HRANA News Agency – A prisoner has been hanged on charge of murder in Gachsaran prison on Thursday November 5th.
According to a report by IRIB, the head of Gachsaran prison said: “A 28 years old prisoner who has killed a person in a dust-up some years ago has been hanged.” Continue reading “A prisoner is hanged in Gachsaran”
HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Hassan Yousefpoor Saifi, the human rights activist, is on day 13th of his hunger strike in Evin Prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), this prisoner has started his hunger strike on November 22, in response to medical treatment prevention by the persecutor. Continue reading “Mohammad Hassan Yousefpoor Saifi still on hunger strike”
HRANA News Agency – At least 23 political and conscientious prisoners of Ghezelhesar, Rajaeishahr and Uremia prison went on hunger strike in a symbolic movement, in response to wave of executions, which has been coinciding since the new administration has come to power.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), this strike which is in response to political executions of Kurd and Baloch prisoners has started on Wednesday November 4th, on those three prisons. According to reports from Uremia prison intelligent service forces of Uremia transferred five prisoners with the names of 1) Ahmad Tamouyi 2) Yousef Kakeh Memi 3) Ali Ahmad Salimian 4)Mostafa Ali Ahmad 5) Jahangir Badoozadeh, who wanted to attend on this strike to an unknown location the day before. Continue reading “23 political prisoners on one-day hunger strike”
HRANA News Agency – The families of 3 death row Sunni prisoners of Ghezelhesar prison, publicized a letter, on 30th days of prisoners’ hunger strike and asked for help from human right organizations and institutes.
HRANA has received a copy of this letter, which is presented accordingly: Continue reading “Sunni prisoners’ families seeking for help”
HRANA News Agency – Abdolrahman Sangani – Sunni prisoner who is sentenced to death is being deprived of any medical treatment.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA) , Abdolrahman Sangani was arrested on February 2010 after being summoned to the court and imprisoned in solitary confinement in ward 240 of Evin prison in Tehran. He was transferred to Rajai shar prison of Karaj after being in solitary for 18 months and was sentenced to death in court by judge Moqayyeseh. Continue reading “Medical negligence toward a death row prisoner in Rajaishahr prison”
HRANA News Agency – Manoochehr Kholoosi a member of Mashhad Baha’i community has been arrested on November 29, by the security forces.
Due to the severe harrasment on the Baha’is in Mashhad in the past few months, on November 29, the security forces raided Manoochehr Kholoosi’s home, inspected the home, confiscated the personal belongings and arrested him. Later on he has been transferred to unknown location. It is worth noting the agents inspected his father’s home and then left. Continue reading “A Baha’i arrested and two more are summoned”
HRANA News Agency – After transferring two Sunni prisoners who were on hunger strike to prison’s clinic, physician in charge has warned about the condition of these six prisoners to warden.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Monday December 2, which was the day 28th of hunger strike of the six Sunni prisoners of conscientious, two prisoners who were collapsed were transferred to prison’s clinic. Continue reading “6 Sunni hunger strikers are in critical condition”
HRANA News Agency – 5 prisoners have been hanged in Rasht and Bandar Abbas on Sunday Desember 1st.
According to the report of the official website of the judiciary of Gilan province, “R-N” has been executed on charge of murder and “K-S” and “H-D” have been executed on charge of drug trafficking in Rasht prison. Continue reading “5 executions in Rasht and Bandar Abbas”
HRANA News Agency – The strike of more than 1800 death row prisoners of Ghezelhesar prison is continuing.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), some prisoners of unit two of Ghezelhesar’s prison went on hunger strike, in response to transfers of 11 prisoners to solitary confinement, on Monday, November 21 and being executed the next day. Continue reading “1800 prisoners are still on hunger strike in Ghezel Hesar prison”
HRANA News Agency- Security guards raided classrooms of Baha’i students who are deprived of education and forced them not to attend these classes again.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), security guards raided a Bahai’s house named Shamim Shabro who held classes for students who are deprived from education. Continue reading “Security forces raided one of Baha’is university classrooms”
