HRANA News Agency – The Cyber Police in Gilan Province has announced that an individual in the city of Rasht has been arrested for blasphemy posted on the Internet. Gilan’s Cyber Police Chief has also reminded all citizens that blasphemy is a crime for which there are severe penalties defined by the lawmakers.
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HRANA News Agency – After Namegh Mahmoudi was beaten and denied proper medical care in Rajaie Shahr Prison, forty political prisoners wrote a letter to the warden to voice their objection.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on May 26, 2013, Mahmoudi was beaten en route to hospital where he was to receive tests before his surgery. Continue reading “Forty prisoners object to Namegh Mahmoudi’s beating”
HRANA News Agency – Mohsen Barzegar has been summoned to Babol Prison to serve his two-year sentence. Barzegar is a student activist at Babol Noshiravani University of Technology.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Barzegar was formerly the cultural secretary of the Islamic Association of Students at the univeristy. He has been sentenced to two years in prison on charges of conspiracy against national security and insulting the Supreme Leader of Iran. Continue reading “Mohsen Barzegar summoned to prison”
HRANA News Agency – Authorities have ordered all inmates to pay for setting up eavesdropping equipment for the prison facility in Zahedan.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the authorities have threatened to cut off the phone system if prisoners refuse to pay for the equipment. Continue reading “Prisoners ordered to pay for eavesdropping equipment”
HRANA News Agency – Abdolkarim Lahiji, an Iranian attorney living in France, has been elected to serve as the president of the International Federation for Human Rights. The election was made on May 23, 2013 during FIDH’s 38th congress in Istanbul, Turkey.
Lahiji has also served as the vice president of the federation for five consecutive terms totaling 15 years. After being elected as the president, Lahiji said that his first priority will be to free all human rights defenders who have been imprisoned unjustly around the world. Continue reading “Abdolkarim Lahiji became the president of FIDH”
HRANA News Agency – On Wednesday, May 29, 2013, Amanollah Mostaghim, a member of the Baha’is Science Institute of Iran, was transferred to Rajaie Shahr Prison in Karaj.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mostaghim reported to Evin prison on May 20, 2013 and was subsequently detained there. He is now being held in Ward 4, Hall 12 of Rajaie Shahr Prison. Continue reading “Amanollah Mostaghim was transferred to Rajaie Shahr Prison”
HRANA News Agency – Cab drivers in the city of Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, have gone on strike to protest against low fares.
HRANA News Agency – Blogger Vahid Asghari who is locked up in Evin Prison has refused to appear in court.
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HRANA News Agency – New criteria defined for graduate programs ban female students from studying in seven different engineering fields at Isfahan University of Technology.
According to a report by Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Isfahan University of Technology will no longer admit female students into graduate programs to study agricultural engineering with a concentration in irrigation, animal science and machinery. Female students have also been banned from obtaining masters degrees in natural resources engineering with a concentration in watershed and land management as well as desertification. Furthermore, the university has adopted a policy to admit only male students to study water resources engineering. Continue reading “Female students banned from engineering fields”
HRANA News Agency – Four Baha’i citizens were tried and sentenced to prison in Mashhad. Nika Kholoosi, Nava Kholoosi, Adib Sho’aie and Mahsa Mahdavi received sentences ranging from eight months to six years.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), these prisoners of conscious were tried in the 3rd branch of Revolutionary Court in Mashhad. Judge Soltani presided over the trial during which the defenders were charged with promoting the Baha’i religion, propaganda against the Islamic regime and membership in Baha’i groups. Continue reading “Four Baha’i citizens were tried and sentenced in Mashhad”
