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Maryam Shafi Pour is still under arrest

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Students
Maryam Shafi Pour

HRANA News Agency – Maryam Shafi Pour, the student activist who has been arrested on July 17 and kept in custody in Evin prison, is still on limbo, despite the fact that her trial is carried out.

 

According to JARAS, after one month from Maryam Shafi Pour’s trial, by administration of judge Salavati in branch 15 the case is remained undetermined yet. The judge declared document deprivation, and sent back the case for more investigations. In spite of her family’s efforts for putting bail, it is not agreed and this student activist is still on limbo and undetermined situation. Continue reading “Maryam Shafi Pour is still under arrest”

Nasour Naghipour returned to prison

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Prisoners
Nasour Naghipour

HRANA News Agency – Nasour Naghipour, the journalist and human rights activist, returned to prison by the end of his furlough on Sunday November 17.
According to the report of the Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Nasour Naghipoor political prisoners in ward 350 of Evin, came on furlough on Wednesday November 8. Continue reading “Nasour Naghipour returned to prison”

A prisoner is hanged in Isfahan prison

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Executions
Isfahan

HRANA News Agency – An inmate accused of killing a police officer who was sentenced to death has been executed on Sunday morning in the prison of Isfahan.
According to a report of IRIB, the prosecutor of Isfahan said: “This prisoner has killed an officer identified as Shahram Rezai and injured 2 others in Daran – Tiran way.” Continue reading “A prisoner is hanged in Isfahan prison”

The Sunni hunger strikers are in critical health condition

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Religious Minorities
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.

A prisoner is hanged in Zahedan

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Executions
Rahmatollah Gamshaz

HRANA News Agency – A prisoner has been hanged in Zahedan central prison on charge of murder yesterday morning.

 

According to the report of the Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the prisoner is identified as Rahmatollah Gamshaz and has been executed after 10 years of imprisonment. Continue reading “A prisoner is hanged in Zahedan”

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Municipal workers of Behbahan on strike

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Labor and Guilds

HRANA News Agency – Mayor of Behbahan announced that a number of city council workers are on strike because of being unpaid for months.

 

“Because of blockage of council accounts, the workers’ wages has not been paid and they ask at least two months’ salary to stop the strike and go back to work.” Aghamiri said to Mehr. Continue reading “Municipal workers of Behbahan on strike”

The workers of critical units in Qazvin demanding their unpaid wages

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Labor and Guilds
Qazvin workers

HRANA News Agency – The workers forum of Qazvin published an open letter to Ali Rabei -Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare – at his first visit to Qazvin province.

 

Ilna reports that the workers forum of Qazvin in this letter mentioned that Qazvin, which is an industrial area, have 3200 industrial unit but (in the most optimistic way), 50% of them are already closed down or about to close and half of them are working under their production capacity. Continue reading “The workers of critical units in Qazvin demanding their unpaid wages”

Three more Sunni prisoners sentenced to execution

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Religious Minorities
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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Religious Minorities
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”

Three labor activists summoned and arrested

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Labor and Guilds
Hossein Javanmardi, Mahdi Rahimi, Mohammad Ali Javanmardi, Reza Tamimi

HRANA News Agency – The human rights sources report that two labor activists are arrested and one more summoned.

 

According to the report of Human Rights reporters committee, Mohammad Ali Javanmardi and Reza Tamimi, workers of one of the Abadan sub refinery have been arrested on November 12.  Continue reading “Three labor activists summoned and arrested”