HRANA News Agency – The Iranian blogger Kaveh Taheri has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for propaganda against the regime. In a separate charge, a bail approximately equivalent to $50,000 has also been set for him.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Taheri is being held in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz. Presiding over the first branch of the Revolutionary Court, Judge Mahmoud Sadati handed down the maximum penalty allowed, sentencing Taheri to three years in prison on charges of insulting the Supreme Leader and propaganda against the regime with the intent to benefit the opposition groups. Continue reading “Blogger Kaveh Taheri sentenced to three years”
Category: Prisoners
Namegh Mahmoudi was beaten on the way to hospital
HRANA News Agency – One of the prison guards beat Namegh Mahmoudi, a Kurdish political prisoner, as he was being transferred to the hospital.
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Authorities deny medical treatment to Mohammad Reza Pour-Shajari
HRANA News Agency – Although doctors have recommended urgent medical treatment for Mohammad Reza Pour-Shajari, the authorities are preventing his transfer to a hospital outside the prison. Pour-Shajari (Siamak Mehr) is a imprisoned blogger and a political activist.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), two doctors, Gholizade and Nejadbahram, at Karaj central prison have recommended Pour-Shajari to be hospitalized immediately because of his serious breathing problems since two weeks ago. Continue reading “Authorities deny medical treatment to Mohammad Reza Pour-Shajari”
Kurdish prisoner refused to go to hospital in protest
HRANA News Agency – Naseh Yousefi, a Kurdish political prisoner in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, has refused to go to the hospital in protest to being insulted by prison authorities who required him to wear a prison uniform and placed in handcuffs and shackles prior to his transfer.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Naseh (Ayhan) Yousefi was supposed to be transferred to the hospital on May 19, 2013 and also required to pay for the cost of his medical treatment. Continue reading “Kurdish prisoner refused to go to hospital in protest”
Zahra Mansouri has to return to prison
HRANA News Agency – The political prisoner Zahra (Mahboubeh) Mansouri has been summoned to return to Evin Prison. Mansouri is currently on medical furlough, receiving chemotherapy.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Zahra Mansouri, 60, is a political prisoner who was granted furlough to receive chemotherapy for her breast cancer. She has now been summoned to return to prison. Continue reading “Zahra Mansouri has to return to prison”
Prisoners of Ghezel Hesar ended their hunger strike
HRANA News Agency – Following a promise made by the authorities to grant the inmates their demands, 2100 prisoners ended their hunger strike in Ghezel Hesar.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the prisoners in Wards 1, 2 and 3, Section 2, were on hunger strike to protest the assignment of a former officer as the new chief of the section. The prisoners have also demanded access to basic facilities throughout the prison and objected to being left in a state of limbo without due process. Continue reading “Prisoners of Ghezel Hesar ended their hunger strike”
Shahrokh Zamani and Khaled Hardani are still on hunger strike
HRANA News Agency – Shahrokh Zamani and Khaled Hardani, the two political prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison of Karaj are on the 7th day of their hunger strike against destroying 7 Arab civilians houses in Ahwaz.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), these two political prisoners want to attract the attention of the humanitarian and international organizations to support these families. Continue reading “Shahrokh Zamani and Khaled Hardani are still on hunger strike”
Two prisoners were flogged publicly in Borazjan
HRANA News Agency – Two civilians have been flogged in public in Borazjan and charged with theft.
According to a report by South News, two prisoners were flogged last Thursday. The prisoners had been sentenced to 70 lashes and 23 years of prison for robbery in eastern part of the country.
Iranian officials have only identified the prisoners by their first initials, A. M. and I. M. The two prisoners were found guilty of robbery and insulting women.
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.
1200 prisoners went on hunger strike in Ghezel Hesar prison
HRANA News Agency – The authorities have transferred 30 of 2100 prisoners who are on hunger strike in Ghezel Hesar prison of Karaj to the solitaries.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the prisoners of the halls number 1, 2 and 3 of the section 2 of the Ghezel Hesar Karaj are on hunger strike against the assignment of a former guardian of the prison as the chief of this section, lack of basic facilities and judicial attention to their situation. Continue reading “1200 prisoners went on hunger strike in Ghezel Hesar prison”