Kurd political prisoner, Nameq Mahmoodi, transferred to unknown location

Elements of Karaj’s Rajaee Shahr Prison transferred Nameq Mahmoodi, 63, to an unknown location.

“Nameq took all his personal belongings with him so it is possible that he is transferred for good,” said an informed source from inside the facility.

Mr. Mahmoodi was arrested in 2012 by Iran Islamic government’s intelligence forces and was taken to Kraj’s Rajaee Shahr Prison.

Due to tortures imposed on him by security agents and prison guards he was inflicted with cataract and lost the sight of one of his eyes. (Kurdpa- 22 October 2013)

Unknown condition of three bloggers, cultural and student activists

There is still no news of three student activists and bloggers from Fars and Tehran Provinces after their arrests, only one of them has contacted his family.

Ahmadreza Najdad, cultural activist and economic blogger was arrested by some plainclothes agents at Tehran International Airport after his passport was confiscated while leaving the country.

Mehrdad Farmani and Hassan Molavifar were arrested at Shiraz University’s dormitory by armed plainclothes agents equipped with walkie-talkie on Sunday September 29th. (Zamaneh Radio- 22 October 2013)

Two middle-aged men killed in Baluchistan by Iran’s intelligence forces

On October 16th after the Aid-e Qorban Prayer, four Baluch citizens were shot at by the city’s security agents in Mirjaveh in Cistan & Baluchistan Province two of whom, Karim Rigi, 44 and Qolamreza Rigi 40 were instantly killed.

Mr. Karim Rigi’s two sons, Yaser 21 and Mosadeq, 9, were hit at leg and back and are hospitalized. (Kurdpa- 22 October 2013)

A Baha’i citizen arrested in Isfahan

Following security agents’ raid to her resident, Elham Mooqen, a Baha’i citizen from Isfahan was arrested yesterday, Monday, Oct. 21st.

After searching her home her personal computer and some of her books and handwritings were taken away. (Zamaneh Radio- 22 October 2013)

Iran: 143 executed since June election, Rouhani government rejects visit by UN human rights monitor

NCRI - The Iranian regime hanged a group of five prisoners on August 26 in the city of Qom. Additionally, 26 more prisoners were hanged in six groups between August 19 - 22 in the cities of Arak, Urumiyeh, Karaj and Mashhad. Also, the regime's henchmen hanged one prisoner in Isfahan and three others in Ahwaz during the same period.( Wednesday, 28 August 2013 12:18)

Iran: Political prisoner's children arrested to force confession from their father

Published on Tuesday, 27 August 2013 23:25

NCRI - The two children of political prisoner Hassan Saremi have been arrested and placed in solitary confinement by the Iranian regime in a bid to force their father into making a false confession on live TV.
Hamed Saremi, 32, and Shahla Saremi, 28, were arrested by intelligence ministry agents who raided their home on June 5 and transferred to ward 209 of Tehran's Evin prison.
For almost three months, their family have been denied all visits and received no news of the fate of Hamed, a graduate in Industrial Management and Shahla, a public relations student at the University of Applied Science.
Their father Hassan, 54, is a children's rights activist jailed for his beliefs in the 1980s. His brother Ali Saremi was also a political prisoner and supporter of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) who was executed in Evin prison in 2010.
The chief interrogator of the Saremis is a mullah and intelligence ministry official named as Alavi, known to have personally hanged Ali Saremi three years ago and committed repeated crimes against humanity in Evin prison since the 1980s.
The arrest of the Saremi children is latest in a catalogue of arrests of the families of political prisoners in attempts to force confessions from their loved ones already behind bars.