Reza Aghdasi

Reza (Gholamreza) Aghdasi is a fired worker of Iran Khodro and a wounded veteran of the Iran-Iraq war. He suffers from deafness and mental disorders due to the injuries caused by the blast wave in the war. Reza Aghdasi has been arrested and tried for his activities related to workers' rights.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='58968'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/116681'> Reza Aghdasi's house was searched by IRGC officers. According to the Free Workers' Union, the security agents seized his and his wife's phones. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58969'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/116681'> According to the report of the Free Workers' Union, in a notification, Mr. Aghdasi was given five days to go to the third investigation branch of the Evin Security Prosecutor's Office in order to offer explanations and process the case. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58970'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/118854'> According to the report of the Free Workers' Union, the third investigation branch of the Evin Prosecutor's Office, headed by Mohammad Reza Mohammadi, issued a notice and summoned Reza Aghdasi. The image of this notification is available in the supporting evidence section. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58971'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/119472'> After being summoned again to the third investigation branch of Evin prosecutor's office, he was arrested and transferred to Evin prison. According to the Free Workers' Union, during the past year, Reza Aghdasi and his wife have been summoned and interrogated many times by the security agencies. According to this report, his and his wife's cell phones and virtual accounts are still in the possession of the security forces. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58972'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/119754'> The court hearing of Reza Aghdasi's accusations was held in the Revolutionary Court of Tehran without the right to access a lawyer. According to the report of the Free Workers' Union, he was accused of assembly and collusion to act against national security, propagandizing against the regime, attending illegal labor gatherings, and being a member of hostile groups. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58973'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/120162'> According to the report of the Free Workers' Union, the second hearing of Mr. Aghdasi's trial, which was supposed to be held at Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, was canceled and postponed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58976'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.info/804491'> According to Zamaneh, the appeals court of Tehran province reduced the sentence of Reza Aghdasi to two years and eight months in prison in the middle of this month. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58974'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/120370'> According to the Free Workers' Union, his court session was canceled for the second time without any explanation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58975'> <reference source='https://t.me/ettehad/120734'> According to the report of the Free Workers' Union, he was sentenced to eight months in prison by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran for the charge of propaganda against the system, and to three years and seven months in prison for the charge of assembly and collusion. By applying Article 134 of the Criminal Code, three years and seven months of imprisonment can be enforced. The image of the issued ruling is available in the supporting evidence section of the profile. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58977'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45891/'> Despite the fact that a month has passed since the prison doctor ordered that Mr. Aghdasi be transferred to a hospital outside the prison, he is still denied proper medical care. HRANA wrote that the prison officials even refused to give him the battery for the hearing aid. According to this report, he is also denied the right to visit his family. According to this source, "Mr. Aghdasi has repeatedly visited the army medical commission for the tear in his eardrum during the Iran-Iraq war, but his case in the 16th Armored Division of Qazvin has not progressed". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58978'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-46695/'> He was taken to a hospital outside the prison. According to HRANA, after conducting tests, the doctors found that one of Mr. Aghdasi's ears is completely deaf and his other ear has only 20% hearing. According to a source to HRANA, Reza Aghdasi is having a serious problem understanding words. According to this report, the prison officials did not allow him to see his wife in the hospital. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58979'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.info/804491'> A source close to Reza Aghdasi's family tells "Zamaneh" that Mr. Aghdasi's wife, after months of trying to send him to the Medical Commission of the Forensic Medicine Organization to issue a verdict of incapability to bear punishment, was ordered to get a hearing aid. This source says that Reza Aghdasi is only able to recover about 20% of his hearing by using hearing aids, and due to the high cost of hearing aids, the family of this labor activist is unable to purchase them. In this report, it is stated that Reza Aghdasi can only hear the words of others and respond to them by lip reading, and for this reason, during a cabin visit and behind the glass of the meeting hall, he is unable to understand the words of his wife and children, and can only communicate unilaterally with them. According to this report, in addition to the complications caused by the explosion of the war, Reza Aghdasi's two children are suffering from serious illnesses, which has intensified the psychological pressure on this labor activist. According to Zamaneh's report, Reza Aghdasi has been suffering from panic attack disorder since about two years ago, and the psychiatrist diagnosed that this disease occurred due to severe anxiety. According to this report, in the event of a panic attack, Mr. Aghdasi loses the ability to walk and move his arms and legs. The report states that Reza Aghdasi also experiences pseudo-delusional states since years ago due to the PTSD from the war and talks to someone who is not there. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58980'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.info/812422'> Zamaneh reported that the Forensic Medical Commission verbally announced to Mr. Aghdasi's family, without any official investigation or even an examination, that "the ruling of incapability to serve in prison will not be issued for hearing problems." It is stated in this report that when his family tried to convince the forensic medical organization to issue a incapability to serve sentence order by citing panic attack disorder, the doctor of this organization, without examining Reza Aghdasi, told the wife of this political prisoner that he "does not have any special problems and looks healthy." According to this report, during this period, judicial officials and administrators of Evin prison disrupted the process of his transfer to the medical commission and instead sent him to the hearing clinic only to confirm his deafness. According to Zamaneh, Reza Aghdasi has two young children, one of whom is suffering from "autism" and the other is suffering from "acute intestinal disease suspected to be cancer". According to this report, it is very difficult to pay for the treatment of these two children in a situation where their father is in prison and their mother is also deprived of a job. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58981'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-48510/'> According to HRANA, Reza Aghdasi was taken out of prison under the pretext of being transferred to the hospital, but hours later he was returned to the prison without being transferred to the hospital. In this report, it is stated that Mr. Aghdasi had an ear infection some time ago, and after following up with his family, the prison authorities agreed to transfer him to the hospital. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='58982'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-48510/'> HRANA wrote that despite the promise to send him to the hospital, he was not transferred to the hospital due to the repeated obstruction of the officials. In this report, it is stated that Reza Aghdasi has spent the last few days with a high fever and is still deprived of proper medical treatment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>