HRANA News Agency – Atena Farghadani, cartoonist and activist, was released from Evin prison on May 3, 2016.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Mohammad Moghimi, her lawyer said during the announcement of the news that Atena Farghadani was released from Evin prison by the end of her sentence on May 3, 2016. Continue reading “Atena Farghadani Released from Evin Prison”
HRANA News Agency – Abdolfattah Soltani, imprisoned lawyer was transferred to the prison clinic by the emergency by tingling and severe heart pounding on May 3, 2016.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Abdolfattah Soltani was transferred to the prison clinic by the emergency by tingling and severe heart pounding on May 3, 2016. His general condition after the transfer is unknown. Continue reading “Abdolfattah Soltani Transferred to the Clinic of Evin Prison”
HRANA News Agency – Shahram Ahmadi, Sunni prisoner in Rajai Shahr prison, who has been held in different prisons since 2009 and has been faced misbehaviors, is starting his eighth year of imprisonment, while he is in death raw on charge of “Muharebeh”. This report is a diary of this prisoner’s 7 years of imprisonment.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Shahram Ahmadi was shot several times by the security forces without any warning, when he was returning back from mosque in Sanandaj, and security agents arrested him after being punched and kicked and they broke his nose, on 26th April 2009. When Shahram Ahmadi woke up in the hospital, he realized that the doctors had already removed one of his kidneys and a part of his bowel. This prisoner for several months was interrogated under torture in the solitary confinement in the Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj and Zanjan. Continue reading “Shahram Ahmadi; The 7th Year of Imprisonment on Death Row”
HRANA News Agency – 8 prisoners, 5 of whom were charged with drug related crimes and three others with murder, were executed in two days in Zahedan Prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), following the new wave of executions in different prisons which started after few months pause, 8 prisoners were executed in Zahedan Prison. Continue reading “8 Prisoners Executed in Zahedan”
HRANA News Agency – Following the collective dispute, a number of prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison are kept in inhumane conditions in the solitary confinements and are deprived of basic sanitary facilities since March 21, 2016. The prison officials illegally returned some of these prisoners to the previous hall where the conflict happened and allowed the prisoners to beat them.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on March 21, 2016, a collective conflict happened between the prisoners at ward 6 of hall 18 that ended in serious injuries for three prisoners and the death of another prisoner. Continue reading “Prisoners Held in Solitary Confinements Despite Severe Injuries”
HRANA News Agency – 3 prisoners were hanged during 2 days in Central Prison of Karaj.
On April 28, 2016 two prisoners in the Central Prison of Karaj on the charges related to drugs were executed, by considering this, the number of executions in this prison increased to three during two days. Continue reading “3 Prisoners Executed in Central Prison of Karaj”
HRANA News Agency – Hundreds of prisoners on death row are being kept in Rajai Shahr prison. HRANA tries to attract the public support to save them from the gallows by publication of these prisoners’ identities. In this regard, the names of 38 prisoners on death row in Rajai Shahr prison is being published as follows.
This prisoners have been sentenced to death on charge of murder and are mostly being kept in ward 3 of Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. Continue reading “The Names of 38 Death Row Prisoners in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj”
HRANA News Agency – Five Bahai-run businesses in the city of Babolsar, on the Caspian coast in Iran’s Mazandaran Province, were shut down by the local authorities on May 1.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), seven other Bahai-run businesses in neighbouring areas were also closed. In Babolsar the Office of Public Places closed five Bahai businesses: an optician’s workshop belonging to Farshid Hekmat Sho`ar, a computer workshop run by Karen Momtazeyan, a tailor’s shop run by Erfan Ma`sumeyan, a tailor’s shop run by Afshin Azadi, and a photography studio run by Shahin Sana`i. Continue reading “New Bahai Businesses Closures in Mazandaran Province”
HRANA News Agency – It was announced to at least a hundred death row prisoners, in prison of Urmia that in the next three months their “case” will become clear. This rare action has created a wave of concern among prisoners and their families.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), recently, the authorities of Urmia Prison called at least a hundred prisoners who have been sentenced to death on charges of “murder” and have served more than 5 years, to the prison’s Pray Hall (Hosseinieh) and took the address and details of the plaintiffs. Continue reading “The Case of 100 Death Row Prisoners to be “Clarified” within 3 Months; Authorities”
HRANA News Agency – Amir Amirgholi, political prisoner, ended his hunger strike after 18 days in ward eight of Evin Prison, in response to requests from civil rights and political activists.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Amir Amirgholi, left-wing political activists, who was on hunger strike since Saturday 9th April, to protest against his condition in prison, ended his hunger strike. Continue reading “Amir Amirgholi Ended his Hunger Strike”
