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Qarchak Prison
Qarchak Prison ( fa, زندان قرچک, Zendân-e-Qarchak) is a prison for women located in Qarchak, in Qarchak County, previously part of Varamin County, Tehran Province, Iran (30 km SSE of the capital). It is also called fa, زندان زنان ری, Rey Women Prison ( Shahr-e Rey prison), “Gharchak Women’s Prison“, Rey Penitentiary or Varamin prison. Health and sanitation conditions Health conditions are very poor inside Qarchak. There is no proper sewer. According to the NCRI Women's Committee, the prison infirmary was ill-equipped to deal with outbreaks of coronavirus and did not have masks or sanitary supplies for inmates. Prisoners The prison's seven sections contain more than 1400 prisoners, which is twice the nominal capacity. As of July 2020, 17 female political prisoners are being detained in Qarchak prison. On 23 May 2020, Soheila Hejab ( fa, سهیلا حجاب, Soheila Hijab), a 30-year-old law graduate sentenced to 18 years in prison for forming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saba Kord Afshari
Saba Kord Afshari ( fa, صبا کردافشاری) is an Iranian political prisoner. She appeared without a head scarf and talked about it on social media. Arrest She appeared without a head scarf, and talked about it on social media. She was arrested on 2 August 2018. In August 2018, she was sentenced to one year in prison on the charge of “disrupting the public order” at Branch 28 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court led by Judge Moghiseh. She was released on 14 February 2019 when Ali Khamenei pardoned a large number of prisoners. Following her release, Afshari, Maryam Akbari Monfared and Yasaman Aryani wrote a letter denouncing prison conditions in Iran. On June 1, 2019, Ms. Kord Afshari was rearrested; her trial was held on August 19, 2019. Her mother Raheleh Ahmadi was also arrested. On September 26, 2019, she was sentenced by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari. Her sentences included 15 years of imprisonment on the charge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varamin
Varamin (; fa, ورامين, also Romanized as Varāmīn and Verāmin) is a city and capital of Varamin County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 218,991, and at the 2006 census, its population was 208,569, in 53,639 families. Etymology The word "''Varamin''" has been recorded with the same spelling and pronunciation in Perso-arabic script since 3rd A.H. century. While its etymology is not clear, there have been many speculations which are almost all not more than guesses. The entry "Varām" in Burhan-i Qati is defined as:"... Things that are easy and light, and a city in ''Mulk-i Rayy'' that is known also as ''Varāmin''." The name has been transliterated in Latin scripts in many ways; such as ''Veramin'', ''Veramine'', ''Weramin'', ''Weramine'', ''Veraumin'', and other variants, while Encyclopedia Iranica uses ''Varāmīn''. History Until 1220s, Varamin was an agricultural center of Ray. The raiding of Ray by the invading Mongols caused a flux ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerman
Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in 221,389 households, making it the 10th most populous city of Iran. It is the largest and most developed city in Kerman Province and one of the most important cities in the southeast of Iran. It is also one of the largest cities of Iran in terms of area. Kerman is famous for its long history and strong cultural heritage. The city is home to many historic mosques and Zoroastrian fire temples. Kerman became the capital city of Iranian dynasties several times during its history. It is located on a large, flat plain, 800 km (500 mi) south-east of Tehran, the capital of Iran. History Kerman was founded as a defensive outpost, with the name Veh-Ardashir, by Ardashir I, founder of the Sasanian Empire, in the 3rd century AD. After th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varamin County
Varamin County ( fa, شهرستان ورامین) is in Tehran province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Varamin Varamin (; fa, ورامين, also Romanized as Varāmīn and Verāmin) is a city and capital of Varamin County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 218,991, and at the 2006 census, its population was 208,569, in 53,639 .... At the 2006 census, the county's population was 540,442 in 134,538 households. The following census in 2011 counted 526,294 people in 140,183 households, by which time Pishva District had been separated from the county to become Pishva County. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 283,742 in 85,516 households, by which time Qarchak District had been separated from the county to form Qarchak County. Administrative divisions The population history and structural changes of Varamin County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qarchak County
Qarchak County ( fa, شهرستان قرچک) is in Tehran province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Qarchak. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Qarchak District of Varamin County Varamin County ( fa, شهرستان ورامین) is in Tehran province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Varamin Varamin (; fa, ورامين, also Romanized as Varāmīn and Verāmin) is a city and capital of Varamin County, ...) was 211,949 in 51,400 households. The following census in 2011 counted 230,262 people in 62,905 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 269,138 in 79,853 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county to become Qarchak County. Administrative divisions The population history and structural changes of Qarchak County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows one district, two rural districts, and one city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qarchak
Qarchak ( fa, قرچک; also known as Qar chak) is a city and capital of Qarchak County, in Tehran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 173,832, in 42,508 families. Qarchack is 35 kilometers from central Tehran. References Populated places in Qarchak County Cities in Tehran Province {{Qarchak-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correctional facility, lock-up, hoosegow or remand center, is a facility in which inmates (or prisoners) are confined against their will and usually denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state as punishment for various crimes. Prisons are most commonly used within a criminal justice system: people charged with crimes may be imprisoned until their trial; those pleading or being found guilty of crimes at trial may be sentenced to a specified period of imprisonment. In simplest terms, a prison can also be described as a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed. Prisons can also be used as a tool of political repression by authoritarian regimes. Their perceived opponents may be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Shahid Behesti University ( fa, دانشگاه شهید بهشتی , Dāneshgāh-e Shahid Beheshti) (formerly known as the National University of Iran) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. The university offers many programs at Bache ... campus and is notorious for the nearby Evin Prison, a detention centre famous for atrocities committed against political prisoners, both in the pre-1979 period and in the post-revolutionary period. It is minutes away from the Darakeh hiking trail. Hiking is a national pastime in Iran, and this trail thus brings many tourists to the area. References External links Tehran: Up the mountains in Darakeh Neighbourhoods in Tehran {{TehranCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasrin Sotoudeh
Nasrin Sotoudeh ( fa, نسرین ستوده) is a human rights lawyer in Iran. She has represented imprisoned Iranian opposition activists and politicians following the disputed June 2009 Iranian presidential elections as well as prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed when they were minors. Her clients have included journalist Isa Saharkhiz, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, and Heshmat Tabarzadi. She has also represented women arrested for appearing in public without a hijab, which is a punishable offence in Iran. Nasrin Sotoudeh was the subject of ''Nasrin'', a 2020 documentary filmed in secret in Iran about Sotoudeh's "ongoing battles for the rights of women, children and minorities." In 2021, she was named as of ''Times 100 Most Influential People in the World. Life Sotoudeh was arrested in September 2010 on charges of spreading propaganda and conspiring to harm state security and was imprisoned in solitary confinement in Evin Prison. In January 2011, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaparak Shajarizadeh
Shaparak Shajarizadeh ( fa, شاپرک شجری زاده) (born 1975) is an Iranian women's rights activist and a former political prisoner. She is also a member of women's committee of Iran Transition Council. Shajarizadeh is well known for her efforts in empowering Women's rights in Iran and activism against Iran's contemporary compulsory hijab law. She possess anti-headscarf sentiments and also pioneered online campaigns such as "Girls of Revolution Street" and "White Wednesdays" as a part of the protests against compulsory hijab in an effort to encourage both men and women in Iran to post images in the social media platforms of themselves without wearing headscarves. She was arrested and imprisoned twice for defying Iran's laws about compulsory hijab laws. Biography Shajarizadeh was born and raised up in Iran. She spent most of her life in Iran until 2018. In July 2018, after facing sanctions and pressure, she fled to Turkey where she reunited with her son while her husban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
