Iran: Detained Telegram Channel Admin On Hunger Strike

Hamidreza Amini, a Telegram channel administrator, was detained on December 2, 2017. He has illegally transferred to Fashafuyeh Prison a few days ago from Evin Prison and has started a hunger strike. Hamidreza has been charged with publishing lies, blasphemy and insulting the officials of the Islamic Republic. His wife, Sudabeh Namdar Zanganeh, said that she had gone to court every day during this time but was not given any answers. “They told me to go home and not say anything. If you say something (they told me), you will also be put behind bars,” she said.
According to Sudabeh Namdar Zanganeh, Hamidreza went on a dry hunger strike on February 17. His health deteriorated and he passed out two times. He has been told to introduce the other admins of his Telegram channel in order for them to comply with his demands.

Iran: Detained Civil Activist Had Family Visit Under Tight Security Measures

Human rights activist Behnam Mousivand, who was arrested on February 1, was allowed a visit with his mother yesterday in Evin Prison. He was taken to the prison’s yard in a car with tinted windscreens while being accompanied by three guards. Behnam Mousivand was not allowed to talk with his mother in his mother tongue. He has become very thin and told his mother he would have been killed by now if not for reports about him on the Internet. After the visit, he was transferred to an unknown location

Iranian Resistance Urgent Call to Save Two Lady Political Prisoners on 11th Day of Hunger Strike

The Iranian Resistance calls to save political prisoners, Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee, who are in a dire situation due to 11 days of hunger strike. The NCRI calls on international human rights and women's rights advocates to take urgent action to save the lives of the two political prisoners. The two young women are exposed to verbal abuse and harassment by prison authorities in addition to the effects of hunger strike. 
On January 24, Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee were unlawfully transferred from Evin Prison to Varamin’s Qarechak Prison in retaliation for supporting the January uprising, after being brutalized on fake charges and a fabricated new case.

RIGHT TO PEACEFUL PROTEST Iran MP Says There Is No Footage Of Protester Committing Suicide

Despite regime’s claims, member of parliament Alireza Rahimi has revealed there is no footage of Sina Ghanbari committing suicide in Evin prison.

Alireza Rahimi wrote the news on his telegram channel just days after a group of 11 deputies on January 30, visited notorious Evin Prison and ward 209 where detained protesters had been held.

Commenting the tour Head of parliamentary Legal Justice Commission had claimed 11 deputies watched a video in their visit to Evin Prison which showed Ghanbari had committed suicide and deputies had visited the place where it is claimed he committed suicide.

Iran: Political Prisoner’s Complaint Letter Against Five Prison Authorities To UN Human Rights Rapporteur

In a letter to the United Nations human rights rapporteur on January 31, the political prisoner Arash Sadeghi, who is on hunger strike, warned about the situation of Atena Daemi and Golkorki Iraee, while accusing five authorities of the Iranian regime’s Prisons Organization.

Excerpts of Arash Sadeghi’s letter:

Honourable Zeid Raad al-Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Ms. Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur on Situation of Human Rights in Iran

As you are aware, more than a year has passed since my wife was arrested, and during this period I have repeatedly written various letters in this regard.

Last year, following 72 days of hunger strike, I terminated my strike after the judiciary’s promise to release my wife and re-examine her case.