HRANA News Agency – Families of political prisoners have been subjected to intrusive body searches while visiting their loved ones in Evin Prison.
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Category: Prisoners
Arash Sadeghi’s hunger strike continues
HRANA News Agency – Political prisoner Arash Sadeghi has been on hunger strike since June 1, 2013. Locked up in Ward 209 of Evin Prison, Sadeghi went on hunger strike after being beaten by prison guards.
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Forty prisoners object to Namegh Mahmoudi’s beating
HRANA News Agency – After Namegh Mahmoudi was beaten and denied proper medical care in Rajaie Shahr Prison, forty political prisoners wrote a letter to the warden to voice their objection.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on May 26, 2013, Mahmoudi was beaten en route to hospital where he was to receive tests before his surgery. Continue reading “Forty prisoners object to Namegh Mahmoudi’s beating”
Prisoners ordered to pay for eavesdropping equipment
HRANA News Agency – Authorities have ordered all inmates to pay for setting up eavesdropping equipment for the prison facility in Zahedan.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the authorities have threatened to cut off the phone system if prisoners refuse to pay for the equipment. Continue reading “Prisoners ordered to pay for eavesdropping equipment”
Blogger Vahid Asghari refuses to appear in court
HRANA News Agency – Blogger Vahid Asghari who is locked up in Evin Prison has refused to appear in court.
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Blogger Kaveh Taheri sentenced to three years
HRANA News Agency – The Iranian blogger Kaveh Taheri has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for propaganda against the regime. In a separate charge, a bail approximately equivalent to $50,000 has also been set for him.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Taheri is being held in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz. Presiding over the first branch of the Revolutionary Court, Judge Mahmoud Sadati handed down the maximum penalty allowed, sentencing Taheri to three years in prison on charges of insulting the Supreme Leader and propaganda against the regime with the intent to benefit the opposition groups. Continue reading “Blogger Kaveh Taheri sentenced to three years”
Namegh Mahmoudi was beaten on the way to hospital
HRANA News Agency – One of the prison guards beat Namegh Mahmoudi, a Kurdish political prisoner, as he was being transferred to the hospital.
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Authorities deny medical treatment to Mohammad Reza Pour-Shajari
HRANA News Agency – Although doctors have recommended urgent medical treatment for Mohammad Reza Pour-Shajari, the authorities are preventing his transfer to a hospital outside the prison. Pour-Shajari (Siamak Mehr) is a imprisoned blogger and a political activist.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), two doctors, Gholizade and Nejadbahram, at Karaj central prison have recommended Pour-Shajari to be hospitalized immediately because of his serious breathing problems since two weeks ago. Continue reading “Authorities deny medical treatment to Mohammad Reza Pour-Shajari”
Kurdish prisoner refused to go to hospital in protest
HRANA News Agency – Naseh Yousefi, a Kurdish political prisoner in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, has refused to go to the hospital in protest to being insulted by prison authorities who required him to wear a prison uniform and placed in handcuffs and shackles prior to his transfer.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Naseh (Ayhan) Yousefi was supposed to be transferred to the hospital on May 19, 2013 and also required to pay for the cost of his medical treatment. Continue reading “Kurdish prisoner refused to go to hospital in protest”
Zahra Mansouri has to return to prison
HRANA News Agency – The political prisoner Zahra (Mahboubeh) Mansouri has been summoned to return to Evin Prison. Mansouri is currently on medical furlough, receiving chemotherapy.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Zahra Mansouri, 60, is a political prisoner who was granted furlough to receive chemotherapy for her breast cancer. She has now been summoned to return to prison. Continue reading “Zahra Mansouri has to return to prison”