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3 Religious Activists Arrested in Karaj

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Religious Minorities
Amir Almasian, Morteza Rasuliyan, Peyman Fatahi

HRANA News Agency – Three religious dissidents named Peyman Fatahi, Morteza Rasuliyan and Amir Almasian were arrested at 23:30 on Friday 7th August, in Mehr Shahr, in Karaj.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on Friday 7th August, Peyman Fatahi, Morteza Rasulian, and Amir Almasian, three members of a group which is called “Al-Yasin”, were arrested at their home and there is no information about their fate available, yet. Continue reading “3 Religious Activists Arrested in Karaj”

Soheil Babadi; 40 Months of Detention with no Imprisonment Sentence

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Prisoners
Soheil Babadi

HRANA News Agency – Soheil Babadi, prisoner of Rajai Shahr prison, after forty months of his detention and being sentenced in the primitive stage for one of the cases related to him, is still imprisoned without a definitive sentence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), His first court verdict has not been notified to the Law-enforcement office, neither his second trial verdict has been issued.  Continue reading “Soheil Babadi; 40 Months of Detention with no Imprisonment Sentence”

Maryam Akbari Monfared; the 6th Year in Prison with no Medical Treatment

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Women
Maryam Akbari-Monfared

HRANA News Agency – Maryam Akbari Monfared, political prisoner, is still deprived of having furlough and receiving medical treatment, while serving the 6th year in prison.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Maryam Akbari Monfared, political prisoner and one the protesting citizens to the results of the presidential elections in 2009, is still deprived of furlough and receiving medical treatment. Continue reading “Maryam Akbari Monfared; the 6th Year in Prison with no Medical Treatment”

4 Years in Prison; a Report on the Latest Status of Navid Khanjani

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Religious Minorities
Navid Khanjani

HRANA News Agency – Navid Khanjani, human rights activist, started his 4th year in prison while he has been deprived of having furlough.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the third year of the imprisonment sentence of Navid Khanjani, Bahai human rights activist, was finished on August 7. His family and a group of civil rights activists held a ceremony for this reason. Continue reading “4 Years in Prison; a Report on the Latest Status of Navid Khanjani”

Shaifullah Noori Released on the Bail

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Prisoners
Shaifullah Noori

HRANA News Agency – Shaifullah Noori, political prisoner in ward 8 of Evin prison, who has Afghanistani parents and was born in Iran, has been released on the bail.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Shaifullah Noori was released from ward 8 of Evin prison on a bail of seventy million Tomans, on Tuesday 4th August. Continue reading “Shaifullah Noori Released on the Bail”

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A Prisoner Hanged in the Prison of Isfahan

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Executions
Hossein Bozorgnejad

HRANA News Agency – Hossein Bozorgnejad, prisoner who was sentenced to death on charges of drug trafficking, was hanged in Isfahan prison.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the death sentence against Hossein Bozorgnejad, 27, native of Shiraz, was executed in Isfahan prison on Sunday 9th August. Continue reading “A Prisoner Hanged in the Prison of Isfahan”

Sirvan Nazhavi, Kurdish Political Prisoner Executed in Tabriz Prison

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Executions
Ali Afshari, Ebrahim Eisapoor, Habibulah Afshari, Saman Nasim, Sirvan Nazhavi, Younes Aghayan

HRANA News Agency – Sirvan Nazhavi, political prisoner, was hanged in the prison of Tabriz.

Hossein Nazhavi, Sirvan Nazhavi’s brother, after announcing this news in an interview with HRANA’s reporter said that during a contact by the prison authorities they had been asked to collect his brother’s body from Tabriz prison, on Sunday afternoon 8th August. Continue reading “Sirvan Nazhavi, Kurdish Political Prisoner Executed in Tabriz Prison”

2 Death Row Political Prisoners Transferred to Solitary Confinements

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Ethnic Minorities
Ali Ahmad Soleiman, Sirvan Nazhavi

HRANA News Agency – Sirvan Nazhavi and Ali Ahmad Soleiman, two Kurdish political prisoners, who has been sentenced to death, were transferred to solitary confinements in Tabriz prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Ali Ahmad Soleiman was transferred to the solitary confinement since four days ago and Sirvan Nazhavi other political prisoner was transferred to the solitary confinement in Tabriz prison, on Saturday 8th August. Continue reading “2 Death Row Political Prisoners Transferred to Solitary Confinements”

A Prisoner Scheduled to Be Executed Today in Isfahan

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Executions
Hossein Bozorgnejad, Prison of Isfahan

HRANA News Agency – Hossein Bozorgnejad is scheduled to be taken to the gallows in some hours.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA),  Hossein Bozorgnejad has been sentenced to death on charge of drug trafficking and is scheduled to be executed today in Isfahan Prison. Continue reading “A Prisoner Scheduled to Be Executed Today in Isfahan”

A Report on Shahrokh Zamani’s Latest Status in Rajai Shahr Prison

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Labor and Guilds
Shahrokh Zamani

HRANA News Agency – Shahrokh Zamani, imprisoned labor activist in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, began the fifth year of his imprisonment without going on leave, while during this time in prison, he has heard the news of his daughter’s marriage and his mother’s death, and has not been given the permission even for a short time leave, to participate in either of the ceremonies.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Shahrokh Zamani was not allowed to attend his daughter’s wedding in September 2014, also this labor activist could not be present even for a short time in his mother’s burial and funeral in February 2015, however, due to the distances between Tabriz and Karaj he had no chance to have a regular visit with his family members. Continue reading “A Report on Shahrokh Zamani’s Latest Status in Rajai Shahr Prison”