One more year of imprisonment for Ahmad Karimi

HRANA News Agency – Ahmad Karimi the exiled political prisoner in Gonbad Kavoos prison who was sentenced to 15 years and 3 months of imprisonment, is sentenced to one more year imprisonment during a new trial.
 
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA),
Lately the Tehran court in Vanak formed a new dossier for Ahmad Karimi the exiled political prisoner in Gonbad Kavoos prison and sentenced him to one year imprisonment on charge of crossing border illegally. Continue reading “One more year of imprisonment for Ahmad Karimi”

Preventing 62 years old prisoner from being transferred to hospital

HRANA News Agency – The security agents prevented Namegh Mahmoudi the Kurdish 62 years old political prisoner from being transferred to the hospital despite his critical health condition.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the security agents prevented this political prisoner from being transferred to the hospital while Namegh is suffering from cataract and is in imminent danger of being totally blind.  Continue reading “Preventing 62 years old prisoner from being transferred to hospital”

Mohammad Bagher Alavi is released

HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Bagher Alavi, a member of “the freedom movement of Iran” has been released.
According to a report by the Mizan website, he has been released on April 16, 2013 after 31 days of being under arrest. Continue reading “Mohammad Bagher Alavi is released”

Mehdi Kukhiyan and Abbas Valizade are released

HRANA News Agency – Mehdi Kukhiyan and Abbas Valizade, the two civil activists from the West Azerbaijan, who were under arrested since last January, got released on the bail yesterday.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mehdi Kukhiyan has been released on the bail of 400 Million Rials and Abbas Valizade on the bail of 1 Billion Rials. Continue reading “Mehdi Kukhiyan and Abbas Valizade are released”

Shiva Nazar Ahari returned to prison

HRANA News Agency – Shiva Nazar Ahari, the human rights activist, returned to the Evin prison by the end of her vacations.
According to a report by the Committee of Human rights reporters in Iran, he went back to the prison in the evening of April 13, 2013. Some sources which are close to the security forces had told she has left Iran, before. Continue reading “Shiva Nazar Ahari returned to prison”

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More than 2000 people were arrested during last Iranian year (1391)

HRANA News Agency – The center of statistics and publications of the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), published the latest list of the arrested people in the last Iranian year (1391).
According to this 24 paged report during one year 2179 activists were arrested by the security forces. 649 were individual arrests and 1530 cases were collective or unidentified arrests. Continue reading “More than 2000 people were arrested during last Iranian year (1391)”

Baha’i women are in intolerable condition in the Semnan prison

HRANA News Agency – Imprisoned Baha’i women are suffering a very tough and inhuman condition in the women ward of the Semnan central prison and spending imprisonments’ duration became intolerable for them.
 
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the food quality provided by prison reported inappropriate and uneatable and since the prisoners found glass splinters in their food most of them do not eat and because prisoners have no direct access to the prison shop and the left over of men wards will be available in the shop for women, then most of imprisoned women go to bed hungry including three Baha’i women who are imprisoned with their infants. Continue reading “Baha’i women are in intolerable condition in the Semnan prison”

Fariborz Rayis Dana is released

HRANA News Agency – Fariborz Rayis Dana who had been sentenced to one years of prison on the charge of propaganda against the government, was released this morning from the section 350 of the Evin prison.
According to a report by Kalame website, this economist and social researcher was under arrest for a while in the December 2010, was arrested again in the June 2011 to serve his sentence and transferred to the section 350 of the Evin prison according to the order by the Judge Mogheyse. Continue reading “Fariborz Rayis Dana is released”

Mohammadreza Pourshajari was transferred to the hospital

HRANA News Agency – On April 9, 2013 Mohammadreza Pourshajari the imprisoned blogger was transferred to the Madani hospital of Karaj however, he has been transferred back to the prison without getting needed medical treatments.
 
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), On April 9, 2013 Mohammadreza Pourshajari -Siamak Mehr- was transferred to the Madani hospital of Karaj when his health condition became critical but in the hospital only the basic treatments have done on him and he was transferred back to the Karaj central prison afterwards. Continue reading “Mohammadreza Pourshajari was transferred to the hospital”

Masoud Ladoni is not allowed to have medical vacation

HRANA News Agency – Masoud Ladoni is in a critical health condition in the Karoun prison of Ahvaz since last December. Despite the doctors’ recommendation and prosecutor’s permission his medical vacation is denied.
 
According to a report by Jaras, on April 6, 2013 the prosecutor agreed with medical vacation of Masoud Ladoni. Although the official letter by the prosecutor was sent to the setntences enforcement department to determine the amount of bail, at the last moment the medical vacation of this political prisoner was refused. Continue reading “Masoud Ladoni is not allowed to have medical vacation”