• <coverage-outsourcing id='7563'> HRANA reported that Afshin Hosseinpanahi lost 50 percent of his sight because of the physical torture he suffered at the Intelligence Ministry in the town of Gharaveh </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7557'> In the aftermath of the murder of his brother, Ashraf Hosseinpanahi-he was condemned to one year incarceration for the charge of propagating against the state. He spent one year in Ghorveh prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5678'> According to reports, Intelligence Ministry agents of the village of Dehgalan, without a warrant from the judge, entered his home and after a thorough search and the confiscation of his personal belongings, took him to an unknown location. After a period of time, he was released upon posting bail </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5944'> It was reported that he was condemned to one year in prison, by judge Babaei, on the charge of, “propagating against the state using the Nowruz ceremonies” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7565'> According to HRANA, Afshin Hosseinpanahi, was, once again, arrested. According to the this report, it is as of yet unclear if the arrest is in connection to a new case or it is in order to begin his, recent, one year prison sentenced </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7968'> Maf News reports that he was free upon posting bail </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16293'> Several hours after the Sanandaj conflicts, IRGC agents attacked the Hosseinpanahi family home. After beating Parvaneh Hosseinpanahi and her aged father, they arrested Afshin Hosseinpanahi. One day after, they arrested Zobeir and Ahmad Hosseinpanahi, and the next day after that they, also, arrested Anvar Hosseinpanahi </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16281'> In the IRGC skirmish with four members of Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, Hamed Seifpanahi, Behzad Nouri, and lost their lives and Ramin Hosseinpanahi was arrested after being shot in the waist and leg. In this exchange of fire several IRGC agents, also, lost their lives. According to a statement by the Hosseinpanahi family, Ramin Hosseinpanahi was taken to the hospital and |after half an hour” he was transferred to one of the IRGC detention centers. The Hosseinpanahi family and numerous informed sources voiced their fear that Ramin could lose his life under “torture”, given the “violent history” of the intelligence and security organizations in the Islamic Republic </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16289'> The Hosseinpanahi family has published a press release describing the incident, giving news of the arrest of Afshin Hosseinpanahi, and expressing concern about the condition of Ramin Hosseinpanahi. This press release can be found in the reference section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16346'> Amjad Hosseinpanahi told The International Campaign For Human Rights In Iran, that IRGC agents warned and threatened the family that they are banned from holding funerals. They surrounded the homes of the families of the killed so that no one could pay them a visit to share their grief. He also conveyed the requests of the Hosseinpanahi family: to know the current situation and condition of Ramin, the unconditional freedom of those arrested who have nothing to do with Komala, the departure of security forces surrounding the homes, and the reception of corpses of their dead </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16413'> Four human rights groups of Kurdistan published a statement emphasizing that Ramin Hosseinpour’s human rights must be respected and that asking for the freedom of those “had no connection to the Sanandaj conflicts” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16411'> Hossein Panahi’s family wrote a letter to Asma Jahangir, the United Nations special rapporteur, asking for her intervention in the case while severely criticising the arrest, harassment and abuse of their family members </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16957'> The Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan in a statement, regarding the skirmishes in Sanandaj and the arrest of family members, demanded the security and judicial authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran to “insure the respect for the principals of human rights and fair trial, especially the respect for the individual and legal rights of the arrested as well as making sure that the families are kept informed of the situation and condition of their members, and has asked for assurance from the authorities that all the legal and human rights of those arrested be respected </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='17179'> As reported by Iran Prison Atlas, Keyvan Hosseinpanahi was temporarily released, Ahmad and Zeybar Hosseinpanahi have been transferred to Sanandaj prison, but Afshin and Abbas Hosseinpanahi, still remain incarcerated in the Intelligence Ministry Detention Center. There is, more or less, no news of RaminHosseinpanahi and the Ministry of Intelligence has announced to the family that he is not being kept at their detention center </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='17286'> IPA reports that Ahmad and Zeybar Hosseinpanahi were released. But Afshin and Abbas Hosseinpanahi remain in prison and there is, more or less, no news of Ramin Hosseinpanahi </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18205'> Amjad Hosseinpanahi wrote on his Facebook page that according to a credible news, Ramin Hosseinpanahi is alive, but under “torture and psychological and physical pressure” at the Intelligence ministry prison in Sanandaj. Afshin Hosseinpanahi is still on hunger strike and Abbas Hosseingpanahi is also, in the solitary cells ward of the Intelligence Ministry detention center in Sanandaj </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18208'> The Hosseinpanahi family announced, in a press release, that intelligence agents threatened the father and mother of Ramin and Afshin Hosseinpanahi that if they refuse to grant an interview their children will be executed. They, also, promised that if they do agree to the interview they will be able to visit their children. According to this press release, the parents of the family agreed to take part in the interview and denied that Afshin Hosseinpanahi was on a hunger strike, but the intelligence agents, nonetheless, denied them the promised visit </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18344'> The Human Rights Defenders of Kurdistan published a statement asking for the civil and judicial rights of Hosseinpanahi family to be respected </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18628'> According to IPA, Afshin Hosseinpanahi’s mother was allowed to visit him for a few minutes, but there is, more or less, no information regarding Ramin Hosseinpanahi and Afshin Hosseinpanahi has claimed, during this meeting, that he has no news of his brother. Abbas Hosseinpanahi, also, remains, under arrest </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18749'> Abbas Hosseinpanahi was released on bail. Afshin Hosseinpanahai was transferred to Sanandaj prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18954'> Afshin Hosseinpanahi was tried for the charges of “propagating against the state, collusion against the state, contact with foreign media and supporting Kurdish parties”. He did not have access to an attorney in the court. There is, more or less, no news of Ramin Hosseinpanahi </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19569'> According to IPA, the second court hearing for Ahmad, Zobeir and Afshin Hosseinpanahi who were collectively arrested because of their family relationship with Ramin Hosseinpanahi, was held in one of the branches of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, headed by judge Saeedi, on the charges of “propagating against he state through participation in the organization of Nowruz ceremony” and “collaboration with Kurdish parties”. Judge Saeedi condemned, Afshin Hosseinpanahi to eight and a half years, Zobeir Hosseinpanahi to six years and Ahmad Hosseinpanahi to five years incarceration. This, when after the end of the hearing, Ahmad and Zobeir Hosseinpanahi were told, orally, that they had been cleared of the charges against them. Until the writing of this report, there is no information on whether or not Article 134 has been applied. On this same day, Ramin Hosseinpanahi’s family has been told not to enquire about him, because he won’t be transferred anywhere and will be executed right there. A threat that led to his mother fainting and being taken to the hospital </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20148'> Amjad Hosseinpanahi wrote on his Facebook page that his brother, Afshin Hosseinpanahi, was severely tortured in Sanandaj Intelligent ministry’s detention center. All his fingernails were denailed, part of his head burned with electricity, and suffered in knee and waist areas to speak against his family in front of the camera. Based on this text, he refused to speak and is now deprived of effective health care after being transferred to Sanandaj Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20661'> Ramin and Afshin Hosseinpanahi went on hunger strike to protest the death sentence for Ramin Hosseinpanahi. Their father, Mohammad Hosseinpanahi, went on hunger strike after hearing this news </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20742'> Afshin and Ramin Hoseinpanahi were transferred to solitary confinement </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20792'> HRANA reported on the end of Ramin and Afshin Hosseinpanahi's hunger strike, based on an interview with Hossein Ahmadiniaz, the lawyer of Ramin Hosseinpanahi. Ramin and Afshin Hosseinpanahi started their protest hunger strike on Saturday, January 27th after Ramin Hosseinpanahi was sentenced to death and ended this protest following an appeal request filed yesterday </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='21863'> Nashtman Hossein Panahi, Ramin and Afshin Hosseinpanahi's nephew and wife of Ahmad Hosseinpanahi killed herself. Amjad Hosseinpanahi wrote on his Facebook page that Nashtman Hosseinpanahi has ended his life after hearing the news of Ramin Hosseinpanahi's transfer for the execution of the death sentence </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27164'> His brother, Ramin Hosseinpanahi, was executed </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30270'> <reference source='http://kurdistanhumanrights.net/fa/?p=12834'> He was released conditionally </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>