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Corrections – The case of the eight-year-old juvenile offender

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Children, Executions
Death Penalty, Juvenile Offenders, Rajai Shahr Prison

HRANA News Agency – On July 4, 2013, Shargh Newspaper published a short news story inviting its readers to attend the debut of a play to save the life of an innocent child who was to be executed the following week.  The story appeared on page 16 of the issue numbered 1773 and identified the name of the play, the Blue Sensation of Death, as well as the location and time of the debut.  The news story indicated that the proceeds from the play was to be used towards the retribution demanded by the family of a victim who was killed by the child.

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No information about Akbar Amini after a month

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Prisoners
Akbar Amini Armaki

HRANA News Agency – Akbar Amini Armaki has had no telephone contact with his family since he was arrested in month ago.
 
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Akbar Amini has been arrested on June 7, 2013 in his home.
 
Now and after one month he has had no telephone contact or prison visits.
 
One of his relatives told HRANA: “Akbar Amini is under arrest in the Ward 209 of Evin prison for one month now. He has permission neither for a telephone call nor for prison visits. Nobody knows what the charges are and how long it is going to be like this.”
 
He said: “This time they arrested him in a violent way. They had a paper from branch 6 of Evin judiciary saying to find Akbar and get him out of his cranny and take everything they think can be fishy. They took his mother’s mobile phone and his son’s tablet with themselves.”
 
Akbar Amini had been arrested in the demonstrations in Tehran on February 14, 2011 and sentenced to 1 year of prison. He served this one year and get released afterwards. He has been arrested several times after that.

The Gonabadi Dervishes have been charged again

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Religious Minorities
Mohammad Ali Dehghan, Mohammad Ali Sadeghi, Mohesen Esmaili, Seyyed Ebrahim Bahrami

HRANA News Agency – 4 Dervishes from Kovar town have been charged with “forming a terrorist group against the government,” “participating in the gatherings with the aim of overthrowing the regime,” “enmity against the God” and “having illegal weapons” in the revolutionary court of Shiraz yesterday morning. Continue reading “The Gonabadi Dervishes have been charged again”

The cases of 8 Sunni prisoners are sent to the Supreme Court

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Religious Minorities
Asghar Rahimi, Bahman Rahimi, Bahram Ahmadi, Behnam Rahimi, Faramarz Shah Nazari, Houshyar Mohammadi, Keyvan Zand Karimi, Mohammad Gharibi, Mohammad Yavar Rahimi, Mohammad Zaher Bahmani, Mokhtar Rahimi, Omid Peyvand, Pourya Mohammadi, Shahram Ahmadi

HRANA News Agency – The cases of 8 Sunni’s who are sentenced to death and in Rajai Shahr prison now, have been sent to the Supreme Court.

 

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the intelligence agents arrested 149 Sunni citizens in 2009 in Iran.

 

8 of them have been sentenced to death by Judge Mogheyse the head of the branch 28 of revolutionary court. Continue reading “The cases of 8 Sunni prisoners are sent to the Supreme Court”

Labor activists Vafa Ghaderi & Ghaleb Husseini on trial

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Labor and Guilds, Prisoners
Ghaleb Husseini, Labor activist, The Coordinating Committee to Create Labor Organizations, Vafa Ghaderi

HRANA News Agency – Two labor activists Vafa Ghaderi and Ghaleb Husseini were tried by the Revolutionary Court in the city of Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province.  Ghaderi was sentenced to a year in prison.  A verdict has yet to be issued for Husseini.

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A juvenile offender will be hanged next week

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Executions
Children, Death Penalty, Juvenile Offenders

HRANA News Agency – A juvenile offender who has spent 10 years in prison for a crime committed at the age of eight will be hanged next week in Tehran.

According to a report by Shargh Newspaper, the plaintiff has demanded approximately $500,000 in reparation before giving the required consent for the sentence to be commuted.  Iranian criminal law allows death penalty for children, but the sentence can be carried out only after the child reaches 18 . Continue reading “A juvenile offender will be hanged next week”

6 prisoners have been hanged in Bam

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Executions
Bam, Kerman

HRANA News Agency – The head of the judiciary of Kerman province confirmed the execution of 6 prisoners on charge of drug trafficking.

 

According to a report by ISNA, Ali Tavakkoli, the head of the judiciary of Kerman province said: “According to the sentence of the revolutionary court of Bam 6 prisoners have been hanged on charge of drug trafficking this morning.” Continue reading “6 prisoners have been hanged in Bam”

Mohsen Aminzade has been Hospitalized

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Prisoners
Mohsen Aminzade

HRANA News Agency – Mohsen Aminzade, the political prisoner of ward 350 of Evin prison, has been hospitalized in the Tehran heart hospital yesterday.
 
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mohsen Aminzade who suffers from heart disease has been hospitalized on July 3, 2013. Continue reading “Mohsen Aminzade has been Hospitalized”

25 prisoners have been hanged in 2 days

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Executions
Ghezel Hesar prison, Rajai Shahr Prison

HRANA News Agency – 21 prisoners have been hanged in Ghezel Hesar prison of Karaj on Tuesday, also 4 prisoners have been hanged in Rajai Shahr prison on Wednesday.

 

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the family of Mohsen Jahanbakhsh, the prisoner who had disappeared since last Monday, went to Rajai Shahr prison of Karaj to follow his situation yesterday morning. Continue reading “25 prisoners have been hanged in 2 days”

2 political prisoners came for vacations

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Prisoners
Mohammad Sadegh Rabbani Amlashi, Mohsen Mohagheghi

HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Sadegh Rabbani Amlashi who was in Evin prison since last November and Mohsen Mohagheghi, a member of central council of Nehzat-e-Azadi are sent to vacations.
 
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Tehran prosecutor has agreed with 4 days vacations for these two political prisoners so that they are out of the prison since 1st of June. Continue reading “2 political prisoners came for vacations”