HRANA – At least 15 students arrested after a protest at Payam-e-Nur University in Marivan on Thursday, May 13, 2010.
In this protest, students were asking the people of Marivan to participate in a city wide strike to show their dismay of the executions that had occurred earlier this year. Those arrested at this event have been sent to undisclosed locations.
According to the information received by HRANA, here are the list of 5 of those who were arrested:
1. Mr. Aram Vabasy 2. Mr. Foad Moradi 3. Mr. Togigh Partoe 4. Donna Lanjavae 5. Saman Zandi
Central Intelligence Agency of Marivan during the past few days has contacted many of the activist of that city and has threatened them that should they follow through with promoting strike, they will face severe consequences.
Currently the atmosphere of Marivan is that of domination by anti riot and security forces.



HRANA News Agency – 12 men convicted of drug trafficking were executed in Rajai Shahr prison on Tuesday, November 13, 2012.
HRANA News Agency – Ms Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested in September 2010 on charges of spreading propaganda and conspiring to harm state security and has been imprisoned in solitary confinement in Evin Prison. On September 25 she began a hunger strike to protest being denied visits and phone calls from her family. On October 31 Ms Sotoudeh continued to protest her detention and ill treatment. In January 2011 Ms. Sotoudeh was sentenced to 11 years in prison in addition to the block to exercise its right and to leave the country for 20 years. Her sentenced has been reduced to 6 years in prison, and a 10 year ban from practicing law. The 20 year ban for her to leave the country has not been mentioned in the appeals court’s decision.
HRANA News Agency – Iranian security forces have blocked the reconstruction of Sayed Farokh Shrine located in the village of Khobyaran Jalalvand, Kermanshah Province. This shrine belongs to a religious minority commonly known as Ahl-e Haqq (Yarsan).
HRANA News Agency – On Sunday, June 26, 2011, three Kurdish political prisoners entered their 24th day of hunger strike in Rajai-Shahr Prison.However, prison officials refuse to pay any attention to these prisoners’ demands and have failed to take the necessary steps to meet their needs to end this hunger strike.
HRANA News Agency – After forty days of arrest, the fate of Mina Shahrvand, a young blogger born in August of 1983, remains unknown.
HRANA-The Syndicate Workers of Tehran Bus Company released a statement demanding the immediate release of imprisoned labor association board member Reza Shahabi.
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HRANA- Shahriar Hossein-Bar, reformist student activist in Sistan Balouchestan University was attacked and severely beaten by unidentified individuals on campus.