A political prisoner returned to prison before the surgery

HRANA News Agency – Asghar Ghattan who was transferred to the hospital last week has been suddenly returned to Evin prison.
 
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Asghar Ghattan, the 60 years old prisoner in ward 350 of Evin prison who was transferred to a hospital outside of the prison for a surgery, was sent back to Evin the night before the operation.
 
Asghar Ghattan is suffering from different diseases like cancer, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, heart and renal failure, and has many times been in critical health condition in prison.
 
Asghar Ghattan had spent 6 years in prison during 80s and was released in 1992. He was charged with cooperation with opposition groups once more and has been sentenced to 5 years in prison, which he is serving it since 2001.

Retired IRGC Commander arrested And Moved To Vakil Abad Prison

HRANA News Agency – Political activist, retired IRGC Commander , former city of Mashshad deputy mayor and television program director, Hossein Farzin, was summoned by the Revolutionary Court, arrested and then moved to Mashad’s Vakil Abad prison for the implementation of his 15 month imprisonment and the 20 lashes sentence.
 
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hossein Farzin was arrested by IRGC’s Intelligence Unit, on October 12, 2010 in a raid of his home. He was released after 3 months in detention on 300 Million Tomans bail. Continue reading “Retired IRGC Commander arrested And Moved To Vakil Abad Prison”

Akbar Amini is not allowed to get medical treatment in a hospital

HRANA News Agency – The authorities of ward 350 of Evin prison prevented Akbar Amini from being transferred to a hospital outside of prison.
 
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Akbar Amini, the political prisoner of ward 350, was supposed to be sent to the hospital for his jaw and dental problems on Wednesday February 26, however the authorities did not permit him.
 
An informed source said to HRANA’s reporter: “Momeni, the vice executive of prison, has prevented him from being transferred, because of recent tension inside the ward 350.”
 
This prevention is happening while persecutor had issued the transfer order.
 
Akbar Amini who has been arrested on June 7, at his house, was transferred to ward 350 after spending more than 100 days in solitary confinements of ward 209.
 
Akbar Amini climed up from a crane carrying protest symbols on February 14, 2011 in Ghasr junction-Tehran. After hours in detainee, he was sentenced to one year in prison which he fully served. He has been summoned and arrested by the intelligence forces several times.
 
Very recently, the appeal court confirmed the five-years imprisonment sentence of the revolutionary court and as the result, a one year suspended imprisonmentsentence will be carried out as well.

Mehdi Khodai is in poor health condition

HRANA News Agency – Mehdi Khodai is deprived of proper treatment while suffering from a kind of infection.
 
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mehdi Khodai, the political prisoner of Ward 350 of Evin prison, was transferred to prison clinic on trolley due to sever ague caused by an infectious disease and was sent back to the ward just after an injection on Tuesday February 25. Continue reading “Mehdi Khodai is in poor health condition”

A death row prisoner is transferred to an unknown place

HRANA News Agency – Hamid Navid, the death row political prisoner in Evin prison has been transferred to an unknown location.
 
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hamid Navid, the death row political prisoner of ward 350 of Evin prison has been transferred to an unknown location, on Wednesday, February 5. Continue reading “A death row prisoner is transferred to an unknown place”

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Two political prisoners are tried once more

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”

Hussein Farzin to serve the imprisonment sentence

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”

Political prisoners of Rajai Shahr Prison on hunger strike

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”

No furlough for Saeed Malekpour

HRANA News Agency – The authorities do not permit Saeed Malekpour, the prisoner of the ward 2-A, who is sentenced to life imprisonment, to have furlough.
 
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the IRGC and judiciary authorities announced in 2008 that they have been able to stop some “immoral Persian websites” and those who were involved have been arrested. Continue reading “No furlough for Saeed Malekpour”

A political prisoner is released from the Evin prison

HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Rezai, the National-Religious prisoner in ward 350 of Evin prison is released by the end of his sentence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mohammad Rezai the member of the coalition National-Religious activists’ coalition was released on February 16th with the end of his sentence. Continue reading “A political prisoner is released from the Evin prison”