Amnesty – The Iranian authorities have arbitrarily arrested three human rights lawyers and a women’s rights activist over the past four days, as part of an escalating crackdown to quash Iran’s civil society completely and leave human rights defenders in a suffocating climate of fear, Amnesty International said today.
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Hunger Striking Dervishes Pen Open Letter from Prison
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – After a violent raid on their prison sit-in last week, twelve imprisoned Dervishes who have gone on hunger strike following their transfer to solitary confinement have written a letter outlining their demands.
Read More »Appealing to “National Solidarity,” Hossein-Panahi’s Lawyers Plead for his Execution to be Stayed
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – The legal team of Ramin Hossein-Panahi, a political prisoner on death row, wrote a letter to the head of the Iranian judiciary asking that their client’s execution be stayed, arguing that a retrial would instill a greater sense of national security in Iran.
Read More »Yamani Followers Detained in Holy City of Qom
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – As part of a crackdown on an alternative religious movement called “Yamani”, at least five more of its members were recently arrested in Qom and taken to an undisclosed location.
Read More »Iran: One Protest Continues as Two More Begin
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Over the last few days, three distinct protests were organized to express the yet-unmet demands of three separate collectives: the Citizens of Zabul, the residents of Bibayani village (of the Dasht-e Zahab tributary of Sar-e Pol Zahab), and a number of shareholders of the bankrupt Caspian Institution in Tehran.
Read More »Three Retribution Execution Sentences Carried Out in Zahedan
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Three prisoners held at Zahedan Prison were executed in the early morning hours of September 3, 2018 — sooner than expected — allegedly in a vindictive response to recent skirmishes between security forces and Jundullah, an armed opposition group based in the Sistan & Baluchestan province.
Read More »Intelligence Agents Detain Man in Ahvaz
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – A man from the city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran, identified as Shaker Hazbavi, was arrested by Iranian intelligence agents on Tuesday, August 21, 2018.
Read More »Students Protest End of Special Foreign Currency Exchange Rate
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- A group of students assembled on September 1, 2018, in front of Iran’s Central Bank on Mirdamad Street in Tehran to protest a decision that would deny access to foreign currencies at a special exchange rate.
Read More »17 Days After Arrest, Detained Labor Activist’s Whereabouts Unknown
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – As far as his family knows, labor activist Behnam Ebrahimzadeh could be seriously suffering, or worse: seventeen days after his arrest near Kermanshah in western Iran, authorities have yet to release word of his wellbeing or whereabouts.
Read More »Dervish Prisoners Begin Hunger Strike Following Transfer to Solitary Confinement
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Twelve of the Dervish prisoners at Great Tehran Penitentiary who were violently disbanded and sent to solitary confinement on August 29th after staging a sit-in have started a hunger strike, while at least 20 of those attacked are reportedly in poor health.
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