NCRI - Iran Monthly HR Report January 2011

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Introduction
This year‟s events brought about unprecedented instability for the mullahs‟ regime in Iran.
The Iranian people‟s rejection of the regime in its entirety while demanding a democratic government, the clerical regime‟s
total isolation while losing its friends in the West in its duel with the international community to acquire the nuclear bomb
as well as the major blows it received strategically in export of terrorism to neighboring countries and the region as a whole,
joined hands to create a deep division within the Iranian regime.
To survive, the mullahs stepped up suppression and committed systematic violations of human rights and fundamental
freedoms, further deteriorating the already appalling situation in Iran.
Last year, the Tehran regime executed 546 people, including 275 prisoners who were secretly hanged in mass executions and
28 political prisoners. This year, the Iranian regime set a new record by hanging 96 people only in the first month of the
year. These include six political prisoners including two supporters of the PMOI who were sentenced to death for visiting
their loved ones in Ashraf and supporting the PMOI. Political prisoner Zahra Bahrami, a Dutch-Iranian national, was also
hanged after being sentenced to death on charges of possessing narcotics in a faulty trial. She strongly denied the charges
before her death and said that she was forced to confess under duress.
Several family members of Ashraf residents and PMOI supporters have been sentenced to death on the charge of enmity
with God and are languishing in Iranian jails.
Iran has also stepped up the use of cruel punishments such as hand amputations and public floggings to intimidate the
public. Last year the hands of 16 people were amputated while 18 people were flogged in public for drinking alcohol and
„troublemaking‟. Only in the first month of 2011, five people were flogged in public in various cities.
Torture is widely used to pressure prisoners to make false confessions. They are later hanged or sentenced to long prison
terms based of these confessions. Political prisoners are denied their basic rights in prison and are kept in abhorrent
conditions. Most political prisoners are denied medical care and some are in very critical condition including jailed Tehran
Bazaar merchant Mohsen Dokmeh Chi who is suffering from an advanced pancreas cancer but has been denied
chemotherapy.
Women are systematically terrorized, repressed, and deprived of humane activities. The mullahs‟ brutality however has failed
to rein in the Iranian women‟s demand for a democratic and equal life and they are present at the forefront of all
democratic protests.
In addition to university students who are systematically summoned, deprived from education and imprisoned, monitored
by hidden cameras, and their freedom of speech violated in the student press, this year, the university faculty and professors
have also been badly suppressed and targeted.
Hundreds of students have been summoned and detained, tortured and deprived from education. Those professors, who
dared to defend the rights of students and demand freedom, were deprived from employment (i.e. fired) and subsequently
imprisoned.
Today, in an open contravention of international laws, suppressive agents have been organized inside universities under the
banner of security, disciplinary and Bassij forces. Intelligence agents with plain clothes also enjoy freedom of action on
campus and are deployed outside by the State Security Force.
Discrimination against religious and national minorities has also aggravated. Azeri, Kurd, Arab, Baluch and other activists
have been repressed and executed en mass. Ordinary citizens have neither been spared. Kurdish citizens as well as dozens of
inhabitants of border villages have been arbitrarily killed.
Christians and Baha‟is have been detained and persecuted. Baha‟i students are systematically denied the right to education
and have been expelled from universities. The Iranian regime has started a new crackdown against Christians and has
arrested more than 30 since Christmas. Yusef Nodorkhani, a Christian pastor, in on death row on charges of apostasy. This
type of persecution is no longer limited to religious minorities, Sunni and Sufi Shiites, but it also includes religious Shiite
authorities who oppose Khamenei‟s medieval regime.
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Journalists and the press are censored and repressed. Reporters without borders describe Iran as the largest prison for
reporters and one of the major enemies of the Internet. This round, however, the practice expanded to foreign journalists
who are still jailed in Iran.
The internet services are in the control of the Revolutionary Guards Corps and “internet criminals” are charged with
“waging war on God” and sentenced to death.
Today, a large number of persons have been imprisoned, harassed, and sentenced to long prison terms only for being related
to members of political groups, specially the People‟s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), on fabricated charges. They
are deprived of their most basic rights including the right to have family and lawyer‟s visits and receive medical treatment.
They include the Yazerlu, Banazadeh, Tarlani, Nabavi, Dokmeh Chi, Ziayi, and Naderi families among others.
The present collection aims to show a picture – although inadequate -- of the pervasive crimes committed against the
oppressed people of Iran and seek help to restitute their trampled rights. These crimes against humanity need to be
addressed by the UN Security Council and its perpetrators -- the Tehran leaders -- appropriately brought to justice in
international tribunals.
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Contents
Introduction 6
Contents 8
Charts 12
Facts
Systematic violation of the right to life 16
Execution 18
Arbitrary killing 25
Deaths in custody 25
Death sentence 25
Stoning and stoning sentences 30
Inhumane treatment and cruel punishments 34
Arbitrary arrests 42
Political arrests 44
Social arrests 44
Prison 46
Prison condition 48
Prison sentence 50
Basic freedom and right abused 54

Right to education 57
Right to employment 58
Suppression of religious and ethnic minorities 60
Suppressive maneuvers 66
Violence against women 70
Appendices 78
List of executions – Jan. 2011

List of secret executions – Jan. 2011
List of arbitrary killings – Jan. 2011
List of cruel punishments – Jan. 2011
List of slain election protesters
List of political arrests and political prisoners – Jan. 2011
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Charts
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Systematic violations of the
right to life
Execution
Arbitrary killing
Deaths in custody
Death sentence
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Systematic violations of the right to life
Execution, arbitrary killing, deaths in custody, and death sentence
Execution
January
Iran hangs 12 people
Iran has hanged eight people for drug trafficking and executed four others convicted of kidnapping and murder in the
restive Sistan-Baluchestan province, media reported on Saturday.
The eight unidentified traffickers were hanged in the city of Qom south of Tehran in the past Iranian week which ended on
Friday, Qom prosecutor Mansoor Barzegar Ganji was quoted as saying by Mehr news agency.
Four other men identified as Mahmoud Barahui, Shahram Narui, Zohoor Ahmad Asef-Doost and Jahanbakhsh Barahui,
were executed on Saturday in a prison in the city of Zahedan in southeastern Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported…
The four were the first hangings reported in 2011. (AFP - Jan 1, 2011)
Iran hangs eight people
http://www.iribnews.ir/Default.aspx?Page=MainContent&news_num=264224
http://isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1686718&Lang=P
Iran hanged on Monday seven people convicted of drug trafficking in the western city of Kermanshah and a man found
guilty of murder, media reports said.
Fars news agency quoted Kermanshah prosecutor Mojtaba Maleki as saying that the seven drug traffickers were hanged
'simultaneously' after their request for pardon was rejected.
„The hanging sentences were carried out simultaneously today at the central prison following the order of the revolutionary
court and the head of the judiciary,‟ he said.
The men, who were not identified, were convicted of producing and distributing drugs, such as heroin and crack, Fars
reported.
The state television reported on its website another hanging in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
Bahman Rigi was executed in the central prison of the provincial capital Zahedan after he was found guilty of murder,
'moharebe' (waging war against god) and drug trafficking, the report said. (AFP – Jan 3, 2011)
Iran hangs man in public
Moments ago, a man sentenced to retribution in the Kaj Square murder case was hanged.
Yaqub, 32, who killed another man in front of dozens of people was hanged at 6:16 am today
based on his court sentence with the presence of a group of people. (Fars state-run News
Agency – Jan. 5, 2011)
Man lashed 74 times before execution
The judge of the Penal Court‟s Sentence Implementation Unit said that the flogging sentence
for the murderer of the Sa‟adat Abad (Kaj Square) case was carried out yesterday.
“The flogging sentence for the murderer of the Sa‟adat Abad case was carried out yesterday”,
Esmatollah Jaberi said.
Yaqub was sentenced to 74 lashes for demonstrating the use of force with a knife (waving
around a knife in public).
His death sentence will be carried out tomorrow morning in Sa‟adat Abad. (Fars state-run News Agency – Jan. 4, 2011)
More secret executions in Vakil Abad Prison; Iran HR chief confirms secret executions in Mashhad
http://www.rahesabz.net/story/30363
Despite the high rise of the execution of drug related convicts in Iran in the past few months, a foreign diplomat has told
the International Campaign for Human Rights that Javad Larijani, the head of the Iran Human Rights Staff in the Iranian
Judiciary has told foreign diplomats that the policy of executing narcotics convicts has been an unsuccessful policy and using
the maximum punishment has not had a result in reducing the social damages of narcotics.
There were also reports of more group executions in the Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad on December 20.
According to this report, the diplomats say that Larijani has confirmed the executions in Vakil Abad Prison but has claimed
that the numbers of executions “are less than what is reported”.
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Informed sources have told us that 10 other prisoners were hanged in the most recent executions that occurred on
December 20, 2010. These executions were not announced by the Judiciary. (International Campaign for Human Rights in
Iran – Jan. 5, 2011)
State-run media says Iran hanged 16 people in Khuzestan
The Parsieh Website in Tehran said that according to the new laws for combating narcotics which will be carried out from
January 4, 2011, those who smuggle industrial narcotics, especially „Shishe‟ will be hanged…
“In the past few days 16 drug smugglers in Khuzestan were hanged and smugglers will be dealt with more seriously after
this”, the Ahwaz assistance prosecutor, Farhadi Rad, said in remarks that were carried by the state-run Tehran Emrouz daily.
(Iran Press News Website – Jan. 5, 2011)
Iran hangs man in Khorasan Province
The Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor said that A.A, a drug smuggler, was hanged in the town of Esfarayen in the
Khorasan Province.
“The death sentence for this smuggler was carried out in the Shirvan Prison in the morning on January 5 after it was
upheld”, Ahmad Erfanian added. (ISNA state-run News Agency – Jan. 5, 2011)
Iran hangs two men: report
Iran on Friday hanged two convicted drug traffickers in a prison in the western city of Borujerd, the official IRNA news
agency reported.
The report identified the pair as Abdollah Derafshi and Ardeshir Niazi, convicted of 'carrying and keeping 4.99 kilos (11
pounds) of crack (cocaine)‟.
„Due to the amendment to the law of combatting drug trafficking, all persons convicted of distributing traditional and
synthetic narcotic drugs, including crack, of more than 30 grammes (one ounce) will be sentenced to death,' IRNA quoted
Borujerd's justice department head Mohammad Sadeq Akbari as saying. (AFP – Jan. 7, 2011)
Iran hangs four drug traffickers: report
Iran hanged four convicted drug traffickers on Saturday in a prison in the central city of Isfahan, the ISNA news agency
reported.
Prosecutor Mohammad Reza Habibi said the unidentified men were hanged for smuggling opium and 'crack,' the term used
in Iran for a kind of heroin and not for crack cocaine. (AFP – Jan. 8, 2011)
Iran hangs seven people in mass execution in Tehran
http://www.irna.com/NewsShow.aspx?NID=30182732
Seven people convicted of drug related charges who were sentenced to death by Tehran‟s Islamic revolutionary courts were
hanged at dawn today.
According to the Tehran Revolutionary Court website, these people were tried in various branches of the Revolutionary
Court in 2009 with the presence of the representative of the Prosecutor and their lawyers and the sentences were carried out
after legal procedures. (ISNA state-run news agency – Jan. 12, 2011)
Iran hangs five people in Khoram Abad
Five drug dealers were hanged in Khoram Abad.
According to the Central News Unit (Iranian state-run TV), the Lorestan Judiciary has announced that these people were
sentenced to death by the first branch of the Islamic Revolutionary court in Khoram Abad on charges of providing and
distributing narcotics and this sentence was carried out after it was upheld by the Attorney General. (Asre Iran state-run
website – Jan. 13, 2011)
Iran executes Kurd political prisoner
http://www.hra-news5.info/component/content/article/55-1389-01-14-13-18-46/6269-1.html
Hossein Khezri was hanged in the morning in the Orumieh Central Prison.
Hossein Khezri who was born in 1982 was sentenced to death on charges of acting against
national security by the first branch of the Orumieh Islamic Revolutionary Court. His
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sentence was upheld by the 10th branch of the court of review in the Western Azarbaijan Province and the 31 st branch of the
Supreme Court…
He was hanged without the knowledge of his lawyer or family and the sentence was carried out in secret in Orumieh Prison.
State-run Iranian TV said that Hossein Khezri‟s was charged with „participating in an armed operation and killing a security
agent in the Gol Sheikhan Base in the border region of Orumieh in 2004”.
Hossein Khezri had denied all the charges and had said in a visit with his family that intelligence agents were trying to force
him to give false confession in front of cameras. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 15, 2011)
Iran hangs 10 people in Tehran
Ten people convicted of drug related charges whose sentences were issued by Islamic Revolutionary Courts in Tehran were
hanged today in Rajayi Shahr Prison in Karaj…
According to this report, the courts for these people were held with the presence of the representatives of the prosecutor and
their lawyers in various branches of Tehran‟s Revolutionary Courts and the issued sentences were upheld by the Attorney
General. Their requests for amnesty were turned down before this by the Amnesty Commission in the Judiciary. (IRNA
state-run News Agency – Jan. 19, 2010)
Iran hangs prisoners: report
Iran has hanged a drug smuggler in the southern city of Zarand in Kerman province, ISNA news agency reported on
Tuesday, quoting a judiciary official.
Zarand prosecutor Mehdi Bakhshi said the convict, who was only identified as Ali K., was hanged in the city's prison, ISNA
reported. It did not say when the execution was carried out.
(AFP - January 18, 2011)
Iran hangs man: report
Iran has hanged a drug trafficker in a prison in the northeastern town of Bojnurd, ISNA news agency reported on Friday.
The man only identified as M.Gh., convicted of smuggling opium while serving a life sentence, was executed on Thursday,
the report said. (AFP - January 21, 2011)
Feared execution of Iranian Kurdish man: Hossein Khezri
Hossein Khezri, a member of Iran‟s Kurdish minority, is feared to have been executed on 15 January 2011 in north-western
Iran after being convicted of “enmity against God” on account of his membership of the Party for Free Life of Kurdistan
(PJAK). The authorities have announced that a PJAK member was executed on 15 January 2011 but without naming the
individual.
Members of Hossein Khezri‟s family visited him in Oromieh Central Prison on 5 January 2011. He told him that the
authorities had pressured him to “confess” on camera to participating in armed opposition to the government and to killing
several people but that he had refused to do so, stating that he had not killed anyone.
On 13 January 2011, officials of the Oromieh Revolutionary Court informed his brother that the order for Hossein Khezri‟s
execution had been received from the Prosecutor‟s Office. When the family sought to visit him, they were not able to do so
and were told to return on 15 January. When they did so that day, they were again unable to see him and later heard that a
judicial body of West Azerbaijan Province had announced the execution of an unnamed member of PJAK. They fear that
this may have been Hossein Khezri but, if so, they have not been told officially, nor given his body or personal effects.
Hossein Khezri was arrested in Kermanshah in 2008. He acknowledged undertaking political activities but denied any
involvement in violence. His death sentence, passed by the Revolutionary Court in Oromieh, was upheld in August 2009.
In March 2010, his request for an investigation into his allegations of torture was turned down.
Zeynab Jalalian, 28, another member of Iran‟s Kurdish minority, remains at risk of execution after conviction of similar
charges. She continues to be in poor health, possibly as a result of torture or other ill-treatment in prison…
The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions said in a 2006 report on Transparency and
the Imposition of the Death Penalty that “a lack of transparency both undermines due process rights and constitutes
inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. Persons sentenced to death, their families, and their lawyers should be
provided with timely and reliable information on the procedures and timing of appeals, clemency petitions, and executions
After the family‟s visit on 5 January, Hossein Khezri‟s whereabouts were unknown. Following reports that he may have been
transferred to Tehran for execution, his lawyer told the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, that under Iranian law, a
death sentence can be implemented in the same city in which the sentence was handed down, and there is no need for
transfer to another city, and he hoped that his client‟s transfer was for further review of his case rather than for execution.
He also said that he was waiting to hear if the Supreme Court would accept his request for a final review of Hossein Khezri‟s
conviction and sentence, but until he was notified of their decision, there would be nothing to stop the local judiciary
carrying out the execution
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In a letter, written from Section 12 of Oromieh Prison in October 2010, Hossein Khezri said that he was tortured for 49
days in detention centres belonging to the Revolutionary Guards in Kermanshah and Oromieh, north-west Iran, and also at
a Ministry of Intelligence detention facility, by methods including beatings; threats against himself and his family; kicks to
the genitals and legs; and harsh baton blows to the entire body, causing bruising and inflammation. He said that he
complained about his treatment and was then moved for three days to an Intelligence Ministry facility in February 2010
where he was interrogated about his complaint. His father died from a heart attack after hearing that his son had been
moved from prison, apparently because he feared that Hossein Khezri had been executed. Hossein Khezri also said he was
told if he “confessed” on TV, his death sentence would be commuted to imprisonment, but that he had refused to do so.
He added: “The time of my execution has not been told to me, I do not know if it will be tomorrow, or the day after, or
tonight, and I am not allowed visitors and cannot even let any one know that I am still alive”.
Zeynab Jalalian was sentenced to death around January 2009 by Kermanshah Revolutionary Court. Before that, she had
spent eight months in a Ministry of Intelligence detention facility, where she says she was tortured. During that time her
family had no information concerning her conditions, treatment or fate. She was not granted access to a lawyer during her
trial, which she says lasted only a few minutes. Zeynab Jalalian‟s death sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court on 26
November 2009. In December 2010, a witness who was imprisoned with Zeynab Jalalian reported that Zeynab Jalalian had
been flogged on the soles of her feet and subsequently was struck on the head with a broken bottle, causing her scalp to
bleed profusely. She is in poor health, apparently due to her reported torture and other ill-treatment in prison. (Amnesty
International – Jan. 20, 2011)
Iran hangs PMOI supporters and father of Ashraf resident
(State-run IRNA News Agency) Two elements of the (PMOI) grouplet
identified as Jafar Kazemi (PMOI supporter and father of a young Ashraf
resident) son of Sadeq and Mohammad-Ali Haj Aqayi (PMOI supporter) son
of Rajab-Ali were executed at dawn this morning…
According to this report, the convicts had resorted to distributing pictures and
banners related to the (PMOI), taking photos and films of the clashes as well as
chanting slogans in favor of the grouplet.
The sessions to see to the charges of the above mentioned offenders were
carried out with the presence of the representative of the Prosecutor and their
lawyers in various branches of the Tehran Islamic Revolutionary Courts and
the issued verdicts had been upheld by courts of reviews in Tehran. (IRNA state-run News Agency – Jan. 24, 2011)
Iran hangs man in public
The death sentence for a serial killer in Karaj was carried out at 6:40 am on Monday in public in the
Quds Square in this town after it was upheld by the Supreme Court.
According to reports, the death sentence for Omid Barg, 25, who was identified and arrested in a
northern city in Iran was issued by the 71st branch of the Tehran Penal Court. (IRNA state-run News
Agency – Jan. 24, 2011)
Iran hangs three people in Evin Prison
Three people were hanged at dawn in Evin Prison.
According to reports, Qavam Atakeshzadeh, Mostafa Karimi Khanqah and Reza Dehqan were sentenced to death on
charges of rape…
After investigations, the court seeing to their charges sentenced them to death with the presence of the complainant, the
representative of the prosecutor and their lawyers. Their sentences were upheld by the Supreme Court. (IRNA state-run
News Agency – Jan. 24, 2011)
Iran hangs another man in Yasouj
http://www.hra-news5.info/1389-01-28-00-30-11/6397-1.html
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At 7:30 am today, a 29 year old man was hanged in the Yasouj Central Prison in the Province of Kahkiloyeh and Boyer
Ahmad.
The Kahkiloyeh and Boyer Ahmad Revolutionary and Public Prosecutor said that the executed person was from the town of
Gachsaran. (Human Rights Activists in Iran, Asre Iran state-run website – Jan. 23, 2011)
Iran hangs two activists detained during 2009 unrest
Amnesty International has condemned the executions of two political activists who were arrested in September 2009 during
mass protests following Iran's disputed presidential election.
Ja'far Kazemi and Mohammad Ali Haj Aghaei are reported to have been hanged this morning at Tehran‟s Evin Prison. Both
men had been convicted of moharebeh (enmity against God), “propaganda against the system” and having contacts with a
banned OPPOSITION group, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI).
Their hangings are the latest in a wave of executions which has seen the Iranian authorities execute at least 71 prisoners
since the beginning of this year - an average of more than 20 each week. Thousands more prisoners are on death row.
„We are appalled by the executions of Ja'far Kazemi and Mohammad Ali Haj Aghaei, as we are appalled by the continuing
use in Iran of this most cruel and extreme penalty,” said Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International‟s director for the Middle
East and North Africa.
„Like so many other victims, neither of these men received a fair trial.
According to some reports, Ja‟far Kazemi was tortured for months by his interrogators at Evin Prison to force him to make a
televised “confession” but he refused to do so.
He and Mohammad Ali Haj Aghaei were tried together. They are believed to have been sentenced to death in April 2010
and to have had their appeals rejected in July and September.
Before they were arrested both men had visited members of their families who live in Camp Ashraf in Iraq, where some
3,400 members and supporters of the PMOI live in exile. Ja‟far Kazemi‟s son lives at the Camp, which is located some 60km
north of Baghdad.
For months, the residents of Camp Ashraf have been subject to constant harassment, pressure and siege like conditions by
the Iraqi authorities, who wish them to leave Iraq. They would be at very serious risk if forced to return to Iran.
Other prisoners executed by the Iranian authorities in recent weeks include Hossein Khezri, a member of Iran‟s Kurdish
minority, believed to have been executed on 15 January, and Ali Saremi who was executed in December 2010 for alleged
membership of the PMOI.
Two other members of the Kurdish minority, known as Ayoub and Mosleh, are among those reportedly facing execution.
They are alleged to have taken part in and filmed sexual acts. (Amnesty International – Jan. 24, 2011)
Iran hangs two brothers as ‘enemies of God’
http://www.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8911050313
Two convicts identified as Kamran Khakhi and Mehran Khaki were hanged today on charges of murder, enmity with God
and corruption on earth in Bojnourd Prison…
The two convicts had requested amnesty several times as their last attempts but their amnesty was refused. (Fars state-run
News Agency – Jan. 25, 2011)
Iran hangs 7 people in Karaj
http://www.iribnews.ir/Default.aspx?Page=MainContent&news_num=268180
Seven drug dealers were hanged in Karaj.
According to the Central News Unit (state-run TV) the Revolutionary and Public Prosecutor of Karaj, Ali Farhadi, said,
“Their death sentences which was issued by the Karaj Revolutionary Court was upheld by the Supreme Court and was
carried out today in the Qezelhesar Prison in Karaj”. (Central News Unit state-run TV – Jan. 27, 2011)
Iran hangs four people in Orumieh Prison
Four prisoners were hanged in the Central Orumieh Prison.
According to reports, Rostam Mirzayi from Orumieh, Ismail Rostami from Orumieh, Mohammad Chenari from Shiraz and
Farhad Tarem from Orumieh were hanged in this prison.
Farhad Tarem was hanged on the dawn of December 26 while the others were hanged on Friday January 21. (Human Rights
Activists in Iran – Jan. 26, 2011)
One of those executed in Orumieh Prison as drug convict was political prisoner
The Iranian regime hanged four people in Orumieh Prison and claimed that they were convicted of drug related charges.
The Iran Kurdistan Democratic Party said in a report that one of those executed was hanged on charges of being a member
of this party.
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Farhad Tarem from the Lorkan Village in Ashnavieh was hanged on January 26 in the Orumieh Central Prison on charges
of being a member of the Iran Kurdistan Democratic Party. (Kurdistan Media – Jan. 27, 2011)
Another four people hanged in Orumieh Prison
On Thursday morning, four prisoners were hanged in the Orumieh Central Prison.
Nosrat Soufipour, Sars Shahini, Changiz Abedini, and Naser Moradi were the prisoners executed at dawn in this prison.
They were transferred to solitary cells in this prison yesterday for execution. The judiciary has announced their crimes as
carrying and possessing drugs. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 27, 2011)
Iran hangs man in Ahwaz on charges of apostasy
A prisoner of conscience was hanged on January 26 in the Karoun Prison in Ahwaz on charges of apostasy.
According to reports, Seyed Ali Ghorabat who was a top Revolutionary Guards Force member in the Iran-Iraq war was
sentenced to death by the Special Clerical Court on charges of apostasy for claiming to have communications with the 12 th
Shiite Imam and for „encouraging corruption‟ (according to articles 513, 639 and 640 of the Islamic Penal Code).
He was arrested by agents of the Intelligence Agency in Sousangerd after claiming links to the 12 th Shiite Imam. He was
hanged the day after Arbaien (Shiite mourning ceremony which marks the 40th day of the death of Imam Hossein, a revered
Shiite leader and grandson of the prophet Mohammad) on the dawn of January 6 in Karoun Prison in Ahwaz after his death
sentence was issued. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 28, 2011)
Iran hangs female political prisoner on false pretext of dealing drugs
A drug smuggler named Zahra Bahrami, daughter of Ali, was hanged at dawn
today on charges of buying and selling drugs.
After the completion of investigations and after the indictment was issued to
the Tehran Revolutionary Court, a court session was held with the presence
of the representative of the prosecutor and the defendant‟s lawyer. (In this
court), she was sentenced to death and the seizure of all her assets on charges
of possessing 450 grams of cocaine and complicity in the selling of 150 grams
of cocaine, and a fine of 14 million rials and 70 lashes on charges of
possessing 420 grams of opium. This sentence was upheld by the Attorney
General. (Mehr state-run News Agency – Jan. 29, 2011)
Daughter of Iranian-Dutch Prisoner on Death Row Pleads For Help
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran,
daughter of imprisoned Iranian-Dutch citizen, Zahra Bahrami who is facing
the death sentence on charges of drug trafficking, expressed that the charges
waged against her mother are not true, and that her mother has made
confessions against herself under duress. Bahrami‟s daughter told the
Campaign that the Iranian government hopes to further a political agenda
with the Dutch government through the death sentence. She said that Zahra
Bahrami‟s charges are political. Bahrami‟s daughter added that she has been
threatened with arrest several times.
The spokesperson for the Iranian Judiciary recently said about Zahra
Bahrami‟s case: “Her case is related to drug trafficking and under investigation.” He accused the western countries of using
the excuse of human rights to defend Zahra Bahrami. Immediately after the Iranian election, a prominent human rights
lawyer was also accused of possessing drugs in his office, discovered at the time of his arrest. Faced with resistance from the
lawyer, the issue of the drugs was never mentioned and no explanations were offered.
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran asks the Iranian Judiciary to end threats against Zahra Bahrami‟s
daughter, and to let her lawyer free access to her case and to be allowed to meet with his client. The Iranian Judiciary
authorities should also provide for conditions in which Zahra Bahrami is allowed to defend herself naturally. Considering
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the Iranian security organizations have, in many cases, framed political prisoners by planting drugs on them and adding such
charges to their cases, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran asks the Iranian Judiciary to defend the rights
of the citizens in the face of recklessly trumped up charges by security forces and their influence on cases of political
prisoners, and to ensure that human and citizen rights of individuals are not sacrificed in favor of political considerations.
“The Prosecutor, Mr. Jafari Dolatabadi, made a lot of promises to us, saying: „don‟t interview, we will definitely help you,‟
but we not only didn‟t get any answers, in the end they gave my mother such a heavy sentence. I know that even if we go to
the Prosecutor‟s Office again, we would not get any answers…Now we wait for actions of the Dutch government and human
rights organizations to see what happens,” Banafsheh Nayebpour, Zahra Bahrami‟s daughter, told the International
Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
“My mother always says that the confessions extracted from her and her participation in a television interview were all done
under duress, and that she was forced to do it, as they had promised to help her. Unfortunately, she was not helped at all,”
Zahra Bahrami‟s daughter answered about whether her mother has told her about prison torture.
Asked whether her mother transported drugs during her visits to Iran, her daughter said: “As her daughter, I do not accept
any of these accusations. My mother said in court that because she was under pressure during the interrogations, she was
made to say those things. My mother is not interested in such things at all. She doesn‟t even smoke cigarettes, let alone
possessing drugs. How could someone who participates in [post-] election gatherings and endangers her life, engage in such
actions against her country”?
“There are a lot of contradictions in my mother‟s case. None of her charges have anything to do with each other. First she
was arrested on a political charge; therefore they should have reviewed her political charge first, but they completely forgot
this charge. I say everywhere that their aim was to divert the public opinion and the attention of human rights activists and
organizations . We do not accept these charges at all, therefore we have no opinions about them, either. My mother is a
lonely woman and has no one in this world,” said Banafsheh Nayebpour.
“My mother is a citizen of the Netherlands. They probably leveled this accusation against her in order to cut the Dutch
government‟s reach [into the case]. They have previously waged such unfounded charges against others, too. A while ago,
they claimed that they had found drugs in the office of a prominent lawyer, but because he was a distinguished man, they
could not play on this story too much. But my mother is a lonely woman without anyone, so they think they can do this to
her. They know she has no one to help her,” said Bahrami‟s daughter, stating that the authorities want to divert the public
attention from the election.
“When I saw her last Tuesday, she was not good at all. I mean I have never seen her this depressed. We were all shocked
with the sentence. I have a 22-year-old brother in the Netherlands who has no one other than my mother. All our lives are
ruined. They issued this sentence with utmost cruelty. No doubt my mother is extremely upset with this unjust ruling,” said
Banafsheh Nayebpour about her mother‟s mental state during their last visit.
“I was threatened myself several times, and they wanted to detain me, but I didn‟t pay any attention. Even so, none of us
could do anything to help her and in the end such a ruling was issued,” added Zahra Bahrami‟s daughter.
“My mother accepts that she participated in the gatherings, and that she contacted foreign radio and television stations, but
that‟s all there was. She was identified during the Ashura Day (27 December 2009) protests, and she was arrested several
days later on the street. We accept these charges, but we do not accept the drug trafficking charges they have added to her
case and keep insisting on at all. Also, we do not accept the charge of her being in contact with the Kingdom Assembly of
Iran, under any circumstances. The organization itself has issued a statement, saying that this woman, meaning my mother,
was not affiliated with this organization. My mother only participated in protest gatherings, and sometimes contacted
foreign radio and television [stations], and reported about the situation with the gatherings. That‟s it. That‟s all there was,”
she said.
Regarding her mother‟s confession about having provided financial assistance to the Kingdom Assembly of Iran several years
ago, she said: “How is it possible to join this organization so easily, especially for someone like my mother?! Maybe she
contacted her TV program and provided her opinion, but there has been no other kind of contact”.
“My mother used to travel to Iran frequently, because I live in Iran and she missed me. Additionally, my uncle passed away a
while back and my mother helped his children financially and checked up on them. After the election, she made several
trips to visit with me and to participate in the gatherings. That‟s all,” she said regading her mother‟s frequent visits to Iran.
Asked about her requests of the authorities and human rights organizations, the death-row prisoner‟s daughter said: “I don‟t
even know what to say to the authorities, as whatever we suffer right now, is a result of those same authorities‟ doings. I
cannot have any requests of them, as I have already made my requests of both the Prosecutor and Judge Salavatgi. I have
talked to them and asked them to help us, which they didn‟t. But I would like to ask the human rights organizations to do
whatever they can to help. I don‟t know what else to do”.
January 2011
Zahra Bahrami, 45, a music school graduate, has been a London resident during the recent years. She was arrested after the
election and during the Ashura protests on 27 December 2009. Later she was charged with the discovery of 400 grams of
opium and 400 grams of cocaine in her home, and she was sentenced to death at Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Courts
with Judge Salavati presiding. According to the law, possessing more than 20 kilograms of opium and more than 100 grams
of cocaine would lead to the death penalty. (International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – Jan. 26, 2011)
Arbitrary killing
January
Five Kurd border merchants killed by security forces
After the military forces of the Islamic Republic opened fire on a car near the town of Saveh, four people were killed.
According to reports, on the night of January 8, a car which belonged to merchants was targeted by military forces and four
people in the car died after it overturned.
One of the merchants was Mahiodin Zareie but the three others who were killed have not been identified.
Kurd news website also reported that another merchant was killed on the Chaldaran border area.
According to this report, on January 5, 10 Kurd merchants were targeted by forces of the Islamic Republic which led to the
death of 22 year old Ali Zekavati.
Zekavati was the cousin of political prisoner Shirin Alam Houoli who was executed on May 9, 2010 along with four other
political prisoners in Evin Prison. (Kurdish Perspective, Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Jan. 11, 2011)
Young man shot in Qeshm Island under false pretexts
According to reports from Qeshm Island, a 22 year old man identified as Ismail who was known as Tommy and lived in the
Ramchah Village was shot in the neck by the commander of the Suza Base in this island and was wounded. He passed away
after a few days in the hospital. According to this report, the agent thought that Ismail was carrying smuggled goods in his
car even as he was not carrying anything and was only going by in the Suza Road when this incident took place. (Sunni News
Deaths in custody
January
Kurd political prisoner probably killed under torture – report
There has been no news for the past seven months that a death row political prisoner is still alive in prison despite his
family‟s appeals (to relevant security officials and institutions). According to a credible source, Kurd political prisoner Aziz
Mohammadzadeh who was sentenced to death in a Saqez court on charges of being a member of a Kurd opposition party
and acting against national security went on a hunger strike in protest to his sentence and was transferred to an unknown
location by security forces. Months after his transfer and despite his family‟s constant appeals to officials, there is still no
news on his condition and whereabouts.
This 26 year old political prisoner from Baneh was arrested on October 13, 2009 by security forces in this town and was
taken to the Baneh Detention Center. After three months of abuse and severe torture, he was taken to the Saqez Prison.
According to informed sources, Aziz Mohammadzadeh has been killed under the severe torture by intelligence agents while
on a hunger strike. All government institutions (and prisons) have said no such death row Kurd political prisoner exists in
their prison. This has increased the concerns of his family and friends. (Campaign in Defense of Civil Rights and Political
Prisoners – Jan. 19, 2011)
Death sentences
January
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Iranian-Dutch political prisoner sentenced to death for fabricated drug charge
According to reports, political prisoner Zahra Bahrami who was arrested in post-election
protests on Ashura (December 27, 2009) was sentenced to death by Judge Salavati.
On Sunday, January 2, Salavati announced the death sentence to her lawyer Jinous Sharif
Razi. He threatened her lawyer that she should not talk to the media or have any
communications with the Dutch Embassy in Iran and if she does she will have to face the
consequences.
Salavati told Sharif Razi that she should not inform Mrs. Bahrami or her family of the
death sentence and should only tell them that a sentence was issued. Salavati also issued
an order to seize all of Mrs. Bahrami‟s property including her house, car and cash.
The death sentence was issued for the false charge of carrying and selling narcotics for
which she was tried for on December 7. Mrs. Bahrami denied this charge in court and
told the judge that she was forced to make these confessions under physical and mental
torture which she was subjected to by intelligence agents. Her death sentence is non-
appealable and can be implemented after it is upheld by Attorney General Mohseni Ejeyi.
In her second court session which will be held in about two months, her other charges
will be seen to. One of her political charges is „moharebe‟ (waging war with God) and according to Salavati, she will once
again be sentenced to death for this charge.(Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Jan. 5, 2011)
Political prisoner and father of Ashraf resident on verge of execution
http://hrdai.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=309:1389-10-16-11-01-
00&catid=1:2010-07-21-10-18-57&Itemid=4
According to reports, the case of death row political prisoner Jafar Kazemi was referred to
the Revolutionary Court‟s Sentence Implementation Unit and his death sentence is on the
verge of being carried out.
There were reports in the past few days that Jafar Kazemi‟s death sentence was upheld
which seriously worried his family. His family went to various organizations including the
Supreme Court, the Revolutionary Court‟s Sentence Implementation Unit, the Tehran
Prosecutor‟s Office and the Security Unit of the Evin Prison Revolutionary Court.
They were constantly referred to other places and officials refused to answer their
questions. When they went to see the Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolat Abadi to ask
about Jafar Kazemi‟s case, the prosecutor refused to see them and referred them to the
Security Court in Evin Prison that told them that Kazemi‟s case had been referred to the
Sentence Implementation Unit and that they were waiting on orders to carry out the
sentence.
In addition to death row political prisoner Jafar Kazemi, there are a number of other political prisoners who have been
sentenced to death including jailed teacher Abdolreza Qanbari, Mohammad-Ali Haj Aqayi, Mohsen Daneshpour, Ahmad
Daneshpour, Javad Lari and Farah Vazehan.
Notably, Jafar Kazemi was arrested on September 18, 2009 after an attack by intelligence agents and was transferred to
cellblock 209 in Evin Prison where he was kept in a solitary cell under severe physical and mental torture for more than 74
days. He was then transferred to cellblock 350 in Evin Prison. Kazemi was a political prisoner in the 80‟s and was jailed from
1981 to 1990 and subjected to brutal torture. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – May 12, 2011)
Netherlands seeks clarity on Iran death sentence report
The Netherlands sought "clarification" from Tehran Wednesday on the plight of a Dutch-Iranian woman reportedly
sentenced to death there.
"I am extremely concerned about the situation with Sahra Bahrami and have asked the Iranian authorities to provide
immediate clarification about these worrying reports," Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal said in a statement.
"We insist on information, the possibility to provide her with consular assistance, and a fair course of justice," the statement
said.
Bahrami, 46, has been imprisoned in Iran since December 2009.
The Iranian-born, naturalised Dutch citizen was reportedly arrested after taking part in a protest against the Iranian
government while visiting relatives there.
The Netherlands claims Iran has refused the Dutch embassy access to the prisoner as it does not recognise her dual
nationality.
January 2011
Dutch broadcaster Radio Netherlands Worldwide reported on Wednesday that Bahrami had been found guilty of drug
smuggling and sentenced to death by a court in Tehran.
It cited her daughter, Banafsheh Najebpour, who said the ruling was delivered on Sunday.
According to the broadcaster, Bahrami is awaiting trial in a second capital case in which she is accused of membership of an
armed opposition group. (AFP – Jan. 5, 2011)
Two political prisoners to be hanged tomorrow
http://hrdai.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=314:----2----------&catid=1:2010-07-21-10-18-57&Itemid=4
According to reports, the Iranian regime intends to carry out the death sentence of political prisoners Jafar Kazemi and
Mohammad-Ali Aqayi on Tuesday.
All the reports show that their death sentence will be carried out on Tuesday January 11.
The Kazemi family was informed last week that the case for political prisoner Jafar Kazemi was referred to the Revolutionary
Court‟s Sentence Implementation Unit and his case is waiting on orders to be carried out. His family has gone up to Tehran
Prosecutor Jafar Dolat Abadi about this issue but the prosecutor refuses to see them and answer their concerns. Whenever
the Kazemi family goes to officials to ask about Kazemi‟s case, they are told to come back on another day. (Human Rights
and Democracy Activists in Iran – Jan. 8, 2011)
Death row political prisoner transferred to Tehran for execution
There is no news on the whereabouts of death row political prisoner Hossein Khezri who was transferred to
an unknown location on Sunday January 2 from cellblock 12 in the Central Orumieh Prison.
His family has gone to all relevant organizations, but officials do not give them a clear answer.
The Orumieh Prosecutor has said in a visit with his relatives that Hossein Khezri has been transferred to
Tehran for execution and this has increased his family‟s concerns. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan.
12, 2010)
Death row political prisoners say they were forced to confess under threats of sexual abuse
Loqman Moradi and Zaniar Moradi, two death row
political prisoners who are to be hanged in public requested
help from human rights activists in a phone call from
Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj and stressed that
they were forced to make confessions under torture and
that the charges made against them were false. They
announced that all their confessions regarding armed
activities and the murder of the son of the Marivan head of
Friday Prayers last year was taken from them under torture and they had nothing to do with this issue.
“We request help from human rights activists because we really did not play any part in the assassination of the son of the
Marivan head of Friday Prayers but because of severe torture and threats that we would be „sexually tortured‟ and our
families would be arrested, we were forced to confess and there was never any evidence that we were part of that measure
(assassination)”, Loqman Moradi said from prison…
“They need a victim and they have chosen us”, he added. (Student Committee in Defense of Political Prisoners – Jan. 14,
2011)
No news on whereabouts of death row political prisoner after two weeks
(Kurd death row political prisoner) Hossein Khezri was transferred from cellblock 12 in the Orumieh Central Prison two
weeks ago and during this time, officials have not given his family clear answers about his whereabouts.
His brother has said in an interview that he thinks that his brother was secretly executed because of the volatile atmosphere
in Kurdish regions in Iran.
Mr. Khezri (Hossein Khezri‟s brother): “They transferred Hossein two weeks ago during the night from his cellblock.
We were informed of this issue through the media and at about 12 am we hastily went to Orumieh Prison to ask about his
condition, but officials did not give us any clear answers.
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That night, the head guard told us that he was taken from prison but did not know where he had been taken. Later on, Mr.
Khanzadeh, the person in charge of the cellblock told us that they took him with shackles and blindfolds and with his
mouth taped shut…
We realized later on that on Sunday night when they transferred him from the cellblock, an execution team had come from
Tehran on orders of the Prosecutor to carry out his sentence but in the last minutes, they did not carry out the sentence for
unknown reasons and ordered their agents to go back, and the agents went back despite having a letter to implement the
sentence…
We sent a copy of a letter written by Hossein to Mr. Larijani to government institutions on October 30, 2010 but is seems
that they want to execute him before the Supreme Court has the chance to stay the execution so that the offender would not
be able to use his legal chances. In a call to the Secretariat of the court, they told us that our letter was accepted after
examinations and that we can call back in one month and ask about the results. We have to wait about 10 more days for our
turn. This is injustice for the offender, apart from him actually being guilty or not. When they put such laws themselves,
why do they not carry it out? We are outraged from this injustice.
We are extremely concerned because we did not have clear news (on Hossein) despite our constant follow ups and we do
not even know if they have carried out his sentence or not, if he is alive or not. Officials only tell us that the issue is
confidential and that they are not informed and that is why we are forced to talk to the press…
I am 100 percent positive that they have done something to Hossein but they do not tell us”. (Human Rights Activists in
Iran – Jan. 14, 2011)
More than 5,000 people sentenced to death in Iran
Only in the past 30 days in Iran (from Dec. 20 to Jan. 19) 97 people were executed. According to the International
Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, these figures have been acquired from the statements of judiciary officials in various
provinces in Iran during the above mentioned time. The real figures are much higher. According to the Campaign, most of
these people were executed for possessing and carrying narcotics. In statements carried by the state-run Mehr News Agency,
Sadeq Amoli Larijani, the head of Iran‟s Judiciary said on January 23, 2011, said that the Iranian judiciary would „have no
mercy‟ for „drug smugglers‟ and added that „unfortunately, I have seen that some Western media see the measures of the
Judiciary as a violation of human rights‟.
„We distance ourselves from the kind of human rights that supports troublemakers and drug smugglers‟, he added…
Q: Does drug related convicts and one stage death sentences have a history in Iran where about 100 people are hanged only
in one month?
Mohammad Mostafayi (Iranian lawyer who left Iran due to the pressure by the Iranian regime): It has a history in regards to
narcotics. Executions that were carried out in total secret. This was carried out for the first time last year with group
hangings in the Qezel Hesar Prison. Because drug related offenders do not have good support or defenders and their names
are not registered anywhere. They are tried in Revolutionary Courts in one stage. For those who are sentenced to death on
drug related charges, there is no chance for an appeal. All of this results in very short legal procedures and in many cases, the
offenders do not even have lawyers…
Reporters are not allowed inside the Criminal Court in Tehran where executions are carried out, but the numbers of those
who have been sentenced to death is very high. Especially those charged with murder. I have credible information from
people in the Judiciary that more than 1000 (death sentence) cases and if it is approved, their death sentences will be carried
out in future months. More than 5,000 people have been sentenced to death and are awaiting their death. (Radio Germany
Website – Jan. 24, 2011)
Danger of death sentence for Baluch minor political prisoner
http://www.hra-news5.info/2/1389-01-27-05-27-21/6407-1.html
Mohammad Saber Malek Reiesi, a young Baluch who has been detained in a solitary cell in
the Zahedan Intelligence Agency for 16 months in a state of limbo as a hostage because his
brother was not willing to cooperate (with the Intelligence Agency) has been deprived of his
education and has also been banned from seeing his family in the past few months.
His brother said in an interview that in light of the fact that his brother is going to be 18
soon, there is danger that he will be sentenced to death. He requested that human rights
organizations see to his brother‟s plight. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 24, 2011)
More than 300 awaiting death in Orumieh Prison
On Tuesday and Wednesday morning, two protest gatherings were held outside the
Prosecutors Office and Orumieh Prison.
According to reports, on Tuesday more than 300 members of the families of death row
prisoners gathered outside the Prosecutor‟s Office demanding that the death sentences of
January 2011
their loves ones be revoked.

The Human Rights Activists in Iran has identified more than 300 death row prisoners in Orumieh Prison who are awaiting
the implementation of their death sentence. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 27, 2011)
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Stoning and stoning
sentences
January 2011
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Stoning and stoning sentences
January
January 2011
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Inhumane treatment and
cruel punishments
Amputation, flogging, torture, and humiliation
January 2011
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Inhumane treatment and cruel punishments
Amputation, flogging, torture, and humiliation
January
Jailed student activist thrown in solitary again
Jailed student activist Arash Sadeqi who ended his hunger strike on Friday December 24 and was
transferred to the public cellblock in Evin Prison, was once again transferred to a solitary cell in
Cellblock 209 on Friday December 31.
His friends in the public cellblock have said that he was suffering from stomach hemorrhage and
that his heart and lung problems have deteriorated due to the lack of medical treatment.
According to reports, his many heart and lung problems are a result of his past detention but has
deteriorated because of his hunger strike and beatings by prison officials.
It is still not clear why this student activist was thrown in solitary. (Jaras website – Jam. 1, 2011)
Report: Iran jails nuke scientist after US return
An Iranian nuclear scientist who claimed he slipped away from his CIA captors has not been
seen publicly since his heroic return to Tehran last year and could be facing an investigation as a
possible turncoat, according to an OPPOSITION website.
The report on the website Iran briefing.net says that Shahram Amiri is now being held in a
Tehran prison, where he allegedly has faced beatings so severe that he had to be hospitalized for
a week.
The website's account could not be verified, but it purports to offer the first details on Amiri's
fate since he surfaced in the United States six months ago amid an array of contradictory stories
between Tehran and Washington.
Amiri's return to Tehran in July was portrayed by Iranian authorities as a propaganda coup.
The nuclear scientist claimed he was kidnapped by American agents in May 2009 while on a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
Iran's state media said Amiri had snubbed a fortune in payoffs by his purported CIA captors and then escaped with inside
information about America's covert operations against Tehran. Officials said a TV movie was in the works…
Iranian authorities have not offered any information on his whereabouts and his family and colleagues have made no public
statements as to his fate.
The Farsi-language account posted on the Iranbriefing.net website claims to pick up Amiri's trail after his highly publicized
return. It cited anonymous family members as saying Amiri was first held in a safe house in Tehran and allowed weekend
visits with relatives at the Talaiie cultural center, which is operated by Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard.
The website quoted family members as being told that Amiri's movements were restricted for 'his own safety‟.
The report says - without citing any source - that Amiri was later moved to a former military lockup, the Heshmatieh Prison,
in Tehran, where he allegedly faced harsh interrogations and beatings that left him in a military-run hospital afterward for a
week… (AP – Jan. 3, 2011)
Political prisoner’s cancer reaches point of no return as result of medical negligence by prison officials
It has become clear that the constant stomach pains of Political prisoner Mohsen
Dokmeh Chi, who has been in a critical condition from some time ago and was accused
of „faking his illness‟ by prison officials, is actually a kind of cancer.
The lack of attention and negligence of Evin Prison officials has caused hi illness to
deteriorate. Dokmeh Chi who is a Tehran Bazaar merchant has been detained for more
than 15 months for giving financial assistance to the families of political prisoners.
According to reports, he was suffering from constant pain for several months but prison
officials refused to give him medical attention or see to his problems and transfer him to
a hospital, until his condition became very critical. Because of his late transfer to the
hospital, doctors have said that his cancer has advanced and that there was no hope in
treating him.
According to this report, prison officials still refuse to give him a short furlough and he
was once again transferred to prison. (Jaras Website – Jan. 4, 2011)
Student prisoner beaten by prison guards
Arash Sadeqi who has been banned from continuing his education in Alameh University
January 2011
in Tehran was transferred back to cellblock 350 after four days of solitary where he was beaten.
According to reports, intelligence agents severely beat and abused him and he was returned to his cellblock in a critical
condition. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 4, 2011)
Paralyzed political prisoner returned to prison from hospital while in critical condition
According to reports, on Monday January 3, 2011, political prisoner Hadi (Homayoun) Abedi Bakhoda who was
hospitalized because of his critical condition with the expenses of his family was returned to Rasht Central Prison.
This is while he is unable to do his personal tasks on his own.
A legal doctor has formally announced in a written order that because of his critical condition and paralysis and the need
for constant medical care, he is unable to tolerate detention. The Prison doctor also announced this issue to the
Revolutionary Court but despite all of this, interrogators of the Intelligence Agency insist on keeping him in prison.
This 50 year old political prisoner who is suffering from spastic paralysis and a neurogenic bladder has been jailed in the
infirmary of Rasht Prison since November 8, 2009. He was in a critical condition because of his paralysis and several other
problems and was kept in inhumane conditions in the infirmary along with newly arrested drug addicts. In addition, the
appalling sanitary, and food conditions and lack of medical treatment made his condition more critical.
Abedi was sentenced to two years of prison in the second branch of the Revolutionary Court. He was also under severe
torture in the 80‟s in Evin and Qezelhesar prisons on charges of supporting the People‟s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
(PMOI). He was shot in the back upon his arrest in the 80‟s and became paralyzed.
His brother Hormoz Abed Bakhoda was executed in the 80‟s for supporting the PMOI. (Human Rights and Democracy
Security forces shoot 12 year old boy in Sanandaj
According to reports, on the afternoon of January 5, security forces in the Gaz Square in Sanadaj beat a man and used
pepper spray to arrest him. A number of people on the scene interfered and freed the man and put him in a car to help him
leave the scene.
Security forces then opened fire on the car and the people who had gathered on the scene shooting a 12 year old boy. There
are no reports on the condition of the small boy who was taken to the hospital. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 5,
2010)
Lives of five jailed students in danger
After the suspicious burnt Quran incident in Yasouj University on December 5, four students in this university who were
arrested after this incident are still in detention.
On December 5, one day before Student Day ceremonies, a number of burnt Qurans were distributed in student
dormitories which led to severe security measures in the Yasouj University.
There are no reports on the elements behind this suspicious measure and only a number of innocent students were arrested
to satisfy public opinion…
One month after this incident, the detained students are still under severe mental and physical torture in Intelligence
Agency Detention Centers. Security and judicial institutions have said that they are not informed about the whereabouts of
these students when asked by their families about their whereabouts and security forces even arrested the family members of
the one of the detainees after they protested and there is still no information on their whereabouts. There are speculations
that the detainees were transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency in Tehran. The names of the detained students are
Marjan Alizadeh (f), Maryam Baziar (f), Sara Rahimi (f), Sahar Zeidouni (f) and Alipour. (Daneshju News – Jan. 5, 2011)
Iran lashes man 74 times in public
The Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Andimeshk said that the flogging sentence for a wallet thief was carried out in
this town.
The court had sentenced him to three years of prison and 74 lashes in public.
Prosecutor Ghiasvand said that the flogging sentence for this man was carried out in the central square of Andimeshk.
(ISNA state-run news agency – Jan. 7, 2011)
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Death row political prisoner kept in critical condition in prison
Rashid Akh Kandi, a death row political prisoner is denied medical treatment and visitation rights with his family.
Kandi who was sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court on charges of „moharebe‟ (enmity with God) is banned from
seeing his family and despite various ailments, prison officials refuse to give him medical treatment.
This political prisoner is suffering from severe pain in his eyes and a kidney infection but has not received any kind of
medical attention. (Campaign in Defense of Political and Civil Rights Prisoners – Jan. 7, 2011)
Gohardasht prisoners denied medical attention; prisoners infected with influenza thrown in solitary cells
According to reports, political and non-political prisoners in Gohardasht (Rajayi Shahr) Prison in Karaj who are in critical
condition and need urgent medical care are denied medical treatment and those who have symptoms of the flu which has
spread in this prison are transferred to solitary cells in cellblock 5.
Political prisoners who are suffering from critical ailments and need to be urgently hospitalized in hospitals outside of prison
are denied medical attention. The medics who work in the Gohardasht Prison infirmary do not allow prisoners to explain
their condition and symptoms and do not conduct initial checks to learn the prisoner‟s illness and only give all prisoners
pre-written prescriptions for pain killers. Most prisoners are suffering from heart, and respiratory problems, high blood
pressure, disks in their backs, and skin diseases.
Most of the medics in the infirmary are members of the Bassij and RGC and some of them are still studying at university.
Most of them lack experience and are not specialists. These medics insult and verbally abuse prisoners who tell them about
their illnesses. They check dozens of prisoners in a very short time frame and prescribe pain killers to all of them.
The spread of influenza, thought to be swine flu, in this prison has also infected many prisoners. Infected prisoners are
transferred to solitary cells in cellblock 5. Those who go to the infirmary with symptoms of the flue are transferred to these
solitary cells. As a result, ill prisoners refuse to go to the infirmary and are forced to cope with their condition. (Human
Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Jan. 10, 2011)
Iran to chop off hands of two men in Mashhad
The Judiciary is determined to accurately carry out divine sentences for robbers and disturbers of order and public security
and after the implementation of the hand amputation sentence for two people in Mashhad, the court verdict for the hand
amputation of two other robbers has been finalized and will be carried out soon after legal proceedings.
Judge Mahmoud Zoqi, the Public and Revolution Prosecutor of Mashhad said, “After the sentences for two hand
amputations for robbers in Mashhad was issued, the case of one of the robbers was brought up in the Amnesty Commission,
but the Commission refused to grant him amnesty and this sentence will soon be carried out”.
“The hand amputation sentence for the other robber was upheld by the court of review and has been finalized and will be
carried out after legal proceedings and if the Amnesty Commission denies him amnesty”. (Khorasan Daily – Jan. 12, 2011)
Jailed student in need of urgent medical treatment details horrific torture in prison
Jailed Alameh Tabatabayi student activist Arash Sadeqi who is a
member of the Youth Branch of the Participation Front and a
member of Moussavi‟s election campaign staff, was sentenced to five
years of prison and three years of suspended prison in two separate
cases after being arrested a number of times.
This student activist was arrested the first time on July 9, 2009 in his
father‟s home simultaneous with clashes by plainclothes agents with
students in the Tehran University dormitory. Because of the lack of
news on his whereabouts, his family thought that he was killed in the
post-election events. However, it later became clear that Arash Sadeqi
was detained in cellblock 2A in Evin Prison and was subjected to
severe torture. Some of the tortures according to Sadeqi were:
- Being hung from one leg from the ceiling for close to 5 hours
- Being slapped continuously in the face for 2 to 3 hours to the point
that the nerves in his eyes were injured and his eardrum tore.
- Being forced to lick a toilet boil and the excrements in it.
- Urinating on his face and head while an interrogator kept his mouth
open
- Being banned from taking a shower after the above mentioned torture
- Being pushed off from 2 to 3 meters above the ground which led to injuries in the tendons in his legs
- Being pulled on the hot asphalt which resulted in serious skin injuries
- Being beaten continuously with batons in the neck which led to injuries in his neck vertebra
January 2011
Interrogators wanted Arash Sadeqi to confess to having communications with the People‟s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
and give into false confessions in front of the camera. He was subjected to the above mentioned torture because he was not
willing to accept the demands of the interrogators.
After 50 days of solitary and intolerable torture and when interrogators were not able to force him into confessions, he was
pushed out of a car while unconscious in Eastern Tehran.
He was once again arrested for the second time on December 27, 2009 (Ashura protests) in Tehran. Sadeqi was released on
April 2010 on a 500 million toman (about 500,000 dollar) bail.
He was once again arrested twice for a short period in May 2010 and was then released.
On November 10, 2010 his six years of prison and 74 lashes was lowered to five years of prison and without prior
announcement from court, security forces raided his home at 4 am. His mother suffered a heart attack because of the harsh
treatment of security forces and later passed away in the hospital after four days.
After this event, Arash Sadeqi developed depression because of the loss of his mother. He announced in an interview that
„my family blames me for my mother‟s death”.
“Life has become hell for me”, he said.
After Sadeqi issued a statement for Student Day from prison, he was thrown in a solitary cell in cellblock 209 and was
severely beaten to the extent that his shoulder was fractured again and he lost his ability to stand.
Sadeqi went on a 14 day hunger strike in protest to the torture and was then transferred to the public cellblock. However,
the tortures were so severe that according to his cellmates, he has lost the ability to stand on his feet and there is a large
chance that his shoulder might have become unusable. In addition to this, side-effects from his hunger strike have led to a
stomach hemorrhage and a lung infection.
Sadeqi is suffering from severe depression and psychological problems because of hard prison conditions and mental
pressures. Unfortunately, no measures have been taken for him to be taken to a psychiatrist in order to regain his mental
health. (Student Committee in Defense of Political Prisoners – Jan. 15, 2011)
Officials return political prisoner cancer patient to prison after heavy surgery
According to reports, jailed Bazaar merchant Mohsen Dokmeh Chi (who is also
the father of an Ashraf resident) was returned to prison despite being in critical
condition after a heavy surgery for his pancreas cancer. He has been prevented
from receiving chemotherapy.
This political prisoner was taken to the hospital on December 18, 2010 four
months after he developed cancer and because of his severe pain and severe
weight loss and received a 5 hour surgery on December 25. However, his doctors
announced that his operation was unsuccessful and said that he had to receive
chemotherapy as the second phase in his treatment. Because of the delay in
treatment, his chances of being treated by chemotherapy are also very low.
His doctors announced to the Tehran Prosecutor that he still had to been
hospitalized for his treatment to continue and that being taken back to prison
could have life threatening consequences. Nevertheless, intelligence interrogators
and Prosecutor Abbas Dolat Abadi paid no heed to the medical recommendation
and stopped his treatment, returning him to cellblock 350 in Evin Prison.
This jailed Bazaar merchant is suffering from severe pain which prevents him
from resting. He is currently in cellblock 350 in critical condition and is denied
treatment. Mr. Dokmeh Chi can barely move and cannot eat the prison food.
His family has gone to the Tehran Prosecutor a number of times but Abbas Dolat Abadi refuses to see them. His secretary
has told the Dokmeh Chi family that the medical report has been sent to the Intelligence Agency, but they have still not
answered. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Jan. 15, 2011)
Death row Kurd political prisoner details torture and forced confessions in letter from prison
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Letter of death row Kurd political prisoner Zaniar Moradi
My name is Zaniar Moradi, son of Eqbal Moradi, resident of Marivan,
and born in 1988…
On August 2, 2009, I was arrested by the Marivan Intelligence Agency
and after 24 hours of detention, I was transferred to the Sanandaj
Intelligence Agency without even being interrogated. My one of
friends (Loqman Moradi) who is a close relative was also taken to the
Sanandaj Intelligence Agency without my knowledge.
I was alone in a cell in the Sanandaj Intelligence Agency. After one day, I was taken to the basement, where the
interrogations started, with shackles and blindfolds. At first, they talked about my father and I told them that my father had
nothing to do with me. They told me that I was no different than my father (who is a political activist). My father was the
subject of the interrogations on that first day. They tied me to a bed and flogged my body and used very profane language to
insult my family. After severe torture, I was taken back to my cell and I had become very weak. I did not know if it was day
or night and after a short time, I was once again taken to the basement. Four or six interrogators interrogated and tortured
me while I had blindfolds and they said that I had murdered some people. But I did not accept the charges and they
tortured me even more and said that I had to accept the charges else my family would have problems and I would die under
torture. However, I still did not accept the charges…
(In the end) because I could not tolerate these kinds of torture, I accepted the charges. They did not bring any doctors to
treat me and my friend and I are still suffering from the torture signs. After 18 months of prison, I was forced into accepting
the charges…
They wanted me to talk against my father and say that he was involved (in the killing of the son of the Marivan head of
Friday Prayers). However, I did not talk against him. They started torturing me again and forced my legs open and kicked me
in my reproductive organs. After they charged us with everything they wanted to under threats and torture, they said that
they would only keep us in prison for a short time and would then satisfy the families of the victims and release us.
We were kept in solitary cells in the Sanandaj Intelligence Agency for 9 months but in the first two months that I was in
solitary, I could not do anything on my own because of the pain from the tortures. After about 9 months during which my
friend and I were kept in different cells without any phone calls or visits, we were taken to the Sanandaj Central Prison…
They took us to the Intelligence Agency again after 6 months and demanded that we say we worked for Britain. But we
refused. They asked us to talk about a person named Jalil Fatahi in front of the cameras… The interrogators said that they
wanted to cause problems for the British government. We were kept in solitary cells in the Sanandaj Intelligence Agency for
another month and they told us we would be released in a matter of months.
One day they came after us and put us in a car with shackles and blindfolds and told us on the way that we were going to
Tehran for a trial. They told us not to say anything in the court session and to accept all the charges.
They took us directly to solitary cells in Evin Prison‟s Cellblock 209 and kept us there for a month and a half without any
visits or phone calls. In all this time, my family knew nothing of my whereabouts and we did not see any of the interrogators.
We were taken to the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran with shackles on December 22, 2009. My friend
and I could not say anything in court because they had poisoned us. Judge Salavati did not even know if I was Zaniar or (my
friend) Loqman. Loqman‟s sentence was different from mine because of a political case he had before this. Judge Salavati
announced Loqman‟s sentence to me…
After convicting us with whatever they pleased in court, we were taken back to cellblock 209. The tortures and pain we were
subjected to in the Sanandaj Intelligence Agency started again and I was denied medical treatment. After one week, we were
transferred to Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj. When I saw the newspapers in prison, I realized the injustice we
were subjected to and that they wanted to execute us to cover up their own crimes but no one in Marivan believes that we
did such a thing and even the family of the victim told people that they still do not believe and will not believe that we did
such a thing…
My only crime is that my family is political. In this way, they want to attack all political families. They forced us into giving
confessions under threats and brutal torture and I strongly deny all the charges. Political prisoner Zaniar Moradi (Human
Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Jan. 16, 2011)
Security forces attack young prisoners in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj
On Thursday, January 20, young prisoners from Hall 12, Cellblock 4 in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj who were recently
transferred to Hall 7, Cellblock 3, protested being kept in the hallways of this cell in the cold temperatures and under
inhumane conditions and were violently attacked by prison guards.
These prisoners fought back and a violent clash ensued. Special Guards forces in the prison aided prison guards in the
attack and brutally beat the young prisoners.
January 2011
Fourteen prisoners were thrown in solitary in the clash including Farshid Qahremani and Hoseein Ranjbar. Gerami, the
Internal Manager of the prison violently beat these two prisoners with a baton. These prisoners are in danger of being
physically, sexually and mentally tortured.
Notably, a large number of young prisoners from Hall 12, Cellblock 4 who were recently transferred to Hall 7, Cellblock 3,
were kept in freezing temperatures in the hallway in inhuman conditions and this led to their protests. (Human Rights and
Democracy Activists in Iran – Jan. 20, 2011)
Detained Kurd activists under brutal torture in Paveh
http://kurdishperspective.com/read.php?id=3349
The recent arrestees in Paveh are under severe torture in the Revolutionary Guards Forces detention center.
Ten Kurd civil rights activists in Kermanshah who were arrested about 2 months ago by the RGC are under severe mental
and physical torture and are in critical condition.
Rafat Moradi who is a journalist and close to some of the detainees confirmed the prisoners‟ critical condition and said,
“One of these detainees named Abdollah Azizi suffered a stroke because of the severe physical pressure”.
Moradi said that because of the increased possibility of the death of this activist in the RGC detention center, he was
temporarily released on bail but the nine other activists are still in the detention center under torture.
This journalist said that these prisoners were not allowed to see their families during their two month detention and have
only had a short phone conversation with their families.
Moradi said that the reason for their arrest is still unclear and they are deprived of the right to a lawyer. (Kurdish Perspective
– Jan. 24, 2011)
Ministry of Intelligence threatens Gohardasht Political prisoners to either repent or die
According to reports, severe security measures are being imposed on political prisoners in Hall 12, cellblock 4 in
Gohardasht (Rajayi Shahr) Prison in Karaj which is under the control of the Ministry of Intelligence. These prisoners are
kept under intolerable pressure.
Intelligence agents severely beat these political prisoners, placing a blank piece of paper in front of each of them to write a
letter of repentance. They have been told that they had to either write and sign the letter or they would be sentenced to
death and be executed.
These political prisoners are kept in the severe cold and have been denied warming facilities in a place which lacks the
minimum sanitary facilities. These prisoners have refused to give into the demands of the Intelligence Agency and have
refused to repent.
Intelligence agents have in turn threatened them that if they do not deny their beliefs, their already cut off phone
communications will stay cut off and they will be banned from family visits. They were also warned that if news of this
matter leaks out of prison, they will be severely punished.
According to this report, political prisoner Afshin Baimani and two other prisoners were transferred to solitary with shackles
for no apparent reason. (Center to Defend Families of those Slain and Detained in Iran – 28/11/89)
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Arbitrary arrests
January 2011
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Arbitrary arrests
Political arrests
January
No news on Tehran University gifted student
Political prisoner Hassan Julani, who was arrested on November 2, 2010 by plainclothes agents near the western entrance of
Tehran University, is still kept in an unknown condition. Julani is a gifted mathematics student and the best student in the
Mathematics Department in Tehran University who has written 12 international articles thus far.
This student who has invitations from four of the best mathematics universities in the world, was arrested before this on
December 7, 2009 and was released after four months of detention.
Notably, when he was studying to get his master‟s degree, he was threatened several times by intelligence agents and was
banned from participating in the exams to continue his education for his doctor‟s degree. (Daneshju News – Jan. 4, 2011)
Iran arrests outspoken husband of jailed human rights lawyer
http://www.hra-news5.info/00/6286-1.html
Reza Khandan, the husband of a jailed lawyer was arrested today after going to the Evin
Prison Court to answer a summons he received one week ago.
His charges are not known and according to his family, a 50 million toman (about 50,000
dollar) bail order has been issued for him, but the bail money his sister in law posted was
not accepted by the court.
Mr. Khandan was summoned after a court issued a prison sentence for his wife. The recent
pressures on him are probably because he had given interviews to the media and because
of his efforts to free his wife.
Nasrin Sutodeh, his wife who is a lawyer and human rights activist, is still in a solitary cell
in Evin Prison despite several hunger strikes in protest to the illegal charges made against
her and despite international pressure.
She was arrested on September 4, 2010 and was sentenced to 11 years of prison and a 20
year ban on leaving the country and practicing law. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 16, 2011)
Social arrests
January
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January 2011
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Prison
Prison Condition
January
Death row Kurd political prisoner is in danger of execution
A few hours ago, intelligence agents of the Orumieh Intelligence Agency transferred death row
political prisoner Hossein Khezri to an unknown location from the Central Orumieh Prison.
In mid-November, the Human Rights Activists in Iran announced that the 19th branch of the
Sentence Implementation Unit of the Orumieh Court sent his case to the Orumieh Prosecutor and
if the prosecutor upholds the sentence, his death sentence will soon be carried out…
Khezri wrote in a letter from prison that he was severely tortured and forced to make false
confessions while detained for 49 days in a solitary cell run by the Revolutionary Guards Forces in a
secret detention center not monitored by the Prison Organization. (Human Rights Activsits in Iran
– Jam. 2, 2011)
Prisoner attempts suicide in Karaj prison because of intolerable prison conditions
According to reports, on Wednesday January 5, at about midnight, a young prisoner identified as Esa Shojayi, 26, attempted
suicide to escape the torture and intolerable conditions in the solitary cells in cellblock 1 in Gohardasht Prison known as
the „doghouse‟.
The young man who hanged himself was saved by political prisoners in the last moments before his death. Political prisoners
cried out for help and transferred him to the prison infirmary. There is still no news on the condition of this prisoner.
Prisoners in this prison are constantly attempting suicide, which has resulted to several deaths, to escape the torture and
brutality. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Jan. 6, 2011)
Prison manager instigated fight leaves dozens severely injured; prison officials refuse to give them medical treatment
According to reports, a bloody clash in cellblock 5 in Gohardasht (Rajayi Shahr) Prison in Karaj resulted in 20 injuries.
Eight of the 20 people are in critical condition.
On Friday, January 7 at about 9 am, a number of the members of the cellblock 5 prison gang, instigated by Gerami, the
internal manager of this prison, Torabi, the Prison Investigation head and Faraji, the deputy of the Prison‟s Intelligence
Unit, attacked prisoners in hall 13 in cellblock 5. The gang members used knives and other dangerous tools to beat and stab
prisoners. Twenty people were injured in this attack and eight of these people have deep and dangerous wounds. Forty eight
hours after this bloody clash, none of the injured prisoners have been taken for treatment to the infirmary and are still
bleeding. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Jan. 10, 2011)
Prisoner commits suicide to escape horrible prison conditions
http://hrdai.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319:1389-10-21-11-31-34&catid=1:2010-07-21-10-18-
57&Itemid=4
According to reports, Amir-Hossein Sutodeh, who was the boyfriend of executed prisoner Delara Darabi who was hanged in
2008 (despite being a minor) in Rasht Prison, committed suicide in this prison to escape inhumane prison conditions.
This prisoner who committed suicide on December 25, died for not receiving timely medical care. He was kept under
inhumane conditions in this prison.
Sutodeh was arrested in January 2003 along with Darabi on charges of complicity in murder and robbery and was sentenced
to 10 years of prison. He had served 7 of his 10 years of prison.
According to other reports, another prisoner identified as 71 year old Bahram Shishe Geran who was a bank employee and
was arrested for not being able to pay back a loan passed away in this in Rasht Prison due to lack of medical attention.
(Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Jan. 11, 2011)
Prison guards seize property of prisoners in Karaj prison
Prison officials in the Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj seized the property of almost all prisoners in cellblock 2.
According to reports, yesterday, after a number of prisoners were taken to court or were summoned to the Prison Protection
Unit, prison officials secretly seized their property including their refrigerators, televisions and other belongings which the
prisoners had bought by working day and night in prison.
Prison officials did not give the prisoners clear answers about why their property was confiscated and insulted them,
threatening that they would be thrown in solitary. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 12, 2011)
Intelligence agents raid political prisoners’ cellblock in Orumieh Prison
Top intelligence agents in Western Azarbaijan went to Orumieh Prison and beat all political prisoners in cellblock 12.
January 2011
According to reports, at 2 pm today, the head of Orumieh Prison, the head of the Prison Protection Unit, the Internal
Manager of the prison and 30 intelligence agents including the assistant head of the Western Azarbaijan Intelligence Agency
attacked cellblock 12 in this prison, stripped some prisoners, took them to the prison yard and beat them.
In this organized raid, the political prisoners who were mostly in critical condition after going on hunger strike were severely
injured. All the personal belongings of the prisoners were destroyed and their diaries and notes were seized.
Notably, after the execution of Kurd political prisoner Hossein Khezri in Orumieh Prison and after political prisoners
announced their hunger strike, prisoners were banned from receiving visits and making telephone calls to their families.
Non political prisoners were also banned from communicating with political prisoners. (Human Rights Activists in Iran –
Jan. 24, 2011)
Jailed student not released despite end of prison term
Despite the fact that the three year prison term of student
prisoner Houd Yazerlu has ended, officials refuse to release
him. This is while he has not been allowed to use his right to
a leave from prison during his detention. Despite his family‟s
measures to determine this issue, they have not received any
answers from Evin Prosecutor‟s Office where Houd‟s case is
located.
Notably, Nazila Dashti and Hamed Yazerlu, Houd‟s mother
and brother are still both detained in Evin Prison and Houd
is in cellblock 3 in Gohardasht (Rajayi Shahr) Prison in
Karaj. According to reports, he was transferred two days ago
to cellblock 4 which is in the basement of this prison along
with other political prisoners. (Center to Defend Families of
those Slain and Detained in Iran – Jan. 25, 2011)
Political prisoners in Gohardasht Prison under increased
pressure
From right to left: Hamed, Nazila and Houd Political prisoners in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj were
suddenly all transferred to Hall 12, Cellblock 4 in this prison
without any previous warning. Sixty political prisoners are currently detained in this hall. Before this, minors and young
prisoners were kept in this section. This hall is a closed off area and does not have any communications with other halls. It
has a corridor with cells on both sides and both doors of the corridors are locked. Most of the cells lack light bulbs and
prisoners are left in the dark. The restrooms and bathrooms are out of order and very unhygienic. The smell of the sewage is
also intolerable. There is no warm water in the bathroom and prisoners are forced to bathe with cold water. The sanitary
conditions in the hall are deplorable. There are no warming appliances in the hall and prisoners are kept in very cold
temperatures. Political prisoners are also banned from making phone calls to
their families and have not had any visits with their families since their
transfer…
They have also been banned from going to the infirmary to get medicine since
their transfer. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Jan. 26, 2011)
Jailed blogger in need of surgery denied medical attention
Jailed blogger and human rights activist Hossein Ronaqi Maleki, was
transferred to the Evin Prison Infirmary because of his critical condition.
According to reports, the heads of the infirmary believe that he has to be taken
to an equipped hospital outside of the prison for treatment.
This is while the Intelligence Agency has prevented him from going on a
medical leave on bail despite the approval of the Revolutionary Court.
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Hossein Ronaqi is unable to tolerate prison conditions because of a kidney infection and has to be taken to a hospital
outside of prison as soon as possible for a kidney surgery.
Prison officials intended to take him to the hospital this morning because of his critical condition with shackles and
handcuffs but Ronaqi and his family refused this measure. Ronaqi refused to go to the hospital because he is banned from
using his right to a medical leave and because he does not trust the doctors who work for the Intelligence Agency as they
have violated his rights in the past.
Maleki who is the head of the Iran Proxy Committee was arrested on December 13, 2009 by the Revolutionary Guards
Forces in Malekan and was transferred to cellblock 2A which is run by the RGC in Evin Prison.
After one year of solitary where he was mentally and physically tortured to make televised confessions, he was finally
sentenced to 15 years of prison on December 19, 2010 b Judge Pir Abbassi, the head of the 26th branch of the Revolutionary
Court.
He was charged with being a member of the Iran Proxy network, and insulting the leader and president. His sentence was
confirmed by the 54th branch of the court of review in Tehran. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 26, 2011)
Prison sentence
January
Political prisoners sentenced to heavy prison terms on charges of links to dissident organizations
http://www.rahana.org/archives/33349
Four political prisoners in the Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad identified as Ali Ebadi, Mehdi Jalili, Ahmad Mirzayi and
Mohammad Mirzayi who were sentenced to heavy prison terms have been detained for more than one year in prison.
Ali Ebadi, Mehdi Jalili, Ahmad Mirzayi and Mohammad Mirzayi have been detained for more than one year in Vakil Abad
Prison in Mashhad and have been sentenced to heavy prison terms.
Hojatel Islam Ali Ebadi who was also detained in the 70‟s and 80‟s was arrested on April 9, 2009 and has spent 300 days in
a solitary cell in the Mashhad Intelligence Agency under physical and mental pressure.
This 61 year old political prisoner was transferred to the Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad and was sentenced to 6 years of
prison and forced residence in Khalkhal for 10 years in November 2010. His son, daughter and son in law were also arrested
with him and were sentenced to a total of 15 years of prison. He has sustained mental and physical injuries as a result of the
torture.
Mehdi Jalili, 28, was arrested on July 11, 2009. He was sentenced to 16 years of prison in November and is currently in
Vakil Abad Prison. He was detained in the Mashhad Intelligence Agency for close to a year.
Ahmad Mirzayi was arrested on February 2009 and was sentenced to 16 years of prion and 10 years of forced residence in
another town.
Mohammad Mirzayi was also arrested in February 2009 and was sentenced to 5 years of prison and 5 years of forced
residence in another town. He is also detained in the Vakil Abad Prison.
These four men have been charged with having links to dissident organizations. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters –
Jan. 1, 2011)
Iran sentence labor activist to 20 years of prison
The Free Iran Labor Union announced on Sunday that Behnam Ibrahim Zadeh, a labor and children‟s
rights activist, was sentenced to 20 years of prison by the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court on
security charges.
According to his sentence, he has to serve 10 years of his sentence in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in
Karaj and the other 10 years in Evin Prison.
Ibrahim Zadeh was arrested on June 12, 2010 by security forces in Tehran. (Radio Farda – Jan. 2, 2011)
Jailed student sentenced to seven years of prison
A person close to political prisoner Ehsan Abdi Tabrizi said that he was sentenced to seven years of
prison. He was sentenced to two years of prison for insulting the leader, three years for assembling and conspiring and
another two years of prison for links to foreign elements. Abdeh who was studying in Britain was arrested upon his arrival in
Iran in the International Khomeini Airport and was transferred to Evin Prison. He was detained in a state of limbo in Evin
Prison and Intelligence Agency interrogators have refused to release him.
Tabrizi was studying to get his doctor‟s degree at the Durham University in Britain... Ehsan Abdi is in cellblock 350 in Evin
Prison with other political prisoners. (Jaras Website – Jan. 2, 2011)
Iran sentences political prisoner to more than 30 years of prison
January 2011
Political prisoner Reza Sharifi Bukani was sentenced to 30 years and six months of prison.
According to reports, his sentence was announced to him through a letter this afternoon as 30 years and six months of
prison even while the heads of Rajayi Shahr Prison in Karaj had told him before that he was sentenced to „three years and
six months‟ of prison.
Bukani has been charged with „membership in a Kurdish dissident party‟ and „espionage‟.
His sentence was issued by the first branch of the Shahriar Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Mir Ghafari. He was tried
in the Shahriar Revolutionary Court without his lawyer and the representative of the prosecutor.
Bukani was arrested on May 2010 in Tehran in an internet cafe and was transferred to cellblock 209 in Evin Prison. He is
currently in cellblock 2 in Rajayi Shahr Prison in Karaj. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 7, 2011)
Iran sentences jailed dissident teacher to 6 years of prison
Rasoul Bodaghi, a member of the Iran Teacher Center was sentenced to six years of prison on Monday in the Tehran
Revolutionary Court. His lawyer Massoud Shafiei announced that his client was charged with assembling and conspiring
with the intent of committing a crime against national security and propagating against the government.
Bodaghi was arrested after the presidential elections in 2009 and had been sentenced to six years of prison by a court of
review before this. (Radio Farda – Jan. 10, 2011)
Student prisoner sentenced to five years of prison
The Lorestan Court of Review increased the three years and two months prison term for jailed student Mohammad
Darvishi to five years and six months of prison.
According to reports, this student who studied nursing at the Free Shahre Kord University was initially arrested in July 2010
for issuing a statement on behalf of Free Shahre Kord University students in condemnation of the execution of political
prisoner Farzad Kamangar and four other political prisoners. He was released on bail after one months and a half but was
then arrested after a few days and transferred to Khoram Abad Prison.
“My client was charged with cooperating with anti-revolutionaries and propagating against the government by sending
reports about the universities to foreign media and was tried in absentia and sentenced to three years and two months of
prison on December 14, 2010”, His lawyer, Behzad Momeni Moqadam said.
“Only a few days after the court order was issued, before the court of review announced its verdict, he was arrested again and
transferred to the Khoram Abad Central Prison. Unfortunately while my client was in prison, the court of review issued its
verdict and the court did not lower the sentence and actually increased the three years and two months of prison to five
years and six months of prison”, he added.
According to his lawyer, there is no news on his condition in prison because he has been banned from visitation rights with
his family and despite his lawyer‟s and family‟s appeals to relevant officials, they have prevented him from seeing his lawyer.
(Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 11, 2011)
Iran sentences post-election protester to six years of prison
Behzad Arab Gol who was arrested in protests after the disputed presidential elections was sentenced to six years of prison
by the 15th branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Abolqasem Salavati.
According to reports, Arab Gol who was wounded in the (Iran-Iraq) war was sentenced to five years of prison for assembling
and conspiring with the intention of committing crimes against the national security of the country and one year of prison
for participating in illegal gatherings on June 15, 2009 and Quds Day.
Arab Gol was only 17 years old when he was wounded in the war. He now has two children and was construction worker
before his arrest. After Ashura (protests), security forces raided his home at night under the excuse that someone in the
Ashura protests looked like him. He was out of town and security forces were unable to arrest him.
Security forces raided his home a number of times and put pressure on his family until he was forced to turn himself in to
the Intelligence agency in March 2010. He was under severe pressure in a solitary cell for two months. Interrogators insisted
that he accept the charge of attacking and beating security forces. Despite all the pressure, he did not accept any of the
charges. (Student Committee in Defense of Political Prisoner – Jan. 18, 2011)
Iran sentences state journalist to four years of prison for practicing free speech
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Siamak Qaderi, a journalist and former reporter for the IRNA state-run News Agency who has
been detained since July 27, 2010, was sentenced to four years of prison.
Siamak Qaderi who had 18 years of experience in this news agency working as the editor, journalist
and reporter, was arrested in July with the pressures of the head of this news agency after security
forces stormed his home. He was immediately taken to a solitary cell.
According to reports, he was sentenced to this prison term on charges of propagating against the
government, instigating public opinion and publishing lies which was issued because of his
impartial reports on the post-election protests in his weblog. (Committee in Defense of Political
Prisoners – Jan. 24, 2011)
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Basic freedom and rights
abused
Right to education
Right to employment
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Basic freedom and rights abused
January
Paralyzed political prisoner taken to court on fabricated charges
According to reports, political prisoner Homayoun Abedi Bakhoda was trialed again
for the fabricated charge of not turning himself in to the prison on time after he was
given a medical leave.
On Wednesday January 12, this paralyzed political prisoner was taken to the 4th branch
of the Revolutionary Court from Rasht Prison. His hands were tied to his wheelchair
and he was taken to the second floor of the court via the stairs…
He was trialed for not turning himself in on time to the prison and a new case was
filed against him. This is while he received a medical leave with the consent of the
prison medic, legal doctor and the court and was hospitalized with the expenses of his
family. His treatment was stopped and he was returned to prison despite the doctors‟ insistence and recommendations that
his treatment had to continue.
Doctors have also stressed that his urinary sack has to be changed every 4 hours but after 15 days, the sack has still not been
changed and this can have dangerous consequences for this political prisoner
This 50 year old political prisoner is suffering from spastic paralysis and a neurogenic bladder. He was in a critical condition
because of his paralysis and several other problems and was kept in inhumane conditions in the infirmary along with newly
arrested drug addicts. In addition, the appalling sanitary, and food conditions and lack of medical treatment made his
condition more critical.
Abedi was sentenced to two years of prison in a separate case in the second branch of the Revolutionary Court. He was also
under severe torture in the 80‟s in Evin and Qezelhesar prisons on charges of supporting the People‟s Mojahedin
Organization of Iran (PMOI). He was shot in the back upon his arrest in the 80‟s and became paralyzed.
His brother Hormoz Abed Bakhoda was executed in the 80‟s for supporting the PMOI. (Human Rights and Democracy
Evin Prison officials monitor families of political prisoners before visits with their loved ones
Evin Prison officials have increased the numbers of security cameras in the Evin Prison visiting halls to monitor and control
the families of political prisoners who come to visit their family members.
The small visiting hall where families of political prisoner wait a few hours to meet their loved ones has been equipped with
security cameras to control their behavior and their communications with other families.
This is while before this, prison officials had installed a large number of security cameras in cellblock 350 (where political
prisoners are kept) to control political prisoners at all times.
These cameras have been installed in all the rooms, hallways and halls of this cellblock and prison officials monitor
prisoners who gather in groups in the hall or even in their rooms. A number of prisoners have been thrown in solitary over
this issue. (Kalameh Website – Jan. 20, 2011)
No news on condition of political prisoner one month after arrest
More than one month after the arrest of Vahid Talayi, who is a member of the Legal Pursuit Committee in Mir Hossein
Moussavi‟s Staff, there is still no news on his condition and his family has no information about him.
Vahid Talayi was arrested in his home and was detained for about two weeks in May 2010, and was arrested in his home
again this time and was transferred to Evin Prison. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 20, 2011)
Executed political prisoner’s wife: They didn’t inform me or his lawyer
In a telephone interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Jafar Kazemi‟s wife said that when she
went to visit her husband at Evin Prison a few hours ago, she was informed that he had been executed earlier this morning.
“They executed him without informing us or his lawyer. They took my husband last week and asked him to give a
[television] interview. The interrogator told him „whether or not you give an interview, you will be executed in less than a
week.‟ My husband did not agree to give the interview. They took him from there to the Sentence Implementation Unit,
where they put a noose around his neck, but then they changed their mind and returned him [to his cell]. This is supposed
to have been a miracle,” Roudabeh Akbari told the Campaign.
“This morning we went to visit with him. We filled out a [visitation request] card, too. But they came back and told us that
they had hanged him. They said „If we want to give you his body, we will call you. Go and take it easy. It‟s all finished now.‟
Of course, that‟s if they want to give his corpse to us. Because in the case of Mr. Saremi, they took the body and buried it. It
is very likely that they may want to do the same thing with my husband,” said Jafar Kazemi‟s wife.
January 2011
“Please, I only ask you to tell the world what kinds of criminals and felons they are. Let the world know. How long does the
world want to wait? How long do you want to issue statements and put up with them? Can you hear me?” said Roudabeh
Akbari.
“They hanged him at 4:00 a.m., because they perform [the executions] early in the morning. They had no evidence, only a
few photographs or videos taken and sent during the post-election gatherings. Is the punishment for this the death penalty?
According to their own Constitution…punishment for someone who propagates against the regime is one to six years in
prison. Look at the sentences they have been handing out. But God is great and he is up there, and he will seek my and my
children‟s revenge,” said the political prisoner‟s wife.
“I went to the Prosecutor‟s Office last Saturday to ask for an appointment. They said the Prosecutor has told them: „Don‟t
let this woman in here. We want nothing to do with her and we will not accept any letters from her.‟ And now they want to
threaten me again, saying „why do you interview?‟ When they would not hear me at all, shouldn‟t I have said what was
happening to us?” she said about her recent efforts to pursue her husband‟s case. (International Campaign for Human
Rights in Iran – Jan. 24, 2011)
Officials refuse to hand over bodies of executed political prisoners to families
After the judicial- security apparatus executed two political prisoners
identified as Jafar Kazemi and Mohammad-Ali Haj Aqayi, officials
refuse to hand over their bodies to their families (for burial).
According to reports, Jafar Kazemi‟s family went to Evin Prison and
relevant bodies but officials refused to hand over his body.
Jafar Kazemi and Mohammad-Ali Haj Aqayi were hanged on Monday
January 24, 2011 in Evin Prison without the knowledge of their
families or lawyers.
These prisoners were reportedly under severe pressures by
intelligence agents to make televised confessions. (Human Rights
Iran buries bodies of executed political prisoners in remote location without informing family
According to reports from Iran, the body of executed political prisoner Jafar Kazemi was buried yesterday in the Gilanvand
region in Damavand without the knowledge or presence of his family. Security forces informed his family only after he was
buried.
Hossein Haj Aqayi, the son of executed political prisoner Mohammad-Ali Haj Aqayi was informed that his father‟s body was
in an ambulance going to his birthplace Isfahan for burial and that after he was buried, they would inform his son of the
location of the grave. (Center to Defend Families of those Slain and Detained in Iran – Jan. 27, 2011)
Right to education
January
Four students banned from continuing education in Bandar Abbas University
A short time after two students and members of the Bandar Abbas University‟s Islamic Association (Assadi and Fazel Pour)
were sentenced to suspension from university, other students have also become the victim of the harsh judgment of this
university‟s Disciplinary Committee.
Sajad Abbasi (who is a student activist critical of the university management) was sentenced to one year of suspension for
insulting the clergy and the head of the Khoramshahr Friday Prayers.
Another student identified as Fazel Pour was suspended for the same reason before this. (Human Rights Activists in Iran –
Jan. 3, 2011)
Journalist and student banned from education for 11 semesters
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Soleiman Mohammadi, a journalist and the former head of Student Affairs Council in the School of
Social Sciences and Communications of Alameh Tabatabayi University was suspended for another 4
semesters from university.
This Kurd student activist has been banned from education and from entering the university since
2007 while only six units are left for him to get his master‟s degree.
According to the new sentence issued for him by the Ministry of Science (Higher Education), this
student has been sentenced to 11 consecutive semesters of suspension and has been banned from
entering the university. This kind of sentence is unprecedented in Iran. (Kalameh Website – Jan. 17,
2011)
Right to employment
January
Two labor activists denied right to work after release from prison
According to reports, the Protection Department of the Tehran and Suburbs bus company have prevented two labor
unionists from going back to work after their release from prison.
Morteza Kamsari and Ali-Akbar Nazari were banned from working after their release. The Protection Department has said
that they can only go back to work if the Revolutionary Court clears them of all charges.
Officials have suspended these drivers to put economical pressure on them and their families.
Morteza Kamsari was arrested on November 23 while Akbar Nazari was arrested on November 30. They were both released
on a high bail after being detained for a couple of weeks under hard conditions. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in
Iran – Jan. 4, 2010)
Iran Khodro Company negligence leaves 8 dead and 13 injured
According to reports, there have been clashes between the laborers of the Iran Khodro Company and the Protection
Department in this company from 12 am to 5 am this morning.
This incident took place after one of the workers who worked the night shift in the transportation unit in the factory was
forced to work despite being ill. At about 11:30 pm last night, he crashed into workers who had gathered to punch their
cards after working several rounds while ill. This led to the death of 8 workers and 13 others were injured. (Coordination
Committee to Create Labor Unions – Jan. 26, 2011)
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Suppression of religious and
ethnic minorities
January 2011
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Suppression of religious and ethnic minorities
January
Baha’i man sentenced to four years of prison
http://www.rahesabz.net/story/30246
Foad Khanjani who was expelled from university (for following the Baha‟i faith) was sentenced to four
years of prison in the 28th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Moqiseh.
According to reports, Khanjani was arrested on April 27, 2010 after being summoned to the
Intelligence Agency. He was also summoned to the Intelligence Agency on March 2, 2010. (Jaras
Website – Jan. 13, 2011)
Tehran Prosecutor threatens new wave of attack against Iranian evangelical Christians
Tehran Governor Morteza Tamadon, compared evangelical Christians to the Taliban and Wahhabis
and called their faith „a deviated and corrupt movement‟ in Christianity saying that their leaders would be arrested and
firmly dealt with.
According to the IRNA state-run news agency, Morteza Tamadon said on Tuesday that „various types of false, deviated and
corrupt cults have sharpened their teeth in the field of our beliefs‟ and are active in some regions.
“One of these movements is a corrupt and deviated one that promotes its ideas under the cover of evangelical activities via
cultural circles in Britain”.
The Tehran Governor also stressed that evangelical activities were related to the “British military and cultural attack” against
Iran and said, “The heads of this movement in Tehran have been trapped and a larger number will be arrested in the near
future”. (IRNA state-run news agency, Radio Farda – Jan. 4, 2011)
Iran arrests more than 60 Christians
http://www.hra-news5.info/component/content/article/55-1389-01-14-13-18-46/6081-1.html
Unofficial sources have said that more than 60 Christians have been summoned by the Intelligence Agency or arrested in
their homes by plainclothes agents thus far. The detainees were mostly arrested in Tehran and a number of other Iranian
cities and were mostly temporarily released after interrogations and forced pledges.
The large Christian community in Iran has been under great pressure by security forces on the days leading to Christmas
and the New Year. Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran warned against the growth and spread of home
churches for the first time in a speech in Qom on October 19, 2010. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 4. 2011)
Iran arrests Christian Pastor on New Years
Agents of the Intelligence Agency summoned Leonard Keshishian, the pastor of the Church
of the Robani Order in Isfahan to the Intelligence Agency in this town on Friday January 1
and arrested him.
This Christian pastor was summoned to the Intelligence Agency a few hours before the New
Years celebration and was arrested after going to the Intelligence Agency. There is no news on
his current whereabouts.
His church has had no activities other than its usual weekly services and prayers.
In the past year, the Churches of the Robani Order in Shahin Shahr and Orumieh were
forced to close down and the Central Church of the Robani Order has faced limitations in
holding its services in Farsi. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 5, 2011)
Iran continues crack down on Christians
According to the security police, an evangelical Christian gang made up of two protestant Christians and a number of
Muslims was destroyed in Arak.
The Aria News Agency which is close to the Iranian government said that with the efforts of intelligence elements in the
Public Security Police, an Evangelical Christian gang was destroyed.
After this report was published by state-run media, we were informed that two Christian converts identified as Mojtaba, 36
and a woman named Shahin were arrested by security forces. There are no reports on their condition. According to reports,
Shahin is 50 years old, married and suffers from diabetes. (Mohabat News – Jan. 10, 2011)
Iran expels and threatens Baha’i student from university
Bahman Mokhtari, a student who has been studying agricultural engineering at the Birjand University for 9 semesters was
expelled from this university for being a Baha‟i.
The Birjand University Protection Department has in the last few semesters put pressure on him to renounce Baha‟ism.
January 2011
These pressures continued until a week ago because he refused to renounce his faith until it was announced to him that he
was expelled and that he had to hand in all of his university cards.
After his expulsion, Birjand University heads threatened that if he informed the media about his expulsion, he would be
arrested.
In the past weeks, we have witnessed a wave of expulsions of Baha‟i students from universities in Iran. (Committee of
Human Rights Reporters – Jan. 12, 2011)
Female Baha’i student expelled from university
A student in the Bahonar University in Kerman was expelled because of her religion and was denied the right to education.
According to reports, Bahar Iqani, who had been accepted in this university this year and was studying physics, was expelled
last Sunday for being a Baha‟i.
The heads of this university openly announced that she was expelled for adhering to Baha‟ism. (Human Rights Activists in
Iran – Jan. 12, 2011)
Iran rounds up Christians in crackdown
Iran has arrested about 70 Christians since Christmas in a crackdown that demonstrates the limits of religious tolerance by
Islamic leaders who often boast they provide room for other faiths.
The latest raids have targeted grass-roots Christian groups Iran describes as "hard-liners" who pose a threat to the Islamic
state. Authorities increasingly view them with suspicions that range from trying to convert Muslims to being possible
footholds for foreign influence.
Christian activists claim their Iranian brethren are being persecuted simply for worshipping outside officially sanctioned
mainstream churches.
Caught in the middle is the small community of Iranian Christians who get together for prayer and Bible readings in private
residences and out of sight of authorities. They are part of a wider "house church" movement that has taken root in other
places with tight controls on Christian activities such as China and Indonesia.
Iran's constitution gives protected status to Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians, but many religious minorities sense growing
pressures from the Islamic state as hard-edged forces such as the powerful Revolutionary Guard exert more influence. There
are few social barriers separating Muslims and Iran's religious minorities such as separate neighborhoods or universities. But
they are effectively blocked from high government and military posts…
In past years, authorities have staged arrests on Christians and other religious minorities, but the latest sweeps appears to be
among the biggest and most coordinated…
Groups monitoring Christian affairs in the Islamic world say Iranian authorities see the unregulated Christian gatherings as
both a potential breeding ground for political opposition and suspect they may try to convert Muslim in violation of Iran's
strict apostasy laws - which are common throughout the Muslim world and have at times fed extremist violence against
Christians and others.
Tehran Governor Morteza Tamadon described the Christians as "hard-line" missionaries who have "inserted themselves into
Islam like a parasite," according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency. He also suggested that the Christians could
have links to Britain - an accusation within Iran that refers to political opposition groups Tehran claims are backed by the
West…
The wave of arrests began Christmas morning and since then, opposition websites have reported 70 Christians arrested,
including those regarded as pastors in the house church movement. Many were later released, but the reports say more than
a dozen remain in detention and officials have hinted more raids are possible.
It's still unclear what charges could be brought against the jailed Christians. But allegations of trying to convert Muslims
could bring a death sentence…
In recent months, some members of Iran's Armenian community also have been detained on unspecified allegations of
working to undermine the state, the Iranian Christian News Agency reported. Iranian officials have not given details of the
reported detentions.
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On Friday, a U.S. watchdog group on religious tolerance expressed concern over the recent arrests.
"What's most troubling about this wave of detentions is the fact that Iran is continuing its recent trend of targeting
evangelical Christians, which they've been doing for years, and also leaders from the recognized and protected Armenian
Christian community," said Leonard Leo, chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an
independent government advisory panel.
Iranian authorities have come down hard on religious groups seen as threats to Islam, including the Baha'is whose faith was
founded in the 19th century by a Persian nobleman considered a prophet by his followers. Baha'is are not recognized as
official religious minority in Iran's Constitution.
There are no accurate figures on the number of Christians in the "house church" movement or followers outside established
denominations. But the manager of the Iranian Christian News Agency, Saman Kamvar, said authorities likely perceive
some kind of challenge to the religious status quo and are "feeling insecure."
Kamvar attributes the stepped up raids against Christians to comments last month by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei denouncing the growth of private house churches.
"This, in my opinion, was a green light to the other authorities to crack down on them," Kamvar said from Canada, where
he now lives. (AP – Jan. 12, 2011)
Iran arrests elderly Christian couple
According to reports from Mashhad in the Khorasan Province, a Christian couple was
arrested in their home.
Sources have identified them as Mr. Hassan Razavi Derakhshi, 65, who is an
accountant and his wife Paria, 61 years old who is a retired teacher.
Since their arrest on December 27, 2009, Mr. Razavi was only allowed two short phone
calls to tell his family that he was in good health.
Informed sources have said that this couple was arrested because their home was used
for praying and worshipping sessions and it has been reported that this converted
Christian couple held a ceremony in their home on December 22 to celebrate the
birth of Christ.
According to reports, Mrs. Razavi has had an operation on her spinal cord because of an accident and has to be under
special care and has recently had a gum surgery which has been left incomplete.
In light of the age of the detainees, their health and the fact that they are kept in a state of limbo in prison, their family and
relatives are extremely concerned about them. (Mohabat News – Jan. 13, 2011)
Iran arrests 4 Christians in Isfahan
Four Christians identified as Basiroddin Amini, Houman, Rafi and his wife Mrs. Yasi were arrested in separate organized
measures on Thursday December 29 in Isfahan.
According to reports, in a pre-planned measure, security agents raided their homes and arrested them.
Security agents also conducted searches in their homes and seized some of their personal belongings including their
computers, books, CD‟s and Christian publications.
These four Christian converts were most likely transferred to Tehran and are in cellblock 209 in Evin Prison along with
other Christians who were arrested in other towns. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 17, 2011)
Iran continues persecution of Iranian Christian community
According to reports, Ibrahim Firouzi, a converted Christian living in Robat Karim was arrested by security forces. With the
persistence of the widespread suppression of Christian converts, especially in Tehran, on Saturday January 8, 2011, four
plainclothes agents entered the home of Ibrahim Firouzi in the Keikavar Township in Robat Karim (located 20 kilometers
southwest of Tehran), and conducted a complete search of his home after arresting him. These security forces seized some of
his personal belonging including his bible and cellphone and took him to an unknown location.
According to this report, Firouzi, 26, was taken for initial interrogations after his arrest and was temporarily released on that
day after giving a pledge.
He was summoned on January 9 by the Intelligence Agency and was released after answering a few questions. Firouzi was
arrested on January 11 in his father‟s home when a number of plainclothes agents unexpectedly entered the home and was
taken away without any explanations. There is no information on his whereabouts.
Despite his family‟s constant appeals to judicial and security officials, no explanations regarding his arrest has been given to
them. Unofficial sources have said that the court has asked his family to post a 40 million toman (about 40,000 dollar) bail
for their son‟s temporary release. (Mohabat News Website, Iran Press News website – Jan. 18, 2011)
Iran bans another Baha’i student from education
January 2011
Shahrouz Shahid Zadeh, a Baha‟i student in Yazd who was a third year university student in the School of Natural
Resources Engineering in Yazd University was expelled from this university.
According to reports, Mr. Shahidzadeh, who had finished his fifth semester, was expelled. (Student Committee in Defense
of Political Prisoners – Jan. 24, 2011)
Iran arrests another Christian man in Karaj
Behnam Irani, a Christian man was summoned today by the Karaj court because of a personal
complaint against him. He was arrested and taken to an unknown location after he left the
court.
This is while no one showed up in the court as a complainant.
Last week, a court in Karaj, sentenced him to one year of prison on charges of „preaching and
propagating Christianity‟.
Irani was also arrested in 2006 when he was detained for 10 days in a solitary cell and on April
14, 2010 when he was detained for 76 days in a solitary cell in Rajayi Shahr Prison in Karaj. He
was sentenced to 5 years of prison for this case on charges of „propagating against the
government and preaching Christianity‟ by a revolutionary court branch. (Committee for
Human Rights Reporters – Jan. 25, 2011)
Baha’i prisoner in critical condition denied medical treatment
The health of Baha‟i prison Siamak Iqayi is in a dangerous state.
According to reports, he has been in Semnan Prison since November 6, 2011 to serve his 3 year prison term and has
suffered four respiratory attacks during this time to the point that he was given oxygen and a pill to return to a somewhat
normal state.
According to a specialist lung doctor, he is very sensitive to cigarette smoke. Despite this, he is kept in cellblock with more
than 20 smokers and the door of the cellblock is sometimes kept shut the whole day.
Despite the fact that two doctors have stressed that Mr. Iqayi has to be hospitalized immediately for treatment, officials have
done nothing to try to improve his condition.
Notably, there is a cellblock in Semnan Prison which imposes limitations for smokers. Despite Iqani‟s request to be
transferred there, the head of the cellblock who introduces himself as a psychiatrist has said that he has to change his
religion to be transferred. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 27, 2011)
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Suppressive maneuvers
January 2011
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Violence against women
January 2011
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Violence against women
January
Female political activist sentenced to 10 years of prison
Political activist Qadrieh Qaderi who has been detained by the Intelligence Agency since summer was sentenced to 10 years
of prison.
According to reports, this Kurd female political activist was arrested by the Orumieh Intelligence Agency in July 2010 and
after three months of solitary, was sentenced to 10 years of prison by the first branch of the Orumieh Revolutionary Court.
Her lawyer has announced that her case has been sent to a court of review. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 2, 2011)
Student Activist Faces New Charges in Prison
Student activist Mahdieh Golroo‟s husband told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Golroo,
arrested in December 2009 and currently at Evin Prison, has been informed of new charges against her. “I do not know how
someone who is in prison could disturb public order! It‟s amazing! Nowhere in the world would someone, whose court
ruling has been issued and is serving her sentence, be informed of new charges. What could she have done to disturb public
order from inside the prison?,” said Vahid Lalipour, the Student activist‟s husband.
Mahdieh Golroo, who is a member of the Right to Education Council, has been under visitation ban for the last two weeks.
She is now with the rest of female political prisoners inside Evin Prison‟s Methadone Ward. Yesterday she was charged with
“disturbing public order” at Branch 4 of Evin Prison Court. “I do not know, I try not to think about the reasons any more,”
said Vahid Lalipour when asked about the reasons for the new charges.
„Today I contacted everyone I could to see Mahdieh, or to at least find out how long her visitation ban would continue, but
no one was accountable. I went to the Prosecutor‟s Office, the Evin Prison Court, and to the prison, but they all said „we
don‟t know about this, just like you.‟ It is now two weeks that I don‟t have any news about Mahdieh. No contact, and no
visit,” Mahdieh Golroo‟s husband said about her visitation ban.
„We‟ve only heard from families of Mahdieh‟s prison-mates that she is alright and has ended her hunger strike. Mahdieh‟s
prison-mates talk to their families about her and other banned-from-visitation prisoners , and those families contact us and
gives us the news. We only know that Mahdieh is alright,” Vahid Lalipour said.
Mahdieh Golroo was arrested on 2 December 2009, along with her husband, at their place of residence. Her husband, who
has never had any political or civic activities and apparently was arrested to put Golroo under pressure for confessions, was
released on bail after three months. Mahdieh Golroo, however, was charged with “interviews with foreign media,” “acting
against national security,” and “contact with Mojahedin-e Khalgh Organization (MEK).” She was sentenced to two years and
four months in prison.
It is said that the new charge against Mahdieh Golroo is related to letters attributed to her on the occasion of Student Day
(7 December). The letters were published in the media, and were well-received in student circles inside and outside the
country. Bahareh Hedayat and Majid Tavakoli are two other imprisoned students who have received similar charges due to
writing a joint letter from prison on the occasion of Student Day. (International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – Dec.
29, 2010)
Female prisoners denied treatment for influenza
Despite the fast spread of influenza A in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj, prison officials refuse to give prisoner
serious treatment.
Three weeks after the spread of Influenza A, prison officials have only vaccinated prisoners but have distributed more than
50 ill prisoners to various sections of the female cellblock in this prison and there is danger that prisoners will once again
contract this influenza.
Prisoners do not allow ill female prisoners to come inside the cells and they are forced to sleep in the filthy hallways without
having anyone to look after them.
The signs of this influenza was also seen in Mrs. Mahvash Sabet, a prisoner of conscience who is one of the heads of the
Baha‟i minority faith and is detained in the female cellblock in this prison. (Human Rights Activists in Iran - Jan. 4, 2011)
Female death row political prisoner under pressure to make false confessions
January 2011
According to reports, Iranian–Dutch political prisoner Zahra

Bahrami, is under severe pressure by Intelligence Agency
interrogators and the assistant Tehran Prosecutor Reshteh
Ahmadi to confess to drug related charges in court.
This political prisoner was arrested in the Ashura (December 27,
2009) protests and is interrogated almost on a daily basis. She is
mentally tortured by interrogators who had in the past forced her
under physical and mental torture to make false confessions
about carrying narcotics. Interrogators have demanded that she
confess in court headed by Judge Salavati that she was carrying
and selling narcotics and have threatened that if she refuses, her
death sentence will be carried out. These interrogations which
started from some time ago are still in progress.
This 46 year old political prisoner is a mother of two and has
dual Dutch-Iranian nationality. She came to Iran to see her child and was arrested in the Ashura protests. She was then
mentally and physically tortured while detained. Intelligence interrogators in the Sepah Cellblock in Gohardasht Prison and
in cellblock 209 in Evin Prison have put her under severe pressure and torture and forced her into giving televised
confessions against herself which was broadcasted from state-run TV. When intelligence agents realized that the political
charges against her led to waves of international reaction against the Iranian regime, they charged her with carrying and
selling narcotics…
Bahrami is currently detained in the female cellblock in Evin Prison. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Jan.
7, 2011)
Jailed human rights lawyer sentenced to 11 years of prison
Jailed lawyer Nasrin Sutodeh was sentenced to 11 years of prison, a 20 year ban on leaving the country and a 20 year ban on
practicing law.
Her husband Reza Khandan said, “This sentence was announced to her lawyer, Nasim Ghanavi, and we have 20 days to file
for an appeal”…
“She was sentenced to one year of prison for one charge (propagating against the government) and sentenced to 10 years of
prison for two other charges (acting against national security and not following the Islamic dress code while giving a
speech)”, her husband said adding that the heaviest possible sentences were issued for all her charges.
According to other reports, Nasim Ghanavi and Khandan received written summonses to the Revolutionary Court.
“I have to go to the first branch of the Revolutionary Court and the word suspect has been used for me in the summons.
About 10 to 12 days after Mrs. Sutodeh was arrested, I was summoned and was cautioned against talking to the press”,
Khandan said.
Sutodeh has been detained in a solitary cell in Evin Prison since September 4, 2010. (Committee of Human Rights
Reporters – Jan. 9, 2011)
IRAN: Human-rights lawyer sentenced to 11 years in prison, barred from law for 20
France on Monday joined a chorus of international condemnation over the sentencing of Iranian human-rights lawyer
Nasrin Sotoudeh to 11 years in prison.
She was also banned on Sunday from practicing law or traveling for 20 years…
Sotoudeh was convicted of acting against national security, propaganda against the regime and failing to wear the hijab, the
Islamic headscarf, in a videotaped message, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and
Sotoudeh's family. The campaign said that the mother of two, 46 or 47 years old, was tortured and in poor health when her
family was finally allowed to see her, adding that her children burst into tears.
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Sotoudeh aroused the ire of
the judiciary earlier this year
when she spoke out about
the secret execution of one
of her clients who was
convicted of belonging to an
outlawed monarchist group
and hanged before dawn on
Jan. 28, 2010, without
Sotoudeh's knowledge.
On Sept. 4, Sotoudeh was
arrested and placed in
solitary confinement, but
her case was taken up by
fellow activists and even the
British ambassador in Nasrin Sutodeh and her family
Tehran, which appears to have further enraged the authorities…
Sotoudeh is one of a small group of lawyers who make a special effort to represent minorities, activists and women accused
of violating the state's strict morality laws. The Los Angeles Times is among the newspapers that have profiled Sotoudeh and
chronicled her struggle to practice law even in politically charged cases. (LA Times – Jan. 10, 2011)
Jailed female journalist says prison cells are ‘ice cold’ at night
The family of jailed journalist Nazanin Khosravani visited her on Thursday in Evin Prison.
“Despite being in good spirits in our visit, Nazanin said that it is very cold in cellblock 209”, her
mother Azam Afsharian said in an interview.
According to Afsharian, the temperatures have dropped in the past few days but the heads of
Cellblock 209 run by the Intelligence Agency refuse to give Nazanin Khosravani warm clothes.
“Nazanin told us that is feels like we are sleeping on ice at nights. I do not know why prison
officials are not willing to give my daughter the warm clothes I bring”, her mother said.
There are no beds in cellblock 209 and prisoners are forced to sleep on the cold ground. This is
while they do not give prisoners warm clothes or extra blankets. (Kalameh Website – Jan. 13, 2011)
Married women banned from leaving country without husband’s permission
The head of the Passport Police in the State Security Forces said that married women over 18 can only leave the country
with their husband‟s permission.
“The consent of a father for a child under 18 and the consent of a husband for a married woman over 18 are obligatory”, he
said.
“Married women over 18 are required to have their husbands consent to travel to foreign countries”, he added. (Aftab
Female MP says women do not need to come out of home to be social
Laleh Eftekhari who is a member of the Islamic Majlis Council (Iran Parliament) supported women working out of the
office and said that “women do not need to come out of their homes to become social and be active in the society”.
“We brought a good law of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution about the Hijab and chastity in the country to the
Majlis but the government has still not carried out a large part of the law and we expect that they implement this as soon as
possible because we concentrated on clothing and the current styles (in the law)”, Eftekhari who is known as a supporter of
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the Majlis said.
“Currently a large number MPs are not satisfied with the state of the Hijab…”, she added.
“I think that the issue of women working out of the office can be very rewarding because in my opinion the prerequisite of
women becoming social is not that they have to necessarily leave their homes”, Eftekhari stressed. (Khabar Online state-run
Deplorable condition in Evin Prison’s female cellblock; 3 female prisoners in danger of execution
There have been reports from Evin Prison about the unsuitable condition of prisoners in the cold winter temperatures and
the possibility of the execution of three female prisoners.
Female political prisoners are kept in unsuitable conditions in prison. A number of them are in cellblock 209, some are in
the public cellblock in the Methadone Section while three political prisoners are detained in the Public Female Section in
the room where executed prisoner Shahla Jahed was detained…
January 2011
There is no warm water in the Public Female Section and the quality of food is unsuitable. In cellblock 2 in this section,
there are about 300 prisoners who only have access to 4 phones. Considering the fact that they are allowed to use the phone
between 8am to 10 pm, each prisoner only has about 3 minutes to make a phone call.
There are also reports from the Public Female Section that the death sentence for Kobra Rahmanpour, Lida Tavakoli and
Sogand Jahani, who is under 20 years old and is jailed for killing her husband, will be carried out sooner than scheduled.
There are other reports that a woman named Ladan Mostofi, 45, is in a solitary cell and has been charged with „enmity with
God‟. She has been kept in solitary for a long time. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Jan. 16, 2011)
Female minor offender on verge of execution
During a speedy trial, a 16 year old student was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Her death sentence was upheld
by the Supreme Court.
Fatemeh Salbehi, born in 1992 was charged and convicted of killing her husband.
Fatemeh was engaged to Hamed Sadeqi in 2007 when she was 16 years old and when Hamed was about 30 years old.
In June 2008, Hamed Sadeqi‟s body was found in his residence. On that day, Fatemeh was at high school to study for an
exam. Since Hamed‟s body was found in his home, his wife was arrested and jailed for his murder.
In the initial interrogation, which is carried out without the presence of a lawyer as is usual in Iran, Fatemeh made
contradictory statements. She confessed to murder, simultaneously saying that two people entered her home and murdered
her husband.
In light of the pressures she was subjected to during the interrogations and in light of the fact that Fatemeh was a 16 year
old school student, it is not clear how much her statements on committing the murder are actually true and if she only
made those statements to relieve the pressures in the interrogations.
Fatemeh did not confess to murder in court. Nevertheless, the 5 th branch of the Fars Penal Court sentenced her to death.
Her death sentence has also been upheld by the Supreme Court and can be carried out at any moment.
The Shiraz Justice Department did not consider the fact that the guilty party is a minor and that it is sentencing her to death
in violation of human rights international standards and Iran‟s obligations to these standards. From a legal standpoint, Iran
is a member of the International Civil and Political Rights Convention and the Children‟s Rights Convention and therefore
has to abide by the law which forbids executing children…
If this young girl murdered her husband while 16 year old like a cold blooded murderer, left his corpse in the house and
then went to school like every other day, she has to be psychologically checked to make sure that she is mentally healthy. If it
is determined that she has psychological problems, the murderer will not be executed due to her mental state.
It is very questionable that a one hour court session has sentenced to death a 16 year old girl. Why was there no attempt to
go into the details of case? Why did the court not ask Fatemeh about the motives behind the murder of her husband?
(Human Rights Activists in Iran, Weblog of Mohammad Mostafayi (Iranian lawyer) – Jan. 17, 2011)
Female university student commits suicide because of social pressures and limitations
According to the Kurdistan Organization in Defense of Human Rights, a Kurd university student in the University of
Kurdistan committed suicide.
At 11 pm on January 14, a Kurd student from Kermanshah identified as Maryam Habib Nia hanged herself in the Fereshteh
Girls Dormitory in Kurdistan University.
She committed suicide because of psychological problems and the limitations (for girls) in the society. The 23 year old had
attempted suicide a number of times in the past and her family and university heads were informed of this issue.
Her body was given to her family one day later.
Notably, in the past two years, the numbers of suicide attempts by students in Iran has been a cause for concern. (Daneshju
News – Jan. 18, 2011)
Death row female prisoner and political prisoner transferred to cellblock with drug addicts
Dutch-Iranian death row political prisoner, Zahra Bahrami and political prisoner Fatemeh Khoramjou who were in Evin‟s
Public Female Cellblock were transferred to the Methadone Cellblock in this prison.
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This cellblock is used to detain dangerous criminals and drug addicts. It is a closed off 30 to 35 meter hall where prisoners
are only allowed to go out in the fresh air for less than an hour. These prisoners are also banned from books, the library and
have limitations in using telephones. Prisoners detained in this cellblock are only allowed to visit their family from behind
glass partitions and are banned from in person visits.
According to this report, political prisoners Mahdieh Golro and Bahareh Hedayat are still in the Methadone Cellblock and
are banned from in person visits with their families. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Jan. 19, 2011)
Women banned from watching soccer games in movie theaters
Movie theaters have been banned from admitting female soccer fans. According to reports, the featuring of soccer games
which started in Tehran‟s movie theaters with the 2010 World Cup Games including in the Melat and Azadi theaters has
continued with featuring the Asian Cup games.
The Public places Department made changes in the plan to show soccer games in theaters and banned women from entering
the theaters to watch the Asian Cup games. As a result, the ban which prevented women from entering stadiums to watch
live games has now been imposed on theaters as well. (Khabar Online state-run daily – Jan. 20, 2011)
Male tennis instructors banned from teaching women
The head of the Tennis Federation, Majid Shayesteh, announced that from now on, male (tennis) instructors have no right
to teach women under any circumstances.
The federation‟s inspectors will make surprise visits to various provinces to monitor and examine (this issue) and
wrongdoers will receive the maximum punishment. (ISNA state-run News Agency – Jan. 21, 2011)
Mourning Mothers member in critical condition in prison denied medical leave and banned from family visits
The condition of Hakimeh Shokri, a member of the Mourning Mothers in Evin Prison is critical and yet she is denied a
medical leave and even a visit with her family.
According to reports, in a phone call with her family, Shokri said that she was in poor physical health and that she had been
taken to the prison infirmary several times because of her condition.
She also said that her cell was very cold and that this had deteriorated her health.
On the other hand, her family was told that she was banned from family visits after they went to prison on Thursday January
18 to see her…
Hakimeh Shokri went to Behesht Zahra Cemetery on December 5, 2010 along with a number of other Laleh Park Mothers
(Mourning Mothers) to commemorate the birthday of slain protester Amir Arshad Tajmir who was killed in the Ashura
protests, and was arrested at the end of the ceremony while leaving the cemetery…
One month after her arrest, her family said after a visit with her that torture signs were evident on her face and her hands
were severely shaking. (Jaras website – Jan. 25, 2011)
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Appendices
January 2011
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Appendices
1. List of announced executions – Jan. 2011
2. List of secret mass executions – Jan. 2011
3. List of cruel punishments – Jan. 2011
4. List of arbitrary killings - Jan. 2011
5. List of slain election protesters
6. List of political arrests and prisoners – Jan. 2011

January 2011
'In the name of God the most merciful and compassionate

I wish the wind could carry my voice.
I wish the sparrows that fly over the high walls of this prison would hear my words and
bring them to you as they sit on your house porch.
Immediately after I opened my eyes as a child, my mother and guardian angel left me all
alone.
I never thought life without a mother could be so hard.
It has been more than three years that I am languishing in the corner of this jail and
all my memories have been summarized into one day.
I’ve been living in one day for three years.
I go into myself and I yell in my mind, that I swear I did not want things to go this
way. Oh God, why, why did it turn out like this?
Through these years, I have lived time and again in one day and that is the worst day
of my life.
I have died time, and time again, but I have breathed, waiting to die again.
I swear to God no one knows how heavy this burden is on my heart.
They took me to solitary twice for retribution, those bitter, cold, and heavy nights.
I don’t know what to say, I died a thousand times.
In my solitude, I wanted to hug my mom and let my tears fall, but there was nothing
except a white wall and cold iron.
The warden turned the key and said, "Get up, it is time to go".
They took me to the prison yard and my whole life passed in my mind in these few
minutes.
I burst into tears in my cell. Oh God, oh God, how could I make them understand
that I’m sorry, I’m ashamed.
I wish the wind could carry my voice.
Immediately after I opened my eyes as a child, my mother and guardian angel left me
all alone…'
Behnoud Shojayi, was one of 106 minor offenders who are perishing in
Iran's dungeons. He wrote his life story in prison so that the world would
learn of his fate. He feared that the oppressive regime in Iran would one
day soon tighten the noose around his neck and end his short but
tormented life, as they did.
The UN Security Council and other human rights bodies must bring to
justice the murderers of the Iranian people and those violating basic
human rights of young men and women like Behnoud, Delara, Sohrab
and Neda.
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January 2011

A publication of the Human Rights Center of the

Stoning and stoning sentences 30

Inhumane treatment and cruel punishments 34

Basic freedom and right abused 54

Suppression of religious and ethnic minorities 60

Violence against women 70

List of executions – Jan. 2011

their loves ones be revoked.

According to reports, Iranian–Dutch political prisoner Zahra

2. List of secret mass executions – Jan. 2011

3. List of cruel punishments – Jan. 2011

4. List of arbitrary killings - Jan. 2011

5. List of slain election protesters

6. List of political arrests and prisoners – Jan. 2011

'In the name of God the most merciful and compassionate

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