Roo’ien Otoofat has been released on the bail

HRANA News Agency – Roo’ien Otoofat a member of Melli-Mazhabi activists has been released on the bail on Saturday 6th of July.
 
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), he had been arrested on June 9, 2013 together with his son in a gathering held for Hoda Saber’s honor.
 
His son, Tohid was released after some hours but he was under arrest till last Saturday.

A student has been arrested in Shiraz

HRANA News Agency – Samira Razzaghi the top doctor and radiation and chemotherapy student of Shiraz medical since university has been arrested on June 26, 2013.

 

According to a report by Nedaye Sabze Azadi website, she managed to pass the proficiency exam in 2010 but Dr. Mohammad Hadi Imaniye, the president of the medical since university of Shiraz prevented her from being registered for 4 months with no explanation, who was finally forced to by the order of Supreme Justice Court. Continue reading “A student has been arrested in Shiraz”

Behnam Ebrahimzadeh has been arrested when he appeared in court

HRANA News Agency – Behnam Ebrahimzadeh the labor activist who was in vacations because of his son’s blood cancer, was arrested while being threatened and insulted when he appeared at the Tehran court.

 

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Behnam Ebrahimzadeh appeared at Tehran court on July 2 to renew his furlough, but got arrested by Khodabakhshi the solicitor-general. Continue reading “Behnam Ebrahimzadeh has been arrested when he appeared in court”

Three political prisoners were tried once more

HRANA News Agency – Reza Shahabi the member of directors board of  Tehran bus company syndicate, Shiva Nazarahari the human rights activist and the student deprived of study continuation and Abdollah Ja’fari the political prisoners of ward 350 in Evin prison were tried under the name of absence during their vacations.
 
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the prisoners were tried by branch 1171 of the court on charge of  absence during their vacations and sentenced to cash fine. Continue reading “Three political prisoners were tried once more”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”