According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on September 19, 2022, the Karaj Central Penitentiary officials executed an inmate identified as Sirus Sha’alani, 22.
This execution has not been reported by official sources and media outlets inside Iran so far.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Melika Gharagozlou was sentenced to four years and four months in prison.
According to this verdict, Gharagozlou was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison on the charge of “assembly and collusion”, eight months on the charge of “propaganda against the regime”, and pay a fine of 8 million tomans. If the verdict is upheld on appeal, based on Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, three years and eight months for the first charge will be enforceable to her.
As additional punishment, the court has also banned Gharagozlou from leaving the country and membership in political groups.
On July 13, 2022, security forces arrested Gharagozlou after she published a video of herself without a headscarf.
Gharagozlou faced arrests and convictions for her civil activities in 2019.
The death of Mahsa Amini has sparked nationwide condemnation and protests in several cities in Iran. Amini was a 22-year-old woman from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province. She was arrested by Tehran Morality Police at a train station for improper hejab. She fell into a coma where she was in custody and then died in a hospital in Tehran.
Since Amini’s death, hundreds of individuals have organized protests, and businesses in a number of cities were closed in protest. On Saturday, September 17, there were also angry demonstrations during her funeral at her burial and in front of the governorate building in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province. The police used violence against the protestors using tear gas and gunshots. Several people have been injured. Kurdpa has identified Kian Derakhshan as being in critical condition. The video below shows the moment he was injured.
Another individual identified as Parsa Sehat was injured in the eye and nose and is hospitalized in Tabriz.
The protests continued on Sunday, September 18. In Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, people rallied and chanted slogans against the regime such as “Kurdistan, a graveyard for fascists”, and “Death to Dictator”. The police used the shooting to crack down on the protestors. Sanandaj’s residents have reported internet disruptions. Some videos show the deployment of special guard forces and water cannons. Moreover, several pictures on social media show some citizens have been injured by pellet guns.
Confirming the arrest of several protestors, the Deputy Governor of Kurdistan claimed that so far no one has been killed in the past two days.
In Mahabad, The police with a heavy presence attempted to scatter the crowd in order to prevent the protest.
The University of Tehran students held a protest on campus. Also, in the Gohardasht district of Karaj, Mahabad, Sanandaj, Rasht, and several other cities demonstrations were held, where people chanted “death to the dictator”, “death to Khamanei”, and “woman, life, freedom.”
An informed source close to Mohammadnejad’s family told HRANA that he had joined the crowd gathering in front of Kasra hospital, but he was arrested and taken to an unidentified location.
Kurdpa also reported the arrest of several individuals in connection with the recent protests in the past two days, including Lotfollah Ahmadi, Faranak Rafiee, and Shahoo Eghbal in Sanandaj, and Kamiar Heidari, 40, and Mohammad Zabihi, 22 in Saqqez.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on September 17, 2022, Fatemeh Ziai Azad was arrested in Tehran.
An informed source told HRANA that during the arrest, the agents confiscated Ziai Azad’s mobile. After arrest, in a short phone call, she informed her family that she had been taken to Ward 209 of Evin Prison and had not yet been notified about the charges.
Ziai suffers from Multiple sclerosis (MS) but is denied access to medical care.
Amini was visiting Tehran from the Kurdistan region with her family. She was stopped by the Morality Police in Tehran and taken to the Vozara Station, where she underwent a stroke for unknown reasons.
An informed source told HRANA that during the arrest, the police told Amini’s brother that she would be released in an hour. However, she was taken to Kasra Hospital after a few hours. Some eyewitnesses leaving the detention facility stated that the detained women’s families who were present at the place and witnessing Amini’s condition began to protest. The police used violence and pepper spray to silence them.”
The Morality Police has a history of mistreating the individuals it collects from the streets. Therefore, people speculate that Amini is a victim of police brutality. Amnesty International has also called Amini’s death suspicious.
Earlier, the Greater Tehran police chief had claimed that Amini was taken to a police station where during an educational class, she suddenly had a heart attack, which her family denied.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting the Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations, Masoud Farhikhteh was sentenced to one year suspended prison sentence and flagellation on the charge of “disturbing public order.”
In the trial, participation in “illegal gatherings” was presented as evidence to support the above-mentioned charge.
On Thursday, May 13, 2022, during the teachers’ protests in various cities in Iran, several protestors including Farhikhteh were arrested. On June 8, Farhikhteh was released on bail until the end of legal proceedings.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting Kurdpa, on September 16, 2022, the Iranian military shot a kolbar identified as Esmail Abdi, 32 at the border area. Two other kolbars identified as Mokhtar Fattahi, 36, and Hamid Ahmadi were seriously injured.
According to an informed source, Ahmadi was injured in the neck and Fattahi in the arm and both were hospitalized in Kermanshah. Abdi’s body has not yet been delivered to his family.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Amini was hospitalized after being assaulted and apprehended by Tehran’s Morality Police.
An informed source told HRANA that Amini is 22 years old and a resident of Saqqez. She had travelled to Tehran with her family to visit a relative. A few days ago, while she and her brother were passing through a street, she was stopped by the Morality Police. They beat her and took her to Vozara Police Station. They told her brother that she would be released after one hour. The police, however, beat her again in the police station and after a few hours, transferred her from the police station to a hospital.
Kurdpa has reported that Amini has undergone a grade 3 concussion and is in a coma.
In recent months, Tehran’s Morality Police has increased their activities in the streets.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting Kurdpa, Rahman Ghaderi, a resident of Piranshahr, was sentenced to three years and three months in prison.
According to the verdict, Ghaderi has been sentenced to two years and seven and a half months in prison on the charge of “collaboration with an anti-regime political party”, and seven and a half months for “propaganda against the regime.”
On February 13, 2022, security forces arrested Ghaderi without showing a warrant and took him to a detention facility in Urmia. At the end of the interrogation process, he was relocated to Naqadeh Prison. On March 12, 2022, he was released on bail.
