Baha’i man sentenced to four years of prison


Jaras Website
Foad Khanjani who was expelled from university (for following the Baha’i faith) was sentenced to four years of prison in the 28th branch of the Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Moqiseh.
According to reports, Khanjani was arrested on April 27, 2010 after being summoned to the Intelligence Agency. He was also summoned to the Intelligence Agency on March 2, 2010.




فواد خانجاني به چهار سال حبس تعزيري محکوم شد
http://www.rahesabz.net/story/30246/
فؤاد خانجاني دانشجوي محروم از تحصيل از سوي شعبه ي ۲۸ دادگاه انقلاب تهران به قضاوت قاضي مقيسه به چهار سال حبس تعزيري محکوم شد.
به گزارش جمعيت مبارزه با تبعيض تحصيلي فؤاد خانجاني در تاريخ ۷ ارديبهشت ۱۳۸۹ پس از احضار و معرفي خود به دفتر پيگيري وزارت اطلاعات بازداشت شده بود، اين شهروند بهايي پيشتر در ١١ اسفند ١٣٨٨ به وزارت اطلاعات فراخوانده شده بود و دو بار ديگر نيز دستورهاى مشابهي دريافت کرده بود. (جرس – 13/10/89)
AFP

Iran hanged on Monday seven people convicted of drug trafficking in the western city of Kermanshah and a man found guilty of murder, media reports said.
Fars news agency quoted Kermanshah prosecutor Mojtaba Maleki as saying that the seven drug traffickers were hanged 'simultaneously' after their request for pardon was rejected.
‘The hanging sentences were carried out simultaneously today at the central prison following the order of the revolutionary court and the head of the judiciary,’ he said.
The men, who were not identified, were convicted of producing and distributing drugs, such as heroin and crack, Fars reported.
The state television reported on its website another hanging in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
Bahman Rigi was executed in the central prison of the provincial capital Zahedan after he was found guilty of murder, 'moharebe' (waging war against god) and drug trafficking, the report said


ايران هشت نفر را به جرم قاچاق مواد مخدر و قتل حلق‌آويز کرد
http://www.iribnews.ir/Default.aspx?Page=MainContent&news_num=264224
http://isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1686718&Lang=P
گزارشات مطبوعاتي گفتند ايران روز دوشنبه هفت نفر را به جرم قاچاق مواد مخدر در شهر کرمانشاه و يک نفر ديگر را به جرم قتل حلق‌آويز کرد.
خبرگزاري فارس از مجتبي مالکي دادستان کرمانشاه نقل‌قول کرد که هفت نفر قاچاقچي مواد مخدر بعد از اين‌که درخواست آنها براي عفو رد شد به‌طور همزمان حلق‌آويز شدند.
مشخصات اين مردان داده نشده‌اند…
تلويزيون دولتي يک اعدام ديگر را نيز در وب سايت خود گزارش کرد و نوشت يک فرد ديگر در استان نا آرام سيستان و بلوچستان در جنوب شرقي ايران حلق‌آويز شده است.
بهمن ريگي در زندان زاهدان که زندان مرکزي استان است حلق‌آويز شد، او متهم به قتل، محارب و قاچاق مواد مخدر بوده است. (خبرگزاري فرانسه -13/10/89)

Guardian

A Spanish judge has opened an investigation into alleged human rights abuses by Iraqi authorities at a camp for Iranian refugees in July 2009, the first international probe of its kind since the fall of Saddam.
Photo: Reuters

By Fiona Govan, Madrid 5:23PM GMT 04 Jan 2011

Spanish court launches probe into refugee killings in Iraq



A Spanish judge has opened an investigation into alleged human rights abuses by Iraqi authorities at a camp for Iranian refugees in July 2009, the first international probe of its kind since the fall of Saddam.

Residents clash with Iraqi forces in Camp Ashraf back in 2009. The camp near the Iranian border is home to around 3,500 dissidents from the Mojahedin-e-Khalq organisation Photo: REUTERS By Fiona Govan, Madrid 5:23PM GMT 04 Jan 2011
Spain's National Court number 4 ruled in favour of opening an investigation into a complaint filed by victims of a raid by Iraqi soldiers and police on the Ashraf camp which left 11 people dead and dozens injured.

Magistrate Fernando Andreu has ordered Iraqi Lieutenant General Abdolhossein Shemmari to appear before the court in Madrid on March 8 as the first step in the probe. Although he is not expected to attend, it would not prevent the judge from hearing the case.

Shemmari is accused of leading the attack against the camp near the Iranian border which is home to around 3,500 dissidents from the Mojahedin-e-Khalq organisation, an opposition group calling for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The complaint is being considered under the legal doctrine of "universal jurisdiction" which allows human rights crimes to be tried in an international court irrespective of where they were committed.

Spain has earned a reputation for pursuing alleged war criminals – notably issuing an arrest warrant for Chilean General Augusto Pinochet in 1998 – and carrying out advanced investigations against, amongst others, Rwandan leaders, and Argentine officials for "dirty war" killings.



Judge Fernando Andreu's statement in this regard

Madrid, January 4, 2011





Iraqi general summoned by Spanish Investigative Judge for crimes against the International Community committed in Ashraf (Iraq)


The Central Investigation Court number Four of the Spanish National Court in a
writ which became definitive today, summoned the commander of the lethal raid on
Camp Ashraf¬Iraq, home to 3,400 members of the People's Mojahedin Organisation
of Iran, in July 2009.




According to the Writ, as the first step in the investigation, Lieutenant General Abdolhossein Shemmari, which directed the attack on Ashraf under the supervision of the Committee for Closure of Camp Ashraf in the office of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, must appear before the judge in Spain on 8 March 2011.







Confirming the legal status of residents of Ashraf as protected persons under
the IVth Geneva Convention, the Spanish Court has started this proceeding for
“crime of war” and "crime against humanity", to investigate eleven crimes of
murder, 480 crimes of serious injury, 36 crimes of illegal detention and torture
as well as the crimes of damage against residents of Ashraf who are all
protected person under the IV Geneva Convention.






The Court declared that in conformity with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court of July 1998 "grave breaches of Geneva Convention" constitute "war crimes".




The Spanish Court concluded that " Spain bases its competence to repress crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity, terrorism or crimes against persons protected under the Law of Armed Conflicts, whether they occur in its territory or outside such territory (cases of territoriality or extraterritoriality) in the event that criminal prosecution is appropriate under the provisions of the Organic Law of the Judiciary."



The National Court of Spain considers applicable Article 29 of the IV Geneva Convention which states "the Party to the conflict in whose hands protected persons may be, is responsible for the treatment accorded to them by its agents, irrespective of any individual responsibility which may be incurred." Accordingly, the court confirms the responsibility of the relevant Iraqi officials in the decision making hierarchy.




Stressing the need to provide "effective penal sanctions for persons committing, or ordering to be committed, any of the grave breaches of the [Geneva Convention]" the Court states that all States signatories to the Geneva Convention "shall be under the obligation to search for persons alleged to have committed, or to have ordered to be committed, such grave breaches, and shall bring such persons, regardless of their nationality, before its own courts.”




The Court rejects Iraqis response to the Spanish legal authorities stating that "answer offered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq, namely 'Iraq had already carried out a legal investigate on the subject and is committed to his part in finding a solution for the residents of Camp Ashraf according to international law,' …is quite insufficient and does not establish the existence of an effective investigation and prosecution… 'it does not report what authority is conducting such investigation, or the date it started, or the steps that may have been taken in this regard, or the outcome, if any.'




The Court further states that "on the contrary, the plaintiffs produce reports from various rapporteurs of the United Nations, such as those of May 9, 2010, May 26, 2010 or June 1, 2010, which indicate that there is no actual investigation and prosecution of the facts at hand. In spite of the requests for information by U.N. rapporteurs to the Iraqi authorities on the facts underlying this proceeding, the answers have not been given, or are unsatisfactory in the opinion of the rapporteurs.”




This is the firs time that an Iraqi officials is being summoned before a Court for serious violations of international law.



The Court decision on the failure of Iraqi Authorities to investigate the facts committed in July 2009 as well as the responsibility of the decision makers who ordered the raid, further confirms that, under the present circumstances and until the moment that are respected the rights of residents of Ashraf in conformity with international law, the international community and in particular the United States and the United Nations must take the measures necessary to secure the safety of Ashraf residents and to avoid a humanitarian crisis.



Dr. Juan E. Garcés

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran

Student activist Mahdieh Golroo’s husband told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Golroo, arrested in December 2009 and currently at Evin Prison, has been informed of new charges against her. “I do not know how someone who is in prison could disturb public order! It’s amazing! Nowhere in the world would someone, whose court ruling has been issued and is serving her sentence, be informed of new charges. What could she have done to disturb public order from inside the prison?,” said Vahid Lalipour, the Student activist’s husband.
Mahdieh Golroo, who is a member of the Right to Education Council, has been under visitation ban for the last two weeks. She is now with the rest of female political prisoners inside Evin Prison’s Methadone Ward. Yesterday she was charged with “disturbing public order” at Branch 4 of Evin Prison Court. “I do not know, I try not to think about the reasons any more,” said Vahid Lalipour when asked about the reasons for the new charges.
‘Today I contacted everyone I could to see Mahdieh, or to at least find out how long her visitation ban would continue, but no one was accountable. I went to the Prosecutor’s Office, the Evin Prison Court, and to the prison, but they all said ‘we don’t know about this, just like you.’ It is now two weeks that I don’t have any news about Mahdieh. No contact, and no visit,” Mahdieh Golroo’s husband said about her visitation ban.
‘We’ve only heard from families of Mahdieh’s prison-mates that she is alright and has ended her hunger strike. Mahdieh’s prison-mates talk to their families about her and other banned-from-visitation prisoners , and those families contact us and gives us the news. We only know that Mahdieh is alright,” Vahid Lalipour said.
Mahdieh Golroo was arrested on 2 December 2009, along with her husband, at their place of residence. Her husband, who has never had any political or civic activities and apparently was arrested to put Golroo under pressure for confessions, was released on bail after three months. Mahdieh Golroo, however, was charged with “interviews with foreign media,” “acting against national security,” and “contact with Mojahedin-e Khalgh Organization (MEK).” She was sentenced to two years and four months in prison.
It is said that the new charge against Mahdieh Golroo is related to letters attributed to her on the occasion of Student Day (7 December). The letters were published in the media, and were well-received in student circles inside and outside the country. Bahareh Hedayat and Majid Tavakoli are two other imprisoned students who have received similar charges due to writing a joint letter from prison on the occasion of Student Day.



يک فعال دانشجويي در زندان با اتهامات جديدي مواجه مي‌شود
همسر مهديه گلرو، فعال دانشجويي، به کمپين بين‌المللي حقوق‌بشر در ايران گفت که گلرو، که در دسامبر 2009 دستگير و در حال حاضر در زندان اوين مي‌باشد، مطلع گرديده که اتهامات جديدي عليه او مطرح شده است.
وحيد لاليپور، همسر اين فعال دانشجويي گفت، ”من نمي‌دانم چطور کسي که در زندان است مي‌توانسته نظم عمومي را بر هم بزند! شگفت‌آور است. در هيچ‌کجاي جهان، کسي که در حال سپري کردن حکم خود مي‌باشد، اتهامات جديدي به او وارد نمي‌شود ”.
وي در مورد ممنوعيت ملاقات با مهديه گلرو گفت، ”امروز من با هر کسي که مي‌توانستم تماس گرفتم تا مهديه را ببينم، يا لااقل دربياورم که ممنوعيت ملاقات با او تا کي ادامه خواهد داشت، اما هيچ‌کس پاسخگو نبود. من به دفتر دادستاني، به دادگاه زندان اوين، و به زندان رفتم، اما همه آنها گفتند ”ما هم مانند شما چيزي در اين مورد نمي‌دانيم ”. اکنون 2 هفته است که من هيچ خبري از مهديه ندارم. نه تماسي و نه ديداري ”.
وحيد لاليپور گفت، ”ما تنها، از خانواده‌هاي هم بنديهاي مهديه شنيده‌ايم که او حالش خوب است و به اعتصاب غذايش خاتمه داده. هم بنديهاي مهديه در مورد او و ساير زندانيان ممنوع الملاقات، با خانواده‌هايشان صحبت مي‌کنند، و اين خانواده‌ها با ما تماس مي‌گيرند و خبرها را به ما مي‌دهند. ما فقط مي‌دانيم که مهديه حالش خوب است ”.
مهديه گلرو در 2دسامبر 2009 به همراه همسرش در منزل دستگير شد. شوهر او که هرگز فعاليت سياسي يا مدني نداشته، ظاهراً براي تحت فشار گذاشتن مهديه جهت اقرار گرفتن، دستگير شد، اما بعد از 3ماه به قيد ضمانت آزاد گرديد. هر چند مهديه گلرو متهم به ”مصاحبه با رسانه‌هاي خارجي ”، ”اقدام عليه امنيت ملي ”، و ”ارتباط با سازمان مجاهدين خلق (ام يي کي) ”شد. او به دو سال و چهار ماه زندان محکوم گرديد.
گفته مي‌شود، اتهامات جديد عليه مهديه گلرو، مربوط به نامه‌هاي منتسب به وي در روز دانشجو (7دسامبر) مي‌باشد. اين نامه‌ها در رسانه‌ها منتشر، و در دواير دانشجويي در داخل و خارج کشور مورد استقبال قرار گرفت.
اتهامات مشابهي به‌دليل نوشتن يک نامه مشترک از زندان به‌مناسبت روز دانشجو، به بهاره هدايت و مجيد توکلي، دو دانشجوي زنداني ديگر، وارد شده است. (کمپين بينالمللي حقوقبشر در ايران- 8/10/89)

AFP

Iran has hanged eight people for drug trafficking and executed four others convicted of kidnapping and murder in the restive Sistan-Baluchestan province, media reported on Saturday.
The eight unidentified traffickers were hanged in the city of Qom south of Tehran in the past Iranian week which ended on Friday, Qom prosecutor Mansoor Barzegar Ganji was quoted as saying by Mehr news agency.
Four other men identified as Mahmoud Barahui, Shahram Narui, Zohoor Ahmad Asef-Doost and Jahanbakhsh Barahui, were executed on Saturday in a prison in the city of Zahedan in southeastern Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported…
The four were the first hangings reported in 2011.
Human Rights Activists in Iran


Political activist Qadrieh Qaderi who has been detained by the Intelligence Agency since summer was sentenced to 10 years of prison.
According to reports, this Kurd female political activist was arrested by the Orumieh Intelligence Agency in July 2010 and after three months of solitary, was sentenced to 10 years of prison by the first branch of the Orumieh Revolutionary Court.
Her lawyer has announced that her case has been sent to a court of review.



محکوميت يک فعال سياسي زن به ده سال حبس تعزيري
http://www.hra-news5.info/00/6043-1.html
قدريه قادري، فعال سياسي که از تابستان امسال در بازداشت وزارت اطلاعات قرار داشت به ده سال حبس تعزيري محکوم شد.
بنا به اطلاع گزارشگران خبرگزاري مجموعه فعالان حقوق بشر در ايران"هرانا" قدريه قادري فعال سياسي کرد که در تير ماه 89 توسط اداره اطلاعات اروميه بازداشت و پس از تحمل سه ماه انفرادي در يکم دي ماه سالجاري از سوي شعبه يک دادگاه انقلاب اروميه به 10 سال حبس تعزيري محکوم شد.
وکيل اين زنداني اعلام داشت که پرونده اين فعال سياسي اهل اروميه به دادگاه تجديد نظر ارسال شده است. (هرانا – 12/10/89)

Radio Farda


The Free Iran Labor Union announced on Sunday that Behnam Ibrahim Zadeh, a labor and children’s rights activist, was sentenced to 20 years of prison by the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court on security charges.
According to his sentence, he has to serve 10 years of his sentence in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison in Karaj and the other 10 years in Evin Prison.
Ibrahim Zadeh was arrested on June 12, 2010 by security forces in Tehran.




بهنام ابراهيم زاده، فعال کارگري به ۲۰ سال زندان محکوم شد


خبرگزاري هرانا – اتحاديه آزاد کارگران ايران روز يکشنبه اعلام کرد که بهنام ابراهيم زاده، فعال کارگري و مدافع حقوق کودکان، از سوي شعبه ۱۵ دادگاه انقلاب به اتهام هاي امنيتي به بيست سال زندان محکوم شده است.
به گزارش راديو فردا، به حکم دادگاه، بهنام ابراهيم زاده بايد مدت ۱۰ سال را در زندان رجايي شهر کرج و ۱۰ سال ديگر را در زندان اوين بگذراند.
آقاي ابراهيم زاده روز ۲۲ خرداد سال جاري توسط ماموران امنيتي در تهران بازداشت شد. (راديو فردا – 12/10/89)
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