Iran: Prison Visitor detained

Peyman Kooshkbaghi, was arrested himself when he went to visit his wife in jail.

According to Campaign to Defend Civil and Political Prisoners in Iran

 The couple, who belong to the Baha’i sect, were once arrested fin June 2012 when government security forces attacked a Baha’i education center.

 Penman’s wife, Azita Rafi Zadeh, founder of Baha’is ‘center for high education, is doing a five year term in Evin Prison.

3,000 prisoners in southeast Iran prison boycott Islamic state’s election

Zahedan Central Prison

Despite many threats and incentives by officials of the Islamic republic against inmates in Zahedan Central Prison aimed at forcing prisoners to vote in the sham twin elections, 3,000 inmates in this jail boycotted the polls and refused to cast their votes, the Human Rights & Democracy Advocates in Iran reported.

Iran- Execution just before elections

Iranian government which desperately uses executions to avoid people’s uprisings, simultaneously is holding a mock elections.

On Sunday February 21^st, Morad Ali Rajabloo, a 52 year old Iranian citizen was hanged in Gorgan’s central prison, near the Caspian sea.

"Our vote = regime change, Our vote= Freedom”

Syrian political prisoner on hunger strike in Iran

Ramadan Ahmed Kamal, a political prisoner from the city of Kubani in Syria, held in Iran

Ramadan Ahmed Kamal, a political prisoner from Syrian detained in Gohardasht Prison of Karaj, west of Iran, is on hunger strike protesting authorities’ refusal to provide him any medical care.

It is worth noting that this political prisoner is from the city of Kubani in Syria. Back in 2008 he had mistakenly entered Iran with three Kurdistan Workers Party members and was arrested by Iranian border guards.

250 Kids live with their mothers in jail

 Asghar Jahangir, Iranian regime’s administrator responsible for prisons has said that there about 250 kids who stay with their mothers in jail. (HARANA News Agency)

Documentary report on atrocious conditions of Vakeel Abad Prison in Mashhad, northeast Iran

A humanitarian catastrophe in Vakeel Abad Prison of Mashhad in northeast Iran
Learn more about deteriorating living conditions in the prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Despite the winter cold and prisoners’ needs to heating appliances and adequate care, most of the inmates of Vakeel Abad Prison of Mashhad were deprived of adequate supplies during the winter season.

Inmates are forced to go to the prison courtyard early in the morning, and despite the rain or cold weather they are kept there for long hours. If it starts to snow they have a very thin blanket to sit on and another blanket (if they are able to procure one) to cover their heads with, which of course is not enough at all. At times there have been cases where the prisoners, suffering from severe sleep deprivation, have fallen asleep in the courtyard under the snow, and when they wake up they find themselves covered with a layer of snow.

Iran: political prisoner Ali Amir-gholi sentenced to 21 years behind bars

Political prisoner Ali Amir-gholi was informed of his jail sentence on Tuesday, February 16^th.

Ali Amir-gholi, an industry management student expelled from Qazvin Islamic Azad University, has been sentenced to 21 years behind bars. He was charged and sentenced by Judge Salavati for “insulting the sanctities, propaganda against the state, disrupting public order through taking part in protest rallies and insulting the leader.”

This college student had prior to this been arrested and transferred to Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison for taking part in a gathering held at Khavaran cemetery marking the 20^th anniversary of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners. He is currently held in ward 8 of Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison.

Iran: solidarity in two cities with political prisoner’s hunger strike

Solidarity and protest rally in Gorgan, northern Iran

 People protesting continued detention of Mohammad Ali Taheri – Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, northeast Iran

A group of friends and supporters of political prisoner Mohammad Ali Taheri held gatherings and protest rallies in the cities of Mashhad and Gorgan expressing their solidarity with this Iranian regime dissident.

They held their gatherings while raising placards in support of Taheri who is on hunger strike in jail. The protesters were seen demanding Taheri’s unconditional release.

Iran - Torture till Death in Zahedan city Prison

 

Iranian regime’s death men in Zahedan’s Central Prison (south east of Iran) tortured till death Malang Mir Shah, an ethnic Baloochi prisoner on Feb. 15th. He was then transferred to a solitary condiment, not to be seen by other prisoners.

This Baloochi Iranian citizen was deprived of food and water, and beaten up while in custody. His body was full of wounds, blood and bruises. His conditions were so grave that prison doctors considered him on the verge of death.

Malang Mir Shah, 46 is kept in jail while he finished his sentence four months ago. Regime guards savagely tortured him because he demanded his basic rights to be released.

Iran: Jail for using Facebook

Another political prisoner goes on hunger strike on central city Tehran

Political prisoner, Amir Golestani, was arrested in August 2013, by the suppressive IRGC guards on charges of doing social activities on Facebook. He has already spent 31 months in jail.

Golestani, who is in section 8 of Evin Prison, has been on hunger strike since Feb. 13th protesting being deprived of his legal right of unconditional release. He has emphasized that he would go on dry hunger strike if his situation is not changed within ten days.

Iran: massive theft revealed before regime’s twin elections

Babak Zanjani – Embezzlement and major thefts from Iranian people’s pockets

Following flaring internal factional disputes in Iran, Iranian First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri participated in an economic rally on Monday, February 15^th and revealed new aspects of theft and plundering during the term of former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

“The people who should be ashamed are those who sold $22 billion of this nations’ money to foreigners in Dubai and Istanbul under the pretext of balancing the currency rates, and they created people like Babak Zanajani who literally lost oil rigs. They should be ashamed for extracting 170 trillion rials (around $4.8 billion) from Central Bank resources in a span of 45 days without any permit,” Es’hagh added.

Iran: Friday prayer imam in Isfahan threatening professors to murder

Mullah Mojtaba Mirdamadi, Friday prayer imam of Isfahan threatened to have university professors “who undermine the Iranian regime’s values” murdered.

“Some professors in their classrooms are neglecting the path of the Islamic revolution, and thus insulting values of the state and revolution! They should know if they are not directed to the right path they will face the punishment issued by [Khomeini] for Salman Rushdie, which was only the tip of the iceberg,” he said.

Iran: supporters of political prisoner Mohammad Ali Taheri rally in Tehran

Free  Mohammad Ali Taheri 

A group of supporters and family members of political prisoner Mohammad Ali Taheri rallied outside his home in Tehran on Sunday, February 7^th, holding a protest rally and carrying flowers, pictures and tracts.

It is worth noting that the mullahs’ regime is not permitting these family members to hold any protest rally outside Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, while they are only seeking to visit their loved ones behind bars. As a result, a large number of Taheri supporters had no choice but to gather outside his home as the site of their protest rally against the Iranian regime.

Nasreen and the little doll

Time kept on passing and she became even more nervous. However, she didn’t want Nasreen to notice.

“Mommy, when is Daddy coming home?”

In her little world Nasreen had prepared a place at the dinner table for the little doll that Daddy was going to buy for her.

Two hours after dinner and there was no word of Nasreen’s father. Whatever the odds he would usually make it home before dinner.

Nasreen’s mother began thinking about what could have happened: He wasn’t working overtime, he would have called if he was. He wasn’t going anywhere either. Buying the little doll was on his way home… could he have been in an accident, had something happened or … She didn’t want to believe these things. She was lost in her thoughts when her mobile phone rang. It was her husband and he was in a hurry and very nervous:

“Marjan, listen, the other workers and I went to the company accountancy to get our paychecks, but like always they kept on saying come back another day. We then all went on strike and started a picket line here. Despite the fact that we haven’t received our paychecks for three months, they had me and 11 of the other workers arrested. Right now they are even confiscating all our belongings! Some of my friends are keeping the agents busy so I could make this call. I can’t continue any longer. I don’t know how much longer we will be here. Tell something to Nasreen so she won’t be too upset. The little kid is probably still waiting for her doll, huh?! Ok, I don’t have any more time because the agents are coming. Good b….”

The voice of Nasreen’s father was cut-off.