Iran: Two girls among student activists arrested

In nightly raids launched on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, on residential units in Tehran and Karaj, security forces arrested a number of student activists, most of them from Tehran's Khajeh Nassir Tousi University, school of . In some cases, they broke the door to enter the house and took away personal belongings and computers after thorough search of the house.

The names of a few of those arrested and imprisoned in Evin Prison, have been obtained, among them two female student activists, Kiana Karimpour and Mehraban Keshavarzi.

IRAN - Spot the carried out inspections at Iran's notorious Evin Prison

Prisonwardens on Thursday carried out yet another spot inspection in two wards ofTehran’s notorious Evin Prison which houses numerous Iranian political prisoners.

The mullahs’ henchmen raided wards 7 and 8 of Evin early on Thursday, scouring through the prisoners’ personal belongings.

numerous spot inspections have been carried out by the mullahs’ regime in Evin’s wards 7 and 8 in recent months, and prisoners have been forced to wait at time for hours in the courtyard as their belongings are searched.

The prisoners believe that these inspections are an attempt by the regime to intimidate the inmates and aggravate their suffering

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