


Iranian prisons; Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz
“A true hell called Sepidar Prison” Beyond the soaring walls of Sepidar Prison, according to those who spend their days
“A true hell called Sepidar Prison” Beyond the soaring walls of Sepidar Prison, according to those who spend their days
The description of what is going on in this prison in the words of three security prisoners, who inevitably spend
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Rissmaan – Saturday 21 May 2022; The family of Ali Salehi, a worker detained by security forces, gathered in front of the Sanandaj Intelligence Office
Rissmaan – Saturday 21 May 2022; Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, a political prisoner, was released from Karaj Central Penitentiary after serving more than ten years in
Rissmaan – Saturday 21 May 2022; The trial of Amir Hossein Moradi, Saeed Tamjidi, and Mohammad Rajabi, citizens detained during the November 2019 protests, will
Rissmaan – Friday, May 13, 2022; Maryam Ghafouri, a 35-year-old female citizen in Saqez, was severely wounded in the leg
Rissmaan – Saturday, May 14, 2022; Two children named Maryam and Roghayeh Hot from Salvar Bazaar village of Dashtiari city,
Rissmaan – Friday, May 13, 2022; Fariba Moeini, a teacher union activist in Isfahan province, was arrested by security forces
Rissmaan – Friday, May 13, 2022; Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner in exile in Semnan Prison, wrote a letter
Rissmaan – Thursday, May 12, 2022; Reza Shahabi, a member of the board of directors of the Tehran and Suburbs
Rissmaan – Tuesday, May 10, 2022; Firoozeh Khosravani, a documentary filmmaker, was arrested by intelligence agents and transferred to the
Rissmaan – Monday, May 9, 2022; Anisha Asadollahi and Keyvan Mohtadi, labor activists, were detained by security forces at their
Rissmaan – Monday, May 9, 2022, Reyhaneh Taravati, a photographer and videographer, was detained by security forces and taken to
Rissmaan – Sunday, May 8, 2022, a 40-year-old female worker in confectionery in Babul lost her life due to a
Rissmaan – Saturday, May 7, 2022; Fariba Fereydoni, a civil activist, was summoned to the First Branch of the Khomeini
Rissmaan – Thursday, May 5, 2022; The Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced Anoushavan Audian, a Christian citizen, to 10 years
Rissmaan – Thursday, May 5, 2022; According to the official communiqué of the Court of Appeals, Ahmad (Johanna), Sarparast, Ayub
Rissmaan was released on Thursday, May 5, 2022; Mansoureh Erfanian, a teacher union activist in Mashhad. She was arrested by
Rissmaan – Sunday, May 1, 2022; Fatemeh Bahmani, a teacher union activist, was arrested by security forces at her home
Rissmaan – Sunday, May 1, 2022; Monira Arabshahi, a civil activist, was sent to Rajai Hospital from Karaj Prison due
Rissmaan – Sunday, May 1, 2022; Fariba Asadi, a political prisoner in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, was barred from being
Rissmaan – Saturday, April 30, 2022, at 6:30 AM, the security forces of Hamedan and Malayer went to the houses
Rissmaan – Saturday, April 30, 2022, Osman Ismaili, a labor activist from Saqez, was arrested by security forces. According to
Rissmaan – Thursday, May 29, 1401, the Intelligence Office of Kurdistan Province announced the arrest of members of an opposition
Rissmaan – Friday, April 29, 2022; Armin Sharifeh (Sharifi), a labor activist, was summoned and interrogated by the press
Rissmaan – Thursday, April 28, 2022; Sheith Amani, a labor activist and a member of the board of directors of
Rissmaan – Thursday, April 28, 2022; Shouresh Mohammadi Fallah, a Christian convert living in Tehran, was sentenced by Branch 26
Rissmaan – Thursday, April 28, 2022, the Deputy Minister of Culture and Social Affairs of the Gilan Disciplinary Command announced
Rissmaan – Monday, April 25, 2022; Noushin Keshavarznia, a social researcher and women’s rights activist, was arrested by security forces
Rissmaan – Monday, April 25, 2022; The hearing of Farzaneh Zilabi, the defense lawyer of the Haft Tappeh case, will
Rissmaan – Sunday, April 25, 2022, Soheila Hijab, a political prisoner in the women’s ward of the Kermanshah Correctional Centre,
Rissmaan – Saturday, April 23, 2022, Alieh Motalebzadeh and Narges Mohammadi were summoned to court over new cases while serving
Rissmaan – Monday, April, 218022; Rahmat Rostamipour, a Christian convert, was arrested by security forces at his private home in
Rissmaan – Thursday, April 21, 2022; The commander of the Environment Unit announced the suspension of the death sentence of
Rissmaan – Tuesday, April 19, 2022, Maryam Rahmani, a women’s rights activist, was summoned by telephone to Branch 1 of
Rissmaan – Thursday, April 21, 2022; Afsaneh Azimzadeh, a child rights activist, and Negar Masoudi, a photographer and documentary filmmaker,
Rissmaan – Tuesday, April 19, 2022; Khadijeh Mehdipour, a political prisoner in Ilam Prison, has been denied proper medical care
Rissmaan – Monday, April 18, 2022; Alieh Motalebzadeh, a women’s rights activist detained in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, wrote a
Rissmaan – Monday, April 18, 2022; The 11th Judicial Branch of the Yazd Revolutionary Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a restraining
Rissmaan – Saturday, April 16, 2022, Sakineh Behjati, a Christian convert, went to Lakan Prison in Rasht to serve her
Rissmaan – Saturday, April 16, 2022; Narges Mohammadi, a human rights activist, and Alieh Motalebzadeh, a women’s rights activist detained
Rissmaan – Friday, April 15, 2022; Morteza Seidi and Amir Abbasi, two labor activists living in Tehran, were detained by
Rissmaan – Friday, April 15, 2022; despite his poor physical condition, the health officials of Kachuei Prison in Karaj prevented
Rissmaan – Wednesday, April 13, 2022; the Qazvin Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor announced the arrest of a citizen in the
Rissmaan – Tuesday, April 12, 2022; human rights activist Narges Mohammadi and women’s rights activist Alieh Motalebzadeh were arrested by
Rissmaan – Tuesday, April 12, 2022; Zahra Safaei, a political prisoner, was barred from being sent to a hospital despite
Rissmaan – Sunday, April 10, 2022; Maryam Karim Beigi, the sister of Mustafa Karim Beigi, one of the victims of
Rissmaan – Sunday, April 10, 2022; Shakila Monfared, a political prisoner in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, has gone on a
Rissmaan – Saturday, April 10, 2022, Shalir Ahmadi, a resident of Mahabad, was transferred to the women’s ward of Urmia
Rissmaan – Thursday, April 7, 2022, Maziar Shahbakhsh, a detained teenager, was transferred from the IRGC Intelligence Detention Centre to
Rissmaan – Tuesday, April 5, 2022; The trial of Jaleh Ruhzad, a retired teacher, was held today in Branch 26
Rissmaan – Monday, April 4, 2022; Jaleh Rouhzad was summoned to the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, says the Coordinating Council
Rissmaan – Sunday, April 3, 2022; Maryam Akbari Monfared, an exiled political prisoner in Semnan Prison, has been denied medical
Rissmaan – Friday, April 1, 2022; In a statement, a group of women filmmakers condemned the gender inequality in Iranian
Rissmaan – Tuesday 28, 2022; Soheila Hijab, a political prisoner in the women’s ward of the Kermanshah Correctional Center, announced
Rissmaan – Wednesday, March 29, 2022; Shalir Ahmadi, a citizen of Mahabad, was detained by security forces and transferred to
Rissmaan – Saturday, March 26, 2022; Doyeh Khadijeh Seifpanahi and her son Khalid Seifpanahi have been under house arrest since
Rissaman – Thursday, March 24, 2022; the trial of Mahtab Gholizadeh, a journalist living in Tehran, will be held on
Rissmaan – Monday, March 21, 2022; the family of Murad Tahabaz, a dual national prisoner and one of the defendants
Rissmaan – Wednesday, March 9, 2022; Leila Salemzadeh and her daughter Yasmin Aziz Azan were transferred to the detention center
Rissmaan – Friday, March 18, 2022, Murad Tahabaz, a dual national prisoner and one of the defendants in the case
Rissmaan – Monda, March 7, 2022; Yasmin Aziz, a citizen of Abadan, was arrested after being summoned to the Khorramshahr
Rissmaan – Wednesday, March 16, 2022; Zahed Askani Sharaf, a Sunni cleric, was summoned by the Mehrestan Intelligence Office and
Rissmaan – Thursday, March 17, 2022; The plane of Nazanin Zaghari Ratklif and Anousheh Ashouri, freed Iranian-British dual nationals, landed
Rissmaan – Saturday, March 12, 2022, Shahnaz Sabet, a Baha’i citizen living in Shiraz, was arrested and transferred to Adilabad
Rissmaan – Sunday, March 13, 2022; Shahram Najaf Tomraei, a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, went to Evin Prison today
Rissmaan – Thursday, March 10, 2022; During the memorial service for Samad Shabani, a poet and writer in Karaj, at
Rissmaan – Thursday, March 10, 2022, Ghalib Hosseini, a labor activist, was summoned to the Sanandaj Intelligence Office by telephone.
Rissmaan – Wednesday, March 9, 2022, Maziar Shahbakhsh, a 16-year-old resident of Zahedan, was arrested by security forces and taken
Rissmaan – Monday, March 7, 2022; Sedigheh Aghdasi, Behrouz Farzandi, and Qassem Masoumi, Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz, were arrested
Rissmaan – Tuesday, March 8, 2022; Muzaffar Salehnia, a labor activist and a member of the board of directors of
Rissmaan – Thursday, March 3, 2022, Zamaneh Zivieh, a detained citizen from Saqqez, was temporarily released on bail. Zamaneh Zivieh
Rissmaan – Thursday, March 3, 2022; Shakila Monfared, a political prisoner in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, went on strike after
Rissmaan – Wednesday, March 2, 2022; The Abadan police chief announced the identification and arrest of two female citizens for
Rissmaan – Saturday, February 26, 2022; The last interrogation session of Vida Rabbani, a journalist and member of the Ittihad
Rissmaan – Tuesday, March 1, 2022; Branch 9 of the Supreme Court rejected for the fourth time the request for
Rissmaan – Monday, February 28, 2022; Branch 34 of the Tehran Court of Appeals acquitted Abdolreza Ali Haghnejad, Behnam Akhlaghi,
Rissmaan – Sunday, February 27, 2022; Fariba Asadi, a political prisoner in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, went on a hunger
Rissmaan – Thursday, February 24, 2022; Narges Dermgazin, Masoud Sediqnia, Ebrahim Armesh, Seyed Morteza Vahdani, Zeinab Alipour, Wehb Robin, and
Rissmaan – Thursday, February 24, 2022; Soheila Hijab, a political prisoner, was taken to a hospital in the women’s ward
Rissmaan – Wednesday, February 23, 2022; Farzaneh Ansarifar, a citizen of Behbahan and the sister of Farzad Ansarifar, a victim
Rissmaan – Wednesday, February 23, 2022; Ali and Maryam Kazemi, citizens arrested during the protests in Behbahan in July of
Rissmaan – Tuesday, February 22, 2022; Shiva Khalili, a Baha’i citizen living in Babul, was sentenced to imprisonment and confiscated
Rissmaan – Tuesday, February 22, 2022; Narges Mohammadi, a human rights activist and spokeswoman for the Defenders of Human Rights
Rissmaan – Monday, February 21, 2022; Guzel Hajizadeh, the mother of political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian, was arrested by security forces
Rissmaan – Monday, February 21, 2022; the home of Shahnaz Akmali, a former political prisoner and mother of Mustafa Karim
Rissmaan – Saturday, February 19, 2022; Arezoo Latifi, a citizen living in Sanandaj, was arrested after being referred to the
Rissmaan – Saturday, February 19, 2022, the Imam’s Command Headquarters officers returned to the homes of Hassan Sadeghi and Fatemeh
Rissmaan – Thursday, February 17, 2022; Narges Mohammadi, a human rights activist and spokeswoman for the Defenders of Human Rights
Rissmaan – Monday, February 14, 2022; Behnam Akhlaghi and Babak Hosseinzadeh, Christian converts, were released on bail after being charged
Rissmaan – Thursday, February 10, 2022; Yousef Mehrad, one of the defendants in “Sab al-Nabi” imprisoned in Arak prison, has
Rissmaan – Thursday, February 10, 2022; Khadijeh Mehdipour, a political prisoner in Ilam Prison without observing the principle of separation
Rissmaan – Thursday, February 10, 2022; Hajar Saeedi, Ramin Karimi, Fardin Miraki, and Issa Moradi, labor activists from Sanandaj, were
Rissmaan – Tuesday, February 8, 2022; Sakineh Behjati, a Christian convert, was summoned to Branch 1 of the Public Judgments
Rissmaan – Tuesday, February 8, 2022; Khadijeh Mahdipour, a political prisoner in Ilam Prison, was deprived of her medication despite
Rissmaan – Monday, February 7, 2022; Nasrin Javadi, a labor activist and one of the detainees of International Workers’ Day
Rissmaan – Sunday, February 6, 2022; Asal Mohammadi, a labor activist, was sentenced by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court
Rissmaan – Saturday, February 5, 2022; Soheila Hijab, a political prisoner in the women’s ward of the Kermanshah Correctional Center,
Rissmaan – Monday, February 7, 2022; Bahareh Soleimani, a political prisoner, was transferred to the women’s quarantine ward of Evin
Rissmaan – Sunday, February 6, 2022; Rokna News Agency was shut down by a majority vote of the Press Supervisory
Rissmaan – Saturday, February 5, 2022; Mojgan Keshavarz, a civil activist who has been on leave from Qarchak prison in
Rissmaan – Friday, February 4, 2022; Saba Kordafshari, a civil activist imprisoned in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, was suspended for
Rissmaan – Saturday, January 29, 2022; Shohreh Hosseini, a translator and civil activist, was arrested and sent to Evin Prison
Rissmaan – Saturday, January 29, 2022; Alireza Roshnaeizadeh, Hojjat Lotfi, Mohsen Saadatizadeh, Masoud Naei, Alireza Varksha, Mohammad Kandgap, Mohammad Ali
Rissmaan – Thursday, January 27, 2022; The trial of Behnam Akhlaghi, Babak Hosseinzadeh, Shahrooz Islamdoost, Mehdi Khatibi, Khalil Dehghanpour, Hossein