In a letter to the leadership, the father of Hossein Ronaghi expressed his concern regarding the attack in Ward 350 at Evin prison and said the lives of political prisoners including that of his son are in danger. According to the letter provided to Kaleme, Ronaghi’s father requested that the Supreme Leader follow-up and […]
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Hossein Ronaghi’s Father Describing Evin’s Visiting Room Today: Everyone Was Crying. They Have Beaten Our Children
Following is an interview by the opposition site Kaleme with the father of imprisoned blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki after today’s visit in Evin with his son: Mr. Ronaghi, today was the weekly visiting day for Ward 350 prisoners, did you visit your son? did you see your son? Currently we are in front of […]
Iran Disputes Reports of Violent Crackdown in Prison’s Political Detainee Block
Iran’s penal authorities sought on Monday to discredit reports of a violent clash last week inside the political detainee block in Tehran’s Evin Prison, calling them fabrications fomented by enemies of the government. The head of the Iran Prisons Organization, Gholam Hossein Esmaili, was quoted by the official news media as saying that […]
Families of political prisoners in Evin Prison protesting outside Iran parliament
A group of families of Evin Prison political prisoners held a protest gathering outside Iran’s Majlis (parliament) on Sunday, April 20th. The protesters called for the release of political prisoners and also the return of the inmates attacked on Thursday, April 17th, by Iranian regime’s agents when they stormed Evin’s ward 350. Thirty one […]
Empathy Action of Dervishes to Shave Heads
According to Majzooban Noor, following the attack on Ward 350 of Evin prison by security guards and return of Gonabadi Dervish Mostafa Abdi from solitary confinement of ward 240 to ward 350 with shaved head and bruised body other Gonabadi Dervishes across the country have declared that they will shave their heads to show […]
Prisoners call for investigation of beatings at Evin Prison
As controversy over the alleged attack on political prisoners in Ward 350 of Evin Prison deepens, 74 prisoners have written a letter of complaint urging the Tehran Prosecutor to investigate the matter. The Kaleme opposition website, which first reported on the alleged attack, has now published the prisoners’ letter of complaint along with the […]
MP calls for family visits after reports of prisoner beatings
Iranian MP Ali Motahari has called on prison authorities to arrange for the families of political prisoners in Ward 350 of Evin Prison to visit their kin, following the publication of contradictory reports about prisoners in that ward receiving beatings. Qanoon on line reports that Motahari said: “The head of Prison Organizations has to […]
The Start of a Massive New Wave of Hunger Strikes in Evin Prison; Omid Behroozi Launched Dry Hunger Strike
The reports indicated that imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish lawyer in ward 350 of Evin prison, Omid Behroozi has started a dry hunger strike.On Thursday 28 Farvardin 1393 ( April 17, 2014) during Iranian guards and intelligence officials search of ward 350 of Evin prison, Omid Behroozi had a vein ruptured in his hand that were […]
Prison official denies attack on Evin prisoners
The head of Iran’s Prison Organization denies that Evin Prison was the site of any recent violence or attacks. ILNA reports that Gholamhossein Esmaili said such rumours are merely being spread by “anti-Revolutionaries” and have no substance. On Thursday, the Kaleme website reported that forces from the intelligence ministry, Revolutionary Guards and over 100 […]
New information about injuries sustained by political prisoners
Among the serious injuries sustained in today’s violent raid were face and neck injuries; rupture of the artery; skull fracture; broken ribs; broken bones in hands and feet; swelling, bruising and trauma caused by baton strikes. According to Keleme this type of violent altercation in Ward 350 has been unprecedented in the past two […]