HRANA News Agency – Following the arrest of around 30 Sunni citizens of Balouchestan in January 4th, 2015, the chief of the police force in Balouchestan, Colonel Rahimi, told media that some of the arrested individuals have confessed to be involved in the assassination of Molavi Jangi Zehi, the head of the Basij force in Ahmad Abad Rask who was killed in February, 2011 by unknown people.
This was despite the fact that 10 people had previously suffered from heavy sentences on the same charges and regarding the same incident. Therefore, the daughter of Malek Mohammed Abadian, one of the previously arrested individuals, responded to the recent claims of the chief of police force and highlighted the contradictions in his remarks. Her letter has been published by “Blaouch activists” and indicated below: Continue reading “The letter of Malik Mohammad Abadian’s Daughter to the Chief of Police Force in Sistan and Baluchestan”
HRANA News Agency – Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, who has been sentenced to 9 years and 4 months imprisonment, has written in a letter: “I had been sentenced to 5 years in prison which I have spent 4 years of it. But I was tried again. The court did not even let my solicitor, Manijeh Mohammadi to participate in my trial. I was tried in branch 26 and branch 15, presided by Judge Salvati, and conveyed my sentence on 29th December. I was accused by allegations such as gathering and collusion against the national security and relations with MEK, propaganda against the regime, connection with Ahmed Shaheed, and keeping satellite equipment. I do not accept this verdict and I denied any connection with the MEK. I had no relationship with this organization and I do not have. It’s just a bogus charge and embroidered story.”
The full text of the letter was publicised by HRANA News Agency as below: Continue reading “Behnam Ebrahimzadeh’s Letter about his New Imprisonment Sentence”
HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Nazari, son of Hamdullah, political prisoner in hall 12 of ward 4 in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, who has been imprisoned on charge of cooperating with Kurdish Democrat Party since 19 years ago without any leave, has written in a letter:
“In 2001-2002, I had been asked to pay 5 million Tomans to get released from prison, but as I couldn’t pay it, I have been held in prison since then and it is still going on. Continue reading “Mohammad Nazari’s Letter from Rajai Shahr Prison”
HRANA News Agency – Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, a labor activist imprisoned in Rajai Shar prison,has gone on hunger strike since 3 December in protest against being transferred from political prisoners’ ward to criminals’ ward and is currently in critical condition.
He wrote a letter to his son, who is affected by blood cancer. HRANA has received the letter which is as follows: Continue reading “Nima! I Am Sure You Understand / Behnam Ebrahimzadeh”
HRANA News Agency – Abdolreza Ghanbari is a Persian literature teacher and a university professor, who was arrested on the day of Ashura (2009) and sentenced to death by Tehran Revolutionary Court Branch 15. His death sentence was rejected by the Supreme Court in 2012 and his case was sent to the Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran where his verdict was reduced to 15 years in prison.
The teacher prisoner has issued a statement, a copy of which has been submitted to HRANA as follows: Continue reading “A Couple of Words from a Teacher / Abdolreza Ghanbari”
In an orchestrated effort with the Iranian Welfare Organization, the official Iranian news agency named IRNA denied the news recently issued by HRANA, concerning the threat of acid attacks in a kindergarten in Ahwaz. The following article briefly shows that this denial actually confirms the accuracy of the information published by the HRANA and clearly indicates that the state founded media is more concerned about the resource of news rather than addressing the real problem.
On Friday, November 6, 2014, HRANA, the news organization of Human Rights Activists in Iran, published a report entitled “Acid attacks and threats in a kindergarten”. on its website (1). The title of the news that included a summary of the entire released report entailed “on October 25, 2014, a woman attacked a kindergarten named Blue Lotus (located in the city of Ahwaz) with a container claimed to contain acid solution. Continue reading ““Rebellious” and the facts ignored with this label / Keyvan Rafiee”
HRANA News Agency – In a short letter, Rasoul Badaghi, an ex-teacher who is imprisoned at Karaj Rajaee Shahr Prison has offered his condolences to the educational society for the murder of “Mohsen Khashkhashi” a teacher from Brojerd.
The letter that has been provided to HRANA can be seen in the following: Continue reading “Condolences letter by Rasoul Badaghi for the murder of a Teacher”
HRANA News Agency – Rasoul Hardany who was arrested at the age of 19 following a domestic hijacking incident has spent more than 14 years in prison. The root cause of this hijacking that later became the subject of an Iranian movie by a renowned director ( Ebrahim Hatami-Kia ) was actually poverty and inadequate living conditions according to the confessions of detainees.
The following is the full text of his letter, a copy of which submitted to HRANA : Continue reading "Letter of Rasoul Hardani after 14 years of suffering in the prison"
HRANA news agency – Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, workers’ rights activists and political prisoner of Rajaei Shahr wrote: “unfortunately despite the widespread demonstration in different regions of Iran, in particular in Isfahan, the criminals who committed this barbaric crime have not been arrested, yet. Undoubtedly, the security forces can immediately arrest political and social activists who plan a rally and protest but can’t identify those responsible for acid attacks. The behavior and practice of these people question dignity and human values. However, sympathy for the pain and suffering of the victims of this violent crime is only a small step and it is everyone’s duty to support the victims and slightly ease their pain. At the same time, it is important to eradicate this danger from the society and this is the least people expect from the government.”
The following is the full text of this letter, a copy of which has been submitted to HRANA: Continue reading “Throwing acid on women is doomed / Behnam Ebrahimzadeh”
HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Reza Pourshajari (Siamak Mehr), the 52 years old blogger, was released from prison after spending 4 years in the central prison of Karaj on 23, August 2014. He has been recently arrested on 30, September, 2014 when travelling to Uroumiah by intelligence agents and there is no information about his situation.
The following is a full text of the letter of support for Mohammad Reza Pourshajari signed by 15 political prisoners: Continue reading “15 political prisoners write in support of Mohammad Reza Pourshajari”
