HRANA- Following on from the March 2nd campaign, Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) has announced that a number of parliamentarians from various countries, including the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Canada, demand the unconditional release of Iranian human rights defenders who were arrested on 2nd March 2010 and are currently still imprisoned. Continue reading “Parliamentarians from various countries demand the release of six HR defenders”
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Photo Report: Public Execution in Ghaem Shar, Iran
HRANA News Agency – An 18 years old prisoner has been hanged in public in Ghaem Shahr on Saturday, 14th September, 2013. (Click here to read the News in details) Continue reading “Photo Report: Public Execution in Ghaem Shar, Iran”
23 years old girl died in fire suicide
HRANA News Agency – According to a local news agency a 23 years old girl did suicide herself in Dadgostari St. in Noshahr belongs to Mazandaran province. Continue reading “23 years old girl died in fire suicide”
Baha’i Citizens interrogated upon return to Iran
HRANA News Agency – In the past few months, a number of Baha’i citizens have been interrogated by the authorities after returning to Iran from Turkey.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Iranian intelligent officers have questioned Baha’i citizens at the airport and inspected their belongings in different occasions.
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Political Activist remains in custody without being charged
HRANA News Agency – Reza Akbari-Monfared has been in custody for four months without being formally charged with any crimes. Akbari-Monfared is a political activist whose family members were executed during the mass killings of 1980s in Iran.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Akbari-Monfared was arrested on Jan. 15, 2013 together his son, Ali, and has been locked up in Ward 209 of Evin Prison ever since. His sister, Maryam, was arrested during the protests following the 2009 presidential elections in Iran and sentenced to 15 years in prison. His son, Ali, was released from prison last March after posting bail.
Akbari-Monfared was a political prisoner in 1980s, and four members of her family were executed during the same time. Ali-Reza, 20, Gholam-Reza, 26, Roghihe, 30, and Abdual-Reza, 23, were all hanged in the 80s.
A cab driver sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl
HRANA News Agency – A cab driver has sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl multiple times. Last year, a cab driver who was hired to take three little girls to school every day began abusing one of the children sexually after awhile.
According to a report by Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), the driver owns a Ford Festiva, is visually impaired in one eye and had taken the girl to an abandoned building near the school. The mother of the child says that she has no hope of recovery for her daughter. “It has been years since my daughter has been potty trained, but she is having accidents now because of what has happened to her,” the mother says.
The mother has also reported that the cab driver assaulted her daughter for weeks by taking her to the abandoned building under false pretenses of wanting to play games. “My children say the driver has a yellow knife that he keeps under his seat,” the mother adds while crying. “He has threatened my kids. When two of them weren’t there, he abused my daughter, Freshteh. He threatened to cut her parent’s heads off if she didn’t keep quiet.”
“Freshteh is now undergoing psychiatric therapy and has been taking sedatives. She is easily agitated and even fears her father and brothers,” the mother says.
Fire-fighters and rescuers are buried under trash
HRANA News Agency – As a result of a mudslide at a landfill, a group of fire-fighters and rescuers who were trying to put out a fire fell into a hole more than 98 feet deep. They are now buried under a mountain of trash which clasped after them.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ramzan Amini, the deputy mayor of Shiraz, has announced that 11 individuals were buried under the trash at Barmshor Landfill. Four men have already been rescued, and efforts to rescue the others are underway.
According to another report by Mahr News Agency, Ramin Talabi, the director of the fire department at the city of Shiraz, has said that because of the volume of trash piled up at the site, the rescuers have had difficulty reaching the missing victims. “Two fire-fighters, two horticultural engineers and two utility workers are still missing,” Talabi said. “The most important obstacles are the volume of trash and mud at the site.” The experts at the landfill have estimated that the victims are under more than 40 tons of trash.
Death verdict of three accused of stick-up is confirmed
HRANA News Agency – The death verdict of three prisoners who are accused of stick-up is confirmed by the supreme court.
According to Mehr News report, death verdict of three prisoners who did stick-up in Tafihan and Mahmoud Abad villages close-by Fars province, is confirmed by the supreme court. Continue reading “Death verdict of three accused of stick-up is confirmed”
Etela’at ministry: Arrested journalists were associated to BBC
HRANA News Agency – Etela’at ministry of Iran claimed in a statement that the arrested journalists were associated to BBC and might be another group to arrest in the next few days.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), quoted from ISNA, Etela’at ministry wrote in the statement “During the preparations for the Fajr anniversary this Ministry could discover one the biggest media networks associated to the arrogance media center.”
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Dairy Manufacturers Demonstrated in Front of Ministry of Industries
HRANA News Agency – Dozens of nation’s dairy producers gathered in front of the Ministry of Industries and Business to protest against the government’s policies and the failure to allocate subsidiaries resulted from the Targeted Plan to the manufacturers.
According to a report by Asr Iran Website, demonstrators gathered in front of the Ministry of Industries and Business building on Monday, October 31, 2011 and shouted slogans.Protestors announced that the Iranian government has failed to pay its debt approximately equivalent to $170,000,000 owed to dairy products manufacturers.
During these protests, a reporter was arrested briefly and his camera was seized.The reporter was released after all of the pictures were deleted from his camera.
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