Category: Religious Minorities

Six sentenced to death prisoners of conscience transferred to ward 350

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Behrouz Shahnazari, Kaveh Sharifi, Kaveh Veisi, Mokhtar Rahimi, Shahram Ahmadi, Taleb Maleki

HRANA News Agency – Six sentenced to death prisoners of conscience who have been kept in the solitary confinement cells of ward 240 of Evin prison, are transferred to ward 350.

 

According to the report of the Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Kaveh Veisi, Mokhtar Rahimi, Kaveh Sharifi, Behrouz Shahnazari, Taleb Maleki and Shahram Ahmadi, the Sunni prisoners who have been sentenced to death, are transferred to ward 350 of Evin prison on November 21st. after 15 days hunger strike. Continue reading “Six sentenced to death prisoners of conscience transferred to ward 350”

Sunni prisoners on the 20th day of hunger strike

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Hamed Ahmadi, Jahangir Dehghani, Jamshid Dehghani, Kamal Molayi, Sedigh Mohammdi, Syed Hadi Hosseini

HRANA News Agency – Physical condition of six Sunni prisoners of conscientious, who are on hunger strike, is reported very severe. A normal prisoner is got beaten for having contact with them.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), these Sunni prisoners of conscientious, who have sentenced to death, are transferred from solitary confinement to service ward, but they are under pressure, by prison’s authorities and other prisoner are banned from having contact with them. Continue reading “Sunni prisoners on the 20th day of hunger strike”

Concern about Arash Sharifi’s situation in central prison of Kashan

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Arash Sharifi

HRANA News Agency – Arash Sharifi, the prisoner of conscience sentenced to death in central prison of Kashan is suffering from chronic asthma however the authorities do nothing for him.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Arash Sharifi, the Sunni conscience prisoner was transferred from ward 10 of Rajai Shahr prion of Karaj to Kashan central prison on Wednesday October 8. Continue reading “Concern about Arash Sharifi’s situation in central prison of Kashan”

Six Sunni prisoners are on hunger strike in Evin prison

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Behrouz Shahnazari, Kaveh Sharifi, Kaveh Veysi, Mokhtar Rahimi, Shahram Ahmadi, Taleb Maleki

HRANA News Agency – Six Sunni prisoners of conscientious, who were sentenced to death, are on their 15th days of hunger strike in solitary confinement, in ward 240 of Evin prison.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), two of these prisoners, with the names of Mamusta Kaveh Veysi and Mokhtar Rahimi, have been transferred from Rajai Shahr prison to solitary confinement of ward number 240 of Evin prison. Continue reading “Six Sunni prisoners are on hunger strike in Evin prison”

Dervishes arrested in Alborz Province

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Qaderi Dervishes

HRANA News Agency – Following the recent attacks of the security forces on “Qaderi kasanzani Dervishes,” about fifteen of them were arrested.
According to the report of the Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), last week, plainclothes security officers attacked to a house as it was used as Tekiyeh in Hassan Abad in Karaj. Continue reading “Dervishes arrested in Alborz Province”

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Friday prayers of Sunni mosques closed down in Mahabad

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Ali Khaledi, Mullah Najmaddin, Seyyed Hassan Asadi

HRANA News Agency – The security forces closed down at least two Friday prayer service in Mahabad due to new wave of the repressions.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the intelligence summoned Mohammad Mabzooleh and Fatah Sheikhi the Imams of Kouye Hazhar and Salahaddin Poshte Tapp mosques, then intimidate and suppress them which resulted closing down Friday prayer service in those mosques. Continue reading “Friday prayers of Sunni mosques closed down in Mahabad”

Prison sentence for five Baha’is residing in Mashhad

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Arman Mokhtari, Behnaz Hadadzade, Horieh Mohseni, Negar Malek zadeh, Negin Ahmadian

HRANA News Agency – Five Baha’is have been summoned to Vakilabad prison in Mashhad serve their imprisonment sentences.

 

According to the report of the Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), these people who have been sentenced to 6 months in prison after being charged of propaganda against regime by promoting Baha’ism, were sent to prison on Sunday November 17. Continue reading “Prison sentence for five Baha’is residing in Mashhad”

The Sunni hunger strikers are in critical health condition

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Hamed Ahmadi, Jahangir Dehghani, Jamshid Dehghani, Kamal Moulayi, Seddigh Mohammadi

HRANA News Agency – One of the Sunni hunger strikers of Ghezelhesar prison, collapsed and became unconscious, because of wake hypotension, but prison’s authorities prevented him from being taken to clinic.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hamed Ahmadi collapsed, by wakening hypotension, on days 15 of the hunger strike on Monday November 18.

 

His cellmates who tried to take him to clinic, confronted with authorities prevention.

 

An informed source told to HRANA’s reporter: “Physical condition of Hamed Ahmadi and Jamshid Dehghani is very bad, and these prisoners had stomach bleeding and vomited blood several times.”

 

Hamed Ahmadi (son of Abdullah-born in 1982), Kamal Moulayi (son of Ahmad-born in 1984), Jamshid Dehghani (son of Khodarahm-born in 1985) and Seddigh Mohammadi (son of Hossein-born in 1985) went on hunger strike, in response to the decision of prison’s authorities regarding their transfer, since November 4.

Three more Sunni prisoners sentenced to execution

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Barzan Nasrollahzadeh, Farshid Naseri, Teymour Naderizadeh

HRANA News Agency – Farshid Naseri, Teymour Naderizadeh and Barzan Nasrollahzadeh three of Sunni prisoners in Rajaie Shahr prison of Karaj have been sentenced to execution.

 

According to the report of the Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Abdolazim Sabeti the lawyer of these three prisoners declared that they have been sentenced by Judge Moqayyeseh in branch 28 of revolutionary court.  Continue reading “Three more Sunni prisoners sentenced to execution”

An imprisoned Christian is in uncertainty for 4 months

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Ali Moezzi, Behnam Irani, Hossein Saketi Aramsari, Mohammad Reza Poorshajari

HRANA News Agency – Hossein Saketi Aramsari (Stefan) the converted Christian has been arrested since July and still is in uncertainty in Karaj central prison.

 

According to the report of the Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Hossein (Stefan) who was converted to Christianity arrested on July 23, 2013 in the forests of Golestan, first transferred to Jajerm intelligence and then to Bojnurd intelligence in Northern Khorasan, was in solitary confinement for 15 days and his dossier with the accusation of “promoting Christianity” has been handed over to Alborz revolutionary court.  Continue reading “An imprisoned Christian is in uncertainty for 4 months”