Political prisoner on 28^th day of hunger strike in critical condition denied treatment

http://hrdai.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-post_10.html

According to reports, political prisoner Arjang Davoudi is on his 28^th day of hunger strike and in critical health. He is in danger of death.

He is suffering from low blood pressure which has become more severe over time, a severe decrease of vision, headaches, dizzy spells and his is also unable to move.

On the other hand, interrogators of the Intelligence Agency and heads of Gohardasht Prison have increased pressure on this political prisoner and political prisoners who help him are summoned to the prison’s Department of Intelligence and Investigation where they are threatened that if they continue to help Davoudi, they will be thrown in solitary.

Political prisoner Mansour Radpour is one of the prisoners who was summoned and threatened by Reza Turabi, the head investigator of this prison, and Kermani and Faraji, the head and assistant head of the Intelligence Department. They threatened Mansour Radpour that if he helps Davoudi, he will be transferred to solitary cell in cellblock 1.

Ali Haj Kazem, the head of prison has ordered a ban on medical treatment for Davoudi and it has been a few days that he has not been treated while in critical condition.

This shows that the heads of the prison and intelligence interrogators intent to physically eliminate this political prisoner. Especially since one of his demands is that his complaint against Ali Haj Kazem be dealt with.

Political prisoner Arjang Davoudi who is currently jailed in cellblock 3 known as the Worker’s cell went on a hunger strike on July 14 in protest to prison conditions and inhumane limitations. Davoudi has demanded his minimum rights like ending his visitation and phone call ban to his family, medical treatment for his physical condition, ending the (illegal) confiscation of his home which has made his family homeless and seeing to his complaint against the head of Gohardasht Prison, Ali Haj Kazem. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Aug. 10, 2010)

 

SSF commander promises crack down in holy month of Ramadan

The deputy commander of the State Security Forces announced that in the holy month of Ramadan, police will severely deal with those who eat in their cars and will hand over the transgressors to judiciary sources after impounding their cars.

“Eating in public is one of the problems that the police will deal seriously with like the years before”, Ahmad-Reza Radan announced.

“Dealing with noise pollution (stopping cars with loud, banned music), improper clothing and improper veiling are other measures taken by the police in the month of Ramadan”. (Raja News state-run website – Aug. 18, 2010)

 

Young Tehrani violently beaten in public for smoking in Ramadan

On Thursday, the firs day of Ramadan (in Iran), a young man who was smoking a cigarette in the Moqadas Ardabili Street (in Tehran) was attacked and severely beaten by security forces in the 161 Police Station in front of other people on the street. This young man was beaten and dragged to the police station while pleading with the forces that ‘it was the first day of Ramadan and I swear I forgot’ and even apologized for smoking. (Iran News Agency – Aug. 14, 2010) 

Violence against women

 

Female journalist sentenced to 6 years of prison and 5 year ban on journalism

http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=20305

Badrolsadat Mofidi, the Secretary of the Iran Journalist’s Association was sentenced to six years of prison and a five year ban on journalistic activities by the 26^th branch of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.

She was charged by Judge Ahmadzadeh with assembling and conspiring against the security of the nation and propagating against the government in a court which was held last Tuesday behind closed doors.

She was detained before this for five and a half year in temporary detention before being release on bail. (Peik-e-Iran Website – Aug. 10, 2010)

Woman awaiting stoning beaten into false confession

Last night the Islamic Republic state-run television broadcasted an interview showing Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and according to this interview, this woman who is in danger of stoning and execution confessed to committing adultery and murdering her husband. She confessed against herself and her lawyer, Mohammad Mostafayi and accused him of taking advantage of her…

“Mrs. Mohammadi was taken to room 37 in Tabriz Prison and confessed against herself but these confessions were not taken under normal circumstances and according to reports that I have, she was severely beaten and forced into such an interview”, Javid Kian, Mohammadi’s lawyer said one day after this interview was broadcasted.

“They went up to Mrs. Mohammadi’s family who are extremely religious and taped a film of them talking against Sakineh regarding the fact that Sakineh had committed adultery and that she had to be punished… unfortunately Mrs. Mohammadi’s family have put her children under severe pressure that your mother has dishonored the reputation of the family and has to be executed or stoned and this has put severe mental pressure on Mrs. Mohammadi’s children”.

Her lawyer said that he was informed via his other clients in the female cellblock in Tabriz Prison that Sakineh was forced to give a televised interview under the pressure of beatings. (Rooz Website – Aug. 12, 2010)

 

Iran hangs three people in public in Lorestan

Despite internal opposition and international protests, the Iranian regime still continues to issue and carry out death sentence. This is while many believe that the number of executions is higher than the figures officially announced by the government.

According to reports, three people were hanged in public today in the town of Aznay in Lorestan. (Pezhak TV Website – Aug. 11, 2010)

 

Political prisoner denied treatment while in critical condition

Political prisoner Reza Jushan has been suffering from a serious eye problem for more than one week. His eyes are red and very painful and constantly irritated which has also seriously impaired his vision.

Jushan told a prison guard that he was going blind and asked why he was not being taken to the infirmary. The guard told him that he had to wait two months for his turn in the infirmary.

Reza Jushan has been transferred to secondary cellblock 17 in cellblock 6 of Gohardasht Prison from more than 4 months ago and is kept in isolation and has been banned from calling or seeing his family in this time.

One of the head interrogators of the Intelligence Agency named Mohebi ordered the transfer of this political prisoner where he is held incommunicado.

This section is used to put pressure on prisoners. This torturer issues arrest warrants for student, labor, and political activists, dervishes and those who participated in the post-election protests. He also interrogates and physically and mentally tortures detainees.

Jushan, 25, was arrested on December 1, 2009 after agents of the Intelligence Agency raided his home. He was taken to a solitary cell in the Sepah cellblock and after two months was taken to cellblock 4. Intelligence Agents once again raided the home of this family on December 7 and arrested his mother, Zahra Asadpour Gorji. She was also taken to the Sepah Cellblock and after weeks of interrogations and physical and mental torture, was transferred to Gohardasht Prison’s female cellblock. Gorji and her daughter Fatemeh Jushan were arrested before this for visiting their family members in Camp Ashraf in Iraq and were detained for 16 months in Gohardasht Prison. They were released after serving their prison term. Gorji and her son were sentenced to one year of prison to be served in Zanjan Prison and four years of exile in the Qeilar Village in Zanjan. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Aug. 11, 2010)

 

Female political prisoner kept under hard conditions in Evin Prison

According to reports, political prisoners Elmira (Farah) Vazehan who was arrested after Ashura events is held in an undetermined state and under hard conditions in the female cellblock in Evin Prison. 

She was arrested after widespread popular protests on Ashura (Dec. 27, 2009) by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in her home along with her two children. She was taken to a secret Ministry of intelligence detention center where she was under constant torture for one month. She was interrogated three times in one month for several hours. This political prisoner was physically and mentally tortured in her interrogations. This detention center had dark cold corridors and lacked minimum facilities. The moans and cries of other prisoner who were being tortured could be heard day and night in this secret detention center.

After 30 days of torture, she was taken to a solitary cell in cellblock 209 in Evin prison where she was interrogated by an intelligence agent nicknamed Alavi. He was also in charge of interrogating her two children.

Her daughter has lymph cancer and is in critical condition. But agents of the Ministry of Intelligence detained her for a few days and interrogated and tortured her to force her to make confessions against her mother. They were forced to release her because of her deteriorating condition.

Farah Vazehan was banned from calling her family while in the secret detention center. Even when she was taken to cellblock 209 where she shared a cell with other prisoners she was still banned from contacting her family. This is while her daughter was very sick and Vazehan desperately needed to known about her condition.

She is currently detained in the female cellblock in Evin Prison and is still kept in an undetermined state after 8 months. She has been charged with taking pictures and films of protests and having communications with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran…

Notably, Farah Vazehan’s uncle was hanged in the 80’s in prison and a number of her other family members including her sister were arrested and violently tortured in the arrests made in the 80’s. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Aug. 11, 2010)

 

Iran sentences labor leader to another year of prison

http://www.roshangari.net/as/sitedata/20100811164828/20100811164828.html

Mansour Osalu who was trialed while his lawyer was absent was sentenced to another year of prison which will be carried out after the end of his current prison term.

According to reports, Mansour Osalu, the head of the Union of Workers of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company was tried by the first branch of the Karaj Revolutionary Court.

He was denied a lawyer in the trial and his lawyers were not informed that their client was even taken to court.

Osalu is suffering from serious illnesses such as heart problems, back pain and eye problems and a legal doctor has state three times that he cannot tolerate incarceration and according to the law, he must be released. (Jaras Website – Aug. 11, 2010)

Former political prisoner discloses dozens of secret executions in Mashhad

Written by Ahmad Qabel [Khamenei critic who was arrested on December 21, 2009 in post election events and was later released]

In the time that I was detained in the Vakil Abad Prison [in Mashhad] in cellblock 1/6 for three months, according to conclusive figures which I heard from prison officials and cellblock employees, more than 50 people were transferred to cellblock 1/6 and were then executed. But only in one instance when 31 people were executed, the Intelligence Agency and Khorasan Judiciary informed the Khorasan [state-run] daily that 5 international narcotics traffickers were executed. (I read this in the Khorasan daily)

Those in this cellblock know that when the decision for execution is made, free movement is limited in the cellblock and death row prisoners are transferred to the suits escorted by guards and after a few hours, in the morning or at night, everything goes back to normal. This means that those who were on death row were hanged and those who carried out the sentences have been relieved of a hard and upsetting job and our cellmates have been saved from limitations!

I had heard the appalling figures of execution in the past months and years before that from those who were in prison for a longer time which proves the real figures in only these three months compared to the officially announced figures. These executions have been carried out based on sentences for narcotics, retribution [murder], rape and … If from the viewpoint of the government, these [executions] are completely fair and defendable, why are they carried out in secret? And if it is not defendable, why is it even being carried out? Ahmad Qabel – August 8, 2010 – Fariman (Jaras Website – Aug. 9, 2010)

Judiciary asks Khamenei to hang more than 1000 prisoners in secret letter

According to reports, the head of the Judiciary has requested clearance for the execution of 1,120 people in a confidential letter to Ali Khamenei. 

According to a report by Sadeq Larijani to the leader, death sentences have been issued for 1,120 people which have been confirmed by the Supreme Court and the Judiciary is waiting for clearance from the leader to carry out the sentences.

From 2005 until now, the numbers of executions have increased every year and despite claims from Iranian officials, the numbers of executions have not been able to lower the crime rate and crime rate is on the rise…

Executions and the noose have always been the solution for many problems for politicians in the Islamic Republic. For example in the ninth presidential elections in Iran, Ali Larijani who was the candidate for the traditional fundamentalists who is currently the parliament speaker, said in answer to a question regarding improper veiling from a supporter that he believed that if an improperly veiled girl was executed in public, the problem of improper veiling would be uprooted! (Nedaye Sabz Azadi – Aug. 9, 2010)

Baha’i leaders sentenced to 20 years of prison

Dian Alayi, the representative of the society of Baha’is in the United Nations said on Sunday that seven leaders of the Baha’i society in Iran were sentenced to 20 years of prison each. Their trial ended in mid June.

Fariba Kamal Abadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saied Rezayi, Mahvash Sabet, Behrouz Tavakoli and Vahid Tizfahm are seven Baha’i leaders in Iran who have been jailed from about two years ago.

The Judiciary of the Islamic Republic has charged them with ‘spying, acting against national security and waging war with God’.

Ms. Alayi stressed that these people were only arrested for being Baha’i and said, “The legal procedure was wrong from the very beginning because these seven people were kept in solitary confinement for a long time without even knowing their charges”.

According to Ms. Alayi, the arrested leaders were only allowed to see their lawyers for one hour in the whole two years of their detention. (Radio Farda Website – Aug. 9, 2010)

 

Student activist sentenced to four years of prison

http://hrdai.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-post_09.html

On Sunday, August 8, Ali Ajami a law student in Tehran University was taken to the 15^th branch of the Revolutionary Court where Salavati the head of this branch sentenced him to four years of prison.

This jailed student was sentenced to one year of prison for propagating against the government and three years of prison for conspiring against the government.

Ali Ajami was arrested on February 9, 2009 after an attack by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and was taken to cellblock 209 in Evin Prison. After 100 days in 209, he was transferred to cellblock 350 in Evin Prison. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Aug. 9, 2010)

Hunger striking political prisoners are banned from visits for second straight week

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-27-05-27-21/3242-1.html

Hunger striking political prisoners in Evin Prison were banned from family visits for the second consecutive week which started 15 days ago after they protested the unsuitable conditions in cellblock 350 in this prison and were transferred to solitary cells. These prisoners are still on hunger strike.

A number of these prisoners have been banned for the second week while some have been banned for the third week from seeing their families. This is while Tehran prosecutor authorities and prison officials in Evin had given promises to their families who persistently came to follow up the conditions of their loved ones. They had promised these families that they would be able to visit and call their loved ones in prison; promises which have not been kept.

The lack of news on the condition of these prisoners has raised concerns for these families. They say that they do not know what has happened to their loved ones and that they have been without food for 15 days and left in their cells being banned from the smallest contact with their families.

The families of three political prisoners who are reportedly on dry hunger strikes are more worried about the condition of their loved ones.

Jailed journalists Bahman Amouyi and Keivan Samimi and student activist Majid Tavakoli have refused to drink water or tea (along with food) in their sixth day of dry hunger strike. There is no information on the condition of these three prisoners.

Reza Maleki is another political prisoner in cellblock 350 who was transferred to solitary from 5 days ago and joined the hunger strike of these 16 prisoners.

According to reports, Ehsan Abdeh Tabrizi, another prisoner in 350 is also on hunger strike. (Kalameh Website – Aug. 9, 2010)

Families of jailed hunger strikers gather outside Evin Prison demanding news on loved ones

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-27-05-27-21/3254-1.html

The families of jailed hunger strikers in Evin Prison gathered outside this prison today (Monday) after their visits with their loved ones was cancelled again. The families of these prisoners were told that ‘your prisoners are banned from visits’ when they went to Evin today to see them.

These families asked to see Evin Prison officials but no one answered their requests. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 9, 2010)

 

Details of torture of teenager arrested for handing out political flyers

http://www.hra-news6.info/00/3250-1.html

Revolutionary Guards Corps Intelligence agents arrested 17 year old Ali Niknam on November 2, 2009 and tortured him after detaining him.

Niknam, who opposed the election results, was arrested on charges of carrying anti-government flyers and was subjected to torture.

“On Monday evening on November 2, I had a number of flyers calling for a march on November 3 and one of my close friends told me to go out with him to distribute the flyers…”, he said.

“Agents of the Revolutionary Guards arrested me and threw me into a Pride automobile and constantly gave me electric shocks (with electric batons), beat me and used very vulgar language in the automobile. They took me to a base near the Helal Ahmar Square [I realized later that they took me to this location] and started interrogating me while severely physically and mentally torturing me. They tortured me so severely that the wound of an operation done on my spinal cord to remove a cyst opened up one year after the surgery and the signs of electric shocks were still evident on my sides, shoulders and stomach for a long time afterwards. I also discharged blood for a few days after my release”. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 9, 2010)

SSF commander promises crack down in holy month of Ramadan

The deputy commander of the State Security Forces announced that in the holy month of Ramadan, police will severely deal with those who eat in their cars and will hand over the transgressors to judiciary sources after impounding their cars.

“Eating in public is one of the problems that the police will deal seriously with like the years before”, Ahmad-Reza Radan announced.

“Dealing with noise pollution (stopping cars with loud, banned music), improper clothing and improper veiling are other measures taken by the police in the month of Ramadan”. (Raja News state-run website – Aug. 18, 2010)

 

Jailed journalist on verge of paralysis denied treatment

Jailed journalist Isa Saharkhiz has been inflicted with general paralysis since Friday August 6 and is unable to move.

Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison where Saharkhiz was transferred to from last year since the death of a number of Kurd citizens in Evin Prison has bad conditions and prison authorities are oblivious to the condition of this political prisoner. This is while Saharkhiz had been suffering from back pain and heart problems. Despite this, prison officials were not willing to grant him even a one day medical leave from prison.

According to reports from Rajayi Shahr Prison, his muscle paralysis started from last Friday which can lead to paralysis in his face, eyes and other organs and he needs immediate hospitalization. This illness which is a kind of disturbance of the nervous system comes with severe pain in the face. Transferring Saharkhiz to the hospital can prevent his complete paralysis but prison officials are still oblivious to his physical condition.

This journalist has been jailed for more than one year. His trial was held behind closed doors where he was charged with insulting the leadership and it is not clear if the judge has agreed to grant him a leave.

Saharkhiz was arrested after the elections after being beaten and was transferred to Evin Prison. This journalist was kept in temporary detention in the whole one year of his time in jail. (Jaras Website – Aug. 7, 2010)

 

3 political prisoners still on hunger strike in Evin Prison

http://www.bamdadkhabar.net/2010/08/post_4040/

Bahman Amouyi, Keivan Samimi, and Majid Tavakoli are still in solitary cell and on hunger strike.

According to reports, 13 of the 16 political prisoners who were on hunger strike ended their hunger strikes on Sunday. (Bamdad Khabar Website – Aug. 8, 2010)

 

 

 

 

Brother of hunger striking political prisoner pleads for one phone call with brother

Majid Tavakoli is still continuing his dry hunger strike refusing to drink or eat to demand that prisoner’s rights are not violated and is in a very poor condition.

“They have made everything very hard”, Ali Tavakoli, Majid’s brother said.

“They have forced families to sign written pledges that they would not gather outside Evin Prison or the Prosecutor’s Office. If they do, they will be arrested. They even make threatening phone calls and my mother is suffering and is in critical condition as a result of these threats”.

“Unfortunately, we have no news on Majid. There is no way to communicate with him. His physical condition has made us very worried. This is the third time that Majid has gone on a dry hunger strike. All we say is that at least let us call Majid to convince him to end his hunger strike but they do not allow this”.

“If they do not have a religion, they can at least be noble men”, he said, addressing prison officials. (Daneshju News – Aug. 8, 2010) 

 

Iran arrests 3 Baha’is in Isfahan 

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-27-05-24-07/3226-1.html

Security forces went to the home of Faraz Rohi (M), Zhinous Jushian (F) and Nasim Rohi (F), three Baha’i residents of Vilashahr in Isfahan and arrested them after conducting a search.

These people were active in fighting illiteracy and according to reports, and went to the Qale Mosa Khan Village located 50 kilometers from Isfahan since May 2009 for about a year and four months and educated the children in this area with books that were approved by the Guidance Ministry.

These people taught literacy to about 8 women and 15 children and had set up computer classes for them as well. They had transferred 200 scientific and story books for the children and teenagers to this village. Notably, because of the lack of a doctor and medical services in this village, they also took a number of villagers who needed eye care to town for treatment.

The villagers were not aware of the religion of these social activists and their activities were only for social services. According to the latest reports, the detainees were taken to the Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan and have not visited their families since their arrest. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Aug. 8, 2010)

خودروي روزه‌خواران توقيف مي‌شود

جانشين فرمانده نيروي انتظامي اعلام كرد: در ماه مبارك رمضان پليس با افرادي كه در خودروشان اقدام به روزه‌خواري مي‌كنند به‏شدت برخورد كرده و ضمن توقيف خودرو فرد خاطي را به مرجع قضايي معرفي مي‌كنند...

سردار احمدرضا رادان اعلام كرد: روزه‌خواري در ملأعام يكي از معضلاتي است كه مانند سال‌هاي گذشته با برخورد جدي پليس مواجه خواهد شد.

سردار رادان گفت: برخورد با آلودگي صوتي، بد‌پوششي و بد‌حجابي از ديگر اقدامات پليس در ماه رمضان است. (رجا نيوز – 17/5/89)

وضعيت ناگوار جسمي سحرخيز در زندان رجايي شهر

عيسي سحرخير روزنامه نگار زنداني ازصبح جمعه 15 مرداد، به فلج عمومي مبتلا شده و قادر به حركت كردن نيست.

به گزارش جرس، زندان رجايي شهر كه سحرخيز از سال گذشته و از هنگام اعدام چند شهروند كرد در زندان اوين به آنجا منتقل شد، شرايط بدي دارد و مسوولين زندان نسبت به حال عمومي زندانيان بي تفاوتند. اين در حالي است كه سحرخيزدر يكسال گذشته از كمردرد رنج مي برد و عوارض قلبي نيز او را تهديد مي كند، با اين همه مسوولين زندان حاضرنشده اند در يكسال گذشته حتي يك روز به سحرخيز مرخصي استعلاجي دهند.

بنا بر اخبار رسيده از زندان رجايي شهر، فلج عضلاني سحرخيز از جمعه گذشته آغاز شده و اين عارضه كه مي تواند تمام صورت و چشم و اندامها را فلج كند، براي درمان نياز مبرم به بستري شدن در بيمارستان دارد. اين بيماري که نوعي اختلال عصبي است و همراه با احساس درد شديد در ناحيه صورت است. انتقال سحرخيز به بيمارستان مانع از ابتلا به فلج کامل وي خواهد شد با اين حال مسئولان زندان همچنان نسبت به شرايط جسماني وي بي تفاوت هستند.

اين روزنامه نگار زنداني بيش از يكسال است كه در زندان به سر مي برد .  دادگاه سحرخيز به جرم توهين به رهبري به صورت غيرعلني برگزار شد و همچنان مشخص نيست كه قاضي دادگاه آيا با مرخصي سحرخيز موافقت مي كند يا نه.

عيسي سحر خيز بعد از انتخابات رياست جمهوري با ضرب و شتم دستگير و به زندان منتقل شد. اين روزنامه نگار در تمام يكسال گذشته در بازداشت موقت به سر برده است. (جرس – 16/5/89)

3 زنداني سياسي هنوز  در اعتصاب غذا در زندان اوين

http://www.bamdadkhabar.net/2010/08/post_4040/

بهمن امويي، کيوان صميمي و مجيد توکلي همچنان در سلول انفرادي و در اعتصب‌غذا به سر مي‌برند .

بر اساس اخبار رسيده به بامدادخبر، سيزده نفر از شانزده زنداني سياسي اعتصاب‌کننده، روز يکشنبه به اعتصاب غذاي خود پايان دادند..

با اين وجود بنا بر اخبار رسيده از اوين، بهمن امويي، کيوان صميمي و مجيد توکلي همچنان در سلول انفرادي و در اعتصب‌غذا به سر مي‌برند. (بامداد خبر – 17/5/89)

برادر مجيد توکلي: بگذارند با زندانيان تماس بگيريم شايد اعتصابشان را بشکنند

مجيد توکلي که به همراه ١٦ زنداني ديگر از ٢ هفته پيش تاکنون دست به اعتصاب غذا زده است، همچنان با ادامه اعتصاب غذاي خشک و عدم نوشيدن حتي آب خواستار رعايت حقوق زندانيان شده و در وضعيت به شدت نگران کننده اي به سر مي برد.

علي توکلي برادر مجيد توکلي به دانشجونيوز گفت: "شرايط را خيلي سخت گرفته اند. از خانواده ها تعهد کتبي گرفته اند که در مقابل دادستاني و زندان اوين جمع نشوند. در غير اين صورت بازداشت خواهند شد. حتي تماس تلفني هم مي گيرند و تهديد مي کنند. تا جايي که حال مادرم از نگراني و اين تهديدها به شدت وخيم شده است".

وي مي افزايد: "متاسفانه هيچ خبري از مجيد نداريم. هيچ راه ارتباطي براي تماس نيست. وضعيت جسماني مجيد به شدت نگرانمان کرده.  مجيد براي سومين باري است که اعتصاب غذاي خشک کرده است. مي گوييم لااقل بگذاريد با مجيد تماس بگيريم تا قانعش کنيم که اعتصابش را بشکند، ولي نمي گذارند. اگر دين ندارند لااقل آزادمرد باشند".(دانشجو نيوز – 17/5/89)

بازداشت تعدادي از شهروندان بهايي در ويلاشهر اصفهان

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-27-05-24-07/3226-1.html

ماموران امنيتي شام‌گاه ۱۴ مرداد با حضور در منزل فراز روحي، ژينوس جوشنيان و نسيم روحي، سه تن از شهروندان بهايي در ويلا‌شهر اصفهان اقدام به بازرسي منزل و بازاشت ايشان نموده‌اند.

اين افراد فعال در عرصه‌ي «سواد‌آموزي» بوده‌اند و بر اساس گزارش‌هاي رسيده از اردي‌بهشت‌ماه سال ۱۳۸۸ و در حدود يک سال و چهار ماه به روستاي «قلعه موسي‌خان» واقع در ۵۰ کيلومتري اصفهان مي‌رفتند و بر اساس کتاب‌هايي که از طرف وزارت ارشاد نيز تاييد شده بود، با کودکان اين منطقه کار مي‌کردند.

به گزارش کميته گزارشگران حقوق بشر، همچنين اين افراد به حدود ۸ زن و ۱۵ کودک سواد‌آموزي مي‌کرده‌اند و نيز کلاس‌هايي براي آموزش کامپيوتر براي افراد مورد نظر تشکيل داده بودند. ايشان حدود ۲۰۰ جلد کتاب علمي و داستاني براي مطالعه‌ي کودکان و نوجوانان به روستاي «قلعه موسي‌خان» منتقل کرده بودند. لازم به ذکر است به دليل عدم وجود پزشک و کمبود خدمات درماني در اين روستا، بعضي از افرادي که نياز به چشم‌پزشکي داشته‌اند را براي معاينه و درمان به شهر مي‌بردند.

شايان ذکر است اهالي روستاي موسي‌خان اصفهان هيچ اطلاعي از دين افراد مزبور نداشته‌اند و فعاليت ايشان تماما جنبه‌ي خدمات اجتماعي داشته است. بنا بر آخرين اطلاعات رسيده، افراد بازداشتي به زندان دست‌گرد در اصفهان منتقل شده‌اند و تا کنون ملاقاتي با خانواده‌هايشان نداشته‌اند. (کميته گزارشگران حقوق بشر – 17/5/89)

Systematic violations of the right to life

Executions, arbitrary killings, deaths in custody, and death sentences

Execution

 

Iran executes prisoner after 11 years of jail

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Reza Mohajer, a prisoner in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison was hanged on the morning of August 2.

According to reports, this prisoner was transferred to a solitary cell yesterday in cellblock 6 and was hanged on Monday morning.

According to reports, he had been waiting for the death sentence for 11 years and had been taken to the gallows three times before this but his hanging was cancelled at the last minute. He was sentenced to death on charges of murder. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 2, 2010)

Iran hangs three people in Khuzestan

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Three prisoners were hanged on Saturday morning on July 31 on charges of trafficking narcotics.

According to reports, two of these people were convicted in a joint case in Dezful while the other person was hanged in the town of Behbahan.

The Khuzestan Prosecutor announced that the sentence for the two prisoners in Dezful was carried out in Dezful Prison. Their sentence was issued by the Dezful Revolutionary Court and carried out after being upheld by the Attorney General.

The person hanged in Behbahan was sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in Mahshahr which was then confirmed by the Supreme Court.

Notably, these sentences have not been confirmed by an independent source. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 3, 2010)

 

Iran hangs man in Behbahan

A man identified only by his initials as S.D was hanged in Behbahan on charges of buying narcotics.

According to the official Khuzestan Prosecutor’s website, on Saturday July 31, a person identified as S.D was hanged in the Behbahan Prison on charges of buying one kilogram of heroin and keeping 650 grams of heroin. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 5, 2010)

 

Iran hangs five others in Ahwaz 

The death sentence for five narcotics traffickers was carried out at noon in Ahwaz.

According to the Public Relactions Office of the Khuzestan Public Prosecutor’s Office, the death sentence for five narcotics traffickers was carried out in the Karoun Prison in Ahwaz and the convicts were hanged.

According to this report, M.M, M.J and Y.S were sentenced to death by the first branch of the Ahwaz Revolutionary Court while S.A and A.R were sentenced to death by the first branch of the Revolutionary Court in Izih. These sentences were carried out after they were upheld by the Attorney General. (Fars state-run News Agency – Aug. 7, 2010)

 

Arbitrary killing

 

Security forces kill 3 border tradesmen, injure 8 others

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Border tradesmen in the Kani Rash Village were targeted yesterday by Revolutionary Guards Forces.

According to Kurdish sources, two local merchants were killed while eight others were severely wounded. An eyewitness said that the bodies of the two dead merchants are still left out in a mine field and security forces do not let anyone remove the bodies from the area.

According to other reports, another border merchant identified as Shamsoddin Jalibaqu was shot and killed in the Salmas region on July 29. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Aug. 1, 2010)

 

Death sentence

 

6 death row political prisoners kept in state of limbo

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From left to right: Ali Saremi, Jafar Kazemi, Ahmad Daneshpour and Mohsen Daneshpour

After the Supreme Court denied a requested re-trial by the lawyer of death row political prisoner Jafar Kazemi, and after his case was referred to the Sentence Implementation Department, the Keyhan state-run daily said that six prisoners are awaiting execution. Their families and lawyers have said that the state of their cases is unclear.

Abdolreza Qanbari, Mohsen and Ahmad Daneshpour Moqadam, Ali Aqayari and Ali Saremi are some of these death row political prisoners.

Ali Aqayari’s lawyer, Mehdi Hojati, said, “The case of my client was referred to the Supreme Court with the case of Mr. Kazemi and I also requested a re-trial for my client but I have not received an answer and I still do not know if it has been refused or accepted”.

“My client’s case is in the 31^st branch of the Supreme Court and I went to the branch today to see about the state of my client’s case and I hope that in light of the evidence and documents that we presented they will accept our request for re-trial”.

Mohsen and Ahmad Daneshpour Moqadam are a father and son who have been sentenced to death. The Tehran Prosecutor said before that this father and son and Abdolreza Qanbari had requested amnesty.

Meisam Daneshpour Moqadam, another son of Mohsen Daneshpour Moqadam said, “Despite the fact that the prosecutor announced that my father and brother had requested amnesty, their case is still in an undetermined state and we do not have any news on the results of the amnesty”.

“The sentence of my brother and father was confirmed by the court of review but unfortunately we have not seen the sentence and they have not given my father or brother or us a copy of the sentence so that we could send it to the Supreme Court and request a re-trial and we are still waiting to see about the result of the amnesty request”, he added.

“My mother’s lawyer is Mr. Sharif”, Meisam said. The death sentences for three of his other family members including his mother were lowered to prison terms.

“Despite all our efforts and the efforts of Dr. Sharif they have not allowed him to represent my father and brother. He sent his power of attorney inside the prison three times to be signed by my brother and father but unfortunately, the power of attorney never came out of prison”.

“Their cases are still in an undetermined state and they do not tell us anything. After the prosecutor announced that they had requested amnesty, 80 people were granted amnesty but my father and brother were not among them… We are extremely worried especially about my father who is 70 years old and is not even able to walk and others in the case testified in court that he was innocent. But it is very surprising that neither the initial court nor the court of review did not pay any heed to this matter and issued and upheld the sentence”, he added.

Abdolreza Qanbari, is a teacher who has been sentenced to death and the Tehran Prosecutor also said that he had requested amnesty.

A person close to him said, “We do not have any news on the results of the amnesty request and his case is in an undetermined state and we do not have a copy of the sentence to protest to the Supreme Court”.

“His lawyer was appointed for him and we do not even have any news on his lawyer”, he added.

“Unfortunately, Mr. Qanbari’s appointed lawyer is not from the Justice Department Lawyer Center and is a lawyer who got his permit from the Judiciary according to article 187 of the Economical Development Program and not from the Center of Lawyers and we do not even have access to him to see about the measures that have been taken or will be taken or even if he has a copy of the sentence so that we could request a re-trial. On the other hand we do not know about the circumstances of the amnesty request and we have not received any answers and are extremely worried”, he added. (Human Rights activists in Iran – August 1, 2010)

 

Iran sentences Bazaar merchant to death

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Javad Lari, a 55 year old political prisoner was sentenced to death by the 15^th branch of the Revolutionary Court on charges of waging war with God (moharebeh) and being corrupt on earth (fesade fel-arz).

This political prisoner’s trial was held on July 14. His initial charge was ‘acting against national security’ but he was charged with being a mohareb by Judge Salavati, the head of the 15^th branch of the Revolutionary Court and sentenced to ‘death without the possibility of amnesty’.

Javad Lari was jailed for three years in the 80’s for links to a dissident organization and was arrested on September 16, 2009 in his office…

Notably, this death row political prisoner intended to go to Camp Ashraf in 2008 to visit his old friends but was barred from entering Ashraf by Iraqi police and went back to Iran.

Javad Lari is a well known Bazaar Tehran merchant. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – August 2, 2010)

 

Prison transferred to solitary for execution

According to reports, prisoner Hamid Moqadas was taken to a solitary cell in Varamin Prison to await execution.

On Sunday, August 1, 24-year-old Moqadas was taken from Hall 3 Cellblock 1 in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj to a solitary cell in Varamin Prison to await his execution sentence which is to be carried out in public in the town of Varamin.

He has been jailed for close to 5 years in this prison and was sentenced to death on charges of killing a state security force officer.

The wave of executions in Iran goes on non-stop and recently most executions have been carried out in secret. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – August 2, 2010) 

Iran confirms sentence for another political prisoner

http://www.rhairan.us/archives/21625

The death sentence for Mohammad Haj Aqayi which was issued by the Revolutionary Court on charges of ‘cooperating with the People’s Mojahedin Organization’ was confirmed by the court of review.

His lawyer has requested for an appeal saying that the Supreme Court is only qualified to see to death sentences. (Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 3, 2010)

 

Inhumane treatment and cruel punishments

Amputation, flogging, torture and humiliation

Prisoner in critical condition denied proper treatment

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According to reports, the physical state of prisoner Khaled Hardani was critical in the morning and he was taken to the Gohardasht Prison infirmary.

On Monday August 2 at about 4 am, his condition deteriorated in his solitary cell in cellblock 1 known as the ‘doghouse’ and he was kept in the cell in his condition until 9 am. He tried to call prison guards by knocking on his cell door to inform them about his critical condition but they paid no heed to his calls and requests.

At about 9 am when his condition became very critical he was taken to the infirmary. Despite his very poor physical health, he was once again taken back to his cell in the ‘doghouse’.

This prisoner suffers from heart palpitation, kidney hemorrhage, stomach problems and the extreme pain of these illnesses.

Hardani was attacked by a prison gang which takes orders from the head of cellblock 4 on July 22. He was then summoned by Mahmoud Moghnian, the head of cellblock 4, and was insulted and beaten before being transferred to a solitary cell in cellblock 1. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – August 2, 2010) 

Details of barbaric torture of social activist

Physical torture is a human rights violation that has been carried out against political prisoners from a very long time ago and because the media is focused on Tehran’s prisons, this inhumane treatment is being carried out much more violently in other towns especially in Kurdistan. The report below is an example of this brutal treatment of a Kurd prisoner named Ahmad Bob.

Ahmad Bob, is a social activist from Marivan who was jailed for 195 days in prison and was under severe physical and mental torture.

He was arrested on September 27, 2009 after agents of the Ministry of Intelligence broke down his home door and took him away with blindfolds without an arrest warrant. He was taken to a solitary cell in the Marivan Intelligence Agency. On the first night of his detainment he was interrogated and tortured without being formally charged…

In the first hours of detention, he had to confess that he was in contact with anti-revolutionary groups and had disrupted public order by bringing together people against the Islamic Republic. Since he was a civil rights and social activist, he did not accept any of the charges and did not give into confessing to lies and for this reason was tortured physically and mentally much more severely.

He was beaten with a military belt, kicked and punched by three people while shackled and blindfolded. His hands were then opened and while two people held his hands, another person opened his mouth and pulled out three of his front bottom teeth with pliers. 

This was done by first loosening the teeth with pliers and then pulling it out and was continued until Bob passed out. Broken teeth, teeth that were pulled out, bloody clothes, inability to speak, gum inflammation, a bruised skull as a result of baton strikes and bruised eyes were the conclusion of Ahmad Bob’s first day of detention…

Batons, logs, military belts, pliers and vulgar and insulting language were the tools used to torture him. He was usually interrogated and tortured from sunset until sunrise to force him to make false confessions. In the first 33 days of his detention, he was not given any kind of medical treatment.

He was forced to sit on his knees and then stand up 1000 times and when he did this 100 times, he would be forced to do it all over again because he had missed a number. They beat him so much with a military belt that he was unable to stand on his feet.

He would also be forced to stand up for a long period of time which would sometimes continue for 10 hours. He was threatened at gun point and was asked to choose which of his fingers he would prefer to be blown off first.

They would keep him in a standing position and would then drop the pliers from over his head on his toes and blood gushed out on his toenails with every strike. They insisted he confess that he spied for America in these tortures.

They also threatened him with rape saying that raping infidels was lawful. He would be forced to sit on a lit gas stove but was severely beaten for resisting.

Ahmad Bob spent 33 days of his incarceration in a solitary cell in Marivan where he was under severe torture. He was kept in a cell which was the size of a soldier’s army blanket and was allowed to use the restroom three times a day which was also the only time he had access to drinking water.

His interrogations usually started at noon or in the afternoon and continued until the next morning and he was denied food in this time. He also was not given anything to wash himself

with in these 33 days and was also deprived of bathing facilities. He was sometimes forced to crawl to the bathroom because of his severe weakened state. After 33 days, he was allowed to bathe but because of his physical condition and weakness he was only able to wash his hair with the help of a soldier.

After being transferred to Sanandaj Prison, he was kept in the quarantine section for 14 days where he was treated because he was suffering from skin diseases, gum infection and hemorrhage. He was then transferred to a solitary cell in the Sanandaj Intelligence Prison where he was interrogated and once again tortured.

He was tortured for refusing to make false confessions on television. He was laid on a bed and his hands were handcuffed to the bed along with his legs and toes. Then they started to whip the bottom of his feet while reciting the Quran.

He passed out a number of times under the strikes but was revived with water and the lashing continued. He could not control his urine in this time and vomited and was forced to wash the dirty blanket on the torture bed in his cell. According to his interrogators he was whipped 320 times.

The sounds that were played for him for three consecutive days via a headphone abused and tormented him. After four months and 20 days they told him to write his will because he was to be hanged.

He was taken to a room that same day which according to his interrogator was used for execution. He was forced to stand on a chair with wheels under a noose and forced to pull the noose around his neck. He was then handcuffed and shackled. This political prisoner was interrogated in this position and pressured into making false confessions.

After an hour, he was brought out from the noose. According to Bod at that time his whole body was wet and he was unable to stand up and fell to the ground like a corpse. 

In one of the interrogations, his interrogator put out his cigarette on his elbow and told him that it was a memento to remember him by. 

Interrogators of the Intelligence Agency took him by the tongue with pliers and pulled him around the room which rendered him unable to speak for four days. He was forced to make animal noises while moving on the ground on his hands and feet in the interrogation room. When he refused to do this, he was severely beaten again. They drilled holes in both soles of his feet and the signs of this barbaric torture are still evident on his feet. Being hanged from his legs was another form of torture carried out on Ahmad Bob.

In the five months of his incarceration, he was only allowed to call his family once. He was told to tell his family to come to visit him in prison. This is while his family was not allowed to visit him when they came to prison and instead his pregnant wife was interrogated for five hours. After 155 days, he was taken to the Marivan Public Prison. In this time, he did not have access to a lawyer.

He cannot easily walk because of the torture and the nerves on the bottom of his feet have been severely damaged. After 165 days of incarceration along with torture, he was released from prison on a 700 million rial (about 70,000 dollar) bail. His case is currently open in the first branch of the Marivan Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Lotfi. Until now, one trial was held for him with the presence of his lawyer, Khalil Bahramian, and the next trial is to be held on August 21.

According to Ahmad Bob, he has been charged with being a member of an anti-revolutionary group and spying for America. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Aug. 2, 2010)

 

نقض سيستماتيك بر امر حق زيستن 

اعدام و محكوم به اعدام

اعدام 

يک زنداني پس از يازده سال حبس اعدام شد

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رضا مهاجر زنداني محبوس در زندان رجايي شهر کرج، صبح گاه امروز يازدهم مرداد ماه اعدام شد.

بنا به اطلاع گزارشگران هرانا، اين زنداني که از روز گذشته به سلول انفرادي بند 6 اين زندان منتقل شده بود، صبح دوشنبه در زندان رجايي شهر کرج اعدام شد.

گفته مي شود رضا مهاجر يازده سال است که منتظر اجراي حکم اعدام مي باشد و تاکنون سه بار به پاي چوبه ي دار رفته بود اما در آخرين لحظات از اعدام آن صرف نظر شد. اين زنداني به اتهام ارتکاب قتل به اعدام محکوم شده بود. (هرانا – 11/5/89)

سه نفر در خوزستان اعدام شدند

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سه شهروند صبحگاه شنبه نهم مرداد ماه، به جرم قاچاق مواد مخدر در خوزستان توسط مقامات قضايي به دار آويخته شدند.

بنا به اطلاع گزارشگران هرانا، دو تن از اين افراد که داراي پرونده اي مشترک بودند در شهرستان "دزفول" و يک تن از ايشان در شهرستان "بهبهان" اعدام شدند.

دادگستري استان خوزستان اعلام کرده حکم دو اعدامي دزفول که در محل زندان دزفول به اجرا در آمده است از سوي دادگاه انقلاب دزفول صادر و پس از تاييد از سوي دادستاني کشور، به اجرا در درآمده است.

هم چنين شهروندي که در بهبهان اعدام شده نيز از سوي دادگاه انقلاب ماهشهر مستقر در بهبهان به اعدام محکوم شد و حکم صادره درخصوص وي از سوي ديوان عالي کشور نيز تاييد شده است.

شايان ذکر است که احکام اين سه تن توسط مرجع مستقلي تاييد نشده است. (هرانا – 12/89)

يک نفر در بهبهان به دار آويخته شد 

 يک مرد به نام ص. د در بهبهان به جرم خريد مواد مخدر اعدام شد.

بنابه گزارش سايت رسمي دادگستري خوزستان شنبه ۹ مرداد ماه يک نفر به نام ص. د به اتهام خريد يک کيلوگرم مواد مخدر از نوع هروئين و حمل ۶۵۰ گرم از هروئين خريدارى شده بهصورت انبارى، در محل زندان بهبهان بهدار آويخته شد.  (هرانا – 14/5/89)

قتل خودسرانه 

 

2 کشته و 8 زخمي در پي تيراندازي سپاه پاسداران به سوي کاسبکاران کرد

http://www.rhairan.us/archives/21405

روز گذشته، کول‏برها و کاسبکاران مرزي روستاي “کاني‏رش” در دامنه‏هاي قنديل واقع در مناطق مرزي از سوي نيروهاي سپاه پاسداران مورد حمله قرار گرفتند.

به گزارش منابع کردي، در پي حمله به کاسبکاران بومي اين منطقه دو تن از آنها کشته و ۸ نفر ديگر نيز به شدت زخمي شدند.

يکي از شاهدين محل مي‌گويد: اجساد کشته‏شده دو نفر از کاسبکاران هنوز در ميادين مين افتاده و نيروهاي ايران اجازه خارج کردن آنها را از مطقه نمي‏دهند.

از سوي ديگر خبرها حاکي از کشته شدن يک کاسبکار ديگر در شامگاه پنجشنبه هفتم مرداد ماه در منطقه سلماس است.

در نتيجه اين حمله شهروندي به نام “شمس‏الدين جلي‏باقو” از اهالي روستاي “خوناوين” کشته شد.(رهانا – 10/5/89)

حكم اعدام

 

تکليف پرونده هاي شش زنداني سياسي محکوم به اعدام مشخص نيست

http://www.hra-news6.info/00/3066-1.html

تاييد حکم اعدام محمدحاج آقايي در دادگاه تجديد نظر

http://www.rhairan.us/archives/21625

حکم اعدام محمدحاج آقايي که در دادگاه انقلاب به اتهام «همکاري با سازمان مجاهدين خلق» صادر شده بود، در دادگاه تجديد نظر تاييد شده است.

در همين رابطه، وکيل وي درخواست تجديد نظر داده است و در درخواست‌اش معترض بوده که ديوان عالي‌ کشور صلاحيت رسيدگي به احکامي چون اعدام را دارد. (رهانا – 12/5/89)

بازداشت 2 شهروند کرد و ضرب و شتم آنها توسط نيروهاي امنيتي 

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دو شهروند کرد به نامهاي کاميل سالم و مجيد شفيعي اهل روستاي قه لو ليانا از توابع سارال ديواندره هفته گذشته توسط نيروهاي اطلاعات سپا شبانه در منزل پدريشان دستگير ميشوند.

دستگيريهاي خودسرانه 

دستگيريهاي سياسي

حسين سرشومي، از دانشجويان طيف چپ بازداشت شد

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-27-05-26-23/3075-1.html

حسين سرشومي از دانشجويان طيف چپ دانشگاه اصفهان طي روزهاي گذشته بازداشت شده است.

از علت و محل بازداشت اين دانشجوي آزادي خواه و برابري طلب تا اين لحظه اطلاع دقيقي در دست نمي باشد.

اين فعال دانشجويي پيش تر سه بار ديگر بازداشت شده است. (هرانا – 10/5/89)

بازداشت ۳ تن از اعضاي يک خانواده در بانه 

http://www.rhairan.us/archives/21882

درشهر بانه‌ سه‌ نفر ازاعضاي يک خانواده توسط نيروهاي امنيتي دستگير شدند.

جلال رنجبري از فعالان ستاد موسوي به‌ همراه‌ دو فرزندش، هژير رنجبري دانشجوي جامعه‌ شناسي دانشگاه‌ تبريز و هاوژين رنجبري مغازه‌دار‌ دستگير شده اند.

به گزارش سايت اخبار روز، از علت بازداشت آن‌ها اطلاعي در دست نيست.

جلال رنجبري درسال هاي دهه‌ شصت نيز زنداني بوده و در سال ۶۷ از زندان آزاد شد. (رهانا – 14/5/89)

 

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شرايط زندان

چهار زنداني اعتصاب کننده اوين به بهداري منتقل شدند

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-27-05-27-21/3074-1.html

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APPEAL for iranian man rejected

Iran's Supreme Court has rejected Ja'far Kazemi's request to appeal against his death sentence. The sentence was imposed for his alleged participation in anti-government demonstrations and links with a banned organization. His sentence may be carried out at any time. Six other people with alleged links to the same organization are said to be under sentence of death.  

 

Ja’far Kazemi was arrested on 18 September 2009 and interrogated and possibly tortured for months in Evin prison in Tehran. He was accused of participating in protests which followed the disputed outcome of Iran’s presidential election in June 2009, but was not accused of committing any violent acts; and for his alleged contact with banned opposition group the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI). He was sentenced to death for "enmity against God", and is also believed to have been convicted of “propaganda against the system”. On 26 April, he learned that his death sentence had been confirmed by an appeal court. A further appeal was apparently rejected in late July.

Amnesty International is aware of six other men sentenced to death in Iran for alleged links to the PMOI. Mohammad Ali Haj Aghaei ,Ali Saremi (or Sarami), Abdolreza Ghanbari, Ahmad Daneshpour Moghaddam and Mohsen Daneshpour Moghaddam were reportedly also found guilty of "enmity against God", possibly in the same case as Ja'far Kazemi. Information received on 4 August indicated that another man, Javad Lari, a merchant in the Tehran bazaar, had been sentenced to "death, without pardon" for "enmity against God". He is also held in Evin prison, where he was reportedly tortured and forced to ‘confess’.

PLEASE WRITE IMMEDIATELY in Persian, English, or your own language (Please refer to Ja’far Kazemi as "Ja’far Kazemi, son of Bahman" in your appeals, as this will help the authorities to identify him):

n      Urging the Iranian authorities not to execute Ja’far Kazemi, Javad Lari, Mohammad Ali Haj Aghaei, Ali Saremi (or Sarami), Abdolreza Ghanbari, Ahmad Daneshpour Moghaddam and Mohsen Daneshpour Moghaddam;

n      Reminding the Iranian authorities that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Iran is a state party, states that the death penalty can only be carried out for “the most serious crimes”, which the Human Rights Committee has clarified must be “intentional crimes with lethal or other extremely grave consequences."

n      Stating that Amnesty International recognizes the right and responsibility of governments to bring to justice, in conformity with international standards for fair trial, those suspected of criminal offences, but opposes the death penalty as the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 16 SEPTEMBER 2010 TO:

Head of the Judiciary

Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani

Office of the Head of the Judiciary

Pasteur St., Vali Asr Ave., south of Serah-e Jomhouri, Tehran, 1316814737

Islamic Republic of Iran

Email: Via website: http://www.dadiran.ir/tabid/75/Default.aspx

First starred box: your given name; second starred box: your family name; third: your email address

Salutation: Your Excellency

Leader of the Islamic Republic

Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei

The Office of the Supreme Leader

Islamic Republic Street – End of Shahid Keshvar Doust Street, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Email:               info_leader@leader.ir

via website: http://www.leader.ir/langs/en/index.php?p=letter (English)

Salutation: Your Excellency

And copies to:

Secretary General, High Council for Human Rights

Mohammad Javad Larijani

Howzeh Riassat-e Ghoveh Ghazaiyeh

Pasteur St, Vali Asr Ave., south of Serah-e Jomhuri

Tehran 1316814737

Islamic Republic of Iran

Fax: +98 21 3390 4986

Email: bia.judi@yahoo.com (In subject line: FAO Mohammad Javad Larijani

Also send copies to diplomatic representatives of Iran accredited to your country. Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date. This is the second update of UA 102/10 (MDE 13/047/2010). Further information: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/047/2010/en and http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/M...DE13/056/2010/en

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APPEAL for iranian man rejected

 

ADditional Information

Ja’far Kazemi is reported to have been interrogated by security forces for months, and was pressured to make a televised “confession”, which he refused to do. He was previously imprisoned for membership of the PMOI in the 1980s or 1990s. One of his sons is a PMOI member and lives in Camp Ashraf, which houses PMOI members in Iraq. On 1 August, his wife, Roudabeh visited the Judiciary’s office in order to deliver a letter. They refused to accept it and informed her that the death sentence would be carried out.

Tehran’s prosecutor announced on 15 May that the death sentences of Ja’far Kazemi, Mohammad Ali Haj Aghaei, Mohammad Ali Saremi (or Sarami), Abdolreza Ghanbari (or Qanbari) and father and son, Ahmad and Mohsen Daneshpour Moghaddam, were upheld by the Appeal Court after they were found guilty of "enmity against God" in relation to their alleged links to the PMOI. In some cases, these links may amount to no more than having contact with family members linked to the PMOI

Two women, Motahareh (Simin) Bahrami and Rayhaneh Haj Ebrahim, and one other man, Hadi Gha’emi have had their death sentences commuted to prison terms. Mohammad Amin Valian was acquitted of "enmity against God" on appeal and his sentence commuted to imprisonment and payment of a fine.

Teacher Abdolreza Ghanbari, aged 42, was arrested after the demonstrations which took place in later December 2009 marking the Ashoura religious commemorations, in which he was accused of participating. Held in section 2A of Evin Prison, which is under the control of the Revolutionary Guards, he was tried on 30 January 2010 and made a “confession” which is believed to have been made under duress.

Ali Saremi (or Sarami), aged 62, has a son in the PMOI who lives in Camp Ashraf, Iraq, whom he has visited. Ali Saremi has spent 23 years in prison for his political activities both before and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran (see http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/007/2010/en).

Further information on UA: 102/10 Index: MDE 13/0081/2010  Issue Date: 05 August 2010

From left to right: Keivan Samimi,  Jafar Eqdami, Bahman Amouyi, and Abdollah Momeni

Five other hunger striking political prisoners from the 17 that have gone on hunger strikes in cellblock 350 were taken to the Evin Prison infirmary today. They started their hunger strike last Monday.

They were returned to solitary after receiving first aid care and continued their hunger strikes.

According to the latest reports from Evin Prison, student activist Abdollah Momeni, journalist Bahman Amouyi, civil rights activist Jafar Eqdami, civil rights activist Ibrahim Babayi who has also been injured in the Iran Iraq war and journalist Keivan Samimi were among these prisoners taken to the infirmary.

Before this, four other prisoners were taken to the infirmary after going into critical condition.

The families of these 17 prisoners became very concerned after hearing this news and requested that prison authorities see to their cases as soon as possible. They also asked the Tehran Prosecutor to provide facilities for them to visit their loved ones. (Kalameh Website – Aug. 4, 2010)

 

Political prisoner hunger strikers treated inhumanely and insulted in prison infirmary

The personnel of the Evin Prison infirmary and prison officials treat political prisoner hunger strikers who have been taken to the infirmary because of weak physical conditions unsuitably and insult them.

Instead of giving them treatment, the infirmary personnel started cursing and insulting these political prisoners.

The personnel and nurses in the infirmary shouted at the hunger strikers that ‘you are a bunch of hypocrites’, ‘you have disrupted the country and now are disrupting the prison’ and treated them unsuitably. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Aug. 4, 2010)

 

Security forces suppress worried families of political prisoner hunger strikers gathered outside Prosecutor’s Office

http://hrdai.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-post_04.html

According to reports from Iran, security forces attacked families of political prisoners gathered outside the Prosecutor’s Office, ripped up pictures of their jailed loved ones and treated them with violence.

On Wednesday, August 4, at about 10 am, the families of political prisoners in cellblock 350 in Evin Prison gathered outside the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office in protest to the transfer of their loved ones to solitary cells which forced them to go on hunger strikes.

From the very beginning of the gathering, security forces were stationed around the Prosecutor’s Office and threatened the families of political prisoners with arrest. When these families insisted on their rights, they were attacked by security forces. Security forces ripped up pictures of political prisoners held by their families and insulted and verbally abused these families. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Aug. 4, 2010)

 

Academic activist sentenced to 6 years of prison and a 5 year ban on social activities

http://www.hra-news6.info/00/3126-1.html

The 15^th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Salavati sentenced Rasoul Bodaqi, a member of the managing board of the Teacher Center of Iran to six years of prison and a five year ban on social activities.

He was sentenced to one year of prison for ‘propagating against the government’ and five years of prison for ‘conspiring and assembling with the intention of disrupting national security’.

Rasoul Bodaqi was arrested on September 1, 2009 and was transferred to Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj in April. (Bamdad Khabar – Aug. 3, 2010)

 

Iran sentences two Bazaar merchants to heavy sentences

http://hrdai.blogspot.com/2010/08/2.html

On Sunday August 1, political prisoner Javad Lari and Mohsen Dogmehchi were sentenced to harsh, inhumane sentences by the head of the 15^th branch of the Revolutionary Court, Salavati. Javad Lari was sentenced to death while Mohsen Dogmehchi was sentenced to 10 years of prison to be served in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.

Dogmehchi is a 50-year-old well known Tehran Bazaar merchant who was taken to court from prison on Sunday August 1. He was tried on charges of giving financial aid to the families of political prisoners and the presence of his daughter in Camp Ashraf in Iraq…

Another Bazaar merchant who is still detained in cellblock 209 since December 2009 is Mohammad Banazadeh Amir Khizi. He is kept under inhumane conditions and is in an undetermined state.

Notably, Mr. Dogmehchi and Mr. Javad Lari were both political prisoners in the 80’s who were jailed for a number of years under torture. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Aug. 4, 2010)

Human rights activist expelled from job

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-27-05-29-12/3137-1.html

Human rights activist and journalist Nasour Taqipour was fired from his job. According to reports, he worked two shifts in the Alborz Tile and Ceramics Factory in Qazvin and after being arrested and spending 110 days in detention for his human rights activities, he was fired from the factory.

The managers of the Alborz Tile and Ceramics Factory did not state the reason for this measure. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 4, 2010)

 

Political activist sentenced to more than 4 years of prison for holding prayer ceremony

http://www.rhairan.us/archives/21749

Ismail Sahabeh was sentenced to four and a half years of prison by Judge Salavati for playing a part in holding a Kamil prayer session (which was held to pray for the release of political prisoners after the elections).

Judge Salavati was not present in Sahabeh’s court session and issued this prison sentence without hearing his defense.

Sahabeh is a member of the Participation Front who was arrested in the Kamil prayer session and was jailed for two months before being temporarily released on bail. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Aug. 4, 2010)

 

Iran arrests another Baha’i resident

http://www.hra-news6.info/1389-01-27-05-24-07/3149-1.html

Behnam Mote-arefi, a Baha’i resident of Semnan was transferred to Semnan Prison to serve his prison term.

He was jailed for some time last year on charges of ‘propagating against the government and being a member of a Baha’i organization’ and was sentenced to 18 months of prison. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Aug. 4, 2010)

 

Female political prisoner sentenced to 15 years of prison

http://www.rhairan.us/archives/21851

Farah Vazham who was arrested for (participating in) the Ashura protests was sentenced to 15 years of prison on charges of being a mohareb (waging war with God) by the 15^th branch of the Revolutionary Court.

Vazham is currently in the public cellblock in Evin Prison and has been in ‘temporary detention’ for seven months. She was arrested two days after Ashura in her home on December 29.

This sentence which was issued by Judge Salavati was announced to her today.

She was charged with participating in the street protests and ‘waging war with God by cooperating with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran’. She had lived outside of Iran for years and only came back to Iran to be at the side of her 19 year old daughter who has cancer and is receiving chemotherapy. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Aug. 4, 2010)