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was raided in an effort to rearrest Mr. and Ms. Mohammadi. The whereabouts of both
individuals are unknown.
3.
An informed source stated that security forces arrested Maziar Ebrahimi at his home
on 12 June 2012 for murder (“assassination”). It was reported that Maziar’s family’s
communications were being monitored, and they were not free to talk about Maziar’s
whereabouts. A member of Maziar’s family alleged that Maziar had been framed for a crime.
On 6 August, Maziar “confessed” publicly on television. Lawyers are reportedly unable to
gain access to Maziar’s case file. It was alleged that Mr. Ebrahimi’s arrest was connected to
failed negotiations over a contract for a Press TV project. The source reported that authorities
threatened Maziar during negotiations, and that visible signs of torture and abuse, along with
significant weight loss, were noticeable during Mr. Ebrahimi’s televised “confession”. The
source maintained that Maziar was out of the country when the crime he is accused of took
place.
4.
Women and children’s rights activist, Mohammad Ghaznavian, reported that he was
arrested in February 2010, in the city of Qazvin, by 10 plainclothes security force agents,
who reportedly told onlookers that he was a drug trafficker. He was taken to an unknown
location and detained in strict solitary confinement for 10 days and then taken to Qazvin
prison, where his family posted bail and he was released. He reported, however, that within
30 minutes he was rearrested and transferred back to the general prison. Mr. Ghaznavian
stated that he was interrogated and learned that he had been under surveillance for an
extended period of time. He reported that he was always blindfolded during interrogations,
that he was repeatedly and severely beaten during his interrogations, and that some of his
interrogations would last up to 11 hours. He was reportedly instructed to report his
whereabouts to security forces upon his eventual release in 2011 and was allegedly
threatened with the rape “one of the females closest to him” if he made the conditions of his
detention public. Mr. Ghaznavian has since left the country.
5.
Family members living abroad reported that Zahra Mansouri was arrested in June
2011, allegedly for her connection to Camp Ashraf (now Camp Liberty) in Iraq. She was
reportedly held in solitary confinement for 90 days and was eventually released on bail.
During her time in prison she underwent an operation for breast cancer. She was allegedly
returned to solitary confinement without first being given adequate recovery time. Ms.
Mansouri was released to be hospitalized for intestinal problems and epilepsy, and underwent
another surgery on 27 September 2012. She was sentenced to five years in prison, which was
eventually reduced to two, due to her health issues. She was also sentenced by Branch 26 of
the Revolutionary Court on 27 September 2012 for acting against national security, and is
currently detained. Her family reported their grave concern over Ms. Mansouri’s inadequate
access to requisite medications for her illness, and for her health.
6.
Mohammed Yeganeh Tabrizi stated that on 29 December 2009, plainclothes police
officers attacked a group of protesters and shot three in the head, including himself. He
related that 150 bullet fragments entered his body, including two in the brain, and that the
entire left side of his body is now paralyzed. He reportedly remained in the hospital for a
month and for 20 of those days he was in a comatose state. He reported that a member of the
Intelligence Office and someone from the security police interrogated him on the first day he
regained consciousness. He was told to report to the Intelligence Office after he was released
from the hospital, where he was later interrogated. During this time, he was repeatedly
intimidated and threatened with execution. He alleged that he was pushed off his chair to
confirm if he was paralyzed. Security forces also allegedly kicked his wheelchair into the
wall. He was eventually released without being charged. When he returned to work, he
learned that he had lost his business license and the phone lines at his office had been
disconnected; he was also told by authorities that he would never be able to run his company
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