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Tag : kahrizak detention center

October 24, 2019

Another Mother Denied Visits With Children Under Evin Prison’s New Director

Following additional restrictions imposed on political prisoners in Tehran’s Evin Prison by its newly appointed Director Gholamreza Ziaei, Maryam Akbari-Monfared’s visits ...

October 16, 2019

Reign of Evin Prison’s New Director Begins with Denial of Political Prisoners’ Rights

Female Prisoners of Conscience Denied Phone Contact with Children The appointment of Gholamreza Ziaei, former director of two disreputable prisons in Iran, as the new chief ...

December 1, 2017

Tehran Prosecutor Sentenced to Prison for Protestor’s Death Denies Responsibility

Former Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi, the only official who has been held accountable for the death of ...

November 28, 2017

Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi to Serve Two-Year Prison Term for Protestor’s Death

Former Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi has received a two-year prison sentence for being an “accomplice to murder” and the “illegal detention” of Mohsen Rouholamini, who died after being picked up by security forces in Tehran during the widespread protests of 2009 ...

September 22, 2016

Kahrizak Torture Victim Rejects Prosecutor’s Apology for Detainees’ Deaths

“Amir Javadifar died beside me as he was begging for water. I can never forget those moments.” Reza Zoghi, who was tortured at the Kahrizak Detention Center in south Tehran ...

August 24, 2015

Former Tehran Prosecutor Acquitted of Charges in Kahrizak Murders despite Overwhelming Evidence

Saeed Mortazavi, The former Tehran Prosecutor Mortazavi Verdict Shows Officials Still Enjoy Impunity even in Cases of Torture and Death of Prisoners. The former Tehran ...

November 18, 2011

Imprisoned Journalist Awaits Surgery After Nine Months

Mehdi Mahmoudian, an imprisoned journalist and member of the Participation Front political party, was transferred from Rajaee Shahr Prison to a hospital in May 2011 and will undergo surgery Thursday morning. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, a source ...

July 26, 2011

Journalist Mohammad Davari’s Health Deteriorates in Prison and Family Remains Unable to Visit Him

Mohammad Davari, journalist and editor-in-chief of Saham News’ website, has been sentenced to an additional year in prison all while suffering for months with severe depression in Evin Prison. The journalist’s nephew, Hossein Davari, spoke to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about ...

March 7, 2011

Kahrizak Victim Remains in Prison for Three Weeks Potentially for Facebook Activities

An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Seyed Ali Saberi, a student at Bahar University in Mashad, has been detained inside the Intelligence Office Detention Center in Mashad for the past 20 days. Iranian laws forbid entry by security, ...

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