Raheleh Rahemipour

<p>Her brother and sister-in-law were jailed in the 1980s due to membership in the Organization of Revolutionary Workers of Iran (ORWI). According to Justice for Iran, their child, Golroo Rahemipoor was separated from her mother in prison and disappeared. The Iranian government says that Golroo was sick and died during those days. But Golroo’s corpse</p>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='18919'> Hossein Rahemipour and his wife were arrested </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18927'> Iran Wire, in a published report about the disappearance of Golrou Rahemipour, maintains,“During the Nowruz holidays in ‘84, one day agents come and take the baby away from her, telling her that he needs to go through routine tests at the infirmary, when she protests that the baby is fine, they insist that only routine tests will be performed and the baby will be returned to her.They never returned the baby of the Rahemipour family. To the repeated queries the answer was always one sentence: “the baby died” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18918'> In the Islamic Republic’s report to the United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Arrests, it is maintained that “according to medical documents of the prison’s doctor and that of Imam Khomeini’s hospital, the newborn was premature, jaundiced and suffered from blood clot. Despite the administration of blood, the newborn passed away on April 4,1984”. But BBC Persian, quoting Shadi Sadr, maintains that the prison guards, upon separating the newborn from her mother, told her parents, that their baby had died and “they failed to show the parents any evidentiary documents nor the corpse of their baby”. Mohammad Nayeri, one of the attorneys following this case,said, “when the took the baby, she was had no illness and they claimed they were taking the baby for a checkup to make sure that she was healthy.” She doubts the veracity of the death of the baby, “there exists an interview with Mr. Lajevardi, at the time, the chief warden of Evin prison, where he says, “if these children are raised and educated in healthy families they will turn into Hezbollahi individuals”. The idea was that if this infant was raised in a better family she would not follow her parents footsteps”. According to Shadi Sadr, and they have told Golrou Rahemipour’s family, “why do you search for the child?” you want her to end up like her father?” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18917'> Hassan Rahemipour was executed. According to Justice For Iran, the family of Mr. Rahemipour, was told that he “had gone to hell, come and takes his belongings”. Neither his corpse nor his place of burial has been given to the family. His wife was released because of suffering from acute heart disease </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18928'> Justice for Iran registered a formal grievance, regarding Hossein and Raheleh Rahemipour, with the United Nation’s Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18921'> The UN Working Group on Involuntary Disappearances asked the Islamic Republic to explain Hossein Rahemipour and his daughter, Golrou’s fate </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18920'> Justice for Iran reported that security agents, with their repeated summoning of Raheleh Rahemipour threatened her with arrest </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18922'> Raheleh Rahemipour, the aunt of the newborn that disappeared in Evin prison, was summoned to Shahid Moghadas Court. According to Justice for Iran, she must appear at this court in Evin prison to explain the “charges in this case” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18923'> “We are concerned that the judicial process against Ms. Rahemipour may be a direct reprisal for her human rights activism in the search for her relatives, as well as the exercise of her rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.” “We urge the Iranian Government to immediately drop all charges against Ms. Rahemipour and to halt any acts of retaliation against relatives, witnesses and human rights defenders who report cases of enforced disappearances.” - the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances; the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye; the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mr. Michel Forst; the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Mr. Maina Kiai; and the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ms. Asma Jahangir </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18924'> According to Atlas, she was sentenced to one year in prison on the charge of "propaganda against the system" by judge Salavati. Justice for Iran reported that judge Salavati, has deemed the disappearance of Golrou Rahemipour imaginary. Later, the Iranian government, recognized the existence of Golrou Rahemipour, when questioned by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, but announced that she had died </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18925'> Twenty Iranian and international human rights organizations demanded a stop to the "suppression and persecution" of people who seek justice for the "terrible human rights violation" in the 1980s. The signatories demanded the overturn and release of Maryam Akbari Monfared, Raheleh Rahemipour, Ahmad Montazeri, and Mansoureh Behkish </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18926'> Raheleh Rahemipour was arrested. According to Justice for Iran Intelligence Ministry agents, with a warrant from the judges of the 6th court of Evin, entered the house, in the early hours of the night, and took her after searching her house </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18936'> The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Raheleh Rahemipour arrested from her home last night, who has previously been targeted by the authorities for her peaceful activism, said Amnesty International </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18975'> HRANA reported, that she is incarcerated in ward 209 </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19147'> Was released </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='21791'> Iran Prison Atlas reported that the hearing session of the charges against Raheleh Rahemipour will be held at 9:00 am on May 5, 2018, at Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court under the chairmanship of Judge Moghiseh </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='22679'> Quoting a credible source, Hrana said that in the trial Judge Moghise “was only shouting, insulting and disrespecting.” Based on this report, he was upset due to Rahele Rahemipoor’s complaint against the United Nations. Judge Moghise is himself accused of participating in a massacre of political prisoners in the 1980s and summer of 1988 </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24258'> HRANA reported that she was sentenced to a fine of eight million Tomans by Tehran Appeals Court </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27526'> A number of political activists who had been arrested prior to “Lale Park Gathering” were released hours later but some of them were prevented from being released. Rahele Rahemipoor’s arrest also continued </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27529'> According to Hrana, the authorities took Mr Rahemipoor to her house after the arrest and searched her house. Based on this report, the authorities threatened and insulted her children and beat up her son </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27854'> She was released on bail </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28114'> <reference source='https://www.kampain.info/archive/40609.htm'> Raheleh Rahemipour's children were summoned to Evin's prosecutor's office. When they attended the prosecutor's office, admitting bail was ordered for them. Her daughter's bail was set for the same day, but Ehsan Sohrabi (her son) was transferred to Fashafuyeh prison for failing to provide bail. He was released from prison on bail, the day after. Mrs. Rahemipour's children have been arrested through conflicts between them and agents.The IRGC agents had beaten her children while trying to search Mrs. Rahemipour's house on 12/11/2019 </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28115'> <reference source='https://www.kampain.info/archive/40609.htm'> Her children were summoned to the Evin Public Prosecutor's Office again. They were accused of interviewing with opposition media. Her daughter was released on bail after hours. Ehsan Sarabi was transferred to the 2-A Ward of Evin Prison later. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>