HRANA News Agency – Ramin Shahriary, Baha’i citizen from Islamshahr has been detained 3 month ago and totally he was able to call his family only once.
According to the reports by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ramin Shahriary, Baha’i citizen from Islamshahr who was summoned to intelligence office and detained 3 months ago, has contacted his family only once.
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Category: Prisoners
Heart surgery Done on Asadollah Hadi, Political Prisoner
HRANA News Agency – Asadollah Hadi, the political prisoner at Ward 350 of Evin Prison has been hospitalized at the heart hospital of Tehran and heart surgery has been done for him.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), after a week of waiting and being rejected for his transfer to the hospital, finally he has been transferred to the heart hospital of Tehran and heart surgery is done for him.
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Zahra Mansouri was detained to serve her two years of prison
HRANA News Agency – Zahra (Mahboubeh) Mansouri was called and detained to serve her two years of prison in Evin.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mansouri who is more than 60 years old, was arrested by security forces on June 1, 2011 and was detained for 90 days in a solitary cell in Section 209 in Evin Prison and was released on bail on August 19, 201, was called and detained to serve her two years of prison in Evin.
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The First Retribution Blinding by Acid Delayed
HRANA News Agency – The first retribution blinding sentence scheduled to be carried out today in Iran against Majid Movahedi has been postponed for unknown reasons. Majid Movahedi was convicted of throwing acid in a woman’s face and sentenced to be blinded by acid in retribution for this act.
Quoting a reliable source, Iranian Fars News Agency reported that the retribution punishment expected to be carried out today has been delayed for unknown reasons. This reliable source added, “At the present time, it is not possible to explain the reasons for this delay, but soon further news will be released.”
In 2004, Majid Movahedi threw acid in Ameneh Bahrami’s face after she rejected his marriage proposal several times. He was subsequently tried and sentenced to be blinded by acid in both eyes.
In the last few days, many civil activists have reacted against this inhuman sentence. Additionally, the British and Norwegian governments have issued separate statements condemning this type of punishment and have called for the sentence to be repealed.
Protesting Letter of Behnam Ebrahim Zade about His Son’s Sickness
HRANA News Agency – Behnam (As’ad) Ebrahimzade, labor activist who is imprisoned at Ward 350 of Evin Prison got informed about his son’s sickness and transferring him to Mahak Hospital – the hospital for the children suffering cancer.
Ebrahimzade in a protesting letter under the title of “I was tolerating the jail’s pain, abruptly a lot of pain came to me” is saying: “I do not know anything about my son, my wife is not giving me clear explanations about his situation and only hoping that I will get some days off to visit them”.
The entire text of his letter is following:
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Maryam Majd in Critical Condition; No News From Mahnaz Mohammadi
HRANA News Agency – Although fifteen days has passed since Mahnaz Mohammadi was detained, the documentary filmmaker and women’s rights activist has not been able to contact her family by phone.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), despite widespread objections to Mahnaz Mohammadi continued incarceration and lack of news from her, Iranian security and judicial officials have remained silent about the reason behind her arrest and have denied her the right to call her family.
Maryam Majd, a photo-journalist and women’s rights activist, contacted her family by phone yesterday.It has been reported that she was in a poor psychological condition at the time of her contact.According to a well informed source, Maryam Majd suffers from kidney problems and has not been able to eat anything since last Friday.Additionally, Maryam Majd has both heart and kidney diseases for which she was hospitalized for some time before her arrest.
Furthermore, because of Mahnaz Mohammadi’s health problems, concerns and worries surrounding her imprisonment and unknown condition continue to increase.An informed source close to the documentary filmmaker has said, “Mahnaz suffers from a disease similar to Multiple Sclerosis and must take medication such as Cortisone daily.If she doesn’t take her medication, she will have extreme muscular pain and local paralysis.Since there has been no news of her during this time, we are worried whether she has had access to her medication.”
On June 17, 2011, Maryam Majd was arrested in her family home when she intended to leave the country to cover the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany.
Sources close to Maryam Majd and Mahnaz Mohammadi have reported that their case files have been given to the investigators at Park Shahr Court.Unlike that of other political and social activists, Maryam Majd and Mahnaz Mohammadi’s cases are not being handled by the Revolutionary Court and the Evin Court.
During the last few weeks, amongst widespread objections to these activists’ arrests, a number of human rights organizations, trade unions and foreign governments have requested Maryam Majd and Mahnaz Mohammadi’s immediate and unconditional release from prison.
Iran’s Guantánamo Bay: the cover-up won’t work
Faced with undeniable evidence of a scandal, one solution is to blame others. But picking out a few expendable scapegoats from your own side – and punishing them – often works better. That is the tactic adopted by the Iranian regime in trying to shrug off revelations of atrocities in the Kahrizak detention centre.
This week an Iranian military court convicted and sentenced to death two officials who had been accused of torturing and killing three protesters in the centre during the aftermath of last year’s disputed presidential election.
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Prisoner Raped in Rajaiee Shahr Prison
HRANA – Bahram Tasviri Khiabani, a prisoner held in Rajaiee Shahr prison in the city of Karaj, was raped with a baton by two IRGC members (“Pasdar”) guarding the ward.
Based on reports received by HRANA, a regular prisoner in Rajaiee Shahr prison named Bahram Tasviri Khiabani was placed in solitary confinement as punishment for unknown reasons. Due to the lengthy duration of his isolation and prison officials’ refusal to allow him to contact his family, Mr. Khiabani attempted self-immolation in his solitary cell.
Upon seeing the attempted self-immolation on security monitors, prison guards and Pasdars rescued him from death. Thereafter, they began beating him with fire extinguishers, breaking his hands and legs. They then transferred him to another solitary cell where they raped him with a baton.
Bahram was held in solitary confinement for another month before he was transferred to the prison clinic to receive treatment for the severe infection in his broken leg. After receiving minor medical treatment, Bahram was transferred to the prison’s general ward.
Mr. Khiabani’s family have launched a complaint, which has led to the perpetrators of these heinous crimes to increase their pressures and threats against this prisoner.
85 years old Baha’i prisoner banned of visit and phone call
HRANA News Agency – 85 years old Baha’i citizen, Mohammad Hussein Nakha’i, sentenced to 3 years in prison, is banned of visit and phone call with no reason.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Elderly Baha’i citizen, imprisoned from May 2012 in Birjand Prison, Mohammad Hussein Nakha’i, is being banned of visit and phone call by judiciary authorities with no reason.
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Younes Aghayan on Hunger Strike in Solitary Confinement
HRANA News Agency – Younes Aghayan, ethnic prisoner sentenced to death who was transferred from Mahabad prison to solitary confinement in Urmia prison on Wednesday, December 26, 2012, is on hunger strike from that day.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Younes Aghayan, a follower of the Yari faith (Ahl-e Haq), ethnic prisoner who is sentenced to death, was transferred from Mahabad prison to solitary confinement in Urmia prison. He is on hunger strike from the day he was transferred to solitary confinement. There is fear of his execution.
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