Discriminative violent treatment and inhumane torture inflicted on Sunni prisoners by Iranian regime

London- An Iran-based humanitarian rights agency published a report on Iranian authorities detaining over 70 Sunni activists for allegations on political crimes and compromising homeland security.
The report reveals that activists are being held in Gohardasht Prison, located west of Tehran.
According to the agency, 30 Sunni political activists have been sentenced to death, meanwhile, the rest have verdicts varying between five years to life. The report exposes discriminative violent treatment and inhumane torture inflicted on Sunni prisoners for their religious affiliations.
Sunni activists in Iran are facing capital punishment for claims on incitement against government, corrupting land, Hirabah and belonging to Salafist groups.
Iranian human rights organizations condemn the ambiguity covering details on trials held against convicts, and the verdicts passed on Sunni people.
Ahmed Shaheed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic had expressed his deep concerns regarding the standing of Sunnis and ethnic minorities in Iran in his latest report two weeks ago.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Kimoon had also spoken of his fears for the Sunni people and prisoners in Iranian prisons.

Source: Al- Awsat English

Iran: political prisoners are deprived of medical care

Authorities in Gohardasht Prison of Karaj are depriving Kurdish political prisoner Mohammad Nazari from receiving medical care outside of prison. This prisoner has been behind bars for 22 years. In the past few days prison authorities transferred Nazari from the hall of ward 12 to outside of prison due to heart and breathing problems. However, they have not permitted him to be hospitalized.
Kurdish political prisoner Mohammad Nazari is from the town of Shaheen Dezh and was arrested on May 30, 1994 by security agents. After being placed under months of torture in solitary confinement he was condemned to death. Following 5 years in prison in 1999 his sentence was downgraded to life in jail.
This Kurdish political prisoner sewed his lips and went on hunger strike for 40 days back in September 2012 protesting two decades of detention.

 ( NCRI – March 19, 2016)

US Justice Department to charge Iranian government in cyber attacks against banks, New York dam

WASHINGTON -The Obama administration is expected to blame Iranian hackers as soon as Thursday for a coordinated campaign of cyber attacks in 2012 and 2013 on several U.S. banks and a New York dam, sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters.
The Justice Department has prepared an indictment against about a half-dozen Iranians, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. It is one of the highest-profile U.S. indictments against a foreign nation on hacking charges.
It follows a landmark 2014 case in which a grand jury charged five members of the Chinese military with hacking into American computer networks and engaging in cyber espionage on behalf of a foreign government.
The charges, related to unlawful access to computers and other alleged crimes, were expected to be announced publicly by U.S. officials as soon as Thursday morning at a news conference in Washington, the sources said.
The indictment was expected to directly link the hacking campaign to the Iranian government, one source said. The banks will not be identified in the indictment due to fear of retaliation, the source said.

Iran: political prisoners continue hunger strike in prison west of Tehran

On Monday, March 21st, political prisoners Iraj Hatami and Farid Azmude surpassed their 8th day on hunger strike. The physical conditions of these two prisoners have been reported as dangerous. Authorities in this prison have not only neglected the demands raised by these political prisoners, they have also deprived them of any medical care.
Prisoners in Gohardasht Prison have issued warnings to international and human rights organizations across the globe about the physical conditions of these two prisoners on hunger strike.

Discours prononcé par l’avocat iranien après le suicide d’un jeune - Vidéo

Discours prononcé à la mosquée de la ville de Chadan par l’avocat iranien Mohammad Nadjafi après le suicide d’un jeune habitant de cette ville

Ce jeune avait souffert de la toxicomanie pendant plusieurs années. Heureusement, il a réussi à suivre une cure de désintoxication. Ensuite, il a vécu plusieurs années dans la pureté et il est mort dans la pureté.

Les mollahs qui prêchent des sermons dans cette mosquée sont pour la plupart des gens pour qui les problèmes de l’Iran et des Iraniens n’ont aucune importance, alors qu’ils étaient censés s’occuper des problèmes du peuple et nous diriger vers le paradis. Je prends donc la parole à leur place pour dire quelques mots sur les souffrances de nos compatriotes, et en particuliers sur les souffrances des habitants de notre ville.

Chadan est une petite ville, mais les souffrances des habitants de cette ville sont très grandes. Cette année plusieurs personnes se sont suicidées dans notre ville. Parmi eux, il y a eu des diplômés de l’enseignement supérieurs et des ouvriers, comme ce jeune ouvrier soudeur dont nous déplorons la mort aujourd’hui. Cela n’a aucune importance pour ceux qui gouvernent dans ce pays, malgré le fait que nous sommes en période électorale et que les gouvernants ont besoin de notre vote.

Iran : Appel au Parlement et aux partis politiques autrichiens à demander l’annulation de la visite de Rohani

Accueillir les dirigeants du régime les encourage dans leur violation des droits de l’homme et l’exportation du terrorisme

CNRI - La Résistance Iranienne estime que le voyage en Autriche prévu par Rohani, le président de la théocratie au pouvoir en Iran, va à l’encontre des intérêts du peuple iranien et des pays de la région, et appelle les partis politiques, les parlementaires et les défenseurs des droits de l’homme autrichiens d’appeler à annuler de cette visite.

Alors que les pays occidentaux sont restés silencieux et ont choisi d’ignorer les violations barbares des droits de l’homme et les crimes de ce régime en Syrie, en Irak et dans d’autres pays de la région, accueillir Rohani et les dirigeants de ce régime les encouragera dans leur exactions en Iran, ainsi que dans l’exportation du terrorisme, du fondamentalisme et du bellicisme dans la région et dans le monde.

Toute relation avec ce régime doit avoir comme condition préalable la suppression de la peine de mort en Iran et de l’ingérence du régime dans la région.

Rohani a toujours fait partie des hauts dirigeants de ce régime et devrait être traduit en justice, de même que d’autres dirigeants du régime, pour crime contre l’humanité. En ce qui concerne la répression et l’exportation du terrorisme, il n’est pas différent des autres dirigeants du régime.

Rohani ne s’est jamais opposé aux exécutions collectives et arbitraires qui ont atteint le nombre de 2300 pendant son mandat ; il les a même qualifiées de « lois divines ou promulguées par le parlement qui doivent être appliquées ».

Le 8 février, il a reconnu de façon inédite l’ingérence et le bellicisme du régime dans les pays de la région en affirmant : « Si nos forces armées et nos commandants n’avaient pas combattu à Bagdad, à Falloujah et à Ramadi, s’ils n’avaient pas soutenu le gouvernement syrien à Damas et à Alep, et sans le courage de notre armée et des Pasdaran, du Basij et la NAJA [la police de la République Islamique), nous n’aurions pas bénéficié du niveau de sécurité essentiel pour mener à bien une si bonne négociation [nucléaire]. »

UN extends mandate of human rights monitor for Iran

The United Nations Human Rights Council voted on Wednesday to extend the mandate of Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran.

Political prisoners in Iran, including supporters of the main opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK) had written to Council Members earlier this month urging them to support the extension of Dr. Shaheed's mandate in this Council session.

The decision was adopted by a vote of 20-15 with 11 abstentions.

Dr. Shaheed last week raised continuing serious concerns about the extremely high rate of executions, especially for juvenile offenders, and fundamental flaws in the administration of justice in Iran.

Iran's regime executed at least 966 prisoners in 2015, the highest such rate in 10 years, Dr. Shaheed said as he presented his latest report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 14.

“With at least 16 juvenile offenders reportedly hanged between 2014 [and] 2015, Iran remains one of a few countries still resorting to this practice despite a strict prohibition against it under international law,” Dr. Shaheed said, urging the Iranian regime's officials to “put aside efforts at piecemeal reform in this area and ensure, once and for all, that no boy or girl who commits a crime under the age of 18 is ever put to death.”

Dr. Shaheed also highlighted fundamental flaws in the administration of criminal justice, ranging from laws that expressly violate the Iranian regime’s legal obligations to the failure of security, intelligence and judiciary officials to faithfully and properly implement provisions of Iranian law that comply with international law.

Dr. Shaheed noted reports that individuals accused of national security and drug crimes are often deprived of the most basic due process and fair trial rights, including proper access to lawyers, long periods of incommunicado detention, torture and ill-treatment and forced confessions used in court to secure convictions.

Dr. Shaheed’s report, which assesses developments since October 2015, also covers other areas of serious concern such as restrictions on the right to freedom of expression, freedom of association and the right to free and fair elections, women’s rights and concerns regarding the rights of religious and ethnic minorities, the UN website said.

Dr. Shaheed urged the regime to admit him for a country visit.

Independent experts or special rapporteurs are appointed by the Human Rights Council to examine and report back on a country situation or a specific human rights theme.