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More than 20 Sunni converts arrested at Qur’an study meeting, Ahwaz

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Religious Minorities
Abbas Abiyat, Ahmad Abiyat, Basem Savari, Hassan Abiyat, Heydar Jalil Savari, Jafar Savari, Jasem Toyrat, Seyyed Abbas Mousavi, Seyyed Mehdi Mousavi, Seyyed Mousa Mousavi, Seyyed Naser Vahed Mousavi, Seyyed Reza Mousavi

HRANA News Agency – More than 20 converts to Sunni Islam were arrested at a Qur’an and Arabic study meeting in the Arab city of Ahwaz, southwestern Iran.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), at least 20 Sunni men had gathered to study the Qur’an and the Arabic language in the house of one of the men in the Hay al-Thawra district on Tuesday evening. Sources say that security forces surrounded the house at around 10pm, before arresting all those who were present. The men were taken to an unknown location. Continue reading “More than 20 Sunni converts arrested at Qur’an study meeting, Ahwaz”

5 executions including 3 public ones in a day

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Executions
Arsalan Ghasemi, Hamid Yousefi, Karaj, Public executions, Rajai Shahr Prison

HRANA News Agency – There have been 3 prisoners hanged in public in Islam Abad in Karaj yesterday morning.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 3 prisoners were hanged in the poor neighborhood of Islam Abad in Karaj on charge of Enmity with the God on February 25th. Continue reading “5 executions including 3 public ones in a day”

Offensive behavior of the prison guards with a political prisoner

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Labor and Guilds
Behnam Ebrahim Zadeh

HRANA News Agency – Behnam Ebrahim Zadeh the political prisoner in ward 350 of Evin was inspected offensively by the police officer while being returned from the hospital.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Behnam(Assad) Ebrahim Zadeh, the labor activist was transferred to the hospital to treat his neck problems on February 18th but while returning to the prison he was inspected shamelessly by the prison guards being asked to be completely naked. Continue reading “Offensive behavior of the prison guards with a political prisoner”

Two political prisoners are tried once more

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Prisoners
Rasoul Badaghi, Shahrokh Zamani

HRANA News Agency – Shahrokh Zamani and Rasoul Badaghi are tried once more.
 
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Rasoul Badaghi and Shahrokh Zamani have been summoned to Karaj public court and have been informed about their new charges about prison riot and clash with guards, on Saturday, February 22. Continue reading “Two political prisoners are tried once more”

A Baluch citizen has been arrested

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Religious Minorities
Ahmad Sohrabi, Mohammad Yousef Sohrabi

HRANA News Agency – The son of molavi Yousef Sohrabi (Nakahchi) was arrested by Iranshah intelligence forces.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ahmad Sohrabi the son of molavi Mohammad Yousef Sohrabi (Nekahchi) has been arrested by Iranshahr intelligence forces, on Tuesday, February 18. Continue reading “A Baluch citizen has been arrested”

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Hussein Farzin to serve the imprisonment sentence

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Prisoners
Hussein Farzin

HRANA News Agency – Hussein Farzin, the former deputy of Mashhad municipality and TV director, was transferred to Vakil Abad prison in order to pass his 15 months in jail sentence.
 
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hussein Farzin, the former commander of IRGC, former deputy of Mashhad municipality and TV director, was arrested and transferred to Vakil Abad prison after being summoned to revolutionary court. Continue reading “Hussein Farzin to serve the imprisonment sentence”

The mass arrests of Turkish activists still going on

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Ethnic Minorities
Akbar Aboulzadeh, Akbar Azad, Alireza Farshi, Behnam Fathi, Behnam Seifi, Esrafil Soltanian, Mojtaba Mousavi

HRANA News Agency – The massive wave of Turkish civil activists’ arrests, in the international mother tongue day is going on.
 
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), some other Turkish activists who have gathered for international mother tongue day, in Mr. Fathi’s house in Tehran-Akbar Abad, have been arrested by intelligence forces, on Friday February 21st.
 
Intelligence service and security forces rushed to this gathering and arrested some of Azeri activists. Yet it is known that Alireza Farshi, Akbar Azad, Esrafil Soltanian, Mojtaba Mousavi, Behnam Seifi and Behnam Fathi are between detainees.
 
This gathering took two hours long and near 100 people had attended. Due to low number of intelligence forces some guests could open the door and exit from Mr. Fathi’s house.
 
Available sources addressed the intelligence department of police as an administrator and responsible for this operation. There is no information about the place that detainees are transferred.
 
Need to be mentioned, the day before, on Thursday almost 50 political and civil Azeri activists who had gathered for international mother tongue day were arrested in Mr. Akbar Aboulzadeh’s house.

Tens of Turk activists have been arrested in Ahar

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Ethnic Minorities
Abbas Balakhani, Abbas Lesani, Abbas Sobh Moulayi, Adel Marandi, Afshin Mohammadi, Ahad Hosseizadeh, Akbar Aboulzadeh, Ali Feizpour, Alireza Bidar, Arash Jafari, Asghar Akbarzadeh, Asghar Naderi, Aydin Neshati, Babak ALizadeh, Beitollah Barzegar, Fardin Moradpour, Hamed Sadeghi, Hossein Balakhani, Ibrahim Nouri, Ibrahim Savalan, Israfil Fathollahzadeh, Jafar Rostami, Jalal dorougari, Mehdi Zanjir Balaghi, Meysam Joulani, Mir Yasin Hoseini, Mohammad Akhuni, Mohammad Rahmani Far, Moharam Khorsha, Morteza Ghodrati, Mousa Chologhli, Nima Abbaspour, Ouzgoor Banayi, Rahim Gholami, Rahman koleybari, Rouzbeh Saadati, Saei Masoumniya, Saeid Anvarizadeh, Saeid Khazar, Sajad Jolani, Sajad Khoshghadam, Sajjad Khalilnexhad, Shapour Nosratpour, Siyamak Mardani, Tohid Rezaei, Vahid Kiak Sar Faez Pour, Vahid Nariman, Vahid Yousefian, Vahid Zarei

HRANA News Agency – At least 50 citizens and Turk ethnic activists who had attended on the international mother tongue day’s gathering, have been arrested.
 
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), tens of civil and political activists who had gathered on mother tongue day, in Akbar Abolzadeh’s house, have been arrested by intelligence service forces. Continue reading “Tens of Turk activists have been arrested in Ahar”

A Kurdish journalist is exiled to Zabol prison

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Ethnic Minorities
Adnan Hasanpour

HRANA News Agency – Adnan Hasanpour, the Kurdish journalist prisoner, was exiled to Zabol prison after 7 years spending in Sanandaj prison.
 
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Adnan Hasanpour has been transferred to Zabol prison, without any previous notice, on Tuesday February 18. Continue reading “A Kurdish journalist is exiled to Zabol prison”

Political prisoners of Rajai Shahr Prison on hunger strike

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Prisoners
Hamid Reza Borhani, Khaled Hardani, Misagh Yazdan Nejad, Mohammad Ali Mansouri, Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi, Naseh Yousefi, Rasoul Badaghi, Said Masouri, Saleh Kohandel, Shahrokh Zamani

HRANA News Agency – At least 8 political prisoners went on hunger strike after Shahrokh Zamani and Rasoul Badaghi were taken to the solitary.
 
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Rasoul Badaghi and Shahrokh Zamani, the 2 political prisoners of the ward 12 of Rajai Shahr prison had been taken to the solitaries after protesting to closing the library of the prison. Continue reading “Political prisoners of Rajai Shahr Prison on hunger strike”