HRANA News Agency – On Monday, August 1, 2016, 36 death row Sunni prisoners were transferred to solitary confinements while being handcuffed, shackled and blindfolded under tight security measures by unprecedented onslaught of black guards of Rajai Shahr prison. One day later at least 20 of them were executed. Over time, further details of the events of “Black Monday” are being reported from eye witnesses from Rajai Shahr prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), based on additional information obtained from multiple firsthand sources, at 5:30 PM on Monday, August 1, one hundred Special Forces stopped all breaks, at the same time all vacations of prison staff were completely canceled and the prison became at their disposal on the orders of Special Forces Intelligence (or IRGC Intelligence). All the prison staff were summoned to prison. Heads of the wards who finish their job by 3:00 PM on usual days, returned to work on the order of the warden. Continue reading “Eye Witnesses Explain Sunni Prisoners’ Mass-Execution in Rajai Shahr Prison”
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52 Death Row Drug Offenders Being Kept in Great Prison of Tehran
HRANA News Agency – At least 52 young drug offenders whose execution sentences have been approved, are waiting to be handed to the gallows in the Great Prison of Tehran (Fashavieh). The prisoners are all younger than 32 years old.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), at least 52 young drug offenders whose execution sentences have been approved, are waiting to be handed to the gallows in the Great Prison of Tehran (Fashavieh). Continue reading “52 Death Row Drug Offenders Being Kept in Great Prison of Tehran”
Farhad Salmanpour Zaheer Returned to Evin Prison
HRANA News Agency – Farhad Salmanpour Zaheer, political prisoner in ward 8 of Evin prison, returned to the prison after a 13-day leave. In addition to 26 years imprisonment, he has been sentenced to 20 years in exile and social exclusion.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Farhad Salmanpour Zaheer, political prisoner in ward eight of Evin Prison, who had been sent to furlough on the bail of thirty billion IRR, returned to prison after 13 days. Continue reading “Farhad Salmanpour Zaheer Returned to Evin Prison”
4 Musicians Arrested in Tehran
HRANA News Agency – Ali Mobin, Arash Kamyab, Shahab Sharifi and Milad Yazdi, four musicians were arrested in Eastern Tehran, with “insulting manner” by the police, on Saturday July 24. On the other hand their families have no information about them at all.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Ali Mobin, Arash Kamyab, Shahab Sharifi and Milad Yazdi were arrested in Narmak, in Eastern Tehran, by plain clothes agents and were taken to an unknown location. Continue reading “4 Musicians Arrested in Tehran”
Three Activists Released / One Arrested; Azerbaijan Provinces
HRANA News Agency – Following the protests in various cities of Azerbaijan and Ardebil provinces in response to an article which was published in the newspaper of “Tarhe No”, a wave of arresting protesters in these cities began. Gradually, the identities of some of them who were arrested or sent to judicial centers have been verified: Nasim Sadeghi in Tabriz and Mohamamd Jolaei, Hossein Balakhani, and Ahmad Mohammadzadeh in Ardebil are the activists who were released on the bail recently. However it has been reported that Babak Hosseini Moghaddam was arrested in Tabriz.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Nasim Sadeghi in Tabriz and Mohamamd Jolaei, Hossein Balakhani, and Ahmad Mohammadzadeh in Ardebil were released on the bail. Continue reading “Three Activists Released / One Arrested; Azerbaijan Provinces”
Activists Protest to Pumping Away Karun’s Water in Ahwaz
HRANA News Agency – Ahwazi citizens protested against pumping away the water transfer Karun once more, this time in Al-Ghadir Stadium of Ahwaz.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), a number of Ahwazi citizens protested against pumping away the water of Karun in Al-Ghadir Stadium on July 31. Continue reading “Activists Protest to Pumping Away Karun’s Water in Ahwaz”
A Report about Nazila Hamidov’s Situation in Evin Prison
HRANA News Agency – Nazila Hamidov, Iranian-Azerbaijani citizen, who was arrested in January on charge of “espionage”, is currently being held in the women’s ward of Evin prison. This Christian convert is under temporary custody.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Nazila Hamidov, Azerbaijani-Iranian citizen who had gone to Iran in January 2016 to attend the Iran, Turkmenistan,Tajikistan conference, was arrested in Tehran. Continue reading “A Report about Nazila Hamidov’s Situation in Evin Prison”
No Information about Ayatollah Nakounam after Being Transferred to Hospital
HRANA News Agency – There is no information about the status of Ayatollah Nekounam, imprisoned cleric, since his transfer to the hospital. Ayatollah Nekounam was transferred to a hospital outside the Saheli prison in Qom by the order of special clergy court on Monday August 1.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), there is no information about the status of Ayatollah Nekounam since his transfer to a hospital outside of prison. Continue reading “No Information about Ayatollah Nakounam after Being Transferred to Hospital”
3 Political Prisoners Returned from Solitary Confinements
HRANA News Agency – Saleh Kohandel, Pirooz Mansouri and Afshin Baymani are three political prisoners who had been violently transferred to solitary confinements of the IRGC, came back to the ward after 5 days. The wave of executions in Rajai Shahr had rosen serious concerns about the fate of these prisoners.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Saleh Kohandel, Pirooz Mansouri and Afshin Baymani returned to the general ward from IRGC’s solitary confinements. Continue reading “3 Political Prisoners Returned from Solitary Confinements”
Prison Guard Raids Sunni Prisoners’ Ward in Rajai Shahr Prison
HRANA News Agency – Sunni prisoners of hall 21 in ward 7 of Rajai Shahr prison have gone on hunger strike to protest against the execution of at least 20 Sunni prisoners. In a tense atmosphere in this prison, the prison guards attacked the prisoners and beat them, destructed and seized their property, and threatened them with further executions. Prison officials kept them handcuffed, shackled and blindfolded for nearly 7 hours in the sun and the heat in the prison yard.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), after the execution of at least 20 Sunni prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison, prisoners in hall 21 of ward 7 who are charged with the similar allegations but have not been sentenced to death, went on hunger strike. Continue reading “Prison Guard Raids Sunni Prisoners’ Ward in Rajai Shahr Prison”