Iran: New information on six women arrested in the uprising

At least seven Kurdish women have been arrested in the first two weeks of January in the cities of Orumiyeh, Kermanshah, and Ilam in western Iran.

The names of the arrested women are: Sara Jamshidi,Sara Jamshidi and Nazdar Amir Mohammadi from Ilam; Shahla Vahdatpour and Touran Mehraban from Orumiyeh; Nastaran Akasheh and Ashraf Akbarp

our from Kermanshah.

Despite passage of three weeks since the arrest of these women, only one of them, Touran Mehraban, has been released on bail and the six others remain in jail.

Previous information indicated the arrest of another seven women in the city of Saqqez, in the Iranian Kurdistan.

In another development in Tehran, the family of Sepideh Farhan (Farahabadi) have not been able to secure her release despite persistent follow up. They have been told that their daughter will not be released for the time being since her interrogations have not been completed, yet.

Ms. Farhan was arrested along with several of her friends on January 2, 2018, in Tehran’s Enghelab Square and transferred to the Intelligence Ministry’s solitary confinement and placed under interrogation. 

Some 8,000 protesters have been arrested in the first two weeks of January during the Iran uprising, at least eight of whom have been killed under torture.

Iran: State-run media confirms death of Kurd porter

A 24-year-old Kurd porter was shot dead in Sardasht, according to the state-run ILNA news agency on October 23, 2017.
“On the evening of October 21, on the border area of the canal near the village of Bityush, Sardasht, a 24-year-old porter, by the name of Poshtivan Moie, had an accident which led to his death”, the Governor of Sardasht said.
“The grieving family of this young man gathered with a number of townspeople outside of the Governorate and called for the identification of the culprits of the incident”, Nejad Jahani added.

Messages of Solidarity for a Free Iran From Brave MEK Prisoners

Messages of Solidarity for a Free Iran From Brave MEK Prisoners

Iran Focus

London, 30 Jun - Political prisoners have always embodied the aspirations and desires of their nations under the yoke of dictatorships. In Iran, too, political prisoners put their lives on the line to express what many people do not dare to express.

As the Iranian opposition is about to hold its greatest gathering ever in Villepinte, Paris, on Saturday, July 1, political prisoners have sent their messages of solidarity and support for the MEK and the Iranian opposition from inside their prisons.

One such prisoner is Mr. Ali Moezzi, 66. He was also a political prisoner in young age, in the 1980s for supporting the MEK. Now, his two daughters are with the MEK, and he has been imprisoned on and off several times since they joined the MEK in Ashraf.

In his message, he wrote, “This gathering echoes the cries of all the enchained people of Iran. It echoes the voice of the deprived, the toiling porters in Kurdistan, the voice of the Sunnis, our Baluchi compatriots, and everyone else. It manifests the pride of Iran and Iranians, it is the symbol of their organized resistance, the democratic alternative and the flag they have hoisted for resistance at any cost to achieve freedom.