


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 – 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 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Wednesday, March 9, 2022; Leila Salemzadeh and her daughter Yasmin Aziz Azan were transferred to the detention center
Rissmaan – Monda, March 7, 2022; Yasmin Aziz, a citizen of Abadan, was arrested after being summoned to the Khorramshahr
Rissmaan – Thursday, March 17, 2022; The plane of Nazanin Zaghari Ratklif and Anousheh Ashouri, freed Iranian-British dual nationals, landed
Rissmaan – Thursday, March 10, 2022; During the memorial service for Samad Shabani, a poet and writer in Karaj, at
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 – 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 – Thursday, February 10, 2022; Khadijeh Mehdipour, a political prisoner in Ilam Prison without observing the principle of separation
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 – Monday, January 24, 2022; Athena Daemi, a civil activist, was released early from Lakan Prison in Rasht. Athena
Rissmaan – Saturday, January 22, 2022; Arezoo Rahimkhani, a professor at the Andimeshk Azad University, was banned from continuing her
Rissmaan – Wednesday, January 19, 2022, Narges Mohammadi, spokeswoman for the Defenders of Human Rights Center, was transferred to Qarchak
Rissmaan – Monday, January 18, 2022; Maryam Sadeghi, a citizen of Sanandaj, was sentenced to one year suspended imprisonment by
Rissmaan – Saturday, January 15, 2022; Saba Kordafshari, a civil activist imprisoned in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, was informed of
Rissmaan – Tuesday, January 11, 2022; Samira Ebrahimi, a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, was temporarily released from Evin Prison
Rissmaan – Monday, January 10, 2022; Fariba Asadi, a resident of Tehran, was arrested at her own home and transferred
Rissmaan – Saturday, January 8, 2022; The trial of Afsaneh Azimzadeh, a child rights activist, and Negar Masoudi, a photographer
Rissmaan – Sunday, January 2, 2022; Bahareh Soleimani, a citizen living in Tehran, was sent to Evin Prison to serve
Rissmaan – Sunday, January 2, 2022; The Supreme Court rejected the request for a retrial of Zahra Mohammadi, a citizen
Rissmaan – Saturday, January 1, 2022; Nazanin Mohammadnejad, a Master’s degree student in the Russian language at Allameh Tabatabai University
Rissmaan – Wednesday, December 29, 2021; The home of Narges Mohammadi, a spokeswoman for the Defenders of Human Rights Center,
Rissmaan – Wednesday, December 29, 2021; Jila Karamzadeh Makoundi, a civil activist, went to Evin Prison to serve her five-year
Rissmaan – Tuesday, December 21, 2021; Pouria Javadi and Maryam Haghgoo, a young couple in the Karzan section of Sirvan
ر Rissmaan – Saturday, December 25, 2021; Elahe Mohammadi, a journalist, was sentenced by a Tehran criminal court to pay
Rissmaan – Thursday, December 23, 2021; Leila Hosseinzadeh, a student union activist and former political prisoner, was transferred to Adelabad
Rissmaan – Sunday, December 12, 2021; Kajal Nasri, a 26-year-old citizen from the village of Tangisar in Sanandaj, was arrested
Rissmaan – Saturday, December 11, 2021; Mahtab Gholizadeh, a journalist living in Tehran, was released on bail after being informed
Rissmaan – Wednesday, December 8, 2021; Mahboubeh Javid, a teacher living in Mashhad, was released from Vakilabad prison on bail.
Rissmaan – Thursday, December 9, 2021; According to the Sattar Beheshti Foundation, Sattar Beheshti’s mother, Gohar Eshghi, a victim of
Rissmaan – Tuesday, December 7, 2021; Leila Hosseinzadeh, a student union activist and former political prisoner, was arrested in Shiraz.
Rissmaan – Tuesday, December 7, 2021; Parvin Mohammadi was summoned to serve a one-year prison sentence. According to a communiqué
Rissmaan – Wednesday, December 8, 2021; The trial of Mostafa Nili, a lawyer, and Maryam Afrafraz, a civil activist, will
Rissmaan – Sunday, December 5, 2021; Branch 36 of the Tehran Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Leila Hosseinzadeh,
Rissmaan – Wednesday, December 1, 2021; Chini Sharifi Bukani, was arrested by security forces in Bukani County and taken to
Rissmaan – Tuesday, November 30, 2021; Nosrat Beheshti, a retired civil and cultural activist living in Mashhad, was released temporarily
Rissmaan – Thursday, November 25, 2021; The case of Farzaneh Zilabi, the lawyer defending the Haft Tappeh case, was referred
Rissmaan – Thursday, November 25, 2021; Farzaneh Ansarifar, a citizen of Behbahan and the sister of Farzad Ansarifar, one of
Rissmaan – Monday, November 22, 2021; Asal Mohammadi, a labor activist, was temporarily released on bail from Evin Prison today.
Rissmaan – Saturday, November 20, 2021; Raheleh Ahmadi, a civil activist imprisoned in Evin Prison and the mother of Saba
Rissmaan – Wednesday, November 17, 2021; Taqi Rahmani, Narges Mohammadi’s spouse, announced the execution and flogging of this civil activist.
Rissmaan – Tuesday, November 16, 2021; Soheila Hijab, a political prisoner imprisoned in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, was deported to
Rissmaan – Tuesday, November 16, 2021; Increased pressure on the families of those killed in November 2019 coincides with the
Rissmaan – Sunday, November 14, 2021; The trial of Farzaneh Ansarifar, a citizen of Behbahan, and the sister of Farzad
Rissmaan – Sunday, November 14, 2021; Nosrat Beheshti, a retired civil and cultural activist living in Mashhad, was sentenced by
Rissmaan – Thursday, November 11, 2021; Alieh Motalebzadeh, a photographer and women’s rights activist detained in Evin Prison, was denied
Rissmaan – Thursday, November 11, 2021; Asal Mohammadi, a labor activist, was transferred from the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Center,
Rissmaan – Tuesday, November 9, 2021; Raheel Mousavi, a photographer and media activist from Khorramshahr, was detained by security forces