• <coverage-outsourcing id='3015'> He was arrested in Tehran and was transferred to the Zahedan Intelligence Ministry lock-up after some time. He was was sentenced to 22 years imprisonment in exile in Meshkin Shahr by Zahedan's Revolutionary Court without him having access to a defense attorney </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13268'> Shir Ahmad Shirani was transferred from Zahedan detention center to the Zahedan prison in the of winter or beginning of spring of 2012. He told HRANA that while at the detention center in Zahedan he had no contact with his family, and in a way they did not even know whether or not he is alive. He was incarcerated in solitary for nearly two years. The intelligence agents would bind his legs and “use a thick cable to beat the bottom of the feet repeatedly.” The scars from the torture are still visible many years later, his nose and teeth are broken. They have also connected him to electric currents. He, also, claims that the torture was such that they “held him responsible for all that had happened in the region.” Also, it should be noted, that he went on hunger strike while at the detention center </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13265'> Shir Ahmad Shirani who was exiled to Garmi prison told HRANA, “It was a small prison with a ward that had more prisoners than the prison could house. Most were imprisoned there on drug and theft charges. There were no health or recreational amenities, to the point where telephone calls were limited to 3 minutes a day, and there was only one bathroom and one toilet that was always shut because of lack of repair” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10050'> Shir Ahmad Shirani was transferred from Garmi prison in Ardabil to Meshkin Shahr prison in the same province. Regarding this transfer, he told HRANA, “ For three and a half years I lived with individuals who were inflicted by drug addiction and who were the homeless orphans of the town, who had lost their families and lives to drug addiction. They had no constancy of character or behavior regarding others or themselves and were in a constant depressive state. For these reasons the authorities were negligent in ameliorating the prisoner’s conditions in this ward” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10053'> Transferred from Meshkin Shahr prison to Ardabil prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10051'> It was reported that on the sixth day of his hunger strike he was beaten and sent to solitary confinement in Ardabil prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10049'> According to The Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civic Prisoners, when he protested the lack of medical care for his kidney and digestive system he was sent to solitary </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13256'> Harana reported that Nour Ahmad Hassan Zehi, Ali Pazhgol, Abdolkarim Shahbakhsh, Maher Kabi, Mohammad Saber Malek Raeesi, and Shir Ahmad Shirani are kept in a quarantine-like ward in Ardebil Prison. The Ward is a 10 to 15 sqm room with 18 beds and a small yard. The prisoners are allowed to leave the ward for 15 minutes to make phone calls. It is said that the prisoners and their families are treated so rudely that some of them have asked their families not to come for visits </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13267'> HRANA reported that, some time ago, he complained about “mistreatment” at the hands of one of the prison employees, and was sent to the quarantine ward as punishment. In the same report it mentioned that he needs leg surgery because of the physical harm he had suffered during his arrest. He also suffers from kidney and stomach maladies. According to this report Mr. Shirani has not been given sufficient medical attention. HRANA added that Mr. Shirani suffered from the systematic mistreatment, in Ardabil prison, of Sunni prisoners and their families. This is why the aged parents of Mr. Shirali hesitate to endeavor to travel the far distance to see him again. According to this report, Article 288 has not been applied to his case and he therefore has been deprived of the reduction in sentence. Besides all of this, he was until now been deprived of medical leave </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13782'> His name was on the list of "some of the Baluch prisoners in exile" published by Baluch Activists Campaign </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15490'> A letter from Shir Ahmad Shirani has been published by some sources. The letter describes his situation in exile. He claims, in this letter, that “in Ardebil prison the fascistic response of the guards is beyond anything that the brain can rhyme or reason“ and “torturing innocent Sunni prisoners is perceived by them to be a kind of Jihad and believe they are rendering service to Imam Hossein.” In this letter, it is further claimed that the prison authorities, especially the head of the prison, Mr. Yacub Sarbaz, and the head of prison security, Mr. Parviz Saravaz, take “revenge” on the Sunni prisoners whenever a security problem arises anywhere in Iran </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15834'> His father, Chelkar Shirani, wrote several letters to the president, the head of the human rights task force of the judiciary, the head of prisons, and the Zahedan Intelligence Ministry commander. He confirmed the fact that Shir Ahmad Shirani has been subjected to mistreatment in Ardabil prison and that he has, even, ran into obstacles trying to perform his religious duties. He also complained of the long distance from home to the prison and criticized the transfer of his son to the drug addicts ward. Chelkar Shirani asked the responsible authorities for help in solving these problems. These series of letters, which HRANA has published can be found in the reference section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15809'> HRANA reported that he was transferred to ward 5 of Ardebil prison which has added to his worries regarding his safety </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15837'> According to HRANA, he was returned to section 7 which is normally reserved for political prisoners </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15998'> HRANA published his note, “Save Baluchestan.” This statement can be found in the Supporting Evidence page of this site </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20130'> Hrana published a letter signed by Maher Kaabi, Shirahmad Shirani, Ali Pajgol and Noorahmad Hasan Zerehi. The four have protested the use of “torture and discrimination” against non-local political prisoners in Ardabil prison and have detailed the treatment that Mohammad Saber received from the head of prison security, the internal prison manager (Mr Noroozi) and the guardsman (Mr Ghafoor Sadeqzade) </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20367'> According to Hrana, the Ardabil prison authorities have cut the contacts of political prisoners with their families since a few days ago </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24600'> According to Iran Prison IPA, Mohammad Saber Malek-Rayisi and Shirahamd Shirani were charged by Ardabil prosecutors with “publishing falsehoods aimed at hurting others” and “propaganda against the regime.” This political prisoner has been recently under heavy pressure by questioners and prison authorities due to his activities in defending the rights of other prisoners. Ardabil prison authorities accused him of contacting people outside the prison and spreading the news of violation of prisoner rights </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24644'> According to IPA, the other case against Mohammad Saber Malek-Rayisi and Shirahamd Shirani, under the charges of “propaganda against the regime” started in the Revolutionary Courts of Ardebil. Judge Khodadadi is charged with presiding over this charge </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24599'> According to IPA, Mohammad Saber Malek-Rayisi and Shirahamd Shirani are spending their third month in the quarantine section of Ardabil prison. They have both lacked contact with their families in this period </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24104'> According to IPA, Mohammad Saber Malek Raeisi sentenced to six months in prison on the charge of "agitating the public consciousness" by judge Feyzollahi. Shir Ahmad Shirani was cleared of the charge </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26182'> According to IPA, Shir Ahmad Shirani and Mohammad Saber Malek Raeisi were sentenced to one year in prison on the charge of "propaganda against the system" by judge Khodadadi </coverage-outsourcing>