Suppression

Execution, regime’s tool for survival

Two inmates hanged in Isfahan
Isfahan, April 20, 2010
Kayhan state-run daily wrote that Solaiman J. and Ahmad Kh. were hanged in Isfahan.



Suppressing students; reported by ISC members
Sanandaj, April 20, 2010 – The number of suspended students of Kurdistan University reached 11 and 27 others are summoned by notorious Disciplinary Committee of the university; but Shervin Asadi one of suspended students that 30 other are summoned to the Disciplinary Committee.
Ojaghi the head of Harasat at Kurdistan University named the reason of these penalties as participation of these students in Nov. 4 and Dec.7 uprisings.
Mashad, April 20, 2010 – In Fersodi University of Mashad the campus is flooded with surveillance cameras even at the most isolated corners.
Khoramabad, April 20, 2010 – Bassijies attacked students at Azad University in Khoramabad while they were writing anti regime slogans.
Sistan and Baloochistan, April 20, 2010 – While the time of suspension of some of students of Sistan & Baloochistan University is over they are still banned from entering the university.

Dissident student killed suspiciously in Iranshahr University
April 20, 2010 - Keivan Goudarzi who was a math major at Iranshahr University in Sistan & Baluchistan, was suspiciously killed today. He was from Kermanshah.
The body of this student was found next to the transmission tower behind the university kitchen. He was active in Mir Hossein Moussavi's election staff and the reason behind his death is still not clear.
University officials have tried to introduce him as a worker who died because of electrocution.
According to reports, his face was severely damaged.

Two prisoners violently tortured for protesting systematic violence in Gohardasht Prison
April 20, 2010 - According to reports, two prisoners who had protested the violent and inhumane treatment of Hassan Akharian, the head of cellblock 1 in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, were taken to a torture room which has been recently set up in this prison and were subjected to violent torture for hours. They were then thrown in solitary cells in cellblock 1 known as the doghouse.
On Monday April 19, two prisoners from cellblock 1 by the names of Hamid Kheirkhah and Reza Jalilvand were taken to a torture room set up by Hassan Akharian. These prisoners were first shackled and them violently beaten with clubs and electric clubs by Akharian, and other prison guards including Amini, Mohammad Mohammadi and Goudarzi. They were beaten in the face, head and other sensitive parts of their bodies. Two clubs broke as a result of the severity of the blows. After a long time, Akharian stopped the beatings and told the prisoners that they had to insult themselves and their families for the beatings to stop. But the prisoners did not only refuse this demand, they also tried not to cry out from pain while being tortured.
These four torturers then sprayed the prisoners' eyes with pepper spray and tear gas. The tortures were so severe that blood was dripping down the prisoners' faces and their bodies were black and bruised and bloody. These two defenseless prisoners who were bloody and injured were then thrown in solitary without any treatment.

Three prisoners sentenced to additional prison terms for writing letter from prison
April 20, 2010 - Sahand Ali Mohammadi, Bakhali Mohammadi and Abadollah Qasem Zadeh, three Azeri Ahle Haq prisoners in Yazd Prison were sentenced to an additional 30 months of prison each.
According to this sentence, the Revolutionary Court charged them with publishing lies with the intention of instigating public opinion by writing about their condition in Orumieh Prison and insulting the leadership.
Those close to the families of these three prisoners have said that they were each sentenced to 30 months of prison after Orumieh Prison made these allegations against them. With these additional prison terms, these prisoners now have 15 years and 6 months of prison each.

Still no news on young man beaten and arrested on Fire Festival
April 21, 2010 - There is no news on the whereabouts and condition of Rasoul Hardani, a young man who was severely beaten and arrested on the Fire Festival (March 16, 2010).
Rasoul Hardani, 27, was arrested on the Fire Festival along with two of his friends and after being taken to the Shapure Detention Center, was tortured with electric clubs and electric shocks.
According to one his cellmates who was recently released, Rasoul, who had severe injuries because security forces had pulled his body on the asphalt, was taken to an unknown location after 24 hours.
His family has no information on his whereabouts since his arrest. Despite their constant appeals to the Revolutionary Court, the Tehran Prosecutor's Office, Evin Prison and other centers, officials refrain from giving them a clear answer. This has caused serious concerns for the Hardani family.
Rasoul Hardani and his family had tried in the year 2000 to divert a plane in order to seek asylum outside of Iran but they were unsuccessful. Rasoul and his family were subsequently arrested. A number of his family members were sentenced to death which was then lowered to long prison terms. According to his family, Rasoul Hardani was given a medical leave last year after 10 years of prison and received two surgeries at the Golestan Hospital in Ahwaz.