Evidence about the widespread, planned
and systematic violation of Human Rights in
January 2008
In this
report a little part of the human rights violations instances in
Student: Arrested
1)
Meisam Mehrabian
and Ali Ghadari student members of Jebheh Meli
2) Naser Zarafshan, prisoner students’ counsellor confirmed the arrestment of Abed Tavancheh, student activist.(Daneshjoon Azadi Khah Weblog.2008 .Jan.14)
3)
Morteza
Aslani, Tababtabai University’s student, Bita Samimizad, Amirkabir University’s
student , Anahita Hosseini, Tehran University’s student, Mohammad Poorabdallah
Tehran University’s student, Soroosh Sabet ,Sharif University student ,Sanaz
Alajyari, sister of Mehdi Alahyari ,prisoner student ,Soroosh Dashtestani ,Amin
Ghazai ,Bijan Sabagh ,Kaveh Abasian ,Morteza Khedmatilo and Behzad Bagheri were
arrested by security guards. (Student Committee of Human
Right Reporters.2008.Jan.15)
4)
Habib Alah lotfi,
Students: Summoned and interrogated
5)
Nahid Afrasiabi, Sahar
Yazdani ,Esmail Jalilvand and Hamd Allah Namjo ,
6)
Saman Firoozi, Masood
Ghorbaninejad ,Mehdi Chavoshian and Masood Nazarifar ,Shhrood university
students were summoned to disciplinary committee. (Isna.2008.Jan.1)
7)
Milad Azizi and Hafez
Rostami were summoned to disciplinary court with the charge of participating in
an objection against arrestment of Milad Azizi. While arrestment had taken
place Milad Azizi was in detention, but he is still summoned for participating
in objection. (Student
Committee of Human Right Reporters.2008.Jan.3)
8)
Amir Hossein Norbakhsh,
Adel Taali and Mohammad Mizban Mashhad Azad university students were summoned
to disciplinary committee. (Amir Kabir.2008.Jan.6)
9)
Sahar Rezazadeh, Ehsan
Dolatshah, Arash Pahlavan ,Ali Hashemi and
Keivan Emamverdi ,Tehran university students were summoned to
disciplinary committee. (Advar news.2008.Jan.6)
10)
Ali Hashemi and Keivan
Emamverdi,
11)
12)
Sara Kermanian and Zeinab
Peighambar zadeh, student activists of
Students: Tried
13)
Mohammad Varzandeh, former
Students: Issued sentences
1)
Alavi, female editor in
charge of the student magazine ‘ Hargez’ was beaten in Yasooj university.
2)
(Amir Kabir.2007.Dec.23)
3)
Obeid Zarei, Sanandaj
university student was sentenced to one year suspended imprisonment. He was
charged with disturbing university’s order and cooperating with an opposed
group. (Mokerian News.2007.dec.25)
4)
Shahrod University
students Farkhondeh Bakhtiar rzadeh ,Ali Gholi zadeh, Ashkan Madani ,Fahimeh Mirlohi and Javad Safdari were
sentenced to1,2,2 semesters education deprivation and written reprimand in
their dossier. (Isna.208.Jan.1)
5)
Elham Mosavi, Mojtaba
Nazari, Amin Khosravi and Mohsen Mosavi, Yasooj university students were
summoned to disciplinary committee. They had protested beating of a female
student. (Isna.2008.Jan.1)
6)
Kourosh Janati,Islamic
Association security of the economy faculty of
7)
Salman Yazdanpanah, law
student of the
8)
Reza Negahdari, Law
student of
9)
Najmeh Mosavi, Fatemeh
Masoomi, Reza Jafarian, Siroos Mohamadi, Vahab Kariminejad and Sasan Menbari
Hamadan’s
10)
Mohsen Khosravi, Hasan
Hosseini ,Mahmood Hadipoor , Hesam Saeedi ,Vahid Zare and two other students of
the engineering faculty of the
11)
Fatemeh Masoomi, Amin
Nazari, Siavash Hatam,Reza Jafarian, Poria Sharifian, Sasan Manbari, Sirous
Mohamadi, Vahab Karimi Nejad, Mehdi Jamalvand and Mohammad Sayadi members of
12)
Amin Nazari, Siavash Hatam,
Mohammad Sayadi and Mehdi Jamalvand , members of
13)
Maziar Masoomi, Arsalan Sadeghi,
students of
14)
Tina Hosseini, student of
15)
Mohammad Karim Asayesh,
Political Science student of
16)
More than 30 medical
school students of
17)
Mahdiye Golro, Negin
Farazmand, asal Akhavan ,Shima Farzadmanesh, Amir yaghob Ali ,Korosh Janati and
Alireza Mosavi ,Tabatabai University students were summoned to disciplinary committee.
They were suspended for the previous semester and were forbidden of entering
university.
18)
Also Farhang Islami, Amir
Hossein Iraji, Maziar Samii, Aydin Akahvan and Soleiman Mohammadi were
sentenced to school deprivation in disciplinary committee. (Amir
Kabir.2008.Jan.13)
19)
Miss. Rozita Tashakor was
sent out from Isfahan Payam Noor university after being accepted in 2007,
because of being Baha’i .After the expulsion she sent her complaint to many
governmental organisations but they were all unsuccessful. (Human right activists in Iran.2008.Jan.16)
20) Arash pakzad, Babolsar university student, arrested December the third by security guards was released on 20,000$ bail. Also Rozbehan Amiri arrested 4th Dec was released on bail. (Amir Kabir.2008.Jan.16)
21)
Amir Mehrzad,
17 years old student arrested 3th Dec was released on 80,000$bail. He was in an
isolated cell for 45 days. (Student Committee of Human Right Reporters.2008.Jan.16)
22)
For students arrested in December the heavy bails
are issued. The revolutionary court had asked the parents of the arrested
students to manage the bails. Anooshe Azadbar, 30,000$ , Elnaz Jamshidi
100,000$, Nasim Soltanbeigi, 50,000$, Mohsen Ghamin, 80,000$ and Milad Omrani
100,000$. (Student Committee of Human Right
Reporters.2008.Jan.17)
Student killed under the tortures:
23)
Ebrahim Lotfallahi, 27,
law student of
Filtering news
sites and dissolving social organisations
24) Security guards had banned the Eid Ghorban prayer held by Mohsen kadivar in Ershad mosque. (Mizan News.2008.Jan )
25) Activities of the Islamic association of Khoramshar university students were suspended after they had invited Abdolallh Momeni for making speech. (Advar News.2007.Dec.25)
26) Security guards had banned the ceremony for Shab Yalda and Ghadir Eid that was taking place by Jebhe’ Mosharekat Iran. (Now Rooz 2007.Dec.31)
27)
Security guards
had banned the forgiveness ceremony of ‘Jebhe Meli’
28) The weblog ‘Till Baghi Be Released’ made and designed by some of his friends was filtered. This weblog was one of the few sources of information about his situation in prison. The press are also forbidden of publishing news about him. (Norooz.2008.Jan.5)
The Press:
Beating
journalists:
29)
Mehdi Heidari, supervisor of ‘Etemad Meli’ daily
paper was beaten in Illam by six unknown people and was threatened to death. (Norooz.2007.Dec.22)
30)
Security guards attacked ‘Tahlil Rooz’ daily’s
office in
Banned
31)
The publishing permission of the ‘Mehr Zanjan’
magazine, with the editor in charge of Gholam Hossein Jalilkhaani was
nullified, with the charge of disturbing public opinion and propaganda against
state. The sentence was issued by the supervision committee on press (Weblog
Booy/ Kagaz.2007.Dec.20)
32)
The publishing permission of the ‘Karaftoo’
magazine, published in Sanandaj, with the editor in charge of Leila Madani was
nullified. Leila Madani, Behzad Khoshhali and Anvar Saed Mocheshi, the
editorial staff of the magazine were threatened several times before by
security guards. Also Ako KurdNasab and Kaveh Javanmard, reporters of the
magazine are in prison. (Amir Kabir.2007.Dec.27)
Journalists; Summoned to courts
33)
Ali Ghanbari, editor in charge of ‘Zagross’ magazine
and Morteza Lotfi ,former editor in charge of ‘ Kar o Kargar’ magazine were summoned
to Tehran public court, branch no.1083. They were charged with publishing lies for disturbing
public opinion and insulting. (Isna.2007.Dec.29)
34)
Hamid
Reza Zahedi Gorabi, editor in charge of the banned magazine ‘Doran Emrooz’was summoned to
35)
Hashem Hedayati, member of central
council of the Islamic revolution’s mujahedin and editor in charge of the ‘Havar’ magazine was summoned to
36)
Editor in charge
of the ‘Eghtesaad Pooya’ daily was summoned to
37)
Goli
Sheiki, editor in charge of the ‘Tosee’ daily was summoned to
38)
Masoud
Fakhri Tabatabai, editor in charge of the’ Cinema Emrooz’ monthly magazine was summoned to
Journalists:
Interrogated
39) Anvar Shakib Ansari, editor in charge of ‘Bootak’ weekly magazine, was interrogated in Ilam security office and was release on bail. He was charged with publishing lies, insulting and disturbing public opinion. (Emrooz.2007.Dec.19)
Journalists:
Trial
40)
Elyas Hazrati, editor in charge of ‘Etemad’ daily
was tried in
41)
Majid Ghasemi, editor in charge of the banned daily
‘Nasim Saba’ was tried in Tehran penal court, branch no.76.he was charged with
publishing lies, insulting Islam, propaganda against state ,publishing images
against public chastity and disturbing public opinion. (Isna.2007.Dec.23)
42)
Morteza Sajadian, editor in charge of ‘Kargozaran’
daily was tried in
43)
Naser Hosseini Ashtiyani editor in charge of ‘Be
Sooye’ Eftekhar’ weekly magazine was tried in
44)
Massoud Heidari, former chief in charge of the ILNA
news agency was tried in
45)
Fatemeh Salmani Moradi, editor in charge of
‘Jayezeh’ monthly magazine was tried absently in
Journalists:
Sentences issued by courts
46) Abolfazl Abedini, reporter of the economic section of ‘Bahar Khozestan’ daily, was sentenced to6 months firm and 6 months suspended imprisonment. He was charged with publishing lies for disturbing public opinion and propaganda against state. (Human right activists in Iran.2008.Jan.8)
Political,
Cultural, Social Activists:
47)
Mohammad Javad
Larijani, secretary of the human right committee in juridical power of
48)
Poria Hajizadeh,
Roya Toloi, journalist and human right activist’s husband was summoned to
Sanandaj revolutionary court. He should introduce his wife in 20 days to the
court for her 6 years imprisonment sentence to be executed, if not their
100,000$ bail will be confiscated to the interest of Islamic Republic of Iran. (
Political,
Cultural, Social Activists: summoned
49)
Taher Mahdavi CHizigh,
Yousef Lotfi Hagh, Khosro Derakhsh, Mohammad Ali Javadi ,Mehdi Afsari and Javad
Kanani , activists of
50)
Shahin Mohammadi ,
Sanandaj citizen ,was summoned to province’s revolutionary court under the accusation of cooperating with an
opposition party. (Mokerian News.2007.Dec.31)
51)
Hossein Parkai, was
summoned to Saghez revolutionary court, with the charge of acting against
security of state. He was in prison in 2006 and was released on 50,000$ bail. (
52) Sarveh Mohamadi, human right activist and her brother Ghafor Mohammadi were summoned to Mahabad security office. (Human right activists.2007.Jan.17)
Political,
Cultural, Social Activists: Arrested
53)
Mansoori Jadi was arrested in
54)
Efat Ghavaedi , Hani Khandar’s mother was arrested
for interviewing foreign medias .her house was also detected. Her son is in
prison for nine months and since six months ago they did not have any contact
with him. (Student Committee of Human Right
Reporters.2007.Dec.31)
55)
Mehdi Shebani, 46, one of
the political prisoners of the 1981, was arrested by security guards in 18th
December. His brother Hossein Sheibani was executed in 1981. (Human right activists in Iran.2008.Jan.5)
56)
Ahmad Javaheri, Fatemeh
Javaheri, Chiya Javaheri and Rabee Gobadi, were beaten and arrested by
57)
Farhad Haj Mirzai, civil activist of Sanandaj city
and participant in Labour Day ceremony was arrested by security guards. (Political
prisoners and human rights defence committee.2008.Jan.12)
58)
Fatemeh Goftari, Yaser Goli’s mother was arrested by
Sanandaj’s revolutionary court’s order. She was charged with giving information
about his son’s situation in prisons to media. Saleh Goli, his father was also
arrested before and was released on bail. Yaser Goli is the former secretary of
the Democratic students’ party.
59)
He was prisoner in an isolated cell for last 3 months.
He is recently transferred to public chain. (
60)
Bita Naghashiyan,
active member of human right committee in
61)
A
marivan citizen, Azad Rahmani, was arrested by security guards. They had
inspected his house. He was released on 10,000 bails. (Political prisoners and human rights defence
committee.2008.Jan.17)
Political,
Cultural, Social Activists: Sentences issued by Courts
62)
Dr. Mohammmad Hassan Firoozi,
human right activist was sentenced to 6 months firm and six months suspended
imprisonment in branch no.6 of the revolutionary court .he was charge with
propaganda against state for the medical treatments he had done on Ahmad
Batebi. (Amir Kabir.2007.Dec.25)
63)
Ebrahim Jafarzadeh, was
sentenced in khoy court to one year imprisonment and two year compulsory
residing in Borazjan. (Isna.2007.Dec.26)
64)
Mohammad Reza Faghihi,
Abbas Lesani’s lawyer said, his appointed was transferred from
65)
Yousef Mostafalo,
66)
Ali Poorsoleiman ,member
of Iranian teachers’ organisation’s central council ,arrested in March, last
year, with the accusation of participating in an illegal gathering, acting
against the security of state and disobeying police order ,was sentenced to 3
years suspended imprisonment. (Isna.2008.Jan.14)
67)
Political
Prisoners
68)
Revolutionary prosecutor
office didn’t accept the charge of arresting Saeed Habibi, member of Student
Committee of Human Right Reporters. They told his father that they did not
arrest such person. His arrestment is denied in a situation that at the same
day, (Jan1st) security guards came to his house, inspected and banned his personal
belongings. (Student Committee of Human Right Reporters.2008.Jan.1)
69)
Mohammad Sedigh Kaboodvand,
In last six months I was
in dire situation in an isolated cell ,under physical and mental tortures while
all my personal, individual and civil rights were deprived and all because I
had and have firm purpose in defending human right. In worst situation, without
any help, we tried to defend oppressed people, so I can declare that we are the
most independent and reliable non governmental, civil-social organisation that
ever exist in recent years in
70)
Ehsan Mansouri,Majid
Tavasoli and Ahamd Ghasaban,
71)
Emadaldin Baghi, political
prisoners’ defence committee’s head, was transferred to
72)
Yaghob Salekinia,
journalist and member of
Saleh Kamrani, attorney
and human right activist, arrested in August 2007 was released on 150,000$
bails.
Mir Ghasem Seidinzadeh,
journalist and former student activist, arrested in November 2007 was released
on 40,000 bails.
Abdallah Abasi,
73)
Leila Heidari, Behrooz
Safari, Zanjan’s political activist’s wife, was arrested while going to visits
his husband in jail. She has heart problems and migraine as a result she has
been unconscious several times during interrogation and been transferred to
hospital. (Student Committee of Human Right Reporters.2008.Jan.14)
74)
Mostafa Alavi, Mehrdad
Lohrasbi, Behrooz Javid Tehrani , Khaled Hardani and Babak Dadbakhsh,
,political prisoners of Rajai Shahr prison are in food strike, objecting their
bad situation in jail and disregarding all their human rights there. (Amir
Kabir.2008.Jan.16)
75)
Nasrin Sotodeh, Mohammad
Sadegh kabodvand’s attorney announced that 150,000 Bails is issued for her
appointed to be released. She had objected the high bail and said her appointee’s
family could not afford this much money. (Isna.2008.Jan.20)
Women movement
activists:
76)
Nooshin Ahmadi
Khorasani, women movement activist arrested in March 3th gathering was tried in
77)
Khadijeh
Moghadam, women movement activist was interrogated in Gisha Security Police
office, in
Workers’
situation
78)
400 Labours of, Pakris Spinning industry in Semnan
province did not receive their pay for 4 months. They are deprived of all other
workers right and privileges .During last 3 years 1900 labours of the industry
were fired. (Isna.2007.Dec.24)
79)
Ebrahim Madadi,
80)
Reza Nemati poor
81)
Naser Gholami,
82)
Godarz Bahmani and Zahed Narimdasi, workers of
Khuzestan cement industry were killed by falling from tower crane. Disregarding
standard features by the contractor caused the accident.(Keihan.2008.Jan.15)
Amputation
sentences:
83)
M.A Jalali, A.B Rigi, A Rigi, A.R Rodini and D
Pahlavan were sentenced to amputation. It was for their right arm and left leg.
They were charged with fighting against Islam and their corruptive acts. Sentenced
were executed after being confirmed by revision court. (Isna.2008.Jan.6)
Sentenced
to Death
84)
Mahmood, 17 was sentenced
to death in
85) Sohei was sentenced to death in Branch 71 of Tehran Penal court, with the charge of murdering Moharam. The verdict was confirmed in Supreme Court. (Etemad.2007.Dec.25)
86) Omid, 20, was sentenced to death in public in Branch 71 of Tehran Penal court with the charge of murdering Gholam Reza. (Isna.2007.Jan.1)
87) Teib and Yazdan were sentenced to death (by hurling from height). They were charged with committing violation. (Ghods.2008.Jan.2)
88)
Shayan, 20 was
sentenced to death in public
89) The verdict was confirmed in Supreme Court. (Iran.2008.Jan.3)
90)
Mohammad, 21was sentenced
to death in
91) Saeed, Mohammad and Kazem were sentenced to death in public in Karaj Revolutionary court with the charge of drug dealing. The verdict was confirmed in Supreme Court. (Iran.2008.Jan.14)
Killed by
security guards:
92)
In October 2007,
some citizens of Arab community in
Their family
tried to contact or get information about them during months, but suddenly they
were informed that the body of them were found in the river or in streets.
These are the name of some of them:
Gheiban Abidavi, 38, worker, married with 4 kids.
Ali Chaldavi, 23.
Taregh Mosavi, 30.
Ali Abidavi, 37, married with 2 kids.
The marks of deep injuries were obvious on their bodies.
(Ahvaz Human right organization.2007.Dec.25)
93) Hesamaldin Khadivar, 18 from ‘Chapalaghi, village in Bandar Turkaman was killed by see’s security guards for fishing. The protestors were beaten and arrested by guards. (Rooz.2008.Jan.2)
Political
prisoners’ execution:
94)
Hassan Hekmat
Damir,Turkish citizen and member of Free Kurdistan party (Pajak) was executed
in Khoy. before being arrested he was remained in coldness several days and had
lost his feet as a result of chilblain
but in prison he was under dire tortures and interrogations, without
recieving any cure. (
Death
Sentences executed by Courts
95)
Karim, 37 was
executed in
96)
Abouzar, 25 was executed
in public in
97) Hadi Rigi and naser Hediyeh Sasooli, were executed in Zahedan prison. They were charged with drug dealing. (Fars.2007.Dec.31)
98) Raheleh Zamani, 27, mother of two kids was executed in Evin prison, with the charge of murdering her husband. The verdict was executed in Supreme Court. (Isna.2008.Jan.2)
99)
Akbar M. was executed
in Evin prison, with the charge of murdering Mohammad Ghasemi. The verdict was
executed in Supreme Court. (Isna.2008.Jan.2)
100) Alireza S. was executed in Evin prison with the charge of murdering three women Farahnaz Komeili, 50, Mahnaz Nozad, 50 and Shohreh Ariyan 41.The verdict was executed in Supreme Court. (Isna.2008.Jan.2)
101) Mehdi A. was executed in public in Evin prison, with the charge of murdering Davood. The verdict was executed in Supreme Court. (Isna.2008.Jan.2)
102) Sadr Aldin Kh. 28 was executed in Evin prison, with the charge of murdering Mohammad.A. (Isna.2008.Jan.2)
103) Hadi A.24 was executed in public in Evin prison, with the charge of murdering Saeed. (Isna.2008.Jan.2)
104)
Hamid S. 27 was
executed in Evin prison, with the charge of murdering his brother. The verdict
was executed in Supreme Court. (Isna.2008.Jan.2)
105) Saeed M. 27 was executed in public in Evin prison, with the charge of murdering Morteza. (Isna.2008.Jan.2)
106) Abdolghiveh shah ji and Babaldin Karbalai were exuted in Zahedan prison with the charge of drug dealing. (Keihan.2008.Jan.3)
107) Safar Ali Nazari, 36, Hojatallah Malei, 39 and Habiballah Oliyayi, 46 were executed in public in Ghom. (Jomhori Islami.2008.Jan.3)
108) A man, 53 was executed in Gorgan prison. He was charged with drug dealing. (Jomhori Islami.2008.Jan.6)
109)
A man was
executed in
110) Three men were executed in Birjand, with Supreme Court confirmation. They were charged with drug dealing. (Jomhori Islami.2008.Jan.10)
111)
Mohammad Reza
Sadeghi and Ali Rodgarmi were executed in public in
112) Mojtaba, with the charge of murdering Gholam Reza, Majid and Mohammad, with the charge of murdering Jamal were executed in public in Jahrom. (Iran.2008.Jan.10)
Public Suppression:
113) Vafadar police chief in Shahrood province announced: 18 girls and 10 boys were arrested for participating in a mix party. (Fars.2007.Dec.24)
114) Shafiee, Kerman police chief announced: in first 9 months of the year 9450 people had received notice, disregarding Hejab and 675 were arrested and were released after giving guarantee (Amir Kabir.2007.dec.30)
Social news
115) Statistics of the year 2006 shows: from the 64, 000000 populations over 6 years of age, 10,000000 are illiterates. (horasan.2007.Dec.27)
116)
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