Iran: Activist woman arrested, her fate remains unknown

Shahnaz Akmali lost her son, Mostafa Karim-Beigi, during the 2009 uprising in Iran

In the early hours of Wednesday, January 25, 2017, anti-death penalty and human rights activist, Shahnaz Akmali was arrested by plainclothes agents and taken to an unknown location.
Ms. Akmali lost her son, Mostafa Karim-Beigi, during the 2009 uprising in Iran and has been active since then to demand the rights of victims of execution and political prisoners and their families.
A source close to Karim-Beigi family said, "Five or six plainclothes agents went to Ms. Akmali's residence and searched the house thoroughly. They confiscated and took away with them all of her belongings including her electronic communication devices."

Iran - The political prisoner “Ali Moezzi” was abducted in prison

NCRI-“#Ali Moezzi” Pol prisoner of 1980s,& father of 2 #PMOI/#MEK members was abducted by unknown ppl in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj. This morning in an unusual and unprecedented way Ali Moezi, the political prisoner, was called to the clinic of the prison. After he met his family at 10:00 am and while he was returning to his cell, he was abducted by unknown people and it is not clear where he is now, and how is his condition. The mullah’s regime is responsible for the condition of this political prisoner and must be held totally accountable. The National Council of Resistance of Iran call for support him. 

Iran - dire condition of 4 prisoners on hunger strike

Political Prisoners, Farid Azmodeh, Alireza Farahani, Behzad Tarahomi,Iraj Hatami, in Karaj Prison

NCRI - On the 6th day of the hunger strike of the political prisoners, Farid Azmodeh, Alireza Farahani, Behzad Tarahomi and Iraj Hatami, in Gohardasht (Rajai-Shahr) Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran, their conditions are deteriorating. They are on hunger strike to protest a miscalculation of their detention period and violation of the principle of separation of crimes. Iran's senior missile experts is among the hunger strikers who refused to cooperate with Iranian regime for facilitate production of weapons of mass destruction. They explained their objection in a short letter: We Disappointed from enjoying our legal rights and of  human rights organizations, went on hunger strike because its the last resort. In the hope that one day we get their rights.

Iran - Medical care turned into torure of political prisoners torture under mullah regime

Call for immediate action to secure prisoners' access to necessary medical services

Ali Moezzi -Political prisoner in Evin

Mr. Ali Moezzi who is a political prisoner of the 1980s suffers of various diseases, including cancer and acute kidney disease, due to years of torture and imprisonment in Iranian regime's dungeons. Nonetheless, along with a number of other political prisoners, he staged a hunger strike in the recent days to protest the suppression and the arrest of families of political prisoners and their supporters. 
Systematically depriving political prisoners of medical treatment under whatever pretext is a case of crime against humanity and a blatant violation of many international laws and conventions whose perpetrators must face justice and due punishment for their crimes against humanity.

Iran: Two political prisoners beaten by intelligence agents

Iraj Mohammadi, Mohammad-Amin Agoushi

NCRI - Agents of Iranian regime's notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) on Saturday brutally attacked two political prisoners locked up in a prison in Zahedan, south-east Iran.
According to received reports, the attack took place at 10am in the city's central prison. 
Iraj Mohammadi and Mohammad-Amin Agoshi, a retired teacher, were brutally beaten by the MOIS agents. Their bodies were covered with bruises after the attackt; however, prison wardens have prevented them from receiving medical treatment. 

Iranian in Paris protest for human rights in Iran

Prorest for human rights in iran

NCRI - Iranians living in France on Saturday rallied in central Paris to denounce the upsurge in the rate of executions in Iran under the presidency of Hassan Rouhani and call on European governments to make human rights the focus of their Iran policy. The gathering coincided with the 27th anniversary of the 1988 massacre of Iran's political prisoners. 

 
                                                                                 

   Watch a short clip from protest in central Paris:

In the summer of 1988, one month after Ruhollah Khomeini was forced to accept a cease-fire in his eight-year war with Iraq, the fundamentalist ruler of the mullahs' regime ordered a mass execution of all political prisoners affiliated with the main opposition group People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, PMOI (Mujahedin-e Khalq, MEK).