According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting Kurpda, brothers Fattah and Mani Boland Gerami were arrested in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province.
Security forces reportedly arrested these brothers without showing any arrest warrant.
The allegations against them are still unknown.
An informed source close to their family told HRANA that “a while ago, the Urmia Revolutionary and public prosecution office briefed Tahazadeh brothers about the charges of Moharebeh and spreading corruption on earth. After the indictment, the case was handed over to branch three of the Urmia Revolutionary Court.”
“Their lawyers, Masoud Shams-Nejad and Saleh Nikbakht, did not have any access to their client’s case until a few days ago,” the source added.
The charges of “enmity against God (Moharebeh) ” and “spreading corruption on earth” can result in severe punishment, even the death penalty.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, former political prisoner Aram Gohari was arrested in Miandoab, West Azerbaijan Province.
An informed source told HRANA that Gohari wanted to give a speech at the commemoration ceremony of one of the killed protestors.
On June 12, 2022, Gohari was released on probation.
His whereabouts and conditions are still unknown.
Since the beginning of nationwide protests, about 19570 people, including journalists, artists, lawyers, teachers, students and civil rights activists, have been arrested. So far, over protests, about 742 people have been sentenced to a total of 12634 months imprisonment.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, in Urmia, the Revolutionary Court sentenced five citizens arrested at protests to a total of 21 years imprisonment.
According to these verdicts, Sarina Gherabat and Faezeh Javadi were sentenced to five years, Shiva Kianfar and Parsa Dastmalchi to four years, and Sonia Sotoodeh to three years. All these individuals were charged with “assembly and collusion to act against national security” and “propaganda against the regime.”
Since the outbreak of nationwide protests, over 18000 people, including journalists, lawyers, teachers, students and civil rights activists, have been arrested. For more details and statistics on the nationwide protest across Iran, read HRANA’s comprehensive report here.
A number of workers and personnel of Kuhdasht Municipality, Lorestan Province, gathered before the Governor’s office to ask for their demands.
In Urmia, a number of chauffeurs protested against three-month unpaid wages and other issues before the city hall.
A group of school service workers gathered before the Ministry of Education in Khuzestan and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Provinces to ask for equal wages.
A number of the applicants for the nationwide university entrance exam protested in Tehran against a recent enactment of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution.
A group of personnel of the petrochemical company Bonyan Tose Rastin assembled and protested at their workplace in Bandar Imam Khomeini.
A group of truck drivers held a protest at Border terminal Nordooz located in East Azerbaijan Province. These drivers have been waiting for passage permits for five days at the border crossing with Armenia.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on August 18, 2022, Sa’ada Khadirzadeh committed suicide in Urmia Prison.
Currently, she and her infant child are under treatment in the prison infirmary.
Khadirzadeh tried to hang herself with her scarf. She also tried to kill her infant child with pills, which HRANA cannot verify independently.
On October 14, 2021, security forces arrested Khadirzadeh in Piranshahr.
On June 20, 2022, she conceived a child at a hospital in Urmia.
The reason for her arrest and the charges are still unknown.
In Tehran, Kermanshah, Shahrekord, Karaj, Tabriz, Urmia, Isfahan, Ahvaz, Bojnurd, and Sanandaj, the pensioners of the state-owned Iran Telecommunication Company held protests against the non-payment and reduction of their benefits. In Tehran, the police dispersed the protest gathering and several pensioners were arrested.
The pensioners of the Social Security Organization continued their protests in front of this organization in Rasht and Kermanshah.
In Ahvaz, the pensioners held a protest together with Ahvaz National Steel Industrial Group workers and the nurses of a hospital in front of the Ahvaz Governor-General Building.
The workers of the detergent manufacturing company Darugar continued their protests in front of the factory entrance to ask for five-month delayed wages and insurance payments.
The retirees of the Telecommunication Company of Iran held protests in front of the company headquarters in Tehran, Khorramabad, Qazvin, Shiraz, Hamedan, Javanrud, Shahrkurd, Yazd, Urmia, Tabriz, Ahvaz, Rasht, Sari and Arak.
The retirees protested against low and unpaid benefits, delays in payments and not complying with recruitment regulations.
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Continuing their protests against low pensions, Iranian pensioners held a protest in front of the Governor-General Building in Shush.
A group of workers of the Tabriz Petrochemical Company gathered in front of the company’s entrance to demand closing disparities in wages and elimination of discrimination.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, workers’ rights activist Valeh Zamani is detained for over 40 days in Evin Prison.
An informed source told HRANA that Zamani suffers from hepatitis C and liver disfunction. However, Zamani cannot receive medicine and undergoes hours of interrogation.
On May 30, 2022, intelligence agents arrested Zamani in Urmia and transferred him to Evin Prison.
The reason for his arrest is still unknown.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting the Center of Democracy and Human Rights in Kurdistan, the five years sentence against Mohammad-Khaled Hamzehpour, a resident of Oshnavieh, was upheld on appeal.
Hamzehpour and four others had been charged with “membership in an anti-regime group.”
On December 14, 2020, security forces arrested Hamzehpour and took him to a detention facility in Urmia. On December 24 of that year, he was released on bail.
During detention, these individuals were denied access to a lawyer and family visits.
