Hassan Akharian
- Head of Ward 1 of Rajai Shahr Prison, Karaj (Alborz Province)
- Human Rights Violation: Participation in the murder, torture and ill-treatment of prisoners (0000) read more
- Institution
- Prisons Organisation
- Location
- Rajai Shahr prison (Alborz Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to life, Right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Description
Hassan Akharian, as the Head of Ward 1 of Rajai Shahr prison, is responsible for the killing, ill-treatment, torture and deprivation of medical treatment of prisoners. Akharian is also specifically responsible for the torture of Behrouz Javid Tehrani, a political prisoner, the death of Hassan Qashqavi, as a result of torture, the death of Mohsen Dokmehchi, a political prisoner, due to lack of medical care and the torture and murder of Mohsen Bekvand in prison.
- Sources
HRANA; Mohsen Bekvand, one of the victims of torture, was killed in prison, 2010
https://www.hra-news.org/2010/hranews/1-2804/
An Overview of Ten Years of Covering Up the Death of Political Prisoners in Islamic Republic Prisons, Campaign for Human Rights, June 2011
https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/RajaeiShahr-6.pdf
The life of political prisoner Behrouz Javid Tehrani is in serious danger, Kar Online, 2010
https://www.kar-online.com/node/2118
Murder of a prisoner in Rajai Shahr prison, Karaj, Hrana, 2010
https://www.hra-news.org/2010/hranews/1-2402/
- Human Rights Violation: Participation in the murder, torture and ill-treatment of prisoners (0000) read more
- Intelligence Officer in Rajai Shar Prison, Karaj (Alborz Province) (Unknown)
- Head of Ward 5 and solitary confinement cells, Karaj (Alborz Province) (0000 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Participation in the murder, torture and ill-treatment of prisoners (0000 - present) read more
- Institution
- Prisons Organisation
- Location
- Rajai Shahr prison (Alborz Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to life, Right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Description
Hassan Akharian, as the Head of Ward 5 of Rajai Shahr prison, is responsible for murder, ill-treatment, torturing and depriving prisoners of medical treatment. Akharian is specifically responsible for the death of Afshin Osanloo, a political prisoner, and the death of Bahram Tasviri Khiabani in solitary confinement. Bahram Tasviri Khiabani, a prisoner in Rajai Shahr Prison, testified before his death in a video message that he had been tortured and raped by prison officials.
- Sources
The suspicious death of a prisoner in Iran, Radio Zamaneh, 2014
https://www.radiozamaneh.com/175938
Suspicious death of labor activist Afshin Osanloo in Rajai Shahr prison, Deutsche Welle, 2013
https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/RajaeiShahr-7.pdf
- Human Rights Violation: Participation in the murder, torture and ill-treatment of prisoners (0000 - present) read more
On 10 October, 2011, the European Union placed 29 Iranian officials on the human rights sanctions list, including Hassan Akharian, for their role in widespread and gross violations of the rights of Iranian citizens. According to this decision, Akharian has been banned from entering the EU and all his assets in the EU have been confiscated. According to their statement, Hassan Akharian has been sanctioned for his role in torturing and killing prisoners, as well as preventing medical treatment for prisoners.