Evin Prison officials control the actions of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in cellblock 350 with security cameras on a 24 hour basis. According to reports, the Tehran Prosecutor and a number of security officials go to Evin Prison on certain days and sit watch prisoners from the security cameral control room for hours.
According to reports from Evin Prison, these cameras have been installed in all the rooms, hallways and even restrooms and showers of cellblock 350.
By watching prisoners with these cameras prison officials have prevented prisoners from gathering in groups of more than two and have even sent prisoners to solitary over this issue. Prisoners are not even allowed to sit next to each other in prison.
The head of this cellblock, Bozorg Nia constantly calls on prisoners and threatens them that the head of prison, Sedaqat, and the Tehran Prosecutor, Jafari Dolat Abadi, are directly watching their behavior and have called him in this regard to warn them. (Kalameh Website – Sep. 19, 2010)
Rajayi Shahr Prison searches political prisoners’ cellblock with dogs
According to reports, prison guards in cellblock 4 in Rajayi Shahr Prison in Karaj searched room 3 in hall 10 where a number of political prisoners are kept with two dogs.
This prison which is known as the place of banishment for political prisoners is used by security officials to put pressure or physically eliminate political prisoners. (Student Committee in Defense of Political Prisoners – Sep. 19, 2010)
Iran exerts more pressure on its jailed former reporterhttp://www.rahana.org/archives/25774
Siamak Qaderi, a former reporter and journalist for the state run IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) is under pressure to confess to false charges in Evin Prison’s cellblock 209.
He was arrested on July 27, 2010 after security and intelligence agents raided his home and took him to Evin Prison for creating a weblog called ‘Our IRNA’ and publishing posts of his eyewitness accounts of the popular protests in the green movement.
He is still kept in prison without being given his minimum rights and is under pressure to confess to fabricated charges.
Despite claims by the officials of the Islamic Republic that prisoners’ families are not put under pressure, his wife and child are not able to access their bank accounts or use their credit cards…
Qaderi who officially worked as an editor, journalist and reporter for IRNA for 18 years was arrested by security forces after pressure from the head of this news agency while resting in his home and was thrown in solitary from the very beginning.
Immediately after his arrest, the assistant head of news at IRNA said in a short report in this news agency that ‘Siamak Q. a pro-green seditionist journalist was arrested on immoral charges’. (Jaras Website – Sep. 20, 2010)
Ailing jailed protester denied medical leave because he can’t afford bail 
http://www.rahana.org/archives/25890
Mehdi Fatah Bakhsh, a political prisoner who was arrested in the post-election events has been denied the right to a medical leave because his family cannot afford to provide his bail.
Mehdi Fatah Bakhsh who was arrested on June 16, 2009 has been detained for the past 14 months in a solitary cell and cellblock 350 in Evin Prison.
His family did not know anything about his health months after his arrest until they saw his public court which was broadcasted from state-run TV.
He was sentenced to 42 months of prison on charges of ‘participating in the march, disrupting national security and throwing stones at agents’ and is serving his time. He has not been granted even a one day leave in this time.
The Tehran prosecutor recently set a 400 million toman (about 400,000 dollar) bail for a leave from prison for him and after his family said that they could not afford such an amount it was lowered to 300 million tomans (300,000 dollars), but his family is not able to pay this amount because of their financial condition and because they have no personal property.
This political prisoner is in bad physical health and his ankle and shoulder were dislocated twice in his time in prison and because of the lack of proper treatment, he now has problems walking. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Sep. 22, 2010)
Prison sentenceHuman rights activist sentenced to more than 2 years of prison and 74 lashesSaied Haeri, a member of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters was sentenced to two years and six months of prison and 74 lashes.
This human rights activist’s sentence was issued today by the 26th branch of the Revolutionary Court on charges of ‘disrupting public order’ and ‘assembling and conspiring’.
Haeri was released on a 100 million toman (about 100,000 dollar) bail after 80 days of incarceration on March 11, 2010. He was arrested on December 20, 2009 along with human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari and Kohyar Goudarzi. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Sep. 19, 2010)
Iran sentences student to two years of prison for political activitiesFarshad Dousti Pour, a Kurd student at Bu-Ali Sina University in Hamedan was sentenced to two years of prison by the Revolutionary Court.
According to reports, this student activist who was arrested in 2007 for participating in a student day ceremony and was detained for two months in cellblock 209 In Evin Prison, was sentenced to two years of prison on charges of committing crimes against the security of the country, propagating against the Islamic Republic by the 28th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by judge Moqiseh. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Sep. 21, 2010)
Five year prison term for journalist upheld by court of reviewhttp://www.hra-news.org/00/4077-1.html
The five year prison sentence for Mehdi Mahmoudian, a member of the Participation Front, was upheld in the court of review.
According to reports, the sentence for Mahmoudian who is currently in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj was announced to his lawyer. This journalist was arrested on September 16, 2009 during post-election events and after the Kahrizak Detention Center incident (in which a number of political prisoners were killed under torture) and from then on he has not even been granted a one day leave from prison.
This political prisoner played an important part in shedding light on the crimes committed in the Kahrizak Detention Center and published 70 names of post election slain protesters. He also played an important part in the publishing of a film showing the secret group burial of slain protesters in section 302 in Behesht Zahra Cemetery. (Jaras Website – Sep. 21, 2010)
Human rights journalist sentenced to 6 years of prisonhttp://www.rahana.org/archives/25846
Emaddin Baqi, journalist and human rights activist in Iran was sentenced to another six years of prison and five years of limitations after serving four years and a half of prison.
Baqi was sentenced to six years of prison in a case over his interview with the late Ayatollah Montazeri. His interview was broadcasted in January from the BBC. His trial was held on August 17, 2010 headed by Pir Abbasi. Baqi was charged with propagating against the government and assembling and conspiring to disrupt the security of the country in this case. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Sep. 21, 2010)
Iran sentences Kurd activist to 16 years of prisonhttp://www.rahana.org/archives/25902
On Monday this week, Mokhtar Houshmand was sentenced to 16 years of prison by the Marivan Revolutionary Court on charges of espionage, spreading propaganda against the government and cooperating with dissident groups. His sentence was announced to him on Wednesday.
According to Kurdish news sources, Houshmand was arrested by security forces on May 23 in Marivan.
Security forces told the family of this artist not to spread the news of his arrest or talk to the media.
Houshmand is an artist, cultural activist, the head of the Marivan Visual Arts Association and the executive manager of the yearly design festival in West Iran and had set up numerous visual art presentations in Marivan and other cities in Kurdistan. (Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Sep. 22, 2010)
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