HRANA News Agency – Recently, prison authorities has rejected imprisoned student and human rights activist, Mehdi Khdoaei’s request for medical leave.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), It is around three years that Mehdi Khodaei and his family are trying to get medical leave, but recently, prison authorities has rejected the request.
Mehdi Khodaei is the former Secretary of Azad University Islamic Association in Shahr-e Rey, and a human rights activist. He was an electrical engineering student at the time of his arrest. Khodaei was arrested on 2 March 2010, five days after receiving a sentence of four years in prison on the charge of “acting against national security through organizing gatherings.” Previously, he had spent 38 days in detention in the summer of 2008.
After his arrest on 2 March 2010, he was transferred to IRGC’s Ward 2-A inside Evin Prison, where he spent ten months in solitary or two-person cells. Khodaei’s family had no information about him for months after his arrest. During his detention inside Ward 2-A, he was subjected to repeated interrogations and severe physical and psychological pressure to make forced confessions against himself.
Khodaei was tried on 21 August 2010 in Branch 28 of Tehran Revolutionary Court, with Judge Moghisseh presiding. On 12 October 2010, Khodaei was sentenced to an additional three years in prison on charges of “acting against national security through organizing gatherings,” and “propagating against the regime.”
Separately, in December 2010, his earlier four-year prison sentence was upheld by a Tehran appeals court. Therefore, with his three-year prison term also upheld, Khodaei is currently serving his seven year prison term. In late December 2010, Khodaei was transferred to Evin Prison’s General Ward 350. Despite his long prison term, he has not been allowed furlough since his detention. Khodaei remains defiant and active in prison and has participated in several protest hunger strikes and has signed several group letters in prison.
Category: Prisoners
400 million Tomans bail has been asked for Milad Dehghan
HRANA News Agency– Revolutionary court in Ahwaz asked for 400 million Tomans bail for Milad Dehghan’s provisional release.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), after 42 days with no news about the place of detention and the dossier situation of Milad Dehghan, finally on Sunday through a phone call from Karoun prison of Ahwas, his family informed that 400 million Tomans bail asked for him.
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The exile of Mokhtar Assadi, teachers activist, extended off
HRANA News Agency – the Department of Education in Kurdistan Province has extended off the exile of Mokhtar Asadi for the fifth year.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the exile of Mokhtar Asadi, a member of Teachers’ Union of Iran and Kurdistan and also a human rights activist, has been extended off by the Department of Education in Kurdistan Province for the fifth year.
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Zahra Mansouri, Prisoner in grave danger for lack of medicine
HRANA News Agency – Zahra Mansouri who is suffering from epilepsy and has to regularly take her medicine and live in a stress free environment, is in grave danger in Evin prison for lack of medicine.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mansouri who is more than 60 years old, was arrested by security forces on June 1, 2011 and was detained for 90 days in a solitary cell in Section 209 in Evin Prison and was released on bail on August 19, 201, was called and detained to serve her two years of prison in Evin, recently.
She is the sister of political prisoner Mohammad-Ali Mansouri and always been under pressure for this reason.
Three Year Prison Sentence for Young Genious
May 27, 2010
HRANA – On Thursday, May 20, 2010, Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court, presided by judge Moghiseh, sentenced Mr. Arman Rezakhani to three years in prison on fabricated charges. Mr. Rezakhani is a highly rated student of information technology at the school of engineering.
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Mahboubeh Karami, Human Rights and Women Activists prisoner with sever health problems not permitted for medical leave
HRANA News Agency – Mahboubeh Karami, Human Rights and Women Activists prisoner with sever physical and mental problems was not permitted for medical leave by Iran’s judicial authorities.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mahboubeh Karami, Political prisoner of the Women Ward of Evin prison, had been on medical leave two times, just three and seven days, but was backed to prison with incomplete medical period by judicial authorities.
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Jalal Eghdami: We Requested a Meeting with the Attorney General Yet There is No Reply
HRANA- The family of political prisoner Jafar Eghdami, currently on hunger strike along with sixteen other prisoners from ward 350 of Evin prison since July 26th, states that there has been no news regarding his condition.
In a conversation with Human Rights Activist in Iran News Agency (HRANA), the political prisoner’s brother explained, “It has been two weeks since we have heard any news regarding Jafar and our request for a meeting with the attorney general has gone unanswered.”
Uncertain situation of seven Baha’i detainees in Rajaie Shahr prison
HRANA News Agency – After two months of transferring and detention of seven Baha’i citizenس from Golestan province, still the detainees are in temporal detention and their situation is uncertain.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), after a lot of following up and haunt to Tehran and revolutionary court for provisional release by bail, their families have not succeeded.
The court officials passing the case to revolutionary court and the court is passing back to them. Also their lawyers could not able to visit their clients.
After the interrogation sessions of these seven Baha’is in Evin prison, they have been transferred to Rajaie Shahr prison while no trial formed for them and they have not been sentenced yet.
The families of these detainees have to travel frequently to Tehran and Karaj from their hometowns for visiting the prisoners and following up their situation.
Mr. Kourosh Zyari, one the seven detainees has serious injury on his leg and even until a week before detention, was not able to walk. Despite of his family’s following ups still he has not got any treatment or medical furlough from the prison officials or the other relevant officials.
Farahmand Sanaie, Farhad Fahandezh,Kamal Kashani, Payam Markazim ,Siamak Sadri and Foad Fahandezh are the other detainees who are currently in hall 12th of ward 4th in Rajaie Shahr prison.
Fingers of a prisoner amputated in Sari prison
HRANA News Agency – The fingers of a prisoner who is charged to robbery, amputated.
According to a report by Fars news, Asadollah Ja’fari confirmed the amputation verdict enforcement of four fingers of a prisoner on charge of robbery. Also Ja’fari claimed that this robber had done many robberies.
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Economist/National Front Board member Dr. Ali Rashidi has been sentenced to two yrs imprisonment
HRANA News Agency – Dr. Ali Rashidi, political activist, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment and 5 years ban of activity.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Dr. Ali Rashidi, Member of board of National Front, eminent economist, founding member of Iranian Economists Association, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment and 5 years ban of activity for writing about Iran’s economic situation.
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