The mother of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish lawyer in Evin prison, Farshid Yadollahi, has had a heart attack due to the stress caused by his son’s situation.According to Majzooban Noor’s reporter,Mrs. Parvin Nouri who her groom (Omid Behroozi), her son ( Farshid Yadollahi), and her grand son ( Kasra Nouri) are in prison at the […]
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Gonabadi Dervish, Farshid Yadollahi Starts Hunger Strike
Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish lawyer in Evin prison, Farshid Yadollahi, following his transfer of section 7 to section 4, announced a hunger strike to start today 10 Mordad 1393 (September 1, 2014).According to a report by Majzooban Noor, the mentioned Dervish, who has been deprived of basic prisoner rights such as access to fresh air […]
Behnam Ibrahizadeh is on his 16th day of hunger strike
Behnam Ibrahimzadeh, labor activist, who has recently been transferred from Evin to Rajaei Shahr prison, is on his 16th days of hunger strike. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Behnam Ibrahimzadeh who was transferred from ward 209 of Evin prison to Rajaei Shahr prison on August 12 is on […]
Prosecutor agrees to jailed activist’s demands
Jailed Iranian labour activist Reza Shahabi has ended his 50-day hunger strike after the Tehran Prosecutor agreed to his demands. Reports indicate that one of prosecutor’s deputies, Mehdi Khodabakhshi, visited Shahabi in hospital on Sunday July 20 and accepted his demands for ending his strike. Shahabi has demanded that he be offered bail and […]
Amnesty International : Human rights activist on hunger strike in Iran
Human rights activist Latif Hasani, a member of Iran’s Azerbaijani minority who is serving a nine-year prison sentence, has been on hunger strike since 18 May in protest at the treatment of political prisoners in Iran. He is a prisoner of conscience who must be released immediately and unconditionally. On 18 May 2014, Latif […]
Ailing jailed activist transferred to hospital
According to a report by Radio Zamaneh, Mohammad Saleh Khazali, the son of Iranian political activist Mehdi Khazali, says his father’s health has deteriorated so severely in prison that he has been transferred to hospital. On his Facebook page, the son of the jailed activist reports that his father is currently at Imam Khomeini […]
A labor activist is still in solitary confinement of ward 209
Behnam Ibrahimzadeh, the labor activist, is still kept in the solitary confinement in ward 209 of Evin Prison. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Behnam Ibrahimzadeh was summoned by the authorities in prison’s court, the Shahid Moghadas, and then transferred to solitary confinement in ward 209, which is governed […]
80 Sunni prisoners on hunger strike in protest at imminent executions
80 Sunni prisoners of conscience in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj began a hunger strike yesterday in support of four Sunni prisoners who are in danger of imminent execution. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), in a leaked message from the prison, the Sunni prisoners released the following statement: […]
2 political prisoners still on hunger strike
Latif Hasani, after 25 days and Reza Shahabi after 11 days, are still on hunger strike. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Latif Hasani political prisoner in Tabriz Central prison, went on hunger strike on 18th of May, to protest against the violation of political prisoners rights, violating the […]
Reza Shahabi on day 8 of hunger strike
Reza Shahabi Zakaria, the labor activist is on hunger strike since his transfer to Rajai Shahr prison. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Reza Shahabi Zakaria, the labor activist and political prisoner, was transferred from ward 350 of Evin to Rajai Shahr prison along with six other prisoners, on […]