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Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary
The Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary () is a prison approximately 32 km (20 mi) south of Tehran. Sometimes called Tehran Central Prison, it is a large prison, also known as ''"فشافویه "'', ''"Fashafuyeh"'' or ''"Hasanabad-e Qom Prison"''. It was built in 2012 in the Hasanabad region south of Tehran, in the deserts of the Tehran to Qom highway.Several thousand prisoners have been or are being transferred to the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary from Evin Evin is a neighbourhood in the north of Tehran. The district consists of an old section filled with orchards and gardens of old houses and a new section with high rises and skyscrapers. It is adjacent to Shahid Beheshti University campus. It is ..., Gohardasht (Rajai Shahr) and Ghezel Hessar prisons. With an ''official'' capacity of 15,000 inmates, the prison is the largest detention facility in the country. Prison conditions In June 2016, the ''Ghanoon'' newspaper was sued for describing widespread c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judicial System Of Iran
A nationwide judicial system in Iran was first implemented and established by Abdolhossein Teymourtash under Reza Shah, with further changes during the second Pahlavi era. After the 1979 overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty by the Islamic Revolution, the system was greatly altered. The legal code is now based on Islamic law or sharia, although many aspects of civil law have been retained, and it is integrated into a civil law legal system. According to the constitution of the Islamic Republic, the judiciary in Iran "is an independent power" with a Ministry of Justice, head of the Supreme Court, and also a separate appointed Head of the Judiciary.Abrahamian, Ervand, ''History of Modern Iran'', Cambridge U.P., 2008, p.177 History Islam According to one scholar, the administration of justice in Islamic Iran has been until recent times a loosely sewn and frequently resewn patchwork of conflicting authority in which the different and sometimes conflicting sources for Islamic la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghezel Hesar Prison
Ghezel Hesar prison is the largest state prison in Iran. As of 2011, it was holding about 20,000 prisoners, of which 13,000 were held on drug-related charges - said to be four times its planned capacity. It is located in Ghezel Hesar, city of Karaj, 20 km northwest of the Iranian capital Tehran (there are two other prisons around Karaj: Rajai Shahr prison and the Central Prison at Karaj). The Ghezel Hesar prison is infamous for its conditions. In March 2011, it made headlines when, according to official reports, 14 people were killed and 33 wounded during a prison revolt. The actual number of victims may have been higher. Former prisoners report torture and physical abuse by the staff, catastrophic hygiene conditions, and a lack of medical care. There are reports that clashes inside Karaj Ghezel Hesar Prison began when some prisoners protested against the execution of dozens of other prisoners. One hundred fifty people are said to have suffered serious injuries, and several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prisons In Iran
This article provides a list of prisons by country. A Australian Capital Territory * Alexander Maconochie Centre * Periodic Detention Centre New South Wales * Bathurst Correctional Centre * Berrima Correctional Centre * Brewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) Centre * Broken Hill Correctional Centre * Cessnock Correctional Centre * Cooma Correctional Centre * Defence Force Correctional Establishment * Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre * Emu Plains Correctional Centre * Glen Innes Correctional Centre * Goulburn Correctional Centre * Grafton Correctional Centre * Ivanhoe (Warakirri) Correctional Centre * John Morony Correctional Complex * Junee Correctional Centre * Kirkconnell Correctional Centre * Lithgow Correctional Centre * Long Bay Correctional Centre * Mannus Correctional Centre * Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre * Mid North Coast Correctional Centre * Mulawa Correctional Centre * Oberon Correctional Centre * Parklea Correctional Centre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Dervish Protests
The 2018 Dervish protests were a series of protests against the Iranian government by the Ni'matullāhī (or Gonabandi) Sufi Order, occurring between February and March 2018 in Tehran. These protests led to clashes between security forces and the dervishes, resulting in the bloody repression of protestors. Tensions between Police, the IRGC, and the Basij with a number of Gonabadi Dervishes eventually led to the deaths of six people, the execution of Dervishes, and the arrest of hundreds of wounded Dervishes on March. The United States called the repression of the Dervishes the largest repression of religious minorities in the Islamic Republic, while the Ministry of Interior of Iran called the protests a plot to expand its scope to the national level by creating regional unrest. Background The Ni'matullāhī, or Gonabandi, are a Sufi order; the Iranian government considers them a threat. Conversion to Sufism is frowned upon by the Shi'a religious establishment. In January 2012, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alireza Shir Mohammad Ali
Alireza Shir Mohammad Ali () was an Iranian political prisoner at the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary (Fashafoyeh Prison). Ali was killed while in prison by the prisoners that were housed in general population on 10 June 2019. Arrest Alireza Shir Mohammad Ali was arrested after massive anti-government protests in 2018. He was subsequently sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of “blasphemy, insulting the former and current leader, and propaganda against the regime”. In March 2018, he went on a month-long hunger strike with another prisoner, Barzan Mohammadi, protesting terrible conditions and heavy restrictions at the Tehran Central Penitentiary. Death On 10 June 2019, Shir Mohammad Ali was “attacked by two non-political prisoners and stabbed in the neck and stomach and died before arriving at the hospital.” International reaction Human Rights Watch called for an urgent investigation by Iran's judicial authorities to determine whether the role of a lack of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasser Fahimi
Nasser Fahimi () is an Iranian physician, human rights defender and a political prisoner of conscience. He is also the first figure in the political history of Iran who formally requested the Islamic Republic to revoke his Iranian citizenship due to its type of government (a dictatorship). Early life Nasser Fahimi was born on May 8, 1974, in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province of Iran. Activity In an open letter addressed to the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Verónica Michelle Bachelet, and the President of the United States, Joe Biden, he called for the intensification of human rights condemnations against the Islamic Republic. Arrest and imprisonment He was first arrested in 1998 during the protests aimed at condemning the supporting actions of the Turkish government for Abdullah Ocalan. Also, in 2010, after 21 days of being arrested in an unknown place, he was transferred to jail 209. He was also sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2014, by Abolqasem Salavati on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Rights In Iran
From the Imperial Pahlavi dynasty (1925 to 1979), through the Iranian Revolution, Islamic Revolution (1979), to the era of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979 to current), government treatment of Iranian citizens' rights has been criticized by Iranians, international human rights activists, writers, and NGOs. While the monarchy under the rule of the shahs was widely attacked by most Western watchdog organizations for having an abysmal human rights record, the Politics of Iran, government of the Islamic Republic which succeeded it is considered still worse by many. Over the decades, various groups, including political dissidents, religious minorities, and Ethnic-based discrimination in Iran, ethnic communities have faced systematic repression, with state policies often targeting not only political opposition but also cultural and linguistic identity. The Pahlavi dynasty—Reza Shah Pahlavi and his son Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi—has sometimes been described as a "royal dictator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Prisons
This article provides a list of prisons by country. A Australian Capital Territory * Alexander Maconochie Centre * Periodic Detention Centre New South Wales * Bathurst Correctional Centre * Berrima Correctional Centre * Brewarrina (Yetta Dhinnakkal) Centre * Broken Hill Correctional Centre * Cessnock Correctional Centre * Cooma Correctional Centre * Defence Force Correctional Establishment * Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre * Emu Plains Correctional Centre * Glen Innes Correctional Centre * Goulburn Correctional Centre * Grafton Correctional Centre * Ivanhoe (Warakirri) Correctional Centre * John Morony Correctional Complex * Junee Correctional Centre * Kirkconnell Correctional Centre * Lithgow Correctional Centre * Long Bay Correctional Centre * Mannus Correctional Centre * Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre * Mid North Coast Correctional Centre * Mulawa Correctional Centre * Oberon Correctional Centre * Parklea Correctional Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gohardasht Prison
Gohardasht Prison () is a prison in Gohardasht, a town in the northern outskirt of Karaj, approximately 20 km (2 miles) west of Tehran. Sometimes spelled Gohar Dasht Prison, it is also known as ''"Rajai Shahr"'', ''Rajaishahr'', ''Raja’i Shahr'', ''Reja’i Shahr'', ''Rajayi Shahr'', ''Rajaee Shahr'', ''Rajaei Shahr'' or ''"Rajaï Shahr Prison"'', etc. and sometimes as Karadj or Karaj prison (but Qezel Hesar prison is also near Karaj). In Google Maps it is listed as "Rajai-Shahr Prison, Karaj, Tehran, Iran". Political prisoners and prisoners of conscience tend to be sent to Ward 12 of Rajai Shahr. Rajai Shahr is regarded as one of Iran's harshest prisons because of its many reported cases of torture, rape and murder. IRGC has solitary confinement cells in Rajai Shahr Prison. In the immediate aftermath of the Islamic Revolution, there were many systematic executions and interrogation of former members of the overthrown monarchy, military. During the 1980s, members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IRGC
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary branch of the Iranian Armed Forces. It was officially established by Ruhollah Khomeini as a military branch in May 1979 in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution.'' IISS Military Balance 2006'', Routledge for the IISS, London, 2006, p. 187 Whereas the Iranian Army protects the country's sovereignty in a traditional capacity, the IRGC's constitutional mandate is to ensure the integrity of the Islamic Republic. Most interpretations of this mandate assert that it entrusts the IRGC with preventing foreign interference in Iran, thwarting coups by the traditional military, and crushing "deviant movements" that harm the ideological legacy of the Islamic Revolution. , the IRGC had approximately 125,000 total personnel. The IRGC Navy is now Iran's primary force exercising operational control over the Persian Gulf, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evin Prison
Evin Prison () is a prison located in the Evin neighborhood of Tehran, Iran. The prison has been the primary site for detaining Iran's political prisoners since 1972, before and after the Iranian Revolution, in a purpose-built wing nicknamed "Evin University" due to the high number of students and intellectuals detained there. Evin Prison has been accused of committing "serious human rights abuses" against detained political dissidents and critics of the government. History Evin Prison was constructed in 1972 under the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. It is located at the foot of the Alborz mountains on the land that was the former home of Ziaeddin Tabatabaee, who briefly served as prime minister in the 1920s. The prison grounds include an execution yard, a courtroom, and separate blocks for common criminals and female inmates. It was originally operated by the Shah's security and intelligence service, SAVAK. It was initially designed to house 320 inmates—20 in solitary cel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasanabad, Iran
Hasanabad () is a city in, and the capital of, Fashapuyeh District Fashapuyeh District () is in Ray County, Tehran province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Hasanabad. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 29,343 in 7,325 households. The following c ... of Ray County, Tehran province, Iran. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 20,451 in 4,993 households. The following census in 2011 counted 27,859 people in 7,415 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 43,922 people in 12,316 households. See also Notes References Cities in Tehran province Populated places in Ray County, Iran {{Rey-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
