On Sunday, July 16, 2017, Twenty-three political and religious prisoners were transferred from different parts of Orumiyeh Prison to ward 12 (the political prisoners’ ward) as ordered by the authorities of Orumiyeh Central Prison.
“The authorities of Orumiyeh Central Prison recently transferred the majority of political and religious prisoners who were previously held in various wards of this prison to Ward 12, known as the political prisoners’ ward. In this regard, on Sunday, July 16, sixteen religious prisoners accused of “links to Salafi groups”, five political prisoners accused of membership in Kurdish parties and two prisoners accused of connection with opposition organisations were transferred to Ward 12 from various wards,” an informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network.
Earlier, 10 political prisoners, one prisoner accused of security offences, and eight non-political prisoners were detained in ward 12. So now a total of 42 prisoners, including the 23 newly transferred prisoners, are kept in this ward.
“At the moment, there are 32 religious prisoners and 29 political prisoners in the other wards of Orumiyeh prison, and prison authorities have said that all these prisoners will also be transferred to this ward while the non-political prisoners detained in Ward 12 will be transferred to other wards,” the source added.
The prisoners transferred to ward 12 include:
16 religious prisoners:
Ibrahim Gholami, Son of Rahman, 3 years of imprisonment
Javad Yousefi, Son of Faramarz, 10 years of imprisonment
Islam Khalili, Son of Abdalrahman, 5 years of imprisonment
Farhang Golshan, Son of Kavoos, 5 years of imprisonment
Ardalan Naghsh Afkan, Son of Hassan, 5 years of imprisonment
David Parvizi, Son of Mohammad Rashid, 5 years of imprisonment
Arsalan Marateh, Son of Mohammad Shafigh, 5 years of imprisonment
Majid Salamat, Son of Nazir, 5 years of imprisonment
Naser Naseri, Son of Ali, 30 Months of imprisonment
Yaghoub Nouri Darvish Ali, Son of Ahmad, 18 Months of imprisonment
Reza Rasouli Mokri, Son of Khalid, 5 years of imprisonment
Ablollah Cham, Son of Ibrahim, 3 years of imprisonment
Yousef Ghasempour, Son of Aboubakr, 5 years of imprisonment
Mansour Choupani, Son of Mahmoud, 54 Months of imprisonment
Hashem Darvishi, Son of Jabri, 5 years of imprisonment
Aziz Banehi, Son of Mohammad Rasoul, 3 years of imprisonment
Two prisoners accused of communication with Iranian Opposition Organisation through Telegram
Azad mohammadi, Son of Aboubakr, 3 years and 9 months of imprisonment
Omid AbdiZadeh, Son of Rahim, 1 year of imprisonment
Afshar AbdiZadeh, Son of Abdollah, 1 year of imprisonment
Behzad Mahmoud Nezhad, Son of Osman, 1 year of imprisonment
Hassan Hassan Zadeh, Son of Hossein, 2 years of imprisonment
Hamid Reza Jafarzadeh, Son of Rahmat, 1-year of imprisonment, charged with communication with MKO through Telegram
Saeed Sharifi, Son of Gholam Ali, six months of imprisonment, charged with communication with Monarchist Groups through Telegram
