Category: Prisoners

Political Prisoner Kourosh Kuhkan Might Lose His Leg

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Prisoners
Kourosh Kuhkan

HRANA News Agency – Evin Prison officials have refused to provide medical care to Kourosh Kuhkan, a political prisoner reported to be in critical condition.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Kourosh Kuhkan’s knee is severely infected such that if he doesn’t receive immediate medical attention, he might lose his leg entirely.

Iranian intelligence agents injured Kourosh Kuhkan’s knee during interrogations.After 17 months following this injury and repeated requests from him and his family, Kourosh Kuhkan was transferred to Taleghani Hospital to undergo a surgery after which he was locked up in Evin Prison again without any medical care or access to health care facilities.

Kourosh Kuhkan was tried at the Revolutionary Court, Branch 26, and sentenced by Judge Peerabasi to three years and six months in prison and 74 lashes.Kourosh Kuhkan is currently serving his sentence at Evin Prison in Ward 350.

 

Majid Dori Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison

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Prisoners
Majid Dori, Manijeh Mohammad

HRANA – Majid Dori’s lawyer confirmed his six years imprisonment sentence by the court of appeals. In his first trial, this deprived of education student was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Manijeh Mohammadi said: “In his first trial, Majid Dori was sentenced to five years imprisonment for acting against national security, five years imprisonment in exile to Izeh (in southwestern Iran) for cooperating with the People’s Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI), and one year imprisonment for propaganda activities against the regime.

According to Jaras (rahesabz.net), Mrs. Mohammadi said: “In Mr. Dori’s court of appeals, article 610 – five years imprisonment for acting against national security – was dropped, but five years imprisonment in exile and one year imprisonment were approved.

Mrs. Mohammadi emphasized that there is no evidence that shows any connection between Majid Dori and PMOI. She added: “On previous talks that we had with the judges, they agreed that Mr. Dori is innocent. However, such a vote was issued at the end.”

Majid Dori’s lawyer stated that charging Mr. Dori with acting against national security was actually because of his activities in the Council to Defend the Right to Education.

Majid Dori, deprived of education student and a member of Council to Defend the Right to Education, was arrested on July 9th, 2009.

Health Deterioration of Iranian Imprisoned Lawyer, Houtan Kian, Rejected for Medical Examination

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Prisoners
Javid Houtan Kian, Naghi Mahmoudi, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani

HRANA News Agency –  Javid Houtan Kian Iranian lawyer, political prisoner in Tabriz Central Prison is in health deterioration due to lack of medical consideration.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), this imprisoned lawyer is suffering from Kidney and intestinal infections and is being rejected for medical examination.
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Sanaz Tafazoli transferred to serve her imprisonment

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Prisoners
Dori Amri, Nahid Ghadiri, Nava Kholousi, Nika Kholousi, Rozita Vaseghi, Sanaz Tafazoli, Sima Eshraghi

HRANA News Agency – Sanaz Tafazoli, Baha’i female citizen in Mashhad was transferred to Vakil Abad prison to serve her imprisonment.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), a Baha’i female citizen, sentened to 6 month in prison was transferred to Vakil Abad prison to serve her imprisonment on Tuesday, December 11, 2012.
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Political prisoner Majid Assadi begins hunger strike

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Prisoners
Ali Moezi, Gholamreza Khosravi, Majid Assadi, Vahid Asghari

HRANA News Agency –Political prisoner Majid Assadi in Ward 350 of Evin Prison began hunger strike for one week protesting the measures of the branch 15th of Iran’s Revolutionary Court by Judge Salavati.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Political prisoner Majid Assadi in Ward 350 of Evin Prison began hunger strike for one week protesting the measures of the branch 15th of Iran’s Revolutionary Court by Judge Salavati toward two political prisoners in Ward 350 in Tehran’s Evin Prison. These two prisoners are Ali Moezi and Vahid Asghari, who were transferred to solitary confinement and banned from any visits.
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Ayatollah Boroujerdi Denied Medical Care

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Prisoners
Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi

HRANA News Agency – On Saturday night, October 1, 2011, Ayatollah Boroujerdi visited the prison clinic in Evin because of heart problems, but prison officials refused to provide medical care for him.Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi is a prisoner of conscience whose pre-existing medical conditions have deteriorated since his arrest on October 8, 2006.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), last night, Ayatollah Boroujerdi complaining of chest pain visited the clinic in Evin Prison to seek medical care.The medical staff didn’t admit him into the clinic and asked for his immediate transfer to a hospital outside the prison.However, the prison officials have refused to comply with this request.

Ayatollah Boroujerdi suffers from heart problems and lacks the necessary balance to walk independently due to swelling of both feet.

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Vahid Asghari was transferred to Solitary Confinement, banned of visiting and began hunger strike

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Prisoners
Abolghasem Salavati, Hossein Derakshan, Saeed Malekpour, Vahid Asghari

HRANA News Agency – Vahid Asghari, Iranian imprisoned blogger in Ward 350 of Evin prison began hunger strike due to he was transferred to Solitary Confinement in Ward 240 and banned of visiting for three weeks by judge Salavati.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Vahid Asghari refused to defend himself and said he would not appeal the sentence, because he considered the court of first instance to be illegal and he must be in Handcuffs and shackles to be transferred to the court. So, his judge, Abolghasem Salavati at branch 15th of Tehran’s revolutionary court, issued 10 days in solitary confinement and three weeks ban of visiting for him. He said he will begin hunger strike in protest, while he was being transferred to solitary confinement.
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Iranian Imprisoned Lawyer is being rejected for medical leave

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Prisoners
Abdolfattah Soltani

HRANA News Agency – Abdolfattah Soltani, Iranian imprisoned lawyer, suffering from Sickle-cell disease is being rejected for medical leave by Judiciary authorities.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Abdolfattah Soltani, Iranian imprisoned lawyer, serving his 13 year in prison sentence and suffering from Sickle-cell disease, as Evin doctors says, must be allowed for medical leave to be examined and his cure out of prison.
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Boroujerdi Suffers Heart Attack and Pulmonary Edema

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Prisoners
Abbas Khorsandi, Abdul-Sattar Doushoki, Akbar Atri, Alireza Nourizadeh, Amir Farshad Ebrahimi, Aram Hessami, Bahar Naryndji, Bahieh Jilani, Banafsheh Pourzand, Bijan Karimi, Dariush Madjlesi, Darvish Ranjbar, Esfandia Monfaredzadeh, Fred Saberi, Green Seculars, Hassan Nayeb Hashem, Hassan Shariatmadari, Hassan Zare Zadeh Ardeshir, Hossein Alizadeh, Hossein Bagerzadeh, Hossein Ladjevardi, Iman Forotan, Jamshid Anvar, Kazemeini Boroujerdi, Mahvash Alasvandi Bakhtiari, Mandana Zand karimi, Marlena Gonzalez, Mehdi Hoveizi, Mehrdad Hariri, Mohammad Malavan, Naser Mohammadi, Nasrin Basiiri, Nazanin Ansari, Parvaneh Moradi, Potkin Azarmehr, Ramin Nikoo, Rebecca Witonsky, Reza Moridi, Rouhi Shafii, Roxaneh Ganji, Roya Kashefi, Roya Toloi, Sanya Avazpour, Seyyed Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi, Shaho Hoseini, Shokoh Mirzadegi, Tahirih Danesh, Thamar Eilam, Victoria Azad

Tehran, 1st October 2011– More than 5 years after Seyyed Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi was incarcerated for being a steadfast advocate of strict adherence to the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, he has suffered a severe heart attack, which has led to a pulmonary edema.  Intelligence authorities have rejected all demands by Evin prison officials for him to be treated at a properly equipped medical facility.

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Imprisoned Student, Ali Ajami, Beaten and Battered

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Freedom of Expression, Prisoners, Students
Ali Ajami, Hussein Qazvini

HRANA News Agency – On the morning of June 22, 2011, for an unknown reason, the assistant warden of Rajai-Shahr Prison in Karaj beat and battered Ali Ajami in the prison’s medical clinic.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists for Democracy in Iran, Ali Ajami who is a leftist activist had gone to the prison hospital for medical care. While there, the Assistant Warden Khadem severely beat and battered Ali Ajami.

Once Ali Ajami returned to his prison cell in Ward 4, Hall 12, other prisoners having seen his bruises and injuries protested by demanding a public apology from the Assistant Warden Khadem.The prisoners also refused to accept their daily food rations.

The current assistant warden in Rajai-Shahr Prison is one of the known interrogators and torturers in this prison.In recent years, he has held various posts such as the director of ward 1, the director of prison’s intelligence agency and most recently the job of assistant warden at Rajai-Shahr Prison.

Some time ago, while two defenseless prisoners, Hussein Qazvini and Godarzi, were being held in isolation cells in Ward 1 of Rajai-Shahr Prison, the Assistant Warden Khadem tortured and beat them such that as a result, he broke their legs.

When the Assistant Warden Khadem was the director of intelligence agency in Rajai-Shahr Prison, he raped and impregnated a female officer.For this reason, he was fired from his job and transferred to Ghezel Hesar Prison for a while.