Ghazi Heydari

He is a machinist and has worked for the Ahwaz Pipeline Company. One of the reasons for his arrest was his researches on Arab history.

<coverage-outsourcing id='2793'> He was arrested by Ahvaz Intelligence Ministry forces. It was reported that he suffered from two broken ribs as a result of the torture he endured in the Intelligence Ministry lock-up. He spent months in solitary confinement while he was tortured physically and emotionally. Prior to his arrest, he was a mechanical engineer and employed by the Ahvaz Pipe-making Company </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2794'> He was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Judge Morteza Touzak of Branch 1 of Ahvaz's Revolutionary Court </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2795'> Ghazi Heidaris's sentence (10 years) was upheld in Branch 13 of the Provincial Appeals Court presided by Judge Gholam Hossein Zat Ajam and Legal Advisor Mahmoud Mehregan </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='15682'> According to reports, he was transferred to Karoon Prison after about one year imprisonment in Ahvaz Intelligence Detention Center. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='15683'> According to reports he was transferred to Ahwaz Intelligence Detention Center several times and then returned to Karoon Prison. It is said that Mr. Ghazi Heidari has been transferred to Shiraz prison a few months later. He was also severely tortured at the Intelligence Detention Center. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2796'> It was reported that the Revolutionary Court sentenced him to an additional five years in prison. This sentence was issued after the publication of a video in which four inmates who were executed in prison claim that their televised confessions were forced and made under extreme duress. This film was circulated in Arabic media as well as in human rights publications. The court charged the defendant with "Transmission of the video" </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='15679'> Yousef Azizi Bani Taraf mentions Ghazi Heidari in his prison memories. "While we are speaking of Karoon Prison, I would like mentioning Engineer Ghazi Heidari, one of our best researchers and intellectual elites of the Arab nation," he says. He was arrested in May 2009 for research on Arabs history in Iran. The interrogators broke one of his ribs during torture. He believes in peaceful civil and cultural activities. He had an important part in changing violent behaviors against Arab prisoners in Karoon Prison. I have heard that security officials exiled him to Shiraz Prison for his enlightening role and influence on Arab prisoners in July 2012 [he was still in Karoon Prison on this date]. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='15680'> He was exiled to Shiraz Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='19803'> According to reports, Mr. Heidari was released from Shiraz prison. It seems that his early release caused by an administrative mistake. </coverage-outsourcing>