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Behnam Ibrahimzadeh summoned to return prison

Created on Saturday, 15 June 2013 16:30

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Despite of blood cancer of Behnam Ibrahimzadeh’s son and necessity of hospitalizing again in Mahak hospital, this labor -union- activist was summoned to Evin prison.According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA),

Karim Lahidji, FIDH President, receives honorary degree from York University on behalf of Nasrin Sotoudeh

Created on Friday, 14 June 2013 13:32

On Wednesday, June 12, Iranian human rights lawyer and writer Nasrin Sotoudeh was awarded an honorary degree from York University.

Families of political prisoners subjected to intrusive body searches

Created on Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:57

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Families of political prisoners have been subjected to intrusive body searches while visiting their loved ones in Evin Prison.

Arash Sadeghi’s hunger strike continues

Created on Sunday, 09 June 2013 19:49

Political prisoner Arash Sadeghi has been on hunger strike since June 1, 2013. Locked up in Ward 209 of Evin Prison, Sadeghi went on hunger strike after being beaten by prison guards.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Sadeghi is a student activist expelled from Allameh Tabatabai University (ATU) in Tehran. He has been behind bars since Jan. 15, 2012.

Forty prisoners object to Namegh Mahmoudi’s beating

Created on Saturday, 08 June 2013 18:49

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After Namegh Mahmoudi was beaten and denied proper medical care in Rajaie Shahr Prison, forty political prisoners wrote a letter to the warden to voice their objection.

Blogger Vahid Asghari refuses to appear in court

Created on Wednesday, 05 June 2013 20:44

Vahid Asghari is an Iranian blogger locked up for five years in Evin.HRANA News Agency – Blogger Vahid Asghari who is locked up in Evin Prison has refused to appear in court.

Iran's prisoners of conscience – an interactive guide

Created on Tuesday, 11 June 2013 19:54

As Iran gears up for a presidential election in June, the conditions in which prisoners of conscience are held in some of the country's most notorious prisons have worsened.

Two Kurds die of self-immolation

Created on Monday, 10 June 2013 17:12

Two followers of Ahl-e Haqq in Kurdistan set themselves on fire in protest to the persecution of another member of this group.

A citizen arrested for blasphemy in Gilan Province

Created on Saturday, 08 June 2013 18:52

The Cyber Police in Gilan Province has announced that an individual in the city of Rasht has been arrested for blasphemy posted on the Internet. Gilan’s Cyber Police Chief has also reminded all citizens that blasphemy is a crime for which there are severe penalties defined by the lawmakers.

Prisoners ordered to pay for eavesdropping equipment

Created on Thursday, 06 June 2013 19:36

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Authorities have ordered all inmates to pay for setting up eavesdropping equipment for the prison facility in Zahedan.

U.S. blacklists global network of Iranian 'front' companies

Created on Tuesday, 04 June 2013 22:56

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A global network of private companies were blacklisted by the United States on Tuesday for providing revenue to the Iranian government's leadership and helping it evade the pinch from international sanctions on Tehran's nuclear program, the U.S. Treasury Department said.