Category: Prisoners

Mehdi Tajik Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison and 30-Year Ban on Political Activity

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Mehdi Tajik

 

May 13, 2010

HRANA – Mehdi Tajik a Tehran University student and a human rights activist has been sentenced to 27 months in prison and a 30 year prohibition of political activity. The sentence was handed down by the Revolutionary Court, Branch 26.

His original crime was association and plotting against national security and had been sentenced to a 2 year sentence, a 91 day sentence for propaganda against the Government, and a one million touman ($1000) penalty for insulting the President.

He has been banned from reporting, blogging, interview, writing articles and even analysis of political events, as well as membership in any party or affiliation with any party, and any political activity.

This while there has been no evidence of any political activity presented in the Court pertaining to the post-election developments.

Shutting Down Political Prisoners’ Cell Block in Urmia

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Ali Ahmad Solaiman, Habibullah Galiripour, Jahangir Badozadeh, Majid Dalaei Milan, Mehr Ali Farhang, Shafagh Dalaei Millan

HRANA News Agency –Following the transfer of six political prisoners to solitary confinement in the Urmia Central Prison, Mehr Ali Farhang who is in charge of political prisoners’ cell block has announced that Ward 12 will be closed down soon.

In recent months, Mehr Ali Farhang has continued to abuse and threaten political prisoners.Lately, he has announced that Ward 12 which houses political prisoners will be closed, and all inmates will be transferred to different cell blocks in the general prison population.
According to threats made by Mehr Ali Farhang, thirty political prisoners locked up in Ward 12 are scheduled to be transferred to other cell blocks where ordinary prisoners convicted of drug related crimes are being kept.
Two political prisoners, Majid Dalaei Milan and Shafagh Dalaei Millan, have already been transferred to a cell block housing drug addicts.Additionally, Azar Jafari after being beaten and battered was moved together with another political prisoner to different wards in Urmia Central Prison.
According to another report, Habibullah Galiripour, Ali Ahmad Solaiman and Jahangir Badozadeh were finally returned to political prisoners ward after being locked up in isolation cells since December 6, 2011.
 

Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s Prison Cell Raided

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Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi

 

HRANA News Agency – On Monday, December 19, 2011, agents sent by Iran’s Special Court of Clerics raided Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi’s prison cell in Evin and searched through his personal belongings.This raid was coordinated and carried out with the cooperation of prison officials.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), security agents treated Ayatollah Boroujerdi with violence and insulted him.While calling him a spy, agents confiscated his clothing and medicine.
Since Ayatollah Boroujerdi suffers from various illnesses, the seizure of his medication will further endanger his health and life.
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Jafar Panahi’s Resistance in Interrogations Rouses Tehran Prosecutor’s Anger

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Jaafar Dolatabadi, Jafar Panahi

April 11, 2010
 

HRA News Agency – Tahereh Saeedi, wife of Jafar Panahi, the imprisoned director, said that he had met with the prosecutor of Tehran, but Jaafar Dolatabadi have given her no clear answer on her husbands situation and have only said: “Panahi still has not changed his position.”

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Two Political Prisoners in Evin Transferred to Hospital

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Hussein Ronaghi Maleki, Kobra Amirkhizi

HRANA News Agency – Political prisoners Kobra Amirkhizi and Hussein Ronaghi Maleki were transferred to hospital for urgent medical care.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hussein Ronaghi Maleki has suffered internal bleeding of kidneys and taken to Hasheminejad Hospital in Tehran.Although this political prisoner has several times been transferred to a hospital outside the prison for infection of and bleeding from kidneys, the authorities refuse to grant him furlough for medical care.
Moreover, Kobra Amirkhizi has undergone an eye operation in Labafinejad Hospital.She was then returned to Evin prison following this surgery.Because of the insanitary condition in prison, this political prisoner is in danger of acquiring an eye infection.However, prison officials refuse to acknowledge such a possibility.
 

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Two Prisoners Beaten and Killed by Special Guards in Urimieh Prison

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Akbar Pishevar, Iraj Ghamangiz, Seifoddin Yahya-zadeh

 

April 15, 2010

 

HRA News Agency – On Sunday April 11, two prisoners were beaten and killed by special guards in Urimieh Prison – section 9 and 11.

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No News on the Condition of Jailed Blogger Rojin Mohammadi

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Rojin Mohammadi, Shahid Moghadasi

HRANA News Agency – Although one week has passed since Rojin Mohammadi was arrested upon arriving in Iran, nothing is known about her current condition.Rojin Mohammadi is a blogger and medical student at the University of Manila (UM) in Philippines.

It has been reported that Rojin Mohammadi is currently being held in solitary confinement in Ward 2A of Evin Prison.This ward is under the control of Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (IRGC).Thus far, Rojin Mohammadi has been denied access to an attorney and also phone calls or visits with her family.

Iranian judicial and security officials refuse to disclose to her family where in Evin Prison Rojin Mohammadi is being held.Other reports indicate that the prosecutor at the 3rd branch of Evin Court has charged Rojin Mohammadi with conspiracy against national security and propaganda against the regime by the means of human rights activism.

Nine days ago, on November 14, 2011, Rojin Mohammadi flew from Istanbul to Tehran.Upon arriving at Imam Khomeini Airport, she was arrested by Iranian security agents and taken to Evin Prison.She was then released on bail after being detained for 24 hours.Five days later, on November 19, 2011, security agents raided her father’s house in Kermanshah in order to arrest her again.However, since she was not home at the time of the raid, the police failed to take her into custody.

On November 21, 2011, Rojin Mohammadi was summoned by phone to Shahid Moghadasi Court in Evin Prison, and her personal belongings including a computer were confiscated.She was interrogated for 3 consecutive days and finally arrested again on November 23, 2011 and locked up behind bars in Evin Prison.

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Three Ahl-e Haqq Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Yazd

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Abadollah Ghasamzadeh, Bakhash Ali Mohammadi, Sahand Ali Mohammadi

HRANA News Agency – Three prisoners who belong to a religious minority commonly known as Ahl-e Haqq began their hunger strike in Yazd Central Prisoners on Sunday, July 24, 2011.

According to a report by Mukrian News Agency and sources close to these prisoners, Sahand Ali Mohammadi, Bakhash Ali Mohammadi and Abadollah Ghasamzadeh are on hunger strike to protest against being retried for unknown reasons.

These three political prisoners are residents of Uch-Tappeh Village located in Miandoab County, West Azerbaijan Province.During the clashes which took place in the city of Miandoab between Ahl-e Haqq followers and Iranian security forces in 2004, Sahand Ali Mohammadi, Bakhash Ali Mohammadi and Abadollah Ghasamzadeh were arrested, tried and sentenced to 13 years in prison. They were also exiled to Yazd Central Prison to serve their sentences.

 

Laleh Hassanpour Arraigned on New Charges in Evin Prison

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Laleh Hassanpour

HRANA- Human rights activist Laleh Hassanpour was summoned by the 3rd Circuit of the Revolutionary Court located in Evin Prison on Wednesday August 18, 2010.

According to HRANA reporters, she was arraigned in court on three new charges without having her lawyer present.Laleh Hassanpour was charged with “insulting the supreme leader”, “insulting the sanctity of Islam”, and “insulting the president”.

An attorney for Laleh Hassanpour tells HRANA that lawyers were not permitted into the courts located in Evin Prison and that they were not present during the proceedings.

Her attorney explained that the prior to the recent charges, Laleh Hassanpour was charged with “acting against national security” for activities related to a campaign against child executions, membership in Human Rights Activists in Iran, and participation in recent unrest.

While in detention, Laleh Hassanpour has been under severe pressure to make a televised confession.

Laleh Hassanpour was arrested on March 16, 2010 at her father’s home in Tehran by Revolutionary Guard intelligence agents and taken to ward 2A in Evin Prison.

Uncertainty About the Continued Detainment of Three Founders of a Cultural Association

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Ebrahim Babayi, Evin Prison, Mehdi Kouhan, Mohsen SadeghiNoor

 

April 27, 2010

HRA News Agency – After four months of detainment, three members of a cultural association, named Dr. Ebrahim Babayi, Mehdi Kouhan, and Mohsen SadeghiNoorare, are still being kept at Evin Prison under uncertain circumstances. According to the information received by HRANA reporters, after the public protests of December 27 of this year on the occasion of Ashura, 16 members of a cultural association, known as “The Children of the Great Iran,” were arrested in Tehran by the officials of the Ministry of Information and transferred to Evin Prison Division 209. The interrogators subjected them to beatings and mistreatment.

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