Saeed Madani

Saeed Madani is an Iranian sociologist and journalist. He is a member of the Iranian Sociological Association; and a faculty member and member of the Social Welfare Research Group of the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences;editor of the Social Welfare Scientific-Research Periodical and a founding member and editor of..

He was a member of the Religious- Nationalist Council and the presidential election campaign of Mir Hossein Mousavi in 2009. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='1'> He was arrested , along with a number of other members of the Religious/ National Council, in the house of Mohammad Basteh-Negar and was sentenced to four years imprisonment on charges of "Relations, collaboration with, or membership in organizations that aim to disrupt national security " and "Propaganda against the system" </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='2'> He was arrested by the Intelligence Ministry and transferred to Security Ward 298 of Evin Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='3'> He was transferred to the Ward 350 but was returned to Security Ward 209 the day after and held there illegally for about one year. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='4'> His trial was held in Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Pir-Abbasi. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5'> He was sentenced to six years imprisonment and 10 years exile to the city of Bandar Abbas. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6'> Although his previous sentence regarding his arrest with the Religious/ National Council in 2001 was finished and he should have been released, it was announced that he must spend four years his original sentence of six years in Bandar Abbas Prison, and that his 10 year exile to this city had been confirmed. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18984'> Although his previous sentence regarding his arrest with the Religious/ National Council in 2001 was finished and he should have been released, it was announced that he must spend four years his original sentence of six years in Bandar Abbas Prison, and that his 10 year exile to this city had been confirmed. He was sentenced by judge Movahed </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7'> Saeid Madani was exiled to Rajaee Shahr Prison alongside Farshid Yadollahi and Reza Entesari, two jailed Dervishes. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='4821'> He was allowed to leave the prison on furlough for the first time in four years. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='4833'> It was reported that he was transferred to Ward 7 of Evin Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='4822'> It was reported that he was transferred to Evin Prison alongside Saeid Razavi. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5526'> He was released from Evin Prison at the end of his prison sentence; he must remain in Bandar Abbas for the remainder of his exile sentence. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7477'> Melli-Mazhabi website reported that after he returned from a furlough from exile, he was summoned and interrogated for a few hours by the Information Ministry office of Hormozgan province. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9077'> It was reported that his request for a furlough from exile to visit family during Eid Al-Adha was rejected. The exiled are to have three days of furlough each month. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20164'> He returned to Tehran at the end of his term of exile. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='39313'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3sENgmq'> Mehr News Agency, a state media, reported that Saeed Madani was arrested. According to Mehr, Mr. Madani was arrested for “meeting with suspicious foreign elements, conveying their intent and providing an operation line between them and certain domestic elements with history.” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40170'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/67523'> Emtedad website reported that Saeed Madani was taken from his solitary cell to another cell with cellmates. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40171'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/67523'> Saeed Madani’s daughter Yasaman Madani, told Emtedad in an interview that her father has been charged with assembly and collusion and propaganda against the state. She said in addition to Mr. Madani’s belongings, the agents have also confiscated the belongings of other family members and despite repeated inquiries, they have refused to return the belongings. She added that they have brought a lawsuit against Mehr and Fars News Agency for making false accusations against her father. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40723'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/MostafaNili58/status/1547598242501668866'> Saeed Madani’s attorney Mostafa Nili tweeted that Mr. Madani has been transferred to ward 209 of Evin Prison today. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41290'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/69600'> Saeed Madani’s family told Emtedad that his temporary arrest warrant was extended for the fourth time. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44930'> <reference source='https://www.sharghdaily.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-100/865379-%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%AC%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86'> Judge Mazloum sentenced Saeed Madani to prison in Branch 29 of Tehran Revolutionary Court. According to a report in the Shargh newspaper, he was sentenced to eight years in prison for the charge of forming and managing anti-regime groups, and to one year in prison for the charge of propaganda against the system. By applying Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, he will be imprisoned for eight years. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44929'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3C1VauR'> Saeed Madani was denied visitation. According to IranWire, after Saeed Madani's family went to Evin prison for a weekly meeting with him, they found out that Mr. Madani was banned from visitation. The report stated that the prison authorities have informed them that by the order of the prison disciplinary committee, Mr. Madani has been banned from visiting his family for three weeks. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47940'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3kpVM89'> In a statement, a group of political prisoners declared their support for Mirhossein Mousavi and emphasized the need to adhere to the right of nations to determine their own destiny. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47591'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/AliFaridi1992/status/1626087354032160768'> Branch 36 of the Tehran Court of Appeal confirmed the 9-year prison sentence of Saeed Madani. With the application of Article 134 of the Criminal Code, eight years of imprisonment can be applied to him. Based on the image of the appeal document published by a tourism researcher named Ali Faridi on Twitter, the court confirmed the decision citing that "justified and reasoned objection was not presented". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48320'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3mnp2Ne'> According to IranWire, more than 10 members of the security and protection staff, along with some officials of Evin prison, stormed into the room where Mostafa Tajzadeh, Saeed Madani, Hossein Razzagh and Mohammad Reza Jalayipour are kept, and searched their personal belongings while insulting them. According to the report of IranWire, their cell is monitored 24 hours a day through cameras belonging to the Ministry of Intelligence and security institutions of the Islamic Republic. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48321'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3mnp2Ne'> According to IranWire, Hossein Razzagh and Saeed Madani were transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52748'> <reference source='https://www.bbc.com/persian/articles/c3gmz40dx2eo'> BBC Farsi wrote that Saeed Madani and Hossein Razzagh have faced new charges for participating in the "Saving Iran" virtual conference. Based on this news, Saeed Madani was summoned to the first investigation branch of the Security Prosecutor's Office, where he was charged with assembly and collusion with the intention of acting against national security, and a bail of five billion rials was set for him. A few days ago, Hossein Razzagh, another political prisoner in Evin, was interrogated and accused of assembly and collusion to act against national security and with the intention of propaganda against the state. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61645'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/yc29e69h'> According to Radio Farda' report, Mostafa Tajzadeh, Hossein Razzagh, Saeed Madani, Mahdi Mahmoudian and Mohammad Najafi published a letter and announced that they will go on hunger strike in protest against the continuation of the repressive and anti-women policies of the government and in solidarity with "the demands of the protesters, including the cessation of the mandatory hijab." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='60611'> <reference source='https://x.com/bbcpersian/status/1750276929486282952?s=20'> Following the reactions to the execution of Mohammad Ghobadlou, Saeed Madani announced in a statement that in his opinion, by executing its opponents, the government in Iran is attempting to create fear and intimidation with the aim of strengthening the method of authoritarian rule, because it has no "legitimacy". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='61643'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/32z7s3pc'> IranWire wrote that following the announcement of the election boycott and the publication of interviews from inside the prison, Saeed Madani and Hossein Razzagh were transferred to another hall of the prison by order of the judicial officers, and Mostafa Tajzadeh will continue his imprisonment in isolation and separately from other prisoners. According to this report, these three people have also been denied phone calls. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='60609'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/5n7ueu6f'> Saeed Madani was deported to Damavand prison. His lawyer told ILNA news agency that the transfer of the prisoner should be based on the deportation order from the place where the crime took place or his place of residence or at the request of the prisoner to be transferred to the nearest place of residence, but Saeed Madani "did not request a transfer and didn't get an exile order and we don't know with what permission was he transferred to another prison." A few hours after the exile of Mr. Madani to Damavand prison, a number of political and ideological prisoners imprisoned in Evin prison published a statement condemning his exile and considered it a sign of the continuation of the "systematic suppression of critics of the Islamic Republic". Among the signatories of this letter are Narges Mohammadi, Golrokh Iraee, Sepideh Gholian, Fariba Kamalabadi, Mostafa Tajzadeh, Amirsalar Davoudi, Hossein Razzagh, Reza Shahabi, Faezeh Hashemi, and Seddiqa Vasmaghi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='60610'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/32889811.html'> In an interview with Radio Farda, Saeed Madani's wife, Mansoureh Ettefagh, said that her husband's transfer to Damavand prison was ordered by the Tehran prosecutor to isolate him. According to Mr. Madani's wife, there is no mention of the reason in the transfer order that was handed to Saeed Madani's lawyer. Mrs. Ettefagh added that the interrogators of this political prisoner had previously threatened Mr. Madani with this transfer. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59523'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/mpjs76mr'> In a letter from Evin prison, Sepehr Ziyai, a Baha'i prisoner, praised Mr. Madani's character and protested against his exile and imprisonment. In this letter, which was published by Iranwire, Mr. Ziyai mentioned the memories of Saeed Madani in prison and listed his outstanding qualities and wrote: > It is unfortunate that someone with these outstanding qualities is in prison for expressing his opinions. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='60608'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/5xspembp'> IranWire reported that Saeed Madani is kept in Damavand prison in a cell without minimal sanitary facilities. According to this report, he was transferred to a cell in the quarantine ward of the prison, which is deprived of basic facilities, and it was yesterday that the prison authorities placed a bed for him in the quarantine cell. According to this report, Mr. Madani can only have short contact with his family and has two hours of yard time per day. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='60607'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/52ajsb7d'> Mahmoud Behzadirad, Saeed Madani's lawyer, in an interview with "Shargh", stated that the situation in Damavand prison is so dangerous that the prison officials themselves told Saeed Madani that his presence among ordinary prisoners is not right and that he is quarantined "in a room without any equipment." He also clarified that basically the transfer of Saeed Madani to Damavand prison was "against the prison regulations" and after the objections of the prison authorities and the Evin Prosecutor's Office to the transfer of Saeed Madani and due to the insistence of the case officers for this transfer, finally the case officers got an order from the prosecutor for this transfer and were able to exile Mr. Madani to Damavand prison. Mr. Behzadi further says that Saeed Madani is a political prisoner who has now been transferred to a regular prison where all kinds of criminals are kept, including "dangerous criminals", and this has caused concern for his health in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='60612'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/saeed-madani-damavand-prison/32911227.html'> Saeed Madani's family says that some of Tehran's deputy prosecutors told them that they accept the "responsibility of moving" Mr. Madani to Damavand prison and "from their point of view, there is no problem in providing security". According to Radio Farda, Mr. Madani's family in an open letter expressed their concern about his condition in Damavand prison and said that Tehran's deputy prosecutors said: > The sentence does not specify the place of imprisonment and according to our decision and discretion, the sentence should be continued in Damavand prison." Tehran's deputy prosecutors also stated that the reason for Saeed Madani's transfer was "his behavior in Evin prison , and in response to the fact that Damavand is far from the residence of this political prisoner's family, they said: > Many people go to Damavand for fun and it is not that far. It is stated in this letter that the decision to transfer Saeed Madani to Damavand prison was made in a consultative council with the presence of Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the head of the judiciary. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>