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11 May 2010

Death Row Inmate Hadi Aravand Killed by Prison Guards in Sari

RAHANA – Sari Prison’s warden has claimed that Aravand’s death was the result of suicide, but the coroner ruled that the young man died after being suffocated to death.

Torture and bruise mark were visible on Aravand’s body, including a broken arm, wounds on his back and a 1cm deep slit around his neck ruling out any possibility of suicide. Cuts around Aravand’s wrists and ankles prove that he suffered an agonizing death, according to a family member who talked to a RAHANA reporter.

The relative added that Hadi Aravand was moved out of his cell at 5pm on April 30, and an hour later his wounded body was delivered to the Sari hospital.

The coroner has confirmed that, at the time of his death, Arvand’s arms were tied behind his back and his legs were tied together, ruling out the possibility that the death occurred as a result of suicide. The coroner’s report says that the young man died after he was suffocated with a plastic bag while his arms and his legs were tied.

According to the inmates, this is the 4th suspicious death in 7 months since Abedi was appointed as the prison’s new warden.

The 23-year-old Aravand was awaiting his execution which was scheduled to be carried out 3 months later. He was arrested on March 19 2008 after killing someone during a street fight. Aravand was buried in Soural near Sari on Sunday May 9.


Farsi text: RHANA


قتل یک زندانی توسط ماموران زندان ساری


رهانا: رییس زندان مدعی خودکشی وی با ملحفه است، اما پزشکی قانونی خفگی را علت مرگ می‌داند.

آثار و کبودی شکنجه در همه قسمت‌های بدن هادی اراوند دیده می‌شد؛ به طوری‌که یکی از دست‌ها شکسته بود و پشتش هم زخمی بود. دور گردن هم به عمق یک سانتیمتر بریده بود؛ که امکان خودکشی را از بین می‌برد. یکی از آشنایان وی با اعلام این مطالب به خبرنگار رهانا اضافه می‌کند که البته بریدگی مچ دست و پا بیانگر این است که چقدر در حال مرگ به وی فشار وارد شده است

وی در ادامه گفت: هادی روز جمعه ۱۰ اردیبهشت، حول و حوش ساعت ۵ از بندش به بیرون منتقل شد و ساعتی بعد جسد مجروح و زخمی‌اش در بیمارستان امام ساری بود.

طبق تائید پزشکی قانونی در هنگام مرگ پاها به صورت ضربدری و دست ها ازپشت بسته بودند و امکان هیچ گونه خودکشی وجود نداشت و در این حالت بست پلاستیکی را به گردنش انداختند و آن را کشیدند که باعث خفگی و در نهایت مرگ این زندانی شده است.

بنا به گفته زندانی‌ها از زمان ورود رئیس جدید زندان «عابدی» در ۷ ماه گذشته زندان ساری شاهد ۴ مورد مرگ مشکوک بوده است که نشان دهنده‌ی وضعیت بد زندان ساری است

هادی اراوند، ۲۳ ساله، از زندانی‌های محکوم به اعدام بوده است که سه ماه به اجرای حکم‌اش باقی مانده بود. وی در ۲۹ اسفند ۸۶ در نزاع خیابانی مرتکب قتل شده بود و روز یکشنبه هفته قبل در آرامگاه شهر سورک در چند کیلومتری ساری به خاک سپرده شد.
پایان پیام

6 September 2009

Saeeda Pour-Aghaie

- raped and killed in detention

Green Brief #63, August 30:


21. Saeeda Pour-Aghaie, a young girl, was raped and killed in detention. Confirmed reports say Saeeda was arrested by Basijis, from her home, for chanting Allaho Akbar from her rooftop. She was taken into detention, raped and then killed. Her body was burnt, except for her legs from her knees downwards, with a strong acid, to hide the evidence of her brutal ordeal.


Twenty days after her initial arrest, her mother was taken to the morgue and her body was identified. Her mother was not allowed to take her body for burial. She was later buried in the 302 section of Beheshte Zahra, in secret, without her family's knowledge.


Her family has been put under extreme pressure, to say the cause of Saeeda's death, was the result of complications arising from a kidney infection.


A picture of Saeeda and a full report in Farsi: http://www.mowjcamp.com/article/id/24124


22. At least two reliable sources, claim they have received reports, that unmarked graves in Beheshte Zahra's 302 section, are the graves of women, who have been raped and then killed, after being arrested for protesting. This could not be confirmed by other sources at this time.



Read more about Saeeda Pour-Aghaie on homylafayette’s blog


Amir Javadifar

- was beaten to death 24 years old

Amir was arrested on July 9. He was brought to the police station where he was beaten so badly that he was later taken to hospital. His family was informed. He had jaw, nose, facial and arm injuries. A head scan showed no brain injury, but his family wanted a second opinion. The police agreed and they took him to Laleh hospital where he was checked and released to the police the next morning.
The police brought him back to the police station. Next he was moved to the Intel police station and then to an unknown location. Those arrested on July 9 were moved either to Evin or to Kahrizak. Their familiers were told to check back in ten days. Amir's family went back to Evin but his name was
not on the list of Evin or Kahrizak prisoners.
From July 9 to July 28 Amir's family was being told by court that his interrogation was almost finished. On July 29 they were told to go to Kahrizak morgue, where they identified his body. Amir's body had been moved to the morgue four days after his arrest, cause of death unknown. It was kept at Kahrizak morgue for weeks, while the family was given false info.

Source:
@persianbanoo on Twitter, August 31

Read more about Amir at Iranbodycount


Edit, Sept 14:
@iranproxy: Amir Javadifar Tribute on today his birthday: http://bit.ly/flmG3 -please RT in memory of Amir #iranelection

30 August 2009

Cold numbers

On July 21 the blog Revolutionary Road
- published a list with names of persons killed, arrested and
released
since the recent Iran election protests. The list is long, and the numbers are chilling:


Killed by government forces
84
Arrestes university students
169
Arrested university professors
13
Arrested journalists
43
Politicians and members of reformist presidential
candidates’ campaigns
136

Arrested and released
90
Human rights, student and women’s rights activists
20
Missing people
8
Recently arrested
443
Arrested and released army officers
24

According to the comments, the list is not complete. There are still many people unaccounted for.