HRANA News Agency – Early in the morning of November 18, the local officials who supervise public places closed four Bahai-run shops in Nashtarud, a district centre on Iran’s Caspian coast.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), there was no written explanation or prior notice. The four businesses were owned by two Bahais, Mr. Abu-Alfazli and Mr. Mohsennezhad. Continue reading “Four Bahai shops closed in Nashtarud, more closures expected”
HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Ali Taheri’s students – a prisoner of conscience and the founder of Interuniversalism Mysticism – Erfaneh Halgheh – gathered in front of Evin Prison to protest against the imprisonment of their teacher and to express their concerns about his condition.
HRANA reports that according to Sahamnews , on Tuesday , 18 November 2014, a group of Mohammad Ali Taheri’s students gathered in front of Evin Prison and demonstrated by shouts of “Allaho Akbar” ( God is the greatest). These people who protested against the concerning condition of Mohammad Ali Taheri in front of Evin Prison, demanded his freedom. Continue reading “Protest of Mohammad Ali Taheri’s students in front of Evin Prison”
HRANA News Agency – Prison Authorities took 1,200,000 Tomans from Abdolreza Ghanbari to transfer him.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Abdolreza Ghanbari, a Farsi literature teacher at one of the schools in Pakdasht, a university lecturer and one of the detainees of 2009 – Ashora has been transferred to Ward 12 of Karaj Rajaee Shahr Prison after spending 9 months in exile at Borazjan Prison. Continue reading “Abdolreza Ghanbari forced to pay for being transferred to prison”
HRANA News Agency – Arash Sadeghi after 70 days in solitary confinement seemed thin and pale.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Arash Sadeghi was allowed, during the previous days, to meet his father and his wife, in Evin prison. Continue reading “Arash Sadeghi met his family after 70 days”
HRANA News Agency – After 6 months, the forensic in Evin prison agreed to send Hamid Babaei to medical centers for treatment outside the prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hamid Babaei is a Finance PhD student at the University Of Liege, Belgium, who was arrested in August last year after returning to Iran, and was imprisoned and sentenced to ten years (6 years prison and 4 years suspended imprisonment) and is held in Evin prison since then. Continue reading “Forensic agreed to transfer Hamid Babaei to a hospital outside prison”
HRANA News Agency – Ms. Tannaz Mohammedi and Mr. Iraj Lohrasb, who were arrested in their homes in Yazd on June 29, 2014, have been sentenced by the revolutionary court in Yazd, after more than four months in detention.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ms. Mohammedi was sentenced to one year in prison, and Mr. Lohrasb to two years. Continue reading “Two Bahais sentenced in Yazd for facebook postings”
HRANA News Agency – Faran Hessami, who is serving a four-year sentence for educational activities with the Bahai Open University (BIHE), has been granted a 3-day furlough.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), she began serving her sentence on July 15, 2012. Continue reading “Faran Hessami gets 3-day leave”
HRANA News Agency – “Zendegi Salem” is news – analytic, domestic website which is authorized by the government for its activities. In less than 3 weeks after publishing a report about a death of a victim by Acid attacks in Isfahan, the site removed the report from its domain without any explanation. This would add to the ambiguity around the validity of this report and the role of security forces in elimination of it.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on 19 October 2014 the domestic legitimate website, “ Zendegi salem” which usually covers news about Isfahan state , published a report on its domain titled “ Acid attacks on 3 girls in Isfahan killed one” . This news was then mirrored by many domestic and foreign media channels. Continue reading “Ambiguity on the elimination of “death caused by Acid attacks” report”
HRANA News Agency – Two Sunni prisoners of conscience from Iran’s Baloch minority were executed on Thursday morning in Zahedan Central prison, Sistan-Baluchestan province of Iran.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 22-year old Vahid Shah Bakhsh and 23-year old Mahmoud Shah Bakhsh were taken to the gallows and hanged on 13 November 2014 on charges of ‘Moharabeh [enmity against God] and acting against national security’. Continue reading “Two Sunni Baloch prisoners executed in Iran”
HRANA News Agency – Abdolreza Ghanbari, political prisoner, who was a teacher, was transferred to war 12 of Rajai Shahr prison after 9-month exile in Boraz Jaan.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Farsi literature teacher in one of the Pakdasht schools, Abdolreza Ghanbari, a university professor, who was arrested during the Ashura in 2010 and was earlier charged with combat through relation with opposition groups by holding suspicious email accounts and contact with foreign medias, had been sentenced to execution by the Islamic Revolutionary Court, branch 15. Continue reading “Abdolreza Ghanbari transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison”
