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Hungerstrikes against the death-penalty
NCRI - Womens committee -15 Feb 2024 - in Women's News
<<Hunger Strikes Against the Death Penalty in the Women's Ward of Evin Prison
A cohort of female political prisoners, supporting the opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), went on a hunger strike on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, within the confines of the women's ward in Evin Prison. Their objective was to denounce the escalating frequency of executions in Iran. The hunger strikes against the death penalty, aimed at condemning the imposition of the death penalty, was first launched on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, by death-row inmates at Qezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, following the executions of detained protesters Mohammad Qobadlou and Farhad Salimi.
This was the third round of hunger strikes against the death penalty initiated by political prisoners across several prisons, including Evin, Qezel Hesar, Mashhad, Karaj, Khorramabad, and Saqqez. The campaign vehemently denounces the executions and demands an immediate cessation of such actions. On Tuesday, January 30, several death-row prisoners in Qezel Hesar made an announcement: <In order to amplify our voices, we will commence a hunger strike every Tuesday. We have chosen Tuesdays because this day often marks the final moments for our fellow inmates, who are usually transferred to solitary confinement a few days prior.> The ongoing resistance of political prisoners against the clerical regime's killing machine persists amidst a concerning escalation in the issuance of death sentences. Recent weeks have seen a surge in charges leveled against political prisoners, including accusations of <moharebeh> or waging war on God and <Bagh-ye> or armed insurgency against the clerical regime.
So far, four female political prisoners in the women's ward of Evin Prison have been charged with <Bagh-ye.> They include Marzieh Farsi, Forough Taghipour, Nassim Gholami Fard, and Varisha Moradi. In late January, the 26th Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran convened a trial to address the charges against Marzieh Farsi and Forough Taghipour. However, the two political prisoners declined to attend the court, citing their refusal to acknowledge its legitimacy.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/02/15/hunger-strikes-against-the-death-penalty/

Iranwire - 15 Feb 2024
<<Another Lawyer Arrested in Iran; Reason Unknown
Iranian security forces arrested lawyer Mohammad-Reza Kargarpisheh Moghadam on February 14, the activist HRANA news agency reported. The arrest reportedly occurred on a street in Karaj, near Tehran, while Kargarpisheh was on his way to his office. He was subsequently transferred to a detention facility in the city. The reason for the lawyer's arrest has yet to be disclosed, according to a source close to the Kargarpisheh family. Last month, two United Nations experts denounced the <enormous obstacles and pressures> faced by Iranian lawyers who provided, or attempted to provide, legal support to protesters. At least 66 lawyers have been arrested and detained since nationwide protests erupted in September 2022, <apparently in an attempt to both intimidate them and to prevent them from representing protestors,> the experts said in a statement. Eleven of these lawyers have been sentenced and 47 have been released pending trial, they said, adding that many others were targeted with intimidation, harassment and disbarment.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125400-another-lawyer-arrested-in-iran-reason-unknown/


Fatemeh Sheikhi
Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 15 Feb 2024
<<Female Kurdish Civil Activist Convicted for Opposition to Capital Punishment
In a recent legal development, Fatemeh Sheikhi, a 22-year-old Kurdish activist from Abdanan in the province of Ilam, has been sentenced to one year in prison by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic. According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Tuesday, February 13th, 2024, Fatemeh Sheikhi was convicted by Branch 101 of the Criminal Court of Abdanan, presided over by Chief Judge Mohammad Gholami, on charges of <insulting sanctities> and was subsequently sentenced to one year behind bars. It has come to light that Fatemeh Sheikhi, a civil activist from Abdanan, was summoned to the revolutionary prosecutor's office in Abdanan in October 2023 following the sharing of several stories on her Instagram account. After undergoing interrogation and temporary detention, she was released on bail pending the completion of legal proceedings.
Documents obtained by Hengaw reveal that the one-year imprisonment sentence against Fatemeh Sheikhi has been suspended for a period of two years. In response to this verdict, Fatemeh Sheikhi has stated that she has been convicted of <opposing the death penalty.> >>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/female-kurdish-civil-activist-convicted-for-opposition-to-capital-punishment

Iranwire - 15 Feb 2024
<<Father of Slain Iranian Protester Handed Another Prison Term
The Iranian authorities have sentenced Manouchehr Bakhtiari, the father of a 27-year-old man killed in a crackdown on protests in Iran in 2019, to six more months in prison for <insulting the leadership.> The activist HRANA news agency reported on February 14 that Branch 6 of the Court of Appeal of Qazvin, led by Judge Habibullah Amiri, had upheld the sentence. Bakhtiari is currently imprisoned in Qazvin prison. He was previously sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison and 74 lashes on charges including <gathering and colluding to commit a crime against security,><spreading lies,> <propaganda activity against the Islamic Republic and disturbing public peace,> and <collaboration with groups opposed to the Islamic Republic.> His son Pouya Bakhtiari was fatally shot on November 19, 2019, on the second day of widespread protests triggered by a government's sudden decision to raise gas prices. Manouchehr Bakhtiari was initially arrested on April 29, 2021, for seeking justice for her son. Pouya Bakhtiari's mother, Nahid Shirpisheh, is serving a prison sentence in Zanjan.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/125388-father-of-slain-iranian-protester-handed-another-prison-term/


Sepideh Rashno
Iranwire - 15 Feb 2024
<<Iranian Writer Rashno to Serve Nearly Four-Year Prison Sentence
Sepideh Rashno, an Iranian writer, poet and vocal critic of compulsory hijab, says she will go to prison to serve a three-year-and-11-month term handed to her for <publishing obscene images> on social media. Rashno said on her Instagram account that she was also barred from traveling.
<A travel ban for someone who doesn't intend to leave,> Rashno wrote. Rashno was arrested in July 2022 after she was filmed arguing with a woman on a bus over the mandatory headscarf. Two weeks later, state TV aired a program showing her giving a forced confession while signs of beatings were visible even on her face. In June last year, she announced that she was released on bail after being summoned again by the authorities, but was <banned from leaving Tehran.> Previously, she had reported that Al-Zahra University had banned her from studying for two semesters due to the <non-observance of Islamic clothing.> All women in Iran must conceal their hair with a hijab while in public and wear loose fitting trousers under their coats. Iranian women who refuse to wear a head covering have been arrested and prosecuted amid a wave of protests sparked by the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody after being detained by police for allegedly wearing her headscarf improperly.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/women/125385-iranian-writer-rashno-to-serve-nearly-four-year-prison-sentence/

Iranwire - 15 Feb 2024
<<Iranian Baha'i Man Jailed for <Deviant> Activities
Keyvan Rahimian, a member of Iran's Baha'i religious minority, has been sentenced to a total of nine years in prison. The Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Rahimian to five years' imprisonment, six years of social rights deprivation and a 50-million-toman ($920) fine for engaging in <deviant educational or propaganda activities contrary to Islamic Sharia.> He was also handed a four-year prison term for <colluding to commit crimes against the country's security.> The maximum prison sentence of five years is applicable. Rahimian, a professor at the Baha'i Virtual University of Iran, has a history of arrests and imprisonments. In 2017, he was released from Karaj's Rajaei Shar prison after serving a five-year sentence.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/bahais-of-iran/125383-iranian-bahai-man-jailed-for-deviant-activities/

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 14 Feb 2024
<<Two Political Prisoners Receive Twelve-Year Sentences in Lorestan, Iran
In Khoramabad, Lorestan province, Iran, Mohammad Khodakarmi and Mehdi Khodakarmi, residents of the region, have been collectively sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mohammad Khodakarmi, 32 years old, received an 8-year prison term from the Khorramabad Revolutionary Court, while his brother, Mehdi Khodakarmi, aged 42, was sentenced to 4 years. According to reliable sources, the charges against the brothers include <membership in the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran> and <collusion against the country's security.> It is important to note that Mohammad and Mehdi Khodakarmi have been denied fundamental rights, such as access to medical care, throughout their nearly year-long detention period. These two brothers, subjected to severe physical abuse during their arrest, were apprehended by security forces in March 2023 and initially held in Evin prison before being transferred to Khorramabad Central Prison.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/two-political-prisoners-receive-twelve-year-sentences-in-lorestan-iran

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - 14 Feb 2024
<<Kurdish Resident Arrested by Iranian Authorities
Sajjad Malekshahi, a Kurdish resident of Qorveh in Sanandaj province, has been apprehended by security forces following the release of a video in which he urged the public to boycott the upcoming election and criticized widespread corruption within the governance of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Sajjad Malekshahi, a shopkeeper in Qorveh city, was taken into custody at his residence on Monday, February 12, 2024. His arrest came after he released footage stating, <The very act of voting is equivalent to endorsing all the malpractices and corruption.> In the video, Malekshahi called for a boycott of the upcoming election in Iran. He has since been relocated to an undisclosed location, and there is currently no information available regarding his whereabouts or condition.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/02/kurdish-resident-arrested-by-iranian-authorities


Raheleh Rahemipour
NCRI - Womens committee -14 Feb 2024 - in Women's News
<<Raheleh Rahemipour, Elderly Political Prisoner, Denied Much Needed Medical Treatment
February 14, 2024in Women's News
Political prisoner Raheleh Rahemipour, detained in the women's ward of Evin prison, is deprived of proper medical care. She suffers from many illnesses and is detained despite the forensic doctor confirming that she cannot tolerate imprisonment. The 72-year-old political prisoner is in prison for demanding answers on the forced disappearance of her brother and niece who were detained during the 1980s. Her brother Hossein Rahemipour, a dentist, was arrested along with his pregnant wife in 1983. His daughter Golrou was born in Evin Prison. When she was 15 days old, Golrou was separated from her mother for supposed medical care and was not returned to her. In April 1984, the authorities informed the Rahemipour family that Golrou had passed away, without showing them her death certificate or grave. In September 1984, they informed the family by phone that Hossein Rahemipour was executed during the mass executions of political prisoners. But the regime never specified his place of burial. The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has confirmed that Golrou Rahemipour and her father have been forcefully disappeared and has demanded accountability from the Iranian regime. In late January, Mrs. Rahemipour was taken to the hospital due to her poor health. She was returned to prison two days later after undergoing a cardiac angiogram. She was taken to the prison clinic several times but did not receive any serious treatment.
Raheleh Rahemipour was initially arrested by security forces in Tehran on November 12, 2019, and was transferred to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence Detention Center known as Section 2A in Evin Prison. She was released after some time. The elderly political prisoner was sentenced to six years in prison and was detained in mid-November 2023, to serve her sentence in Evin Prison. She has been charged with <spreading propaganda against the states> and <assembly and collusion against national security>.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/02/14/raheleh-rahemipour/

Iranwire - 14 Feb 2024 - by SAMANEH GHADARKHAN
<<Teenage Daughter of Iranian Dissidents Missing for Two Weeks
Two teenage girls in Iran - Aida Moradbehrouzi and Hasti Mohammad Hosseinion - have been unaccounted for since January 31. Aida, 14, is the daughter of Sori Babaei, an activist who was imprisoned last year for her involvement in an anti-mandatory hijab campaign, and Mohammedreza Moradbehrouzi, a former political prisoner. Sori Babaei was granted temporary leave on February 13 after the disappearance of her daughter and her classmate aged 13, a source close to the family told IranWire. According to this source, the police recently informed Aida's father that they were unable to locate the two teenagers. They left home around noon on January 31 and have not returned since. CCTVs captured them at Qazvin city's main bus terminal. The pair live in the impoverished Mehregan neighborhood, located 25 kilometers from Qazvin. IranWire's source suggested that an unidentified individual may have influenced the schoolgirls via the Rubika messenger to run away from home. <The messages sent to the girls encouraged them to flee and advised them against carrying bank cards, birth certificates, mobile phones or any identification documents with them,> the source said. Rubika is an Iranian messaging platform developed by the Tosca company, a subsidiary of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order Headquarters. Rubika operates under the umbrella of government institutions in Iran. The family has urged judicial authorities and the police to investigate the messages exchanged by the two teenage girls on Rubika messenger. The police have stated that they don't have access to internal messaging platforms. There is speculation that Islamic Republic authorities might use the teenagers to put pressure on Sori Babaei. The <Women's Revolution> social media account said, <The prosecutor and judiciary head of Qazvin Province, told Sori Babaei, 'Due to your daughter's disappearance, if you wear a headscarf, express forgiveness and repent, we will release you and help find your daughter.'> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125363-teenage-daughter-of-iranian-dissidents-missing-for-two-weeks/

Iranwire - 14 Feb 2024
<<Iranian Lawmakers Hold Closed-Door Session After Hack
The Iranian parliament held its session on February 14 behind closed doors and voting was conducted manually, following reports of a cyberattack on its systems. Journalists were barred from entering the chamber, with its communication department reporting <disruptions in some internal systems, including traffic, online resources and internet connectivity.> No further details about the disruptions were provided. State media reported that <technical malfunctions> in the electronic voting system forced the parliament to revert to the traditional method of voting. The electronic voting system was introduced a few years ago. A hacker group affiliated with the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, an exiled opposition group that seeks to overthrow the Islamic Republic, claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the parliament on February 13. The hackers published documents on their Telegram channel purportedly obtained through the hack.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125356-iranian-lawmakers-hold-closed-door-session-after-hack/

Iranwire - 14 Feb 2024
<<Iranian Baha'i Woman Jailed for Five Years
A Baha'i woman was apprehended by agents of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence on the streets of Shiraz on February 13 and taken to Adel Abad prison to start her prison sentence. The First Branch of Shiraz Revolutionary Court sentenced Mina Karami to five years in prison after finding her guilty of <deviant educational and propaganda activities contrary to or disruptive of the Sharia of Islam.> She was also given a ten-year deprivation of social rights and a two-year travel ban. Branch 37 of the Court of Appeal of Fars Province later upheld the ruling. Karami's ordeal began in September 2021, when agents of the Shiraz Intelligence Department searched her residence. Following the search, Karami was summoned to the Intelligence Department for interrogation and arrested. She was later released on bail.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/bahais-of-iran/125364-iranian-bahai-woman-jailed-for-five-years/

Iranwire - 14 Feb 2024
<<Jailed Iranian Protest Rapper Salehi Sentenced to Prison in New Case
The appeals court of Isfahan province has rejected Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi’s appeal against his one-year prison sentence, his lawyer says.
<Our appeal against the initial one-year imprisonment verdict was dismissed by Branch 17 of the Isfahan court, making the sentence final,> lawyer Amir Raisian told the semi-official ILNA news agency. <We will continue to explore other avenues for appeal,> he added. Salehi, 33, was initially arrested in October 2022 after making public statements in support of nationwide protests that had erupted the previous month. He had released songs that criticized the government and supported the protests demanding more freedoms and women's rights, and posted pictures and videos of himself during demonstrations. In July 2023, a court sentenced the artist to six years and three months in prison for <corruption on Earth.> He was released on bail on November 18 after the Supreme Court, responding to an appeal, found <flaws in the original sentence.> It sent the case back to a lower court for a reexamination and possible retrial. Salehi was returned to jail less than two weeks later to face new charges after publicly talking about his alleged torture in prison in a video.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125365-jailed-iranian-protest-rapper-salehi-sentenced-to-prison-in-new-case/

Iranwire - 14 Feb 2024
<<Iranian Lawmakers Hold Closed-Door Session After Hack
The Iranian parliament held its session on February 14 behind closed doors and voting was conducted manually, following reports of a cyberattack on its systems. Journalists were barred from entering the chamber, with its communication department reporting <disruptions in some internal systems, including traffic, online resources and internet connectivity.> No further details about the disruptions were provided. State media reported that <technical malfunctions> in the electronic voting system forced the parliament to revert to the traditional method of voting. The electronic voting system was introduced a few years ago. A hacker group affiliated with the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, an exiled opposition group that seeks to overthrow the Islamic Republic, claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the parliament on February 13. The hackers published documents on their Telegram channel purportedly obtained through the hack.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/125356-iranian-lawmakers-hold-closed-door-session-after-hack/

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