Category: Human Rights

More than 150 Detained Iranian Protesters Have Requested “Pills,” Reports Committee

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Credible Sources Report That Detainees Told to Request Pills to Speed Up Release More than 150 people detained in the protests that broke out in Iran in December 2017 have requested opioid addiction treatment pills, according to the Tehran-based Committee for the Defense of the Dey 1396 Detainees. The committee’s statement follows credible reports that detainees in Tehran were told to admit to being drug addicts to speed up their release. “Out of about 400 people detained in the first three days [December 30, 2017-January 1, 2018], more than 150 asked for pills for…

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Activists Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee Beaten and Transferred to Different Prison

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  Political prisoners Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee were beaten by agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran’s Evin Prison and transferred to Gharchak Prison in the city of Varamin, 37 miles south of the capital. “Atena called us this morning [January 25] and told us what happened,” Daemi’s mother, Masoumeh Nemati, told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “She said that at 6:30 in the afternoon on January 24, agents came to theWomen’s Ward and told her and Golrokh that they need to come with them to the prison’s office…

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3,700 people were arrested during Iran protests, lawmaker says

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Roughly 4000 people were arrested during recent anti-Regime protests in Iran, one of the country’s lawmakers claimed on Tuesday. Police and Sepah also arrested a large number of demonstrators in Tehran protests. The number is far higher than the 450 people Iranian authorities previously said were detained. US officials had put the number held at 1,000. Tehran member of parliament Mahmoud Sadeghi said Tuesday that 3,700 people had been arrested, including 40 to 68 students, in 5 days of protests that broke out in late December. He added that “due…

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No news of arrested Christian converts in Iran, and the condition becomes increasingly grave

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Seven new Christian converts have recently been arrested in Tehran and Karaj. So far, there is no information on the status of the converts.   Human Rights Watch Reporters has reported that on December 20, 2017, plainclothes forces arrested Vahid Aboulghasemi , Farhad Karimi and Amir Reza Kamali, the Tehran-based new Christian converts, in North Tehran and West Tehran. In addition, these forces interrogated the converts and raided their homes.   also there is no information on the status of Vahid Aboulghasemi , Farhad Karimi and Amir Reza Kamali; it…

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Four Christians Arrested in Iran

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Sources are reporting that four ministers from the Church in Karaj, Iran have been arrested by Sepah (Revolutionary guard). Their homes were invaded on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. The ministers that have been arrested are: Brother Amin Khaki and Brother Milad Goudarzi: arrested in their homes: Brother Shahab Shahi and Brother Alireza Nourmohamadi were arrested during meetings with believers. They are being held in an unknown location and have not been allowed to speak to their families or anyone else. It seems certain that they will be held in solitary…

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UN Special Rapporteur: Despite “Encouraging Signs,” Human Rights Deteriorating in Iran

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Asma Jahangir, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In presenting her semi-annual 2017 report on Iran to the United Nations General Assembly, UN Special Rapporteur Asma Jahangir noted positive developments in the country while describing the ongoing deterioration of human rights. “The current human rights situation in Iran is deeply concerning in many respects, but I also believe that there are some encouraging signs which I hope will be realized in the near future,” said Jahangir in presenting a full report to the UN General Assembly on…

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A Group Of Erfan-e-Halgheh Activists Arrested In Tehran

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HRANA News Agency – A group of supporters of Erfan-e-Halgheh, who had started hunger strike and protest in the tomb of the founder of Islamic Republic, in support of Mohammad Ali Taheri, were arrested and transferred to security police office of Shahr-eRey. Most of the arrestees were released on the highway, and ten people were transferred to Vozara detention centre for processing the case. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), approximately 100 supporters of Erfan-e-Halgheh, who intended to start a hunger strike in Imam Zadeh…

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No news of arrested Christian converts in Iran, and the condition becomes increasingly grave

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Two weeks after the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (sepah) arrested a number of Christian converts in various cities of Iran, there is no news on their condition and their fate.   Based on a report by Iran Human Rights Watchdog Network, Tuesday July 25, 2017, thirteen members and activists of domestic churches in Tehran, Ray, and Pardis were arrested and detained by IRGC, their condition still unknown. Based on the report, Brother Vahic, David Isaeian, Amir Hosein Etelaei, Fariba Sharifi, Maryam Tavasolly, Vahid Zahraei, Hamed Emadi, Isa Mivechee, Vahid Shrizad,…

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The worrisome situation of detained Christian converts in Tehran province

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 A few weeks after the Revolutionary Guards arrested a number of Christian converts in various cities of Tehran province, their fate is still unknown.  According to Human Rights Activists of Iran, on Tuesday, January 25th, 2017, 13 activists and members of the parishes in Tehran, Ray and Pardis, namely Brother Vahik, David Isaayian, Amir Hossein Etelaie, Fariba Sharifi,  Maryam Tavassoli, Vahid Zahraie, Hamed Emadi, Esa Mivitchi, Vahid Shirzad, Hadi Badzahr, Raouf Hosseinzadeh, Zahra Piriaei and one person with unknown identities were detained by IRGC intelligence agents and taken to unknown…

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Christians proselytes are arrested whilst their status remains ambiguous

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Two weeks after the arrest of a number of Christians in different venues in Tehran by the Revolutionary Guard, the news is still unclear. According to the Iranian Human Rights Activists Network, on Tuesday, July 25, 2017, thirteen activists and members of the churches in Tehran, Ray were arrested by the Revolutionary Guards, whose status is still unknown. According to the report, Brother Vahik, David Issayan, Amir Hossein Noor, Fariba Sharifi, Maryam Tavassoli, Vahid Zohradi, Hamed Emadi, Ishi Mouvehchi, Vahid Shirzad, Hadi Badazhahr, Rauf Hossein Zadeh, Zahra Piriaee along with…

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