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Iran-HRM – Student protesters Ibrahim Moradi and Matin Khaledi, who were detained during the December-January protests in Urmia, were transferred to Urmia Central Prison after the end of their interrogations.  They are currently being kept in the Youth Section of the prison.

Amnesty – Iranian women human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and Atena Daemi started a hunger strike on 3 February in protest at their transfer to a prison where women convicted of violent offences are held in inhumane conditions. Earlier, on 27 January, human rights defender Arash Sadeghi started a hunger strike to demand that they …

Amnesty – A 21-year old Iranian man Abolfazl Naderi is at risk of execution in Arak’s prison, Markazi province. Abolfazl Naderi was 16 years old at the time of his arrest and was sentenced to death after a grossly unfair trial, based on “confessions” which he claims were made under torture. For the report please click on the link: http://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1378592018ENGLISH.pdf

Iran Human Rights –  At least one prisoner was hanged at Rajai Shahr Prison on murder charges. According to a close source, on the morning of Wednesday, February 7, at least one prisoner was executed at Rajai Shahr Prison. The prisoner, identified as Mohammad Karimi from Varamin, was sentenced to death on murder charges. “Mohammad murdered a relative during a …

CHRI – Mohammad Reza Hashemi-Nabi, a permanent resident of the UK, has been held in solitary confinement in Iran’s Evin Prison for more than a year without access to a lawyer, his mother informed the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Hashemi-Nabi, 47, was arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on …