of Monday, May 24th, five prisoners were executed by judicial authorities in Rasht prison.

According to Human Rights and Democracy Activists, the five prisoners, one of whom was a woman, were hanged behind the clinic at Rasht prison.

There is currently no information available on the identities of the five prisoners or the charges against them.

Interestingly, although several days have passed since the execution of these five prisoners, the Judiciary and state run media have remained mum on the matter and have thus far declined to publish any reports about these executions.