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6 Political Prisoners Taken for Interrogation in the Middle of the Night

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6 Political Prisoners Taken for Interrogation in the Middle of the Night

http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=3790

24 , May , 2010

At 1 am, on Monday, May 24, Ozrasadat Ghazi-Mirsaeed, Atefeh Navabi, Fatemeh Rahnama, Hengameh Shahidi, Rayhaneh Hajebrahim-Dabagh and Mottahareh Bahrami were taken to ward 209 of Evin Prison to face interrogation.

RAHANA – The sudden transfer led to anguish among female prisoners at women’s ward 2, who are still traumatized after they witnessed on May 9, the midnight removal of another prisoner, Shirin Alam-Hooli ahead of her execution.
All 6 prisoners later returned to the ward, and it became clear they had been summoned for interrogation.
According to the Kalame website, 5 among the questioned prisoners had been taken to the Evin court in the afternoon of Sunday, May 23.

Farzad Kamangar and 4 Other Prisoners Executed in Tehran

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Farzad Kamangar and 4 Other Prisoners Executed in Tehran

http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=3299

9 , May , 2010

Five prisoners were executed in Evin prison on Sunday morning, 9 May 2010.

RAHANA- Farzad Kamangar (son of Baghi Kamangar), Ali Heydarian (son of Ahad Heydarian), Farhad Vakili (son of Mohammad Saeed Vakili), Shirin Alamhooli (daughter of Khadr Alamhooli) and Mehdi Eslamian (son of Mohammad Eslamian), were executed in Evin prison in Tehran on Sunday morning, 9 May 2010.State news agencies have reported that during the trial of these defendants, Tehran prosecutor’s representative and defendants’ lawyer were present and the verdicts initially issued by the lower courts were all studies and upheld by either the appeals court or the Supreme Court.

According to RAHANA’s reporter, these five Kurdish prisoners were executed while no phone call could be made with inside Evin prison as the phone lines have been disconnected since Saturday.

Shiva Nazar Ahari Indicted by Evin Court

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Shiva Nazar Ahari Indicted by Evin Court

http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=2852

22 , April , 2010

Evin magistrate court has indicted Shiva Nazar Ahari for anti-state propaganda and action against national security by participating in November 4 and December 7 rallies.

RAHANA – Shiva Nazar Ahari appeared before the recently established Evin magistrate court to present her final defense before her indictment. The human rights activist rejected the charges related to November 4 and December rallies and told the magistrate court she was at her workplace on both days.
Shiva Nazar Ahari was first arrested on June 14, 2009 shortly after the election. She was released in September 2009, on $200,000 bail before being arrested again more than 120 days ago.
Nearly one year since the start of her ordeal, Nazar Ahari’s legal proceedings have yet to be completed. Since June 2009, the rights activist has been detained for a total of 220 days, including 100 days in solitary confinement.
Navid Khanjani and Koohyar Gudarzi are two other CHRR members, who are currently detained.

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Holding Prisoners in Limbo is a Form of Torture, Says Jailed Activist

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Holding Prisoners in Limbo is a Form of Torture, Says Jailed Activist

10 , April , 2010

2 months after the end of his interrogations and despite a bail order, Emadeddin Baghi is still being held on an expired temporary detention order.

RAHANA – On April 8, the family of Emadeddin Baghi visited with him in an Evin visitation booth. Following the visit, Baghi’s wife Fatemeh Kamali said, “In the past 102 days, there have been no rules on when prison visits and phone calls are permitted. Therefore, we went to Evin Prison, and since Thursdays are booth visitation days, we requested to visit with him. The visit was allowed and we could see Baghi through the glass divider and talk to him over the phone.”
The prominent rights activist remains in high spirits, according to his wife, who nonetheless finds his detention in a small Ward 240 cell astonishing, especially since his interrogations ended more than 2 months ago and he was expected to be released on bail.
During the visit, Baghi told his family that keeping prisoners in limbo situation is in contravention of the regulations governing prisons and security detention centers. He added that, “keeping individuals in closed spaces over long periods of time without access to newspapers, television and books as well as other rights provided by the law is an obvious form of torture.”
According to Baghi, his prison experience has shown him how far away the country is from respecting the civil rights of its people.
Baghi has spent the last 2 months of his detention without an official detention order. He has also been denied the right to object his arbitrary detention.
Baghi has filed an official complaint about the conditions of his detention, but his complaint has not yet been addressed. Baghi considers his complaint to be potentially very important since it is a right guaranteed by Article 597 of the Islamic Penal Law, which considers the failure to address complaints filed by prisoners about their treatments to be a criminal offense. Baghi did not tell his wife about the details of his complaint but asked that his lawyers pursue the matter. However, ever since the magistrate court was relocated to Evin Prison, it has become increasingly difficult for lawyers to have access to their clients’ files.
Kamali expressed hope that Baghi’s complaint will not have the same fate as the investigations into the obstruction of his release on bail; i.e., being shrouded in a veil of uncertainty.

http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=2404

Hesam Firoozi & Other Activists under Torture in Evin Prison

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Hesam Firoozi & Other Activists under Torture in Evin Prison
3 , April , 2010

Dr. Hesam Firoozi is under torture in Tehran’s Evin Prison and is being pressured to confess to false charges.

RAHANA – Human rights activist, Dr. Hesam Firoozi is under continued pressure in Tehran’s Evin Prison. Earlier after a prison visit in March, Firoozi’s wife said he had lost about 20 kilograms in less than a month.
A prisoner who has recently been released from Ward 2A of Evin Prison told RAHANA, Dr. Firoozi has been subjected to harsh physical and psychological torture during his detention in order to confess and accept false charges.
The newly freed prisoner told a RAHANA reporter that other human rights activists are also under pressure and are being tortured at Ward 2A of Evin which is run by the IRGC. Currently a number of rights activists are detained in Ward 2A, including Abdolreza Ahmadi, Abolfazl Abedini, Alireza Firoozi, Milad Ebrahimian, Mohammad Reza Lotfi and others.
Blogger and human rights activist, Dr. Hesam Firoozi was arrested and taken to Evin on March 3, when a wave of arrests targeted human rights activists nationwide. Firoozi has only called his family once since his arrest. On March 22, he visited with his wife with agents present during the visit. Since that date his family has had no news of him and is increasingly worried over his condition. Judicial authorities refuse to answer the family’s enquiries.

http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=2133

Hesam Firoozi & Other Activists under Torture in Evin Prison

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Hesam Firoozi & Other Activists under Torture in Evin Prison
3 , April , 2010

Dr. Hesam Firoozi is under torture in Tehran’s Evin Prison and is being pressured to confess to false charges.

RAHANA – Human rights activist, Dr. Hesam Firoozi is under continued pressure in Tehran’s Evin Prison. Earlier after a prison visit in March, Firoozi’s wife said he had lost about 20 kilograms in less than a month.
A prisoner who has recently been released from Ward 2A of Evin Prison told RAHANA, Dr. Firoozi has been subjected to harsh physical and psychological torture during his detention in order to confess and accept false charges.
The newly freed prisoner told a RAHANA reporter that other human rights activists are also under pressure and are being tortured at Ward 2A of Evin which is run by the IRGC. Currently a number of rights activists are detained in Ward 2A, including Abdolreza Ahmadi, Abolfazl Abedini, Alireza Firoozi, Milad Ebrahimian, Mohammad Reza Lotfi and others.
Blogger and human rights activist, Dr. Hesam Firoozi was arrested and taken to Evin on March 3, when a wave of arrests targeted human rights activists nationwide. Firoozi has only called his family once since his arrest. On March 22, he visited with his wife with agents present during the visit. Since that date his family has had no news of him and is increasingly worried over his condition. Judicial authorities refuse to answer the family’s enquiries.

http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=2133

Ali Bikas Awaits In Prison Limbo

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Ali Bikas Awaits In Prison Limbo

http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=2024

30 , March , 2010

Ali Bikas, social activist and a post-election detainee still awaits in prison limbo.

RAHANA- Ali Bikas was not allowed to go on a prison leave during Norouz (new year) holidays and is still detained in ward 350 of Evin prison with a  completely unclear condition.According to Kaleme, Ali Bikas, a history PhD, was arrested on June 14, 2009, two days after the presidential election. He has been detained since then without being granted any prison leave.  Ali Bikas  used to cooperate with the Information Committee of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s electoral headquarters.

Ali Bikas has been sentenced to 7 years imprisonment by branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court; however, the appeals court has not ruled its verdict. The family of Ali Bikas are worried about his unclear condition and request the clarification of his status and ruling of the final verdict.

Ali Bikas currently suffers from oral and dental disease in prison and accessing dental care is limited in the ward 350 of Evin prison. The family of this detainee also demand care for his health condition.

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Iran rejects involvement in Bahraini financial scheme

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Iran rejects involvement in Bahraini financial scheme
Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:23PM
Ambassador Hossein Amir Abdollahian said the accusations leveled against the state minister concerned Bahrain’s internal affairs.
Iran has denied reports that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was involved in the money-laundering operation allegedly run by a Bahraini minister.
“We strongly deny all claims about an alleged involvement of the Guards in the operations,” said Iranian Ambassador to Manama Hossein Amir Abdollahian, quoted by Bahraini daily Al Wasat.Abdollahian further described the claims as “baseless.”

The allegation came to light after Bahraini State Minister Mansour Bin Rajab was sacked for his supposed involvement in a money-laundering operation.

The official was arrested last week and released following a brief interrogation. Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said in a short statement that his activities had been monitored since early 2009.

Ambassador Abdollahian said Iran views the accusations leveled against the former state minister as a Bahraini internal matter.

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Iranian MPs Praise IRGC for Disbanding Opposition Network

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Iranian MPs Praise IRGC for Disbanding Opposition Network

12:42 | 2010-03-16

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian lawmakers in a letter to the Islamic Republic Guards Corps lauded the IRGC for arresting 30 individuals on charge of waging a US-backed cyber war against the country and disbanding their cyber networks.

“The joyful news about the arrest and dismantling of one of the biggest and main groups of cyber networks backed by the (US) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which worked to gather information, once again disclosed another conspiracy against the Islamic Republic,” said the letter by 220 parliamentarians.

The lawmakers added that the primary confessions made by the 30 US spies indicated their deep enmity with Iran and unveiled their plans to damage the Iranian nation and ideals of the Islamic Revolution through agents inside the country.

The capture of the cyber network members was announced by Tehran’s Public and Revolutionary Court on Saturday.

The court said in a statement that following a series of complicated security operations in area of information and communication technology, the country’s security forces have identified the most important US-backed organized networks of cyber war launched by the anti-revolutionary groups and arrested 30 suspects.

The statement added that the networks received US aids and served Washington through such anti-revolutionary groups as the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), monarchist groups and a number of other opposition groups.

It further said that Washington provided such anti-Islamic Republic groups and networks with 70 million US-made anti-filtering softwares only during the recent demonstrations in Tehran in a bid to help them wage a psychological war against the Iranian nation and government.

According to the statement, some of the charges leveled against these US-backed networks include establishment of an intelligence gathering network, specially to identify the country’s nuclear scientists, provoking sedition and illegal demonstrations and rallies through releasing unreal and unfounded news and reports after the June presidential elections in the country and providing media and news support for the Jundollah terrorist group and the monarchist opposition groups.

In November 2009, Iran’s Police Chief Brigadier General Esmail Ahmadi-Moqaddam said the force plans to set up a ‘cyber police’ division to counter ‘internet crimes’.

Ahmadi-Moqaddam said the unit would be tasked with monitoring organized cyber crimes on the internet.

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