Iran: the known unknown

In the prison of Meshginshahr, province Ardebil, is September a man hanged.
ISNA reported that the unnamed man was convicted for drugstrafficking.
source: iranhr.net





A group homosexuals, lesbians, bi-sexuals and transgenders from Iran joined the Facebookpage, We are everywhere, with videos of themselves to point out in a campaign the discrimination and persecution of sexual minorities in Iran, where they put homosexuals to death.
Hundreds of people joined and people inside and outside Iran are encouraged to tell their stories.
source: guardian.co.uk



In an attempt to stop the dissent near Orumieh and Tabriz IRGC commanders from Tehran were sent to Tabriz.
Friday insulted a IRGC commander the people of Urumieh in his conversation on the airport with the city’s head of State Security Forces. Clashes broke out between the SSFforces and those from Tehran.
On both sides people got injured and were transferred to the IRCGhospital. The airport was temporary closed.
In Tehran fights erupted round the soccermatch between Tehran and Tabriz. Dozens of people were arrested.
source: freedomessenger

Following the summon to serve his prisonsentence, Amir Khorram, member of the Freedom Movement of Iran, has been kidnapped to an unknown location.
He was sentenced to 4 years and 8 months in prison for acting against national security by the membership of the Freedom Movement of Iran.
source: HRHI



More the one month ago Parvin Mokhtarea had been arrested and last week was her trial.
Although she was never politically involved and there has been no information on the alleged charges , the judge has referred to her interviews during her son's incarceration.
She is still imprisoned in Kerman and has not been released.
The whereabouts and condition of Kouhiar Goudarzi are still unknown.
source: HRHI




Studentactivist Javid Fakhrian member of Islamic Student Association at Shahreh Kurd Azad University, is sentenced to one year in prison, for anti-regime propaganda by membership of a group. Het had been also arrested in 2009 and again during the Februarevents.
source: HRHI

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In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
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